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Sdpsi tmd Eanidations. 



pent is wo may hope, a forecast of what may bo oxpeoted of the majority of the 

 other companies in the future. In Ceylon and the Straits very considerable areas 

 have been planted with rubber, and this fact has in some quarters given rise to the 

 cry that planting is being overdone ; but even if all the area now planted in Ceylon 

 and the Straits was producing rubber, the quantity would be eomparatively small, 

 considering the consumption. 



During the year there has been a large amount of business in the shares 

 of Ceylon tea companies which have planted or are planting rubber, and in some 

 cases the shares shew a very considerable rise, and with better and favourable 

 prospects augured for tea, these shares are very difficult to procure even at 

 enhanced prices. Below we give some particulars in tabulated form:— 



Anglo Malay ... 

 Batu Caves 

 Bukit Rajahs ... 

 Cicely ordinary 

 Do prefs. ... 

 Federated Selangor 

 Liuggi 

 Pataling 

 Selangor 

 Vallambrosas ... 



Alliance 



Ceylon Proprietary 

 Ceylon Tea Plantations 

 Consolidated Estates 

 Eastern Produce 

 General Ceylon ... 

 Lankas 

 Sunny gamas 

 Yatiyantotas 



Highest. 



Lowest. 



December. 



<ij p.m. 



Ik p. ixi. 



1 11-16 t) m 



1 i p.m. 



3 p.m. 



1„ p.m. 





1 



. 3| 



1 



2 5-16 



2 



2| 



• ... 1 



• 2i 



31-32 



... If 



3 



4 



1 



• 8 I 



5i 



... H 



. 4 



8" 



... 2| 



2 



7 13-16 



5 



• 4| 



TEA WITH 



RUBBER. 





9i 



... 7* 



• 81 

 9-6 



10 



6-6 



32 



... 23 



. 31 



9i 



n 



9h 



6f 



A 



. . . t 4 



6" 



69 



... 15 



.. 50 





u 



- Si 



13 



... 10" 



.. 15 



16| 



... 7| 



.. 15h 



J. RUSSEL GRANT & Co. 



REVIEW OF PLANTATION RUBBER MARKET DURING 1905. 

 We have reported upon this fine rubber, and urged its cultivation for 

 many years, and are glad to know that the cultivation of the Para " Hevea 

 Brasiliensis " has rapidly extended. We estimate to-day about 45,000 acres planted 

 and being planted in Ceylon, and 50,000 acres in Malay, and no doubt further rapid 

 extension will go on as so many new companies are talked of. The preparation of 

 the rubber generally has been excellent, and results most satisfactory. As the 

 quantities increase, and need more labour and increased space " to cure it," new 

 ways of preparing the rubber will be found. As a rule, we have found by our 

 long and wide experience that the manufacturers prefer either large rolled sheet 

 prepared on some Malay estates, or biscuits not too thin and of nice colour, such 

 as frequently come from Ceylon, especially " Culloden." Pale clean crepe in sheet 

 seems also liked. Do not pack in paper. 



We reported in our special issue of May 12th : " With the extension of 

 plantations and larger crops it has become difficult to continue on some estates the 

 preparation in biscuits, and new processes are being tried. We have seen small 

 sample lots of thin sheets cut into narrow strips which look nice rubber, but being 

 not known to manufacturers in this form there has not been so ready bidding for it. 

 Some washed and pressed pale clean rolled ' crepe ' in sheet was sold to-day at 6s. 8d. 

 6s. S\d., but the darker coloured lots only realised 6s. Id. No doubt this preparation 

 will save planters time and trouble in preparation of their rubber, but they may 

 perhaps find that there is some extra loss in weight to them in the preparation." 



