445 
growth at its base. But all this apparent wastage is carefully 
collected and cleaned, and although it sells at a greatly reduced 
rate in the London market, the proportion it represents to the quan- 
tity of clean good material collected is not of any great importance. 
This last season, this particular kind of rubber amounted to 128 lbs. 
weight out of a total 4,502 lbs. of clean material obtained, or rather 
less than 4 percent. ; and ic was sold separately in London at U.Oflf. 
instead of 3*. 7 d. per lb., which is equivalent to a gross loss (exclud- 
ing charges) of Rs. 165 on a possible Rs. 10,844, or about ii per 
cent. 
12. The financial results of the operation were decidedly satis- 
Financial results on rubber factory as will be seen from the following 
sold in London. figures : — 
£ S. d . 
4.323 lbs. of clean rubber (reduced in London 
to 4,280 lbs.) were sold at 35 • id- P er lb. • 
. 766 
16 
8 
128 lbs. of ground rubber (reduced in London 
to 122 lbs.) were sold in London at ov. 10 d. 
* per lb. 
11 
3 
8 
Add — Interest 7 days on £201-5-0 
0 
3 
10 
T otal receipts 
.. 778 
4 
2 
Deduct — London charges, including freight 
from Calcutta 
... 59 
l 7 
11 
718 
6 
1 
Rs. 
A. 
P. 
Equivalent at exchange of day ... 
10,732 
12 
3 
Deduct — Calcutta charges 
5 2 
15 
9 
10,679 
12 
6 
Deduct— for plantation charges, tapping, clean- 
ing, packing, freight to Calcutta, etc. .... 
3 > 8 3 4 J 
2 
0 
Net profit 
6,840 
lO 
6 
A net profit, therefore, after deducting all charges, o! ks. 
6,840-10-6 was realised on the 4,451 lbs. o! good and inferior rub- 
ber despatched to England from the plantation, which is equivalent 
to Rs. 122-15-3 P er maund of So lb-. or Rs. i-b 7 P el as com- 
pared with Re. 1-2-3 P t:l lb., realised last } ear. 
13. Besides the above rubber sent to England for sale, a balance 
of 5 , lbs. was disposed of in the following mannei 
other rubber. w|1 , make up tl „. tota | 4,502 lbs. obtained from 
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