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CORRESPONDENCE. 
H. N. 
Dear Sir, 
Singapore , 
Ridley, Esq., 
Director , Botanical Gardens . 
Present. 
yth August, /903. 
We have pleasure in handing you a copy of a letter received 
by last mail from our London people reporting on the Rubber 
Samples we sent home for you from which you will see that their 
brokers speak very favourably of them. 
We instructed them to sell same after the samples had been 
reported on and when we receive a credit note for the amount will 
send you a cheque. 
Yours faithfully, 
BOUSTEAD & CO, 
Messrs. Boustead & Co., 
Singapore. 
London, 10th July, /poy. 
Dear Sirs, 
The small samples of India Rubber produced from the exoeri- 
mental trees ,n your Botanical Gardens duly came to hand and we 
have now the pleasure m waiting upon you with the Brokers 
report and valuation on same. 
We are glad to see that Messrs. Figgis & Co. speak favourable 
of the preparation and the only thing they suggest is that it would 
probably be more advantageous ,f the pieces were made l" to V' 
th.ck We are pleased to note that they put the value 3 1 to Id 
over the price of fine Para and in the interest of the Straits it i, 
be hoped that the production may before long assume considerable 
proportions. With regard to the ball you will observe that some 
part of it was rather mixed with bark, but it is a good Rubber and 
would to-day readily sell. 
Of course such small parcels as these are not at all attractive 
to buyers and we have sold them at 4/- for the biscuit and 3/- for 
the balk In quantity there would be buyers at say 4/3 d. to 4 Ud 
for the biscuit and 3/3,/. to 3/4 d. For the ball. } ' 4/4 ’ 
In addition to submitting the lots to our Brokers we have also 
asked one of the principal men in the Rubber trade to give us his 
Isreceived 1 We Sha " haVe P ' eaSure in f°nvardi„g & it as soon 
We are, &c., 
