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ber. We are general merchants and have some friends who are 
very anxious to purchase Asiatic Rubber. 
We shall be obliged if you can give us the name of some reliable 
firm in your district with whom we may correspond upon the sub- 
ject. 
We remain, Dear Sir, 
Yours faithfully, 
Sale & Co, Limited, 
Lanadron Estate, 
Mu ah, via Singapore, 
Straits Settlements, 
September jrd, 1903. 
Dear Sir, 
I have just received an analysis of some of the Garden’s rubber 
prepared with acetic acid, viz., 
India Rubber ... ... 9°-7^% 
Resinous matter 
Albuminous matter 
Mineral matter (ash) 
Mixture 
You, I believe, have already received the 
will perceive that although it is much super 
3 - 42 % 
0.11% 
1.80% 
valuation of this and 
or to any Para rubber 
Will ‘ , . . " , 
coming from South America, it is not as good as it is possible to get 
it. 
The analysis offers plenty of matter for reflection to those in- 
terested in the rubber industry here as to the possibility of improv- 
ing the quality by the eradication of the organic impurities. 
I remain, etc., 
FRANCIS PEARS. 
The Editor, 
“Straits Agricultural Bulletin,” 
Singapore. 
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government notice to planters. 
The Introduction of New and Valuable Agricultural 
Products. 
Notice is hereby given that, with a view to encouraging the in- 
troduction of agricultural products not under general cultivation in 
the Federated Malay States and neighbouring countries, the 
Government is prepared to grant to any bond fide planter who can 
satisfy the Government that he is the pioneer in the introduction, 
as a business operation, of a new and commercially valuable pro- 
