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MARK. QUANTITY, DESCRIPTION AND PRICE PER LB. 



P.S.E. (in diamond) 2 cases fine sheet, 6s. Id. 

 C. R. (R. W. & C in 



triangle) 15 do fine sheet, 6s. Id.; good scrap 4s. 8ki. to 5s. 



V.R.O. Ltd. Klang 



F.M.S. (in triangle)32 do offered and 21 sold, fine sheet, 6s. Id. 

 Gala (in diamond) 2 do line sheet 6s, Id.; fine scrap 5s. 2jd. 



S. RC. (in triangle) 25 do offered and 10 sold, mixed crepe, 5s. 6|d.; poor crepe, 4s. 

 P.R. S.B. 8 do fine sheet 6s. Id.; good scrap 4s. 8d. 



G.M. S.B. 6 do fine sheet 6s. Id.; fair to fine scrap 4s. 6d. 



to 5s. 3d. 



OBEO. (in diamond) 5 do fine sheet 6s. Id.; good scrap, 5s. 

 S. (in diamond) S. R. 1 do poor scrap, 3s. 



SHIPMENTS OF PLANTATION RUBBER. 



FROM COLOMBO AND GALLE. FROM SINGAPORE. 



1906 ... First three mouths ... 31 tons. 1906 ... First three months ... 47 tons 



1905 ... „ ... 12i „ 



1904 ... ,, ... 9 „ FROM PENANG. 



1903 ... „ ... 5k „ 1906 ... First three months ... 9 



Total Exports from Ceylon and the Straits Settlements for first three 



months, 1906, 87 tons. 



SHIPMENTS OF PLANTATION RUBBER, 

 Total Exports from Colombo and Galle from 1st January to 23rd April: 

 1906 ... ... ... 35J tons. | 1904 ... ... ... 10f tons. 



1904 ... ... ... 13| „ | 1903 ... ... ... 5| „ 



Total Exports from Singapore from 1st January to 6th April, 1906, 48| tons. 



GOW, WILSON & STANTON, LTD. 



We much regret that by an inadvertence, the rubber report given in the April 

 number (page 204), was credited to the " India Rubber Journal." It should have been 

 entered as due to Messrs S. Figgis & Co., who prepared it at considerable trouble. 



Cultural Directions for Camphor. 



Instructions by a Japanese Supply Co. 



The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd., of Yokohama, publishes the following 

 cultural directions for camphor :— Plants are quoted at the following rates :— Height 

 1—1* ft. ; per 10 $1'30 (gold) ; per 100 $1P50 ; per 1,000 $100. 



Seed-bed.— Prepare in well fertilized and rich soil. Plow 18 inches deep, 

 break the lumps finely, make dikes two feet apart for drainage and press the surface, 

 smoothly. Mid-spring is the time of the sowing season or when the temperature 

 ranges above 50 degrees Fahrenheit. The seeds being sown, cover them up by 

 means of a sieve through which soil is allowed to fall to about half-an-inch and press 

 the top lightly. Straw or hay should be spread over the bed so as to protect the 

 seeds from being washed or blown away by storms, and also to prevent its getting 

 too dry until they sprout, care being taken to keep the straw in place by sticks 

 fixed into the ground. 



For one pound of seeds, a space of six square yards is usually allotted, but 

 the more sparsely sown the better for the growth. One pound produces 2,000 plants 

 on the average, but much naturally depends upon the state of a crop. 



Manure should be given in summer and autumn. In Japan decomposed 

 ordure mixed with oil cake is used in fluid form, but bone-dust or any similar manures 

 will answer the purpose. No shading is required against the sun except on very hot 

 days ; water should be given in the evening. Clear off the weeds as they appear, 



