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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1952.

THE RUBBER INDUSTRY MESSAGERIES How The Plantations Were Established M

Indian Trade.

With Russia

New Delhi, Mar. 4. An Increase in trade be- tween flurala and India

In the first eight monilis financial of the current

year (1051-1952) was re-

by statistics venlod

an- nounced in Parliament to- day.

(when the financial year started) and December 1951, Indian Imports from Hussin were valued at 6,757,000 rupees against 2,204,000 rupees. for the whole of the financial year 1950-1961,

Between April

In the same period In- dlan exports to Russia reached 55,000,000 rupees against a inere 13,409,000 ropees France-Presse.

1050-1951.-

HONGKONG SHARE MARKET

Pioneers' Struggle To Get Government Support

London.

The value of the rubber plantation industry to the British Common- wealth has often been stressed in recent years, but few people know the story behind the establishment of this important Industry in South East Asia.

Mr Hugh Latimer, writing in "History To- day," has managed to condense it into a single article. The result is one of the most readable and informative contributions yet achieved on this subject.

Much of the early history of the introduction of the South American "indiarubber" tree into Aala has been documented, by such ploneers 09 Sir Clements Markham and Sir Henry Wickham, and Mr Latimer has drawn heavily on their works. But gaps remain, and

Increase In Rice Price Announced

at certain points history has become confused with BURMESE legend.

ACTION

Rangoon, Mar. 4. The Burma Government One

of these legends-that the rubber tree became a papu-| Wickham smuggled the rubber ar plantation crop, and the today fixed an 11.1/9 per sceds out of Brazi in defiance British-

Commonwealth's

big-

of a local government jealous gest dollar-earning Industry was cent price increase on rice of Its earnings from the export in the road to prosperity,

cf natural rubber--is discount- ed by Mr Latimer. The legend appears to have grown out of Wickham's own "colourful ac- count of the affair."

A STRONG HOLD

What this hos meant to Malaya is best described by Mr (From Our Correspondent)

waste wat Latimer: "A jungle Mr converted into one of the most "Read carefully," says Business done on the. Stock

makes productive agricultural areas un- Exchange this morning amounted Latimer, "the narrative

der the sun, and the character merely of the Malayan population Noon quotations it plain that Wickham to 5441,005.80.

WDS and the morning's trensactions: feared this might be so:

the

exports sold on a govern- ment to government basis for the first half of 1952,

Exports through private chill- nels will be at nearly 13 per rent

above the Government price, rice agents sold.

SHARES ROVERS SELLERS BALCS focal authorities at Para, with transformed Anne the 000 tons for private export by:

on Inding workers and

SAILINGS TO EUROPE

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Apr.

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May

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June

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138

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Msy

24th

July

418

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20 200

whom H. M. Consul was

most good terms, were

to operative in his desire the cargo through quickly."

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Union

770 10 705

150

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CHIMIST SAGENTS

311PPING

DOCKS, ETC.

N. P. Whart

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US Aid

צענת

Scheme

In Philippines

Said

Satisfactory

Washington, Mar. 4. Roland Reene, Chief of the Mutual Security Agency Mission in the Philippines, considers the Agency's aid programme in that country progress- ing satisfactorily.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Mr Reene said he expected that the project's 1952 pro- gramme for which $32,000,000 has been earmark- ed-will be completed within that period.

FOREIGN EXCHANGES

IN NY

Canasto England

ocial ungfell

Belgium

in

A further programme of approximately the same dimen-

would be carried out Flen the islands year.

in the 1953 fiscal

Reene is completing Mr fortnight of conferences with MSA executives, They Bre surveying the 1962 and 1953 programmes. The projected 1953 budget request for the Philip pines is ready for presentation to Congress, but Mr Reene de clined to reveal the details ex- cept to say they were about 2,70% 2.31bid/2.34 like those for 1952.

27714

New York, Mar. 4.

US$1.00-1/10

naked

Mr Reone also said the deputy chief of the Philippine mission has been chosen to fill that long- existing vacancy, but he refused to say who.it will be.

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A second tender has now been For Freight and Further Particulars please apply to:- called for by the Board,

Though the State Agriculturai Marketing Board allocated 170,- South

the traders during the period, the Jaffna superintendents, the best Board has so far accepted ten- get planting blood of the East was ders for only 28,000 tons, as

attracted to Malaya: A Skinner

tenders for the remainder were from India, a Lushington from not up to specifications, Further confusion was un- Ceylon, and all the clans of figure among doubtedly due to the interest North Britain, which several U.K. Govern-the names of planters of the

Of the 20,000~~lons" for ̄im- ment departments-notably the early twentieth century" India Office-professed in the

mediate shipment, Japan will "Their capital Was 300171 efforts to introduce the rubber for pioneering; not enough for ter being divided between Fin

enough receive 16,500 tons, the remain-

development, and

many sold lund, the Persian Gult, Mau- The Governments of those their proprietary rights for rillus, Holland, Belgium, Saudi days did not attach auch great shares and become managers on Arabla and Portuguese India,

The small importance to colonial develop their own estates.

which received the Japan. ment as their modern successors London investor really made maximum allocation in the first the huge sums spent on the modern Malaya. But the plan-tender, would pay between £58 East African groundnuts scheme

cheme iters or heir successors stayed, and £62 per ton, according to be contrasted with the. may

nig-

per- the variety. - sp"," The country which they

have done 50 much to 10 1.65 1000 11 gling attitude of the nineteenth sonrally

century authorities when Wick-devolop has a strong emollanni ham demanded £10 per thou-hold on the European Malayans

107 200 100 7.10

100013

tree into Asia.

45 454 100 g 45%%

1200 - 40%

200

16

HK Hotel XD

8.10

ik Land 011

LAND, ETC.

S'kat Land

Humphreys Healty

144

212

UTILITIES

Peak Tram

(0)

031951 10

ES &

PRICE TENDERS

The Bourd originally allocated

40,000 tons of rice respectively

Tram 174 1794 3000 @ 17.50 sand for the seeds that were to of today and got even the inter India and Ceylon 70,000 tons and

grow into today's flourishing in-war depression or the humilia

tlen of the Japanese occupation have succeeded in shaking it.

In the present

Communist terror, the rubber planter faces the biggest odds he has ever

Star Ferry

C. Light (0

24

dustry.

FIL 114

8

0.05 1800 Gr 8.00 3000 u 8.55

130 2500

8.50

A SLOW START

for export through private channels but no quantities wera released to these two countries B1 "The matter." Mr Latimer

as tenders offered on their behalf "moved

were ponderously

too low to be accepted. C. Light (N) 5.85

B 230 8.80 says,

faced. The Commonwealth has 1000 8.80 through the proper channels.

Although the Agricultural Electric XD 21% 21.55 1000 215 Later--much later-we find the reason to be grateful for his Marketing Board announced rice

then director of Kew Gardens devotion." London Express allocations for different coun writing to Mr Joseph Chamber Service.

tries, the quantities had to be bought 19tain in the following terms:

through "Sir,

price tenders.

INDUSTRIES

17 Cement

ErC. ...... 1915 19.05 5323 Dalry

Watson XD. 2412 L.. Crawford

251⁄4

15010

Grain Prices

In Chicago

Chiengo, Mar. 4. Prices of grain futures closed today us follows:-

8.5912

Wheat price per bushel Społ March

2.511 May July September December

4

Twenty years ago the Secretary of State for India in Council invoked the aid of this establishment to introduce the species yielding indiarubber from South America into India, The operation was successfully accomplished at

considerable cost. Three species were estab- they ished in Ceylon, where have since produced seed which is available for distribution. - As far as I am aware, no practical result has followed............”

America A

Market For

.

Indian Tea?

New York, Mar. 4,

competitive

Total exports on a government to government basis during the period were 354,000 tons. It was JoMcially stated.

The allocations are:

140,000 tons; Ceylon India 00,000

tons; Indonesia 72,000 tons; Japan 30,000 tons, British Ter:erita 28,000 tons and Saudi Arabia 0,000 tons.-Reuter.

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on

Friday the 7th of March at 9 P.M.

Passengers are requested to board the vessel with their cabin baggage on Friday the 7th of March between 4 P.M. and 8 P.M. (Dinner for passengers at 7 P.M.)

Baggage Room and Hold Baggage will be.registered at Kowloon Godown No. 56 (No. 2 Gate Canton Road. Entrance) on Thursday the 6th of March from 9 AM, to NOON and 2 P.M. to 4 P.M. ati on Friday March 7th from 9 AM to NOON ONLY,

No haggage will be accepted for registration.

With the question of hessian JAPANESE BONDS | after this time..

duties off their hands for the time being, the Government of The efforts to establish the

India's trade promotion officers rubber tree in Inca failed, and are ready to push the sale of 2.45-14part of the blame for this must Indian tep in the dollar market,

be attached to a misleading particularly

United port on the natural habitat

Pluust | States. method of cultivation of

America.

T

and

Com

the

tree

prepared by Mir Cross,

Spot

March

Who had

May

July

in South

а

September December

Пус

March

1.2016 1.7090

1.90 1.933%

0236-14

30-day futures

90-day future

2.77%

Australia

2.2215

New Zealand

2.32744

South Africa

2.102

1008

Denmarkt

1455

France

020-0/10

In

West Germany

4.20

addition to procuring

Holland

2030

¡sonnel of the Industry and health

-2405

ENSTO

0205

being enlarged,

He

Jely

Norway

Portugal

Spain Sweden

Switzerland

Colombia

073

depuly mission chief, the per-

'divisions of the mission are also

indicated that about

口

dozen officials will be added to these divisions but he declined

to give details.

Mr

Reene Washington on

to leave

plans

Tuesday, flying

10 Seattle where he will confer

on Wednesday with the Cham-

Commerze of

to discuss business problems

concern,

May

Data

March

May ****

New York four-per 200 . Sack. 380-United Presi.

Cotton Prices

in the

The export duty on hessian been entrusted with was reduced from Rupees 1,500 the task of collecting the seeds a ton to Rupees 750 a fortnight Although ams. Although the United States his obrervations proved hope-porters have been holding Iresly wrong. It appears that off, waiting for the market to beltéved that some of his plants, received in stabilise, 19 Singapore in 1877, wore destined eventually the objective of in- to become the forebears ofercasing the demand for hessian three-quarters of the world's in their market will be achieved, As regards India tea, its use in cultivated rubber.

this area could be expanded con siderably.

TAPPING DISCOVERY

Once these plants had

in established

been The United States consumes Singapore's 25 times more coffee than tea.

Prices botanical gardens, they were ap- Of the total U.S. tea imparts

of mutual In New York

2292

Middle EastÉ

Egypt

R

Iran

03125

281

Iraq

Turkey

.4375

Latin America

Argentina

£725

• Brazil

.0500

Bolivia

ber

Chila

0115

4023

Cuda

1.00

He would hold similar incet-

1165

.0480

ings at San Franclico on Thura-

day and Friday and leave ba

Uruguay

Venezuala

2000

Far East

mes

March B via Philippines Alt-

trullo

2000

due on March 10,'

2030

Pakistan

Hongkong.

.2750

Indonesia

3015

Aingapore

3270

New York, Mar. 4. Prices of colton futures closed for Manila, where he is today as follows:-

41.20 nominal 40.04 2085-19.00 30.06-30.09 23.14

Spot March May July

October

December

March (1959)

May Juny

Mexico

Peri

Japan

Mr Reene la ori a

Jeave * absence from, the University of Montana. Asked how long he 460 yen to expected to head the mission at US$1

Manila, he said, "That is in- -United Press,

definito."

Rubber In Singapore

Singapore, Mar. 4. Prices of rubber futures closed: today, as follows:

Number 1 rubber, ger ́ib/" 10-Yo

April

Jum

Mar

103-10545

Momber, 3 rubber, April · 10814-4; .. Number rubber Agri 103 Number, rubber, Aari 055-0014 Boot, rubber, unbelid 1070714

13-a 412-157 Inijad Press.

Black crepe

·

Japanese bonds:

"A" (43. ag" (45.

of 1910) "C" (59.

of 1807) "D" (5a. ・ of 1034)

London, Mar. 4.

60 of 1800)

59

100

70

“E” (61⁄4s. of 1934)

Controls

#21

50%

United Press.

NY Stock Markot

New York, Mar. 4. Dow Jones averages at the end of the New York Stock Market session stood lows:-

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New York, Mar, 4. was quoted today at

short

P. & O. Building.

parently forgotten, for when Mr

there of about 100,000,000 lbs, an- H. N. Ridley arrived tome years later to take charge nually, India supplied between 40,000,000 lbs of the gardens ho found them 30,000,000 and fully-grown and entirely over-which was less than 10 per cent

Copra of India's total tea exports.

$132 per grown by secondary jungle.

Out of India's annual ica. pro- Press, To Mr. Ridley belongs much duetion of about 000,000,000 lbs. of the credit for discovering a method of topping which did about $75,000,000 lbs. are ex- not kill the trees, But he found ported, of which about 38,000,000 HMA 1bs.

'by the tofren nre it difficult to interest planters

Kingdom United

market. in the tree. Mr Latimer de Retier. 35.27.35 LB

to 33,75 nominal scribes how Ridley used 29.08 624

the rubber seeds into press

poc- 25.25 naratnalkets of visitors to his botanical -United Prems.

Injunction, NEW ORLEANS MARKET gardens, with the

Take few of those home with you They will be valu- 38.95 Didable some day."

But he indicated that the duration of his work in the

March Philippines will be governed by MAY future developments.--Aszociá– } July ted Press.

March (19337 May

Market

NY Pepper M

pas New York,.Mnt. 4.

41.57

30.85

33.22 bid

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Rates

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