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WEIGHT OF HEVEA BRAZ1LIENSIS SEED, COTYLEDONS 
AND SHELL. 
Number. 
Total weight. 
1 
f- 
1 
Shell. 
* ■ • 1 
Cotyledons. 
Percentage of 
Cotyledons 
to total weight. 
Gy. 
Gr. 
Gr. 
Per cent. 
1 
3*i8 
1 69 
*•58 
50 
2 
514 
-84 
3*28 
66 
3 
4-26 
1 63 
261 
62 
4 
4 ' 4 i 
170 
2*70 
61 
5 
419 
1-33 
2-86 • 
68 
6 
4*46 
205 
241 
52 
7 
3 ' 5 ° 
1*65 
r8 S 
53 
S 
3-86 
1-96 
1-89 
49 
9 
3**4 
1-41 
i *73 
55 
10 
3-2 1 
1-48 
1-72 
53 ^ 
1 1 
3-26 
i ‘35 
190 
58-28 
12 
4*65 
, 1-89- 
2 '49 
53*54 
Xotals . . . 
47-286 
19-88 
2 7 02 
... 
Averages 
3 ' 93 » 
1 
1-656 
2-25 
597 
The following will enable an estimate to be made of probable 
profits from this source: — 
1 1 1 Para rubber seeds = 1 lb. 
12,432 „ „ “ 1 cwt. 
248,640 „ „ = 1 ton. ' 
The kernel i. e the decorticated seed is 60 per cent of the total 
weight of seed, therefore 414,400 seeds will make a ton of 
decorticated seed. At 400 seeds i.e. 133 fruits to the tree 414,400 
seeds will be the crop of 1,036 trees which at 193 trees to the acre 
i.e. 15 feet apart is the produce of 5-4 acres. One acre will 
therefore give 3 cwts. 79 lbs. value ^1-17-0 or $15.88. 
