ing the total export* from Para of rubber, and how much of it comes 
to England, 
— 
1887. 
* 888 . 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
From Para 
15,600 
15.900 
15,500 
16,900 
18,400 
tons. 
To England 
440 ° 
5,080 
5,920 
5,600 
6,000 
n 
— 
i8g2. 
1893. 
1894. 
> s 95 - 
1896. 
From Para 
\ 8,920, 
' 9,7 3 ° 
19,500 
20,7 10 
2 1 ,600 
tons. 
To England 
5 ,960 
6,700 
6,8lO 
7.285 
9.350 
} } 
— 
1897. 
1898. 
1899. 
1900. 
1901. 
From Para 
27,700 
22,000 
25,300 
26,876 
30,300 
tons. 
To England 
7,865 
9,500 
7.430 
10,445 
12,100 
t) 
How completely these figures show the folly of thinking that the 
addition of cultivated rubber will, even in the distant future, tend 
to over- production is obvious, when it is taken into account how 
many acres of rubber trees are necessary for the production per 
annum of one ton of rubber. 
Lastly, every rubber planter I have met has never imagined that 
the high price of rubber will continue. He hopes it may, naturally, 
but nearly all calculations as to revenue in the future are made. 
On the basis of 2 s, 6d, per pound . — Should rubber ever fall to this 
price, there would be so great a demand for it for goods which are 
now manufactured of some other material that a reaction would soon 
take place. Then, just a word about another point which has been 
raised in the public press, namely, the statement that the latex of 
the Castelloa will not coagulate. This has been made much of, 
yet the absurdity is very apparent. Some man has tried a wrong 
process with unsuccessful results, and rushes into print, with the 
result that doubt is thrown upon the advisability of planting a very 
useful rubber. All these things do harm to an industry still in its 
infancy, because they are quoted from paper to paper, and check 
the public from investing money in one of the most promising in- 
dustries of modern times. If half the money invested in gold mines 
had been sunk in rubber plantations, how much richer Britain 
would be at the present time ! 
INTERESTING INTERVIEW WITH MR. FRANCIS 
J. HOLLOWAY. 
I-Iis Views on Rubber, &c. 
Interviews in London. 
Mr. Holloway, having a letter of introduction to the Editor of 
the India Rubber World, took the first opportunity of calling on 
him, and was surprised to find the great interest taken by the editor 
in all matters concerning the cultivation and preparation of rubber, 
