328 
in Pahang the following table will show the results:— 
Year. 
• 
Bamboos 1 Other min- 
and Canes, or produce. 
Rubber. 
Export 
rubber. 
Total 
1901 
1903 
... ... 
13,047 
-1,872 j 17,596 
1 1 ,985 
2927 
11,561 
2,998 
3^,593 
28,393 
Decrease 
. r 1 
... 
8,200 
Rubber was collected by the inhabitants from getah grip (urceola) 
and purchased by Government. It was then sold in Singapore at 
about $100 per pikul, realising a nett profit of $2,894, and $33 was 
obtained from passes. The decrease is due to the abolition of the 
monopoly lor rubber in force in 1901. 
In Perak $314 was realised by the sale of rubber, also extracted 
from getah grip (urceola). 
THE GROWTH OF RUBBER TREES. 
The following details, as showing the growth of trees of various 
species of rubber, are of interest. They are the record of observa- 
tions taken on trees growing in the Ootacamund Botanic Gardens 
by Mr. R. L. ProUDEOCK, Curator of Government Gardens and 
Parks, the Nilgiris: — 
Name of species. 
j Dates on which 
measurements 
were taken. 
1 
Height. 
Girth at 
j one foot 
j from the 
1 ground. | 
Girth at 
four feet 
from the 
ground. 
Central American 
Mar. 22nd, 1 90 1 1 
Ft. Ins. 
: 
12 0 j 
Ft. Ins. 
1 2 
Ft. Ins. 
Rubber — Castilloa 
clast tea — Planted 
6th, 1902 
18 10 i 
1 s : 
1 5 s 
in September, 1 8984 
l 
„ 2 1 st, 1903 
26 IO ; 
2 1 1 
1 1 1 
Raised from seed 
collected in April, 1897, and planted in 
September, 1898. The young trees in this block are growing 
vigorously. They flowered in March, 1902, for the first time and 
produced ripe seeds in April and May, 3902. Thus at Burliar the 
life cycle or generation of this species is five years. 
In last year's report it was stated that these young trees yielded 
a somewhat gummv substance destitute of the properties of true 
rubber. The trial tappings have been continued with the result 
that the rubber yielded by these trees in March, 1903, is interme- 
diate in character and quality between the gummy substance 
referred to and rubber of good quality. This clearly shows in the 
