332 
fj Mincing Lank, London, e.c. 
Francis Pears Esq. 
Lanadron Estate , 
Muar — via Singapore. 
26th June , 1903. 
Dear Sir, — We thought it would interest you to hear that some 
Straits grown Para rubber was sold in our auctions to day. 
It was only a sample box of 38 lbs. good biscuits but rather 
mouldy outside, 6 lbs. thin biscuits mouldy outside and q lbs. Ball 
scrappy inside. 
The good biscuits only fetched 3/6*/., the thin 3/3 d. and the ball 
2 /6d. per lb. 
If the quantity had been larger and more care taken in ihe 
drying, it should have fetched 6d. per lb. more all round; As 
Ceylon grown sold up to 4/4 d. per lb. and the Straits grown seemed 
almost as good barring the condition. 
We hope your trees will soon be fit for tapping and that you will 
prepare it and thoroughly sun dry it (not artificially) like the Ceylon 
people do — who allow it to hang in a dry airy place for months— and 
produce a tip top article that we are selling at 4/4 d. per lb. 
Yours very truly, 
LEWIS AND PEAT. 
To the Editor Agricultural Bulletin, 
Singapore , 21st August , 1903. 
In view of the fact that planters of the Para rubber tree will soon 
be looking out for those markets where they can dispose of their 
produce to the best advantage, the enclosed letter will no doubt be 
of sufficient importance to be included in the pages of the bulletin 
where it may be referred to in the future. 
STANLEY ARDEN, 
Supt. Experimental Plantations. 
Batu 1 iga, Selangor, 
Federated Malay States, 
Yokohama , August 6th, '903. 
Stanley Arden, Esq., 
Superintendent , Experimental Plantations , 
Federated Malay States. 
Dear Sir, — In a recent issue of the Journal of the Society of 
Arts we read a report from your goodself upon the subject of Rub- 
