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Lies removed, and if, in course of time, over-production begins to 
make utsel 1 felt, those who have established a reputation for the 
quality of their produce will be the last to suffer. 
Gut f A Rambong [Ficus elastic#). — A small sale of this rubber 
from about 4 year old trees was put through at $190 per picul the 
average yield per tree being about 10 oz. The lot in question was 
the most ordinary “ scrap and for really good stuff a much higher 
price would probably have been paid. The cost of collection was 
very heavy, the quantity being only a very small one, still the mar- 
gin of profit is sufficiently wide, at the price quoted, to make the 
cultivation of Rambong well worth considering. This variety has 
the advantage of yielding nearly two years sooner than Para, and 
gives a heavier return per tree. It is also cheaper to open, beina 
planted not less than 30' by 30', spreads with great rapidity, con^ 
sequently keeping the weeds down well, and is indigenous to the 
country ft moreover grows with great luxuriance in well-drained 
peat land where no. other cultivation does any good at all. Tap- 
ping is easy, and requires nothing like the care that is necessary 
with Para, but the latex is slow to coagulate when poured out in 
pans, and the value of really good Rambong “biscuits” is at pre- 
sent an unknown quantity. The idea seems to be that the quality 
° tllIS ru ^° er * s inferior, but so little is known about it when really 
carefully prepared, and the price realised for the “scrap” referred 
to was so satisfactory, that it would certainly appear to merit much 
greater attention. 
For the Committee, 
E. V. CAREY, 
Chairman. 
HERBERT M. DARBY, 
H 0 nor ary Secretar y. 
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