207 Saps and Exudations. 



The manufacturers in England have objected to lace and crepe on the ground that 

 these are a form of scrap, and that adulteration Avill be easy. The well-established 

 reputation of the Ceylon Planter in the preparation of tea and cacao and other pro- 

 ducts hardly renders this last apprehension deserving of serious consideration. 



5. To see the different processes adopted in the East, and to assist in the 

 development of the best methods for the preparation of rubber, is to the interest 

 of the manufacturers. 



6. Manufacturers have not as yet made any special machinery nor any alter- 

 ations in machinery to enable them to deal with the clean dry product sent from 

 Ceylon and the Federated Malay States. The present cumbersome methods of 

 cleaning, and otherwise preparing, the rubber do not commend themselves as likely 

 to endure. It would appear desirable that preparation of the rubber and its manu- 

 facture should go hand in hand, and the rubber be prepared in different ways to suit 

 different kinds of manufacture. A beginning in this direction will form a special 

 feature of the Show, samples of rubber coloured, mixed and vulcanised by new pro- 

 cesses invented by Mr. Kelway Bamber, Chemist and Analyst to the Ceylon 

 Government, will be exhibited. 



7. The Exhibition will comprise anything and everything that has to do with 

 rubber, and you are particularly invited to exhibit anything of your own manufacture, 

 whether only in the finished state or in various stages of preparation, any forms of 

 machinery, and anything else likely to prove of interest. Power will be provided. 



8. The Exhibition will be open for a fortnight. It will be held at the most 

 central and familiar place in Ceylon, and should attract all rubber planters from the 

 East and dealers from India, the Federated Malay States, and other countries. It 

 will consequently offer you an unrivalled opportunity for getting into touch with 

 the producers, and perhaps for making contracts for supply of rubber prepared 

 to suit your own requirements. 



9. No import duty will be charged upon articles entered for exhibition, and 

 free railway carriage will be given from Colombo on all exhibits. Entries must be 

 addressed to : E. B. Denham, Esq., c.c.s., the Secretariat, Colombo— to reach him 

 before July 31st, and goods should be forwarded from Europe not later than that date. 



I am, Gentlemen, 



Your obedient Servant, 



JOHN C. WILLIS, 

 Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon. 



THE LONDON RUBBER MARKET. 

 London, March 2nd.— During the past week the market generally has been 

 quiet and the receipts in Para continue very large. During February they amounted 

 to 3,920 tons, bringing the total from last July to 24,320 tons against 22,250 last year 

 and 21,470 tons in 1904- The consumption and deliveries, however, continue very 

 large, and in spite of the extra visible supply the market has kept very steady and 

 there are no indications of any serious break in prices. Receipts are now likely to 

 fall off and consumption to increase rather than decrease. There were Q\ tons Ceylon 

 and 1J tons Straits and Malay States offered in public sale to-day. To-day's price of 

 fine Para is 5s. id. per lb. 



CEYLON. 



PRICE 



MARK. QUANTITY. DESCRIPTION. PER LB. 



Tallagalla 3 cases Dark biscuits 



Gammadua 1 do Very thin pale biscuits Ceara 



Densworth 3 do Dark biscuits 



do 1 do Biscuits mixed colours slight heated 



do 1 do Scrap 

 28 



6s. lid. 

 6s. lid. 

 6s. lid. 

 5s. lOiof. 

 5s. 3d. 



