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tree "rowing in the Garden, planted in 1885. Since then two more tappings of the 
same 6 tree have been made, first in April and again in Nov * mb f er '" , ‘ h ^‘ p -° ' ' W 
can at present be seen any injury to the tree The result of ‘ ^ 
oracticallv within a year, is'tlose on nine pounds of dry rubber. In attention to this, 
one pound was taken in >897 and valued at 3 /3 »■ here “ wil undtr^Mw 
derable difference in the yield of trees of the same size and age gr ow s,r 1 
conditions, so possibly this is an exceptionally good one and ,t s desirabhs Ha 
several trees should be operated on at the same time in order to arrive at a coi roc 
estimate of the average return. Unfortunately we have not the means of doing is 
here as there are only a few trees in the Garden and most of them planted m poor 
drv stonv soil where "they have made very slow growth. On the iirst occasion tap- 
ping was commenced on Tie .6th November and termtnnted on thc^arth D ecember, 
nd Tt'o^jf Ma 7 ,^.t ^ Third com mended on the 
a^rtf November and ended on the 23rd December. ^ ay£ 
nhre towards the end of the wet season and the second at the end ot what may o 
considered our dry season. The same number of collections were made on each 
occasion A thin shaving was removed from the lower surface o the 1 oblique cuts. 
-de on the first morning, thirteen time. ™ ^ extent" 
£“4 “into a ‘Opiate and by ^ 
Weioht of Wet Rubber obtained at. each collection in ounces. 
No. of Collection 
101 1 i 1 2 
lb 1 oz. ft) : OZ. 
Nov. and Dec., 1898 
April-May, 1899 
November-December, 
1899 
6: 6Uto 
13 1 14 
8 *! 8 
Iik\ 2 b 3 6| 8 iio|ioi'6i 
9' 1 ii'|i if 
1 1 
, ... 
I .81 6 
Total amount of dry rubber from one tr ee in one year 
' Among planters here the^ ap^ ^;o doubt as to the ^ 
of this tree but some have doubt*, based mainiv repu j 
yield will be sufficient to make it a paying croj, ^^‘^Vector told me, 
ffif.fce th^uKbUinedTn K’sLgapo/e’, and Penang are obtainable there ; 
unless "they have noi hitherto continued operating long enough on the same cut.. 
I™" " r :i” v. .he. ~ ^ hg* 
year and ”°^ s measure( , eighteen feet high with a girth at three feet from the 
gr mberof me^urement Uve 5 feet h eight and 4 i inches girth. A plot planted nine 
number ot measureme g o ^ has grown relatively better, the average being 
months later, 1. .. CT ;’ rth 9 jhe whole plantation looks well but there have 
ieen masses among those planted during .899 owing to their being submerged 
before they had beemn^ h^come^^vell rooted, flooding the land for a time does not 
Alter this tree 1 as , new ly planted it is fatal. -Some rows that 1 
Ed being manured with cattle manure in the early part of the year as 
ment show no appreciable benefit from the treatmen . 
as an experi- 
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