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6 MiiXCiNG  Lank,  L(3ndon,  k.c. 
26t/i  yitne,  fQoj. 
Francis  Pears  Esg. 
Lanadron  Estate, 
Muar — via  Singapore. 
Dear  Sir, — We  thought  it  would  interest  you  to  hear  that  some 
Straits  grown  Para  rubber  was  sold  in  our  auctions  to  day. 
It  was  only  a sample  box  of  38  lbs.  good  biscuits  but  rather 
mouldy  outside,  6 lbs.  thin  biscuits  mouldy  outside  and  9 lbs.  Ball 
scrappy  inside.  - 
The  good  biscuits  only  fetched  3/Or/.,  the  thin  3/3^/.  and  the  ball 
2\6d . per  lb. 
If  the  quantity  had  been  larger  and  more  care  taken  in  the 
drying,  it  should  have  fetched  6d.  per  lb,  more  all  round ; As 
Ceylon  grown  sold  up  to4/4<^.  Straits  grown  seemed 
alrfiost  as  good  barring  the  condition. 
We  hope  your  trees  will  soon  be  fit  for  tapping  and  that  you  will  , 
prepare  it  and  thoroughly  sun  dry  it  (not  artificially)  like  the  Ceylon 
people  do — who  allow  it  to  hang  in  a dry  airy  place  for  months— and 
produce  a tip  top  article  that  we  are  selling  at  4/4^7'.  per  lb. 
Yours  very  truly, 
LFAVIS  AND  PFAT. 
To  THE  Editor  Agricultural  Bulletin, 
Singapore,  21st  August,  igoj. 
In  view  of  the  fact  that  planters  of  the  Para  rubber  tree  will  soon 
be  looking  out  for  those  markets  where  they  can  dispose  of  their 
produce  to  the  best  advantage,  tlu‘  (uicloscd  letter  will  no  doubt  be 
of  sufficient  importance  to  be  included  in  the  pages  of  the  bulletin 
where  it  may  be  referred  to  in  the  future. 
STANLEY  ARDEN, 
Supt.  Experimental  Plantatiofis. 
Batu  'Piga,  Selangor, 
Federated  Malay  States. 
Yokohama,  August  6th,  igoj. 
Stanley  Arden,  Esq., 
Superintendent,  Experimental  Plantations, 
^Federated  Malay  States. 
Dear  Sir, — In  a recent  issue  of  the  Journal  of  the  Society  of 
Arts  we  read  a report  from  your  goodself  upon  the  subject  of  Rub- 
