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Interesting Report by Para Expert.
THE HONGKONG" TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1918
POST OFFICE.
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Dec. 19 Deo, 20
RUBBER IN THE EAST, Àsiatio plantations belong incon- testably to the species Havea Brazilieneis, which is recognised as furnishing the best quality of rabber. [Note: As the rubber. We are greatly indebted to a tree goods brought by. Wickham distinguished representative of from Brazil, and from which the American rubber interests for the Eastern Plantations were propa- following copy of a translation by gated were collected on the mar- Mr. George E. Pell, General Man-gin of the Tapajos river in Para, ager of the General Rubber Co., a river that sends out an inferior of a message to the Legislative and weak rubber, it has been. Congress of Para, delivered Sept. contended by most Brazilians that 7, 1012, says the "Straits Times." the trees in the East were not Swatow, It contains important references the true Heron Braziliansia. Dr. to Malaya:
Huber, you will goo, decides con-
Extract from the message of the Governor of Para to the Legis lative Congress of that State, Sept. 7, 1912:
In my last message I informed you of the sailing of that compet ent scientist, Dr. Jueques Huber, Director of the Goeldi Museum, for Europe and from there to the countries of the Orient.
Shanghai Jan. 4 Jan. 6
MAILS CLOSE.
Shanghal,
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North China, Japan
via Yokohama-Per Vor- waarts, 5th Jan., 9 a.m... Amoy and Foochow via Tamtui-Per Daijin- maru, 5th Jan, 9 am,
clusively that the Eastern trees Siam-Per Chipshing, 5th Jan, 9 are the genuine kind. G. E. P.]
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a.m.
It appeared, however, that among Japan vin Kobo-Per Kaga-maru, the specimens originally introduc
5th Jan., 9 am,
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SUMATRA
The same as No. 1.
The same as No. 1.
SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA...
ad into the East, and of which there Haiphong Pakhoi and Balgon-Quarta, still exist possibly 60 in all, there are individual trees representing
B.m...
several variations, more or less Swatow-Per Anghin, 5th Jan., 9 well characterized in the specific type. It is not surprising that It is now incumbent on me to the inate variability of the Haven
Straits-Per Demodoous, 6th Jan.,
noon,
sen, Brd Jan.-Swatow
2nd Jan., Ballast 8. & Formosa Channel .Co.
Macao-Per Sul Tai, 6th Jan, Gregory Apcar, Br. 86,
traits,
1.15 p.m.
Ceylon & India vis Bom- bay-PerKamakura- maru, 6th Jan., 3 p.m.. Swatow, Amoy and Foochow
Per Batching. 6th Jun., swatow and Amoy-Por Kwang
5 p.m.
Sabine Rickmers, Dutch s.a., 573, Vries, 3rd Jan-Swatow 2nd Jan, Ballast.-A. P. & Co...
JE Drake, 3rd Jan-Moji 30th Dec, Gen. & Coal
D. 8. & Co. Chihli, Br.a.s.. 1,143, F. McGarity, 3rd Jan.-Bongay 1st Jan., Coal.-B. & S. Mathilde, Ger. e.s., 83, G. Schlai-
3 South coast of) Ching between H.K. and Lamocks 4 South coast of) China between H.K.
od Hainan.
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N. winds, strong-
China Coast Meteorological
H
kuer. 4th. Jan-Pakhoi Station.
· 2nd Jan,, Gen--J, & Co. Kamakura Maru, Jap. 8.s., 5,798
give you an account of the results Braziliensis should be still further obtained by Dr. Jacques Huber stimulated by the process of in his sxcursions through the adaptation to new conditions of Eastern Asiatic countries, which olimate and of the soil, and by excursions although rolatively very active propagation. And so rapid, have the advantage of it is that in the plantations are faithfully portraying for. us the found many individual trees situation of the rubbor industry which by the interior aspect, differ more or less with the typical in those regions.
The notices which we received Hoven Braziliensis without, how-
so, 6th Jan., 5pm. from the Orient and other rubber ever, it being possible to classify
Shanghai and North China-Per planting and exploiting points, them in any other species of the
Kansas, 6th Jan., p.m. optimistically painted the de- kind.
Kaga culture of Hevea Haiphong, Pakhoi and Saigon- velopment of the cultivation The
Per Saigan, 7th Jan., 8 and showed calculations Braziliensis is an industry well truly alarming on the crops in- established in Ceylon, Malaya, creasing formidably and in succes- Sumatra, Java; existing also Straits and Bombay-Per Capri, Fion. At the same time they plantations in the producing state supplied us with information on in some other Asiatic tropical Shanghai. North China, Japan via thin-lustrial applications of countries, such as India merid- cultivated rabor, which for us ional, Burmah, Cochin China, in was far from re-assuring.
the Phillipine Islands, Borneo Now, since I assumed the and in Guinea. administration of this State, I
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Total Area Pianted.
· have always had my attention The total area planted with turned to the extractive industry, Hoven in the East attained at the and very especially towards our end of 1911 to over 1,000,000, first article of export (ubber) acres, divided as follows: and I have always nourished Malay Peninsula.... 550,000 acres. the conviction that to the Ceylon
measures which.
for the defence of the production Java'
215,000
Dumatra
we may use
150,000 125,000
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should add accurate enquiries, India meridional
(of rubber) which recapitulates Borneo and other. the economic life of 'Para we
islands
40,000
direct observations, sound studies,
and Burmah
30,000
15,000
1,125,000
made in loco, so that we posse88 Cochin China
the full certainty, and absolute
truth as to what constitutes this
BUBгOCIOW
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7th Jan.. 10 a.m."
Moji, Victoria and Ta coma Panama Maru, 7th Jan, noon
Macao-Per Sui Tai, 7th Jan
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Philippine Islanda-Por Rubi 7th Jan, 3 p.m. ̈ Philippine Islanda-Per
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T. Fort, 4th Jan.-Kobe
Register,
3rd January, a.m.
Wind.!
Hour.
Barometer.
Temperature
Humidity.
D'tion.
Force.
and Moji, Gen-N. Y. K. W'ostock 7a Maru, Jap. s... 8,906, GI.
Dec. Br. s.8, 730, A. Marquerite, 4th Fan. Haiphong-and Pakhoi 3rd Jan., Gen. A. R Marty.
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Straits, Burmah, Ceylon, Adelaide, Western Aus- tralia,
India, Aden Egypt, and Eurone vis Naples. Per Klaist, 8th Jan., 9 a.m.
of our eccnomio This area would correspond to future. It became, according to 150,000,000 trees, more or less; iny. view, indispensable that we as, however, many trees and even get a clear picture of the threat a certain number of plantations. offered by the plantations abroad, will not arrive at the producing Macao-Per Sui Tai, 8th Jan., Ulv, for Bangkok. which were destined, according stage, it may be said that to current opinion, to supplant,100,000,000 is the number of within a short space of time trees whose production it will be necessary to calculate till the Amazona's rubber: -
year 1916.
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No Fear of Synthetic. From what I had read on the Notwithstanding the retard- subject, and heard from persons ment since the end of the compelent in the matter, a terrible "boom," the extension of the trent lay on the economic life of plantations did not remain totally the Stato, the realization of which stationary while in Ceylon and would. find us unprovided-nn- Java the area occuried by planta- prepared to repair the con- tions of lovea cannot attend itself
-Bquences,
Siberian
Mall.
1.15 p.m.
Hexican Prince, for Palambang." Koan-maru, for Suminaye. Kaga-maru, for Yokohama. Chipshing, for Bangkok. Kwongchau, for K. C. Wan. Demodocus, for London.
Shanghai, North Chinia Japan via Nagasaki, Honolulu, Canada. Unit- ed States and South Am-A Apcar, for Moji merica via San Francisco Phra Nang, for Saigon. (Europe via Siberia)-Per Mongolia, 9th Jan, noon.
1.15.
Shenghai and North China-Per
Chenan, 9th. Jan., 3 p.m. via Yokohama-Por Ful-
Japan
tala, 9th Jan, 5 p.m.
I did not maritato on very much, owing to the to Macao-Per Sui Tal, 9th Jan. the great European and North (pographic and climatic conditions American laboratories who are on one hand, and to the great labouring to secure a chemical extension in the culture of al- substitute for rubber, since, alimentary plante, on the other, the you know, no discovery has been Malay Peninsula, whore at present made, which can completely the culture of the seringueira substitute the vegetable gum, llevea Braziliensis) is the pre- although substances are being ponderaiing industry, and Sum- produced, which can be used with atra, whose agriculture is still in tho addition of scarcely 10 per its infancy, it would be possible o easily duplicate, if not trip- licate, the plantation area. same may be said of Borneo,
'cent, of natural rubber.
The Expert's Report. Dr. Jacques Huber says:
The
"As I was able to convince whers, however, the difficulties of myself, during my excursions in communication and labour pos Ceylon, Malaya, Sumatra and sibly retard the development of Java, the cultivated trees in the the plantation industry.
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