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Senor A. Aldana, Consul for Venezuela, says : — 
“ That he is communicating with his Government, and they will 
do something in the way of exhibiting.” 
Mr. W. D. Gibbon, Acting General European Member in the Legis- 
lative Council of Ceylon : — 
“ I duly received your letter of 29th inst., with July issue of 
Tropical Life. I think it is highly desirable that a Rubber Exhibition 
should take place in London in 1908. There is no other 
Government which has the same stake in the future growth of rubber 
as that of the British Empire. Ceylon, the Straits, South India, 
British North Borneo and British Africa will in a few years contribute 
the bulk of rubber for the world’s consumption. London is, therefore, 
the most suitable city for such an Exhibition, where all who have 
interests in the growth and manufacture can visit it.” 
Mr. Geo. M. Crabbe, Chairman, Sabaragamouwa Planters’ Associa- 
tion : — 
“ I am in receipt of yours of the gth inst., regarding an Inter- 
national Rubber Exhibition at London, also the copy of Tropical 
Life, for which I thank you. I certainly think that an International 
Exhibition in London would be of great benefit to Ceylon, and would 
bring the island as a rubber-producing country more prominently 
before the general public.” 
Mr. Edgar Turner, Chairman, Planters’ Association of Ceylon : — 
“ I thank you for the copy of Tropical Life and I have read 
the article re an International Rubber Exhibition in London in 1908, 
and think that if properly supported by the producers, manufacturers 
and others interested in the trade, and by their respective Govern- 
ments, it would be a great success. It would not only bring the 
producers and those interested in rubber together, but would give the 
manufacturers an opportunity of showing the public the endless uses 
to which rubber is now put, and thereby help to increase the demand 
for the article.” 
Mr. Hodgson Bell, Chairman, Matale Planters’ Association 
“ In answer to your letter re International Rubber Exhibition at 
London, for which you ask my opinion, I am strongly of the faith in 
the good that a well -organised exhibition will do for producer, 
merchant, and manufacturer.” 
Mr. R. L. Proudlock, Curator, Botanic Gardens, Ootacamund, India : — 
“ I am quite in sympathy with the idea of holding an International 
Rubber Exhibition in London, and shall be pleased to do what I can 
to interest in the matter those persons ou there who are engaged in 
the rubber industry. 
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