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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 66, 18 March 1910, Page 6

The. position. to ; feo. occupied .by rubber in ihfc world-.of the future will evidently bo an important .one. At the present time more and more use is beino- made of it in many branches of industry' and as a result of that demand the production of (the commodity is proving a very ■profitable fact, it is on record that one ' company . has paid a ■dividend of 60 per cent., and anticipates another of, Igp per cent. ';|s a natural consequence of this exceptional profit there have 'been ' ; of late many "rubber plantation companies promoted, and it i? estimated that 'during , the .past" twelve months no lesa than between £30 006 000 and 40,000,000 V capital has been so invested. ' On %"ppint as to ■whether •the -production represented by this "immense sum would , destroy the jJresent profitable market." beyond' repairj ""Air' Halle; who r&eritly paid a' visit to Malay in-, connection'wi£h'-the industry mentioned at last Wednesday's meeting" at J>unedm of-the-Dominion Rubber Company that at the- present time plantation rubber -only provided 0 per cent of the total world's supply. -: -To collect wild-rubber,- however, took 2/6 per lb while plantation rubber could be prodwed at; 1/6. per foot, one. planter had said he'could /pay dividends on 9d per lb. Even ifUaJl .the trees -at present planted were yielding, they, would -provide • Quly : 20.. per.,.c»n± of ..the.- required -.supply, .Oar-all-,appearance*, therefore, .-the future position of. rubber->. seems sound. ■_• -.j;_ ,- ;■ ■- .- • . :35/, 35/ v . Speciaa= dark -worttei >aSiU at 3a/,,-iat Grey.aqd Ford's," Limited, Newton.—(Ad.) v .•- ;,.- : -. -, ■ -. - ' " •,