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other territory, Great Britain draw on the outelda for labour controls 77 por cent of the supply
total area under cultivation for The Amazon Investigation [rubbor," "the reports show covered Bolivia, Perju, tho die- "American capital, invested inputed territory between Colombia In view of the continued restricthe East is estimated at only and Ecuador, the three Brazilian tion of rabber output in British 432,000,000, against $489,000,000 states of Amazonas, Matto territory the following from the for Great Britain, $130,000,000 for Grosso and Faro, and the AcrO Manila Bulletin is interesting: 27,000,000 for Franco and Bo was greatly aided by
Holland, $40,000,000 for Japan territory of Brazil; The party World-wide stirvoy of rubbor production by United States do- and $47,000,000 for other Brazilian government. Tho
European countries. partment of conitnarco investiga torn, who studied conditions in different vountries including the
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Phillppines not long ago, reveal "Ample land and labour are that the British control 77 por available for new planting in cont. of the world's entire rubber Malaya, Sumatra, and Indo- planted territory. The con-China but India and Burma aro solidated report of the different not attractive because of investigating partios was subfavourable climatic conditions. mitted recently to American rubVery little desirable unoccupied ; bor manufacturers' conference in rubber land is left in Java and All in the Week's Doinga. Now York City, according to Cayton Taxation is a serious report just received by Insular of drawback in India while in Indo- Those who want a fair idoa uf ficiali.
China American capital would what life in the tropics moans to With the British in almost comprobably experience considerable, "outstation" folk should road the plote control of torritory adapted difficulty in acquiring control following notes given in matter, to rubber production in the Far over largo arene under the pro-of-faot language by the Land Kast, and with political conditions sont and proposed corporatiou Datu corcespondent of the British- and extating-tuw-militatingflowe
North Borneo Herald considerably against rubbar "The countries visited by the
-"We do not know whother it is! development in the Philip-commerce departments' Carribean the same on the other Coast, int pine, American rubber manu-party wore Quatomala, Salvador, here at any rate the wild pig this facturere must Jook to-Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, year are extraordinarily plontiful| wards the Coutral and South Colombia, and Equador, Informa.and.remarkably daring and fros American republics for thoir rub was also gathered on wostorn from shyness. ber folds and raw material, the Vonzuela and southorn Mexico. It is nothing on the Estate's to -report-indicator,-
-Physical-conditions suitable for betold that pig come under the
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Concerning possibilities in Para rubber cultivation were found European houses at night. The The Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd. the Philippings," the department in small portions of northern other day a big fallow was seen of commerce investigators" raport Guatemala: portions of Honduras, under the Lahad Datu' Rost points out, "the commerce dopart-extonsivo aroan in oastery House, and the District Officer's ment representives expressed the Nicaragua and northern Costa bull-terriers Kijang, Husa and opinion that the dangers of Rice: limited and sogregated Tikus have killed within ten typhoons and lack of labour areas in Panama; sections con- days three pigs of. the black) supply, two doterrent factors tiguous to the Atrato and San variety within a radius of half a stressed in previous reports, had Juan rivore in Columbia; limited mile of the Town, including one beon exaggerated. The unareas in southwestern Colombia, which they caught in the middle. certainty of the prosent political in the vicinity of Tumaos; and of the night just at the foot off 'situation with respect to the un extensive area on the coastal the District Officer's hill which is Philippitios and the reported lack plain of Ecuador. It should be only a stone's throw from tho of encouragement toward the in-carefully noted, however, that shops! troduction of horgo American or this commendation does not Tobacco plantors may be in- other reported investments are necessarily apply certain import-terostod to hear of the latest posts. the outstanding factors in the ant factors regarding labour, taxa-that this year have made their situation as L whole which tion and logislation, which in appearanca on the Sogama militate against rubber dovolop some cases prosent formidable Tobacco Estator. ments in the islands." it was obstacles. Conditions are regard. The General Manager, Mr. C. ducinrad.
led as loast kuitable due to dednite B. Deultry reports that bosiden "Extensive investigations were dry soaнons in southwestern] the existing pests to which conducted in the islands of Mindu- Moxico: southern Guatemala; young tobacco plants are liable, ai nao, Basilan, and Jolo, where western Costa Rica southern noval ona has stoly boon dis-i more than 1,500,000 acres of land Panama west of the canal; and covered in the form of wild pig!.
word located as having the curtain arid regions on the cost The pig apparently knock down topography, soil and climatic of Ecuador.
the phants and eat the tops, and) conditions favourable for "The agroggate aroa of desirable during the month many thousands the planting and cultivation land in tropical America is suf-of young plants have boon des- of the Pars rubber troo on ficient for the developman of rub-troyed in this way. This, we commercial scale. A number of bor plantations to rival the believo, in.the first time that pig small plantations aggregating present cultivated area in the have evor been known to attack 2,500 aeros airoady planted to East.
tobacco plants.
rubber now exist in this region, i "It was found that, genorally, In addition to this novel pest and produce yields which com taxes on land ares elthor non- the monkeys (Krash) not liking. pare very favourably with the existent or inconsiderable, and to be left out in the cold have best rubber growing areas of the the land tenure conditions vary also, it is reported, contributod East.
greatly.
their little quota of damage on The present land law, how- "The attitude of the various both Segame and Hilir Estyles! over, which prevents the acquisi- republice toward thu commerce All they do is simply to descend tion of more than 2,500 acres by investigators was one of extrome in swarms and playfully pull up any one company or individual cordiality and sincere desire to the young plants with which they. is a handicap against plantation point out means making land apparently practice throwing "developments on an economic available for enterprises of large the hammer" -judging fron! the quantity basis sufficient to make magnitude. In some casos, mariner the plants are found Amorten independent of foreign where existing laws appeared to strewn about the fielda! production."
Timpedo such development, il And last but, not least, our The Far East produces to-day was intimated that if there were friend the elephant has found it 45 per cent of the world's output sufficient incentive thoro wae rofreshing to stray into pastures of rubbor, the investigators' report possibility of enaceting laws to new-Nothing like a tobacco shows. The total area with moot the special conditione. clearing for sunshino," says ho rubber in the Far East is about "All of the regions enumerated The other day on Tanjong Putus 4,260,000 acres, of which 2,729,000 ¦úro in a strong strategic position division, while some Chinese acros are owned by European and from the standpoint of transport, coolios wore busy in the forenoon 'American 'enpital and 1,537,000 The total labour force of the sowing on leaves in a drying acres by Asiatic. About 3,500,000 Central and Colombis region shed, a solitary elephant pushod neres are producing orold enough available For large planting his way through the attap wall to be tapped.
developments is estimated at not of the bangsal, walked up the "Through domicilo of plantato oxcoed 40,000 men, sufficient "aisle" and straight on through tlone in British territory, and for from 120,000 to 150,000 acres. the wall at the end of the shad, through ownership of plantu- | For operations of magnitude, It as if it had not been there; and tiona by British capital in would, therefore be necessary to
THE HUMAN Z00.
By C. Baekel.
'Jen't your kown just a triflo Venus de Milo, Lisboth ? Yes, old hing Just the sort that all approve of ox Canopling the other women and one's husband
taking a short eat across some newly planted tobacco disupinat,| ed in the edge of the jungle!
Nobody was hurt we are told, but the coolies who first saw this) grey apparition coming from the
blue" as it word, through the] wall of the shod, have nover done) the hundred yarde in such quick). timo
Mr. Lynn of the Lower Sugams Rubber Estate shot-a python the other day on the estate which moasured 21 foot in length. Ho states that some Chinose coolies, while felling junglo, first odme upon the beast coiled up in a tree. Having just gorgod itself with a pig, the snake looked to thom to bg abnormally huge in girth, and judging that it must be the same! size all the way down, thought! thay had run across a dragon, and, so for superstitious reasons wore not brani (daring) to tackle it but sont word to Mr. Lynn.
When the python was opened a wild pig was found inside crushed but still whole, and apparently only quite recently caught in the colla of this
serpent and dovcured.."
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