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Mark. 
W P M 
Tiger Asahan 
Bukit Lintang 
B L A 
BLC 
BLR 
DWHS 
B R R Co Ltd 
Quantity, Description, Price per lb. 
4 cases fine amber sheet, 6/i*, 2 cases darker, 6 jih 2 cases fine 
palish scrap, 5/ 3^. _ , 
4 cases fine amber biscuits, 6/1-5. 4 cases dark biscuits, 0/13. 
4 cases fine palish biscuits, 6/ 15. 
4 cases fine amber washed sheet, bought in. 
4 cases fine pale to darkish crape, bought in. 1 case darkish to 
dark, bought in. 
1 case Rambong crape, bought in. 
2 cases fine darkish washed sheet. 6 ji% I case fine palish crape, 
bought in. 3 cases darkish crape, bought in. 1 case good 
palish to dark washed sheet, 6/1 5. 
29 cases very fine large amher sheet, 6/2 to 6/2L 6 cases little 
darker, 6/i$ to 6/ if. 7 cases paler bubbled, 6/ 1. 5 cases good 
darkish scrappy sheet, 5/3*. 9 cases good scrap, 5/1 to 5/3^. 
I case good rejections, 5/35. 3 cases good cuttings, S/4i- 4 
cases fine sheet rejections, 5/10. 2 cases good scrap, 5/2. 
SHIPMENTS OE PLANTATION RUBBER. 
From Colombo and Galle. 
1906 
First three months 
... 31 tons. 
1905 
Do. 
.. I2i „ 
1904 
Do. 
• • 9 
1903 
Do. 
From Singapore. 
.. Si „ 
1906 
First three months 
From Penang 
.. 47 tons. 
1906 
First three month^ 
9 tons. 
Total Exports from Ceylon and the Straits Settlements for first three months, 1906, 
87 tons. 
E. M. S. LABOUR QUESTION. 
The following letter by Mr. E. V. Carey on the labour problem 
in the Federated Malay States appears in the India Rubber 
Journal : — 
It would appear from what one occasionally hears that fears are 
entertained in certain quarters of a dearth of labour in the Federated 
Malay States and perhaps the views of one who has been many 
years out there, and who has visited the labour districts of Southern 
India and Java, in person, may be of some interest. As you no 
doubt know, the rubber planter in the Federated Malay States gets 
all his felling done by Malays or Sakeis (the aborigines), and<his 
draining by Javanese, a very large number of whom are permanent 
settlers and landowners. Of such labour there is suggested scarcity. 
For the general work of an estate we prefer, if we can get him, 
the Tamil or native of the Madras Presidency, and we hope that 
the undoubted popularity of the country and the work will attract 
these men over in sufficient numbers for all our requirements. But 
it must be admitted that competition for the services of the Tamil 
is very keen, and he would be a bold man who would guarantee an 
abundance of this class of labour in the future. Recognizing this 
fact, the Government of the Federated Malay States and Straits 
