A SECOND TROPHY. 
A SILVER SALVER, also suitably inscribed 
will be given for the second best Essay. 
Mr. Noel Trotter (President of the Rubber 
Growers’ Association), Mr. Cyril Baxendale, 
Mr. C. Malcolm Cumming, Mr. William Forsythe, 
and Mr. Joseph Fraser have kindly agreed to form 
the Committee of Judges. 
CONDITIONS. 
( 1 ) The Competitor must be a planter or an assistant, 
or have been connected in a planting capacity with an 
Estate. 
( 2 ) Essays should not be less than 1 , 500 , nor more than 
2,000 words in length, and must be legibly written on one 
side of the paper only. 
( 3 ) Each Essay must bear a distinctive nom-de-plume 
and the name of the writer, together with the nom-de- 
plume, must accompany the manuscript on a separate slip. 
( 4 ) The winning Essays will be the property of the 
Rubber World, which will have the right to publish either 
or both. 
(5) The Rubber World reserves the right to publish any 
of the Essays which may be specially commended. 
(6) Essays must reach the office of the Rubber World, 
10 King Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C., not later 
than May 1 , 1914 . 
The winning Essay will be read at the Conference, 
to be held during the International Rubber Exhibi¬ 
tion. 
