Feb. 1907.] 123 Miscellaneous, 



The following figures on rubber were recently compiled by the writer. 

 Island op Mindanao P. I. 



Plantations. 

 Para. Ceara. 

 9,000 ... 3,000 

 15X15 ... 20^20 

 47'4 ... 27-7 



Seeds, on Land Ready to Plant 

 32,000 ... 57,000 



No. of plants 

 Distance planted 

 Area planted, acres 



Castilloa. 

 400 

 15 X 15 

 2-1 



Total. 

 12,400 



77'2 



Number of seeds 



Estimate of the 

 number of plants 

 which will be raised 

 from these seeds 



Probable distance of 

 planting ... 



Probable area 

 planted (acres) 



2,500 



40,000 

 15X15 



1,800 

 15 Ml! 

 94 



91,500 



50,800 



2,278 



15,000 

 15X15 



79 ... 2,105 



Estimated total area which will be planted by June 1907—380 acres. 

 The following figures on the rate of growth were also collected by the writer. 



Height. 



Para seedlings ... 3 to 5| feet in 9 months (In seed bed) 



,, tree ... 6 ,, 10 ,, (plantation) 



Ceara trees ... 13 ,, 17 ,, in 7 months (plantation) 



Ceara (individual tree, largest in plantation 1 year old) height 19 feet 

 6 inches. Diameter 3 feet above ground 6| inches. 



Castilloa tree 6 to 8 feet in 9 months (plantation). 



AMBALANGODA AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW. 



1 have the honour to report that the following sections and classes were 

 judged by me in the Welleboda Pattu A. H. Exhibition held on the 20th and 21st 

 December, 1906. : — Section 1. Classes A. and B. (Cut flowers and pot plants-Fruits) 

 Section 3. Class B (New Products) with Mr. H, F. Macmillan, Curator R.B.G. Section 

 2. Class A (Vegetable products Nos. 2-9) with Mr. Bowman. Section 10. Class A and D 

 (Cultuvation of Paddy and Vegetable gardens (Special) were judged alone. 



My report on the judging of paddy cultivation Section 10 Class A which was 

 conducted just before harvest time in August has already been submitted to the 

 Secretary, C.A.S. The judging of Class 1 in the same Section w r as carried out between 

 17th and 19th December. I do not consider that the month was a suitable one for 

 judging standing garden crops, as such an important crop as yams is generally lifted 

 about this time, and a good deal of laud is at this season under preparation. To 

 make conditions still more unfavourable a great deal of damage had been done to 

 the large majority of gardens by the unusual floods a month before, from the effects 

 of which they had hardly time to recover when I started judging, In the first 

 division of Class D. vis, best vegetable garden by any member of the Association, 

 13 gardens competed, and the garden exhibited by Mr. G.B. Wickremaratna of 

 Weragoda was awarded the Gold Medal. I would make special mention of Mr. 

 Wickremaratna's garden not only for its extent and situation but for the methodical 

 way in which work was carried on. 



In the second division viz., best vegetable garden by a villager, 8 gardens 

 competed and the prize was awarded to R. Nandoris Silva, 



