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Senor A. Aldana, Consul for Venezuela, says : — 



" That he is communicating with his Government, and they will 

 do something in the way of exhibiting." 



Mr. W. D. Gibbon, Acting General European Member in the Legis- 

 lative Council of Ceylon : — 



" I duly received your letter of 29th inst., with July issue of 

 Tropical Life. I think it is highly desirable that a Rubber Exhibition 

 should take place in London in 1908. There is no other 

 Government which has the same stake in the future growth of rubber 

 as that of the British Empire. Ceylon, the Straits, South India, 

 British North Borneo and British Africa will in a few years contribute 

 the bulk of rubber for the world's consumption. London is, therefore, 

 the most suitable city for such an Exhibition, where all who have 

 interests in the growth and manufacture can visit it." 



Mr. Geo. M. Crabbe, Chairman, Sabaragamouwa Planters' Associa- 

 tion : — 



" I am in receipt of yours of the 9th inst., regarding an Inter- 

 national Rubber Exhibition at London, also the copy of Tropical 

 Life, for which I thank you. I certainly think that an International 

 Exhibition in London would be of great benefit to Ceylon, and would 

 bring the island as a rubber-producing country more prominently 

 before the general public." 



Mr. Edgar Turner, Chairman, Planters' Association of Ceylon : — 



" I thank you for the copy of Tropical Life and I have read 

 the article re an International Rubber Exhibition in London in 1908, 

 and think that if properly supported by the producers, manufacturers 

 and others interested in the trade, and by their respective Govern- 

 ments, it would be a great success. It would not only bring the 

 producers and those interested in rubber together, but would give the 

 manufacturers an opportunity of showing the public the endless uses 

 to which rubber is now put, and thereby help to increase the demand 

 for the article." 



Mr. Hodgson Bell, Chairman, Matale Planters' Association : — 



" In answer to your letter re International Rubber Exhibition at 

 London, for which you ask my opinion, I am strongly of the faith in 

 the good that a well-organised exhibition will do for producer, 

 merchant, and manufacturer." 



Mr. R. L. Proudlock, Curator, Botanic Gardens, Ootacamund, India: — 



" I am quite in sympathy with the idea of holding an International 

 Rubber Exhibition in London, and shall be pleased to do what I can 

 to interest in the matter those persons ou there who are engaged in 

 the rubber industry. 



