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"nerve," "fibre," "pull," "strength," or whatever other 

 terms may be used for the possessions of elasticity and 

 resilience to a high degree. If this character of Malayan 

 plantation rubber is continued and improved, there is no 

 reason to doubt that the manufacturer will in a short time 

 - begin to set a value on it equal and perhaps better than that 

 given to the wild Para of Brazil. 



The exclusion of all latex which may contain too much 

 viscine, resin, etc., since it is obtained from young trees, 

 when "bulking" latex is strongly to be recommended; there 

 is always a market for poorer values of rubber by them- 

 selves, and the inclusion of a small quantity of inferior latex 

 may considerably reduce the value of the whole break, and 

 at the same time do harm to the good name of the estate for 

 sound rubber. 



Block rubber has great advantages over the other 

 forms, in that it is less bulky and costly for storage and 

 transport, less liable to any damage by damp or heat in 

 transit. Many leading manufacturers and technical ex- 

 perts in Europe consider that the block rubber possesses 

 more of the desirable qualities of the Brazilian Para than 

 crepe or sheet; and the only objection which any of them 

 make to block is the fact that it cannot always be examined 

 for internal impurities without cutting each block. This 

 drawback is obviated if the blocks are made only 1 to If 

 inches thick, when they are transparent and any opaque 

 object included in them can be detected by holding them 

 up to the light. 



Rubber Seed. 



The question of the sale of rubber seed for oil purposes 

 should be carefully considered by every careful planter. 

 The crop of seed in the Peninsula was probably not less 

 than 300,000,000, or 1,200 tons in weight, valued to the 

 London market at over $100,000. This amount of available 

 seed will increase annually very rapidly, and in five years 

 time more than 30 times this will be produced . The follow- 

 ing figures show that there is a fair profit for the collection 

 and export of these seeds, even at the rates which are at 

 present offered for decorticated seed, and it is not impro- 

 bable that when sufficient quantity is placed on the market 

 a higher price will be obtained. 



