bark  is  now  very  tliick  necessitating'  nauch  deeper  wounds  to  arrive 
at  the  laticiferous  cells. 
Below  is  a table  showing  output  of  rubber  to  date  from  these 
ten  trees  ; 
! ^ 
d 
V 
u 
^ d 
'Xj  ^ ^ 
1 
! 
Date. 
0 ^ 
d - 
. c 
~d 
£ d .0 
f 0 
Total. 
! 
Remarks. 
0 
Alarch 
~| 
26 
10 
i 
20 
1 1 \ 
2 
13A 
Xo  rain. 
28 
* 10 
20 
12 
2i 
I4i 
Rain  *io. 
April. 
4 
i ''' 
20 
I If 
2 
134 
No  rain. 
7 
10 
20 
tbf 
[ 
n'i 
n 
9 
10 
20 
16 
7 
23 
Rain  •50. 
17 
10 
20 
24 
10 
34 
No  rain. 
21  , 
i 
20 
40 
4 
44 
) J 
23 
10 
20 
28.1- 
4 
32i : 
} > 
25 
10 
10 
1 
3 
39  i 
1 , , 
28 
10 
10 
I 
31! 
6i 
3^  ; 
30 
10  , 
■ 20 
48 
2 
50  i 
Rain  -50. 
Alay. 
2 
10 
20 
43i  i 
. 
i 5 
1 
48i  i 
1 
RUBBER  IN  THE  MALAY  STATES. 
Air.  R.  Porter,  of  Ceylon,  who  paid  a visit  of  inspection  to  the 
Federated  Alalay  States  about  a month  ago  in  connexion  with  rub- 
ber and  coconuts,  returned  on  Saturday  by  the  S.  S.  Annam,  and 
went  up  country  where  his  headquarters  are  situated,  this  morning. 
While  staying  at  the  Grand  Oriental  Hotel  in  Colombo,  a representa- 
tive of  the  Times  of  Ceylon  was  accorded  an  interview  with  him. 
At  the  outset,  Mr.  Porter  emphasized  the  fact  that  rubber  and 
coconuts  are  to  the  Malay  States  what  tea  is  to  Ceylon.  They  are 
the  .staple  product  there,  and  the  prosperit)’  of  the  country  is,  to  a 
very  large  extent,  dependent  upon  the  success  of  the  rubber  and 
coconuts.  At  the  same  time  Idberian  coffee  is  a not  unim[)ortant 
factor  in  the  F'ederated  Alalay  States.  To  us  in  Ceylon  comparative 
hgures  are  always  interesting,  and  particularly  at  a time  when  rub- 
ber cultivation  looms  so  important  in  the  investing  eye.  Air.  PORTER 
explained  that  the  idea  of  cultivating  rubber  must  have  occurred  to 
Ceylon  and  the  Alalay  States  simultaneously.  That  is  to  say  the 
first  plants  were  introduced  into  both  places  at  practically  the  same 
time,  a quarter  of  a century  ago.  Yet,  strange  enough,  he  ex- 
j)laincd,  that  it  was  scarcely  cjuite  fair  to  j udge  of  the  rr.bbcr  industry 
as  yet,  as  many  of  th(^  [)lants  were  young  and  unlapj)ed.  'I  he 
