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literally tens of thousands of Chinese 

 coolies from other industries to the 

 rubber estates. He goes on to point out 

 that if we ca9t aside all " make believe " 

 and base our figures on actual expe- 

 rience [which shows us that every acre 

 of rubber of nine years of age produces 

 at least 800 lbs. of rubber,] and if we 

 take the average output of an acre from 

 its tenth till its seventeenth year at 

 1,000 lbs. a year, we will find that the 

 fair price for an acre of rubber on a 

 seven years' purchase basis would be 

 £875, even if the average price realised 

 did not exceed 3s. a lb. I am convinced 

 that if the world's supply of rubber 

 could be suddenly and permanently 

 increased from 85,000 to 200,000 tons iu 

 the course of this year, the average 

 price next year would net be much 

 below 3s. whereas in existing condition, 

 and so long as the supply of rubber is so 

 comparatively insufficient for all needs 

 as to lend itself to manipulation, the 

 sudden disclosure of 10.000 tons of hidden 

 stocks would paralyse the market for 

 months. Mr. Baxendale is referring 

 ouly to properties in the Federated 

 Malay States and not even the Province 

 Wellesley or Malacca. If his facts are 

 accurate for that district, we see no 

 reason to doubt that certainly in 

 Sumatra, and possibly in Borneo many 

 states may be able to do equally as 

 well. 



NEW RUBBER ENTERPRISE. 



Company being Organized in Manila 

 to Operate in Mindoro- Expect to 

 Secure Aid op American Capital. 



(From the Manila Bulletin.) 

 Another enterprise is being launched 

 in Manila to develope rubber possibilities 

 in the island of Mindoro. 



The enterprise is headed by Manila 

 capitalists, who have already made a 

 good beginning, but expect to secure 

 American capital to aid them in the final 

 success of the undertaking. 



The company has secured 2,500 acres of 

 excellent land iu Mindoro situated on 

 the Paco River and has as a beginning 

 several thousand trees that were planted 

 about three years ago in nursery, but 

 which were never transplanted and have 

 reached a height of from thirty to forty 

 feet, but are stunted to some degree in 

 girth, due to lack of room for greater 

 growth by never having been trans- 

 planted. 



According to the Bureau of Agricul- 

 ture and rubber experts these trees can 

 be transplanted even at this date and 

 will do well, aud they will form a nuc- 

 leus around which the plantation will 

 be installed and developed. The trees 

 in question were planted by Mr. E. C. 

 Hamil, who after planting the nursery 

 left for the gold fields of Paracale and 

 never paid further attention to them 

 until only recently when it was discover- 

 ed that they were valuable, the trees 

 being of the Para rubber quality. 



The new company is being organized 

 by Manilans, Mr. T. D. Aitken, the well- 

 known attorney being one of the princi- 

 pals in the enterprise, and it is most 

 likely that Messrs. Birkett and Holden 

 will act as treasurers. 



It is expected that the organization 

 will be completed within the next few 

 days, and work on the plantation, clear- 

 ing up the land and transplanting the 

 trees will begin immediately. 



OILS AND FATS. 



CITRONELLA OIL STANDARD. 



(From the Chemist and Druggist, No. 1, 

 649, Vol. LXXIX., September 2, 1911.) 

 Mr. John C. Umney, f.c.s., in the 

 course of an Editorial oc this subject in 

 the "Perfumery and E-ssential Od Re- 

 cord " for August, submits details of 

 the characters and tests for the purity 

 and odour-value of the oil. Mr. E. J. 

 Parry and the analytical chemists of 

 several of the largest soap-manufacturers 



have co-operated with him, and to 

 judge of the accuracy of the assay pro- 

 cess, sealed samples from the same 

 bulk have been examined by himself 

 and each of the analysts. The maximum 

 difference in geraniol from highest to 

 lowest was found not to exceed 5 per 

 cent., which is certainly sufficiently 

 close for all commercial purposes. 

 Critisism and comment upon these 

 characters and the tests and their 

 working are invited. 



