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Saps and Exudations. 



Mr. Wright :— In some latices you coagulate by adding water— Fantumia, 

 for instance. 



The party then adjourned to the Resthouse where the Resthouse-heeper 

 had prepared lunch. At the close, Mr. Herbert Wright, in a brief speech, pros, 

 pected the health of the departing Delegates and visitors who were on the point 

 of leaving by the down train. He was sorry they had to go at so early a date 

 when they were just beginning to be interested in the subject of rubber cultivation 

 and the problems involved. They in Ceylon hoped it would not be long before 

 they came back to Ceylon again, and then they hoped to be able to give them a 

 good show, perhaps, better than the one to which they had so successfully and 

 effectively contributed. (Applause.) 



The toast was cordially drunk with musical honours. 



Dr. Lbhmann in reply, said he was sure they all appreciated very much the 

 kindness they had received while in Ceylon. They had seen a great deal and heard 

 a great deal and learned a great deal. He hoped that some time or other they 

 might have a Rubber Exhibition in South India, at which they would welcome 

 the Ceylon men as heartily as they had welcomed them. (Applause.) 



The departing visitors were then escorted to the station and seen off by the 

 Ceylon men, cordial cheers being raised as the train steamed out of the station. 



Block Rubber. 



METHODS OP MANUFACTURE AND PREPARATION. 



By Francis Pears, Lanadron Estate, Johore, 



Seeing the attention this has attracted both at the Singapore Agri -Horticul- 

 tural Show and at the Ceylon Rubber Exhibition, it would not seem out of place to 

 fully explain the points in its favour and the details of its inception, as claimed by 

 the makers. The prize " block " was manufactured on the Lanadron Estate of 

 Muar, and the awards made by the Judges of both Exhibitions are fully confirmed 

 by the buyers at home who value this method of preparation at 3d. per lb. higher 

 than the best sheet or crepe- 



This will, of course, have the effect of inducing many planters to take up 

 this method of preparation, and it is to be hoped that in doing so they will recognise 

 that it requires good machinery, and that good " block " is not to be manufactured 

 by immersing sheet or biscuits in hot water and hydraulic pressing. This would 

 only imitate it in appearance and not in quality. 



THE MANUFACTURE OF "BLOCK" BY THE LANADRON ESTATE 



was conceived, in the first instance, as a means of turning out a rubber of standard 

 uniformity in a practical manner, and one which would commend itself to those 

 manufacturing rubber on a large scale ; also to be a handy form for shipping and 

 *or storage at home. That this has been accomplished must be apparent to every- 

 body. Added to this the improvement in the quality undoubtedly establishes this 

 as the best means of manufacturing raw rubber hitherto employed. In considering 

 any new methods referring to the treatment of raw rubber, there are certain axioms 

 to be considered, the most important of which are the following 



