390 
Par St. Valeria. 
2748 17^0 env. 111 kil, Ceylon, Biscuits (Yataderiya), ass. epais, en partie 
de forme carree, en major, clairs, de belle qualite, partiell. 
un peu blanch&tres inter. 
2 749 I 7 ' 3 ° >> 122 jj Ceylon Biscuit*, env. 47 k. (Gikiyanakanda), pp. clairs, 
minces, de be 1 e qualite, (dont env. 6 k. plus foncds), env. 
75 k. (Rayiga; 1) id., mais un peu plus fonces. 
2750 17-00 „ 73 „ Ceylon, B.scuits (Galboda), tr£s clairs, mais non- 
transparents. 
A kilogramme is equal to 2| lbs. ; and consequently the valua- 
tions (“ taxes for plantation Hevea rubber work out at over ys. 
per lb. There are no other quotations in the catalogue within four 
francs of the Ceylon prices ; the general valuations would average 
10 francs per kilogramme. And the rubber from the East fetched 
as we interpret our special telegram — 33 centimes per kilogramme, 
or about I^d. per lb. more than the above valuations. 
Out of small events great ones grow ; and as Antwerp is such a 
central point, as any one can see who consults a map of Europe, it 
should be the largest Continental rubber market — except, possibly, 
Bordeaux — when Ceylon and the Malay States are supplying an 
important proportion of the world's demands. As our supply grows 
it will be both impossible and undesirable to send nine-tenths of 
our output to London ; and direct trading is to be one of the chief 
features of future commerce. 
On the Introduction of Para Rubber 
to the Straits. 
In the Tropical Agriculturist of September, the Editor continues 
his account of the history of Rubber Cultivation in Ceylon. With 
respect to the history of the relations between the Straits and 
Ceylon, he writes — 
“In 1877 rooted cuttings were sent to the Straits to Mr. Low 
for the Experimental Garden at Perak. As previously stated the 
plants produced flowers and fruits before the parent trees in Ceylon 
and in 1882 a consignment of seed was received from Mr. Low 
but they were found to be dead on arrival. In 1886, nearly one- 
third and in 1888 more than half the total crop of seeds were sent to 
Singapore and other parts of the Straits. Seeds were subsequently 
sent but it is probably correct to assume that much of the rubber 
now in the Straits has been obtained from the original cuttings sent 
in 1877. It should be mentioned, however, that in 1876 plants were 
sent direct from Kew to Singapore." 
The history of the introduction of Hevea into the Straits Settle- 
ments and Perak has been already described in the Bulletin and 
it is not quite the same as that of the Editor of the Tropical Agricul- 
turist. It is pretty clear that the first Para rubber trees planted in 
Perak were those taken by Murton from the Botanic Gardens, 
Singapore, and were some of the plants originally sent from Kew. 
