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Number of Trees and Output. — 4. He noted 

 on the property many kinds of well-known 

 valuable rubber-producing trees and vines, in- 

 cluding "Kicksia Africana, " " Ficus Elastica,'' 

 and " Landolphia," and estimated the number 

 of fully-grown trees at 240,000. 



Profit on Trading. — 5. He states that he 

 was also impressed by the opening which offers 

 for trading with the natives and mentions 

 places where stores could be profitably started, 

 thereby providing a return cargo for the stea- 

 mers carrying the Company's rubber. 



Estimate of Profits.— 6. M. Reache con- 

 sidered very carefully the best method of wor- 

 king the concessions, and calculated : — 



The First Year's Profits. 



Sale of 100,1100 kilos Rubber . . £15,0S3 8 



Profits on trading at Blieron and at 

 Toke .. .. 7,812 10 



Total .. £22,985 16 8 



The Second Year's Profits. 



Cavally Rubber, 150,000 kilos .. £22,625 

 Tabou Rubber, 100,000 kilos 

 Sales to Natives 



15,083 6 8 

 11,718 15 



Total .. £49,427 1 8 

 (Which works out at more than sufficient to 



pay 14 per cent for the first year, and 32 percent 



for the second year, taking the Rubber at only 



half its present price.) 



After further development, he calculates that 



the profits should be as follows: — 



The Third Year's Profits 



Cavally Rubber, 150,000 kilos .. £22,625 



Tabou Rubber 150,000 „ .. 2-2,625 



Rubber purchased 100,000 „ .. 15,083 6 8 



. Sales to Natives .. 10,416 13 4 



Total .. £70,750 



The Fourth Year's Profits. 



Cavally Rubber 

 Tabou Rubber 

 Rubber purchased 

 Sales to Natives 

 Mahogany 

 Palm Oil 

 Palm-kernels 



Total 



£■22/25 



22.625 



22.626 

 13,1100 



6,250 



:',U83 6 8 



1,666 13 4 



£90,875 



(Which works out at more than sufficient to 

 pay 47 per cent for the third year, and 60 per 

 cent for the fourth year, taking the rubber at 

 only half its present price). 



Climate. — M. Gerville-Reache states that 

 Europeans who take the ordinary precautions 

 necessary in tropical countries can perfectly 

 well stand the climate of the Ivory Coast, and 

 that the Cavally district is the most healthy 

 part of the Colony. Mr. Molyneux confirms 

 this and states that it compares very favourably 

 with other portions of the Coast, and says that 

 "with ordinary care and given a fair constitution 

 a man has no reason to fear ill-health." 



Facilities for Sale of Rubber. — The fol- 

 lowing letter has been received from Messrs. A 

 Jimenez & Sons, who have consented to act as 

 Produce Agents for the Company : — 



65, Fenchurch-street, London, E.C., August 6, 

 1909. — The Directors, The Ivory Coast llubber 

 Estates, Ltd., London. 



Dear Sirs,— We have received your inquiry 

 with reference to rubber coming from the Ivory 

 Coast, and we are pleased to inform you that 

 such rubber is readily saleable. The present 

 prices of the kinds you mention are as follows : 



Niggers Fair Red 5s to 5s Id per lb. 



Niggers Fair White 3s lOd to 4s per lb. 



Niggers Fair Pinky 3s 4d to 3s 5d per lb. 



Hard Cakes 3s 6d to 3s 7d per lb. 



Twists about 3s 8d per lb, 



The " Red Niggers" quality, which we under- 

 stand you are principally interested in, would 

 always be more saleable than the other sorts. 

 The "Twists" quality has been arriving 

 only in small quantities. In considering the 

 price of rubberyou must bear in mind that the 

 rubber market is easily influenced by the 

 existing shortage or surplus, and sometimes the 

 prices fluctuate considerably.— We are,dearSirs, 

 Yours faithfully, (Signed) A. Jimenez and Sons. 



(In this prospectus the Rubber has been 

 calculated at only 2s 2d per lb). — London 

 Times, Sept. 2, 



RUBBER FROM SOUTHERN INDIA. 



A number of rubbers prepared from Ceara, 

 Castilloa, and Para trees growing in the Gov- 

 ernment Experimental Gardens at Kullar and 

 Burliar in the Nilgiri Hills, have been ex- 

 amined recently at the Imperial Institute, with 

 the following results : — 



Ceara Rubber (Manihot Glaziovii). — This 

 rubber was prepared at Kular, and bore the 

 fojlowing label : — 



" No. 1. Ceara rubber from trees planted 

 in the Government Experimental Garden, 

 Kullar (1,300 feet), Nilgiris, in April, 1902 ; 

 collected February 1908.'' It weighed 9 oz., and 

 consisted of six biscuts of pale amber rubber, 

 clean and well prepared. The physical proper- 

 ties of the rubber were very good. The results of 

 the chemical examination were as follows : — 



Sample as Composition 



received of dry rubber. 



Percent, Percent. 

 Moisture ... 2 - 8 



Caoutchouc . . 80*2 82 - 5a 



Resin . . 6'2 6 - 4 



Proteid .. 9-5 9'8 



Ash . . 1-3 r 3 



a Soluble caoutchouc 76'5 per cent. ; insoluble caout- 

 chouc 6'0 per cent. 



The rubber was valued at 5s 6d per lb. in 

 London. For comparison with this and the 

 following valuations it may be stated that on 

 the same date fine hard Para from South 

 America was quoted at 5s. Id. per lb., and 

 plantation Para biscuits at 5s. 3d. to 5s. 9d. 

 per lb. This Ceara rubber is of very good 

 quality, although the percentages of resin and 

 proteid are rather higher. The biscuits varied 

 somewhat in colour, and it would be an ad- 

 vantage if they could be obtained more uni- 

 form in this respect. 



Castilloa Rubber (Castilloa elastica). — Two 

 specimens of this rubber were submitted, one 

 from Kullar and the other from Burliar. The 

 sample from Kullar was labelled as follows : — 

 " No. 2. Castilloa rubber from trees planted 

 in the Government Experimental Garden, 



