6, Mincing Lane, London, E. C., 
27 th June, lf)08 , 
To the Director, Royal Botanic Garden Kew, 
Dear Sir, 
We have carefully examined the sample of rubber you handed us 
this afternoon. 
The biscuits are very dark and rough, but fairly strong and in 
good condition, worth about 3 - per lb. 
The Nuggets, are clean and in good condition, but cut wet and 
very spongy, value about 1/9, 1/10 per lb. 
The scrap is ordinary black illshapen lumps, also cutting spongy 
and wet and shewing a few pieces of bark and grift, worth about 16. 
1 8 per lb. 
The best form to send this rubber in would be as Biscuits, but a 
little more care should be taken in the preparation. 
In the sample they are very uneven, and evidently not properly 
rolled ; we think they have probably been exposed to the air and sun-, 
light causing discoloration. (Signed) Lew1s & p EAT 
Bote. The rubber, except when at the Kuala Kangsar show was 
not exposed to the light. It is obvious from the wet and spongy 
condition spoken of such rubbers should be throughly smoked, and if 
prepared in biscuit form would very likely command a higher price as 
native collected getah gerip is usually exported large halls which are 
impossible to smoke efficiently. 
R. Derry. 
EXPORT OF RUBBER FROM BRAZIL IN 1907. 
The following figures comparing the export of rubber from Brazil 
in 1907 with that in 1906 are quoted by the “ Tropenpflanzer from 
the “ Brazilian Review.” 
1905 
Quality. 
Quantity. 
Value f.o.b. 
Seringa-fine 
Seri nga-entre fine - 
Seri nga- Sernamb y 
Seringa-Caueho 
Seringa-Miscell. 
In lbs. 
34.050.709 
6.438.542 
18.265.790 
10.243.675 
616.847 
117.787.762 
19.829.784 
36.249.194 
20.023.559 
1.668.826 
In milreis. 
Total Seringa (Para) 69.615.563 
195.559.125 
Massarandnla Balata Gum 
Manga beira 
Manicoba (Ceara) 
2.826.591 
12.398.885 
Grand Total 
Grand Total in tons 
76.912.403 
34.336 
210.284.551 
