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In view of the possibilities of the rubber industry in this Ter- 
ritory ; of the fact that Ceylon and the Malay Peninsula have 
engaged in the cultivation of rubber on a larger scale than any 
other part of the world and of the further fact that in Ceylon 
Ceara rubber had been profitably cultivated it was deemed advis- 
able by some of the rubber growers of Hawaii, and by the Board 
of Agriculture and Forestry to send someone to that section of 
the world to make observations as to means and methods used 
there in connection with the industry, and to report thereon for 
the benefit of the industry and the public in Hawaii. 
With this object in view it was decided, that as 1 was about 
to visit the Malay Peninsula in the interest of the firm I am con- 
nected with, that I should extend my proposed trip, the expenses 
being partially paid by those interested in the rubber industry 
in Hawaii and by the Board of Agriculture and Forestry. 
In accordance with this purpose I was duly commissioned by 
the Board of Agriculture and Forestry, and left Honolulu on 
the 15th day of November, 1907, arriving at Singapore on the 
1 6th day of December following. 
From my arrival at Singapore until the 18th day of January 
I visited many of the principal rubber plantations in the Federated 
Malay States. Arriving at Colombo, Ceylon, on January 22nd, 
I spent ten days visiting plantations, sailing for Java on the 1st 
of February. Eight days were spent in Java and I arrived again 
at Singapore Sunday, February 23rd. 
From then on to the time of my departure, February 29th, I 
spent on the plantations in the Province of Johore. 
I am indebted to Dr. Willis, Director of the Royal Botanical 
Gardens at Peradeniya ; Mr. Fox, Acting Director of the Singa- 
pore Botanical Gardens ; Mr. Pit, at the Botanical Gardens at 
Buitenzorg, Java, and the different plantation managers and gov- 
ernment officials that it was my pleasure to meet, for valuable 
information and courtesies. 
The cultivation of rubber trees is being extensively carried on 
in Ceylon, the Federated Malay States, Borneo and Java. In these 
countries greater advance has been made in rubber cultivation than 
in any other part of the world. Virgin forests are being felled, 
cleared, replanted with rubber trees, and brought into bearing at 
a cost of from $100 to $150 (U. S. gold) per acre while com- 
mercial rubber is produced and placed on the London market at 
a cost of from 24 cents to 36 cents per 
Cost of Production, pound including capital cost. The tapping 
of rubber trees and the method of collecting 
and handling the latex from the trees in a systematic and econom- 
