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Scindapsus Scortechinii , Hookfil. ... 
Raphidophora Lobbii , Schott, 
R. grandis , Ridl. 
Potkos scandens , Lour, Var. 
Perak. 
Singapore. 
Sarawak. 
Sarawak. 
HIGH PRICE FOR RUBBER. 
nr Z he Malaya reports that at an auction sale in Singa- 
£ ° J I th ' %-'? cents P er lb- was paid for Para sheets from 
an Estate, Sungei Siput, owned by KdwiN Philips. This price 
*}_ *! t t XC £- an ipf rat - c of the da y was equivalent to6/ni, and is 
almost the highest price on record. ' 5 
., i ate . st s . ale P rice received (Decembers, 1905- ) gives 6/ G as 
the highest price for biscuits, Scrap fetched from 3/6 to 5 /,| per lb 
Assam rubber fetched 3/7* for fair quality. Rubber seed wa S P ship 
ped Ml some quantity from Ceylon, but all bought in. P 
A BIG AFRICAN RUBBER COMPANY. 
We see that a very large rubber Company for Africa is bein? 
formed under he name of the Liberian Rubber Corporation amon- 
p,rA °/ whll ? h are Sir Harry Johnston and Sir T Wes? 
Ridgeway It is intended to work an enormous area of robSr 
producing^ forest, 20,000 square miles which produces Landolihia 
Owanensis and two other species of Landolphia, Cl- tundra nitida 
and membranacea, Carpodinus Oocarpa and another species Rat 
woljia vom.tona, Funtumia elastica, Ficeus Whytei JohnsZni 
Gumeensis, Barten and other species. Labour ;« jin 1 i 
planting these rubber plants in the forests will he continued “ iTis 
proposed to have 30 stations for collecting the rubber This rubber 
is not of the best quality but sells at a/& to 3/9* per lb and it is 
expected after all expenses have been deducted to get a profit of 
about £125 per ton. It is expected ,o obtain 500 rons of rubber 
per year from this region. 0 1 ruDber 
ANIMAL AND FUNGUS PESTS OF FICUS 
ELASTICA IN JAVA. 
In Bulletin No. 3 of the Algemeen Proefstation nf c w 
(190?) Dr-. S. H. KOORDERS and Dr. L. Zehnier o- ,v p f Salatl ^ a 
of the pests injurious to the Rambong in Java Amfnlrf " acCou f 
the Kijang [Cervulus muntjac) and probably the Eanchil ea^the 
leaves of the young plants. Among Coleoptera, Batoceratboftcita 
a species of Epicedia and Petrognatha gigas var spinosa bore up the 
stems in a larval state. Abirus tidies a leaf ndi!? P th 
the leaves of young plants. Of Upidop’tera H yP sa f get Rank tsia 
xanthorrhma, Dasychtra, Ocin.ria signifera O'dilfcdl’J PPrl 
phodes bivitralis and two Psychid caterpillars have b d t Gly * 
