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1928.

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IN UNKNOWN COUNTRY, EXPLORER'S ADVENTURES.

THE RUBBER INDUSTRY.

COLONIAL OFFICE STATEMENT.

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BANGOUS, February 4th. Captain F. Kingdon Ward, B.A.. The rise in the price 'at' rubber during F.R.G.S., lite of A.Al's forces, the noted the last few months appears to have traveller, explorer, turalist anil author convinced some of the large manufactur of "In the Land of the Blue Poppy" has ing consumers-notably in the United arrived back in Burma after eleven States that a shortage is threatened, months ou the north-east frontier of writes Mr. E. L. Killick in the Financier. Yunnan and the Tibetan marches. He is Considerable prominence has been given preparing to return to the Euited to this view in the Press here, generally Kingdom on Tuesday on a year's leave of conjunction with the suggestion that absence and to be back in the East" again the regulations governing export restric to continue his explorations in'1991"

tion should be relaxed. Failing that dark Interviewed by in Englishman Popre hints are thrown out that America muy sentative, Captain Ward said that his go to Brazil or the Philippines for future return to Burma had been by, a route supplies. All this seems very silly and practically unknown and different to any futile to all who are acquainted with the before attempted. He is enthusiastic over conditions governing rubber production the trip which was partly over the direct throughout the world, and, while it has land route betwre China and India from tended further to strengthen the market Alekong to the Irrawaddy, and he says in the commodity, it has also called forth that a vast arra is still untraverséil atid definite statement from the Colonial unexplored and wil take many years and Office that "the Advisory Committee has macy scientile explorers to cover it.

informed the Governments of Ceylon and Capt. Ward left Burma last February Malaya that it is not desirable to modify for the North-East Frontier and spent at present the scale of export allowances eight months in Yunnan and the Tibetan laid down in the supplementary report on marches, passing through and beyond the rubber situation." Mali. This ends his sixth, trip to these

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Capt. Ward proceeded down one side next quarter should be is. 6d, or over. and Prof. Gregory and his son down the other. After fifteen minutes' conversation they parted with best wishes,' Prof.

Although a good deal has been said Gregory returning to Rangon and Capt Feetly along America planting rubber Ward going for more exploration work for the future in Brazil, and even in the in Tibet Later, he met the noted natur Philippines, gobiuly knows better than alist and plans collector," Mr. George Forest, and Professor Rock, of the Plaut the fealing American Department of the United States Depart practical impossibility of such a course

From the roonomic standpoint. ment of Argiculture, who was also plant labour factor alone rules it out of court, collecting. He spent several hours with and the cost of production even under T. Furnished for One Year or Eighteen then and then went on again.

Months, from 1st April, 1923 the most favourable conditions, would

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The territory, traversed is neither in the Lhasa jurisdiction, nor the Chinese jurisdiction, but a sort of no man's land in Tibetan territory. He met a number

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During his travels on the North-East Frontier, all Capt. Ward's transporta tion was by carriers, mostly Lund men and women.

During the trip Capt. Ward crossed the line of four great rivers of Asia and five of the large streams that flow into the | Irrawaddyé River. Captain Ward has splendid photographs of the country traversed, which show what a wonderful place it is.

INDO-CHINA LAND ROUTE:

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Speaking of diret land route between China and India from Mekong to the Irrawaddy, the explorer said that the question of a routh between China and India had long vexed the minds of geographers, In 1805 Prince Henry of Orleans, with two companions, made the first journey from China to Assam. The route lay through the Irrawaddy jungles at the headwaters of that great stream

Addressing the shareholders of Lloyd's whose source had long hafled explorers. In 1907 Mr. E. G. Young made the trip Bank at the 65th ordinary general meeting from Yunnan-fu to Sadiya, "south of on January 31st, the Chairman, Mr. J. Prince Henry's route, Sixten years Beaumont Pease, said, inter alia:-- Hater Major E.31. Bailey erossial from The indications of improvement in trade Ching to Assan, kept well to the North of which I have described as discernible to- Princ Henry's route, crossing the cornerwards the end of the year were all the of S. E. Tiber. It was clear from more welcome as the country had had two umerous journeys that no good route bad years to face, and at the same time was likely to be found, adross the has been subjected to abnormally high Irrawaddy Basin and no short cut to taxation. I do not know whether the India: was probable. The more northernreative proportion between those who route via Tibet was comparatively good contribute the taxes and those who are butovery much longer.

benefited directly by them is generally known. A leader which, appeared in the Novertheless bo set out to cross the Timer about a month ago stated that dur Irrawaddy Basin between they routes ing last year, with its lamentable extent of Followed by Prince Henry and Major unemployment, more than Bailey, as many problems of scientific nation were receiving help in one form or interest were to be investigated (the another from public funds, and that the question of the retreat of the glaciers on other portion were bearing the burden. theso rangos which was so great as to In 1922 the poor law relief reached the suggest an alarming epoch of drought highest point ever touched in the social TNGLISHMAN-Fully Experienced in etting in the question of the origin of history of the country, and under our Accountancy, Office Management, the marvellous wealth of flora" met with present system less than two and a half Imports and Exports, and Secretarial (Com in this corner of Asia and other cognate millions of people pay more than one-any) Work, desires POSITION in Hongking questions). By this journey he was a half of the total revenus raised by the or Outport. Box WL, c/o Daily Prea Office. to make a complete traverse from east to State. I do not mention these figures west of that extraordinary belt of the with the object of denying the necessity, which there undoubtedly is, for those earth's crust where the water escaper from the Tibetan Plateau. Here, four who have possessions to contribute to the great rivera of Asia flow in a strip of welfare of their less fortunate fellows, but mountainous country 75 miles wide. I want to draw attention to the fact There is nothing to compare with it in that we are gradually and quietly bo the world Tho Yangtzo, Mekong, coming more and more Socialistic in qur Balween and Irrawaddy Bow parallel to actions, whatever we may be in our each other for 100 miles; crushed up theories, and period when the individuals L BIDR, answers to Name of "TIPPER.".

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