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and are again emptied at 3 p. m., thus giving the same yield from 
one cut as would be obtained from two cuts on trees at the lower 
elevation, I have never been able to do this at the low elevation, 
as the latex does not flow at 10 a. m. This is proof positive that 
Para rubber yields better at 1,600 feet, than at 600 feet. 
I think this a very important fact, and one that will, no doubt, 
be noted by all concerned in Para. 
It is probably due to the cooler atmosphere at the higher eleva- 
tion, which does not tend to coagulate the pure latex as it exudes 
from the wound, whereas, at the lower elevation, the temperature 
being much higher, the latex scarcely has time to run into the cups 
before it coagulates on the way, owing to the heat. — From the 
Indian Gardening and Planting of January ijth , /poj. 
RUBBER IN CEYLON. 
Mr. J. B. Tennant of Berredewelle, Matale, went down to Kalu- 
tara in September to inspect the Para rubber cultivation on 
Culloden Estate, Neboda. A ‘'Standard'’ representative, who was 
in Kalutara on Saturday, in a brief conversation with Mr. R. W. 
Harrison, the manager of the estate, learnt that the prospects of 
Para rubber in the low country were very bright. Recent sales in 
London fetched exceedingly good prices. All the trees have been 
tapped and are yielding very freely. Trees have been planted in 
all parts of the estate (Culloden), which belongs to the Rosehaugh 
Tea Company of Ceylon, and is the best estate in the low country 
where Para rubber has been fully planted, Arrapolakande also in 
Neboda, coming next. Mr. HARRISON informed our representative 
that he expects an output of nearly ten thousand pounds this year 
which is considered a splendid record. Large quantities of seed have 
been sent to Southern India, and several local estates have also 
been supplied. Mr. HARRISON used to do a tremendous business 
all over Java, Sumatra, the Cape, North Borneo, Thursday Island 
and Queensland. Small quantities have also been shipped to Lon- 
don and Paris but the foreign demand is now practically over, — 
India Rubber and Gut fa Percha Trades' Journal. 
PRESERVES, NUTMEG AND LIME. 
Limau Kasturi Preseve. 
Two days. 
150 Limau Kasturi. 
4 lbs. Sugar 
2 Coconuts. 
Some leaves of Chukup Manis. 
Scrape the outer rind of the fruit sparingly. 
Make 4 downward slits in the rind, and squeeze out the juice 
and pips. 
