533 
RANGE OF TIIE GUTTA TAB AN COLLECTOR*. 
ill 1846,. 5364 
1847,. 9296 
1848 to 31st July, 6768 
21, 598. 68 valued at % 274,190. 
The whole of this has been sent to Great Britain, with the excep¬ 
tion of 15 piculs to Mauritius. 470. 68 to the Continent of Europe 
and 922 to the United States. 
About 270,000 taban trees have probably been felled during' the 
3^ years the trade has existed, and the value of each tree has thus, 
on an average, been about a dollar. 
The price of taban in Singapore gradually rose from 8 to 24 dol¬ 
lars per picul, but last month it began to fall and is now about 13 
dollars. 
In our next we shall give some more exact details, and notice the 
mixtures of gatta percha, jelotong, g%r<$k, litcliu and ©the ^inferior 
gatt&s, the products of different trees, which are sometimes used to 
adulterate the t&ban. A large lump was brought to us a few days 
ago consisting of gatta percha and gegrek enveloped in a coating of 
taban about a third of an inch in thickness. 
