The Archive · 1910

Karan Rubber Estate

ce., ID, Mesere. A. R. Barki and Sons, General Maoagera of this Estate, are to be congratalsted upon haviog set an excellent example to managers of thi Teal Rabber Companies by issuing cirealar to shareholders, giving them a lengthy report on the work and general progress of the Estate, covering the Perind of sover months from March, 1910, when the property was taken orer by the company, to September 30 The report states that Mr. D, 8, Barclay the manager, working ani get Mr. Thos, Boyd (mana-he Gula-Kalampong Estate), who acts as visiting agent, and points unt the progress that has been made month by month with regard to drainage, weeding and cleaning up. Thera are farther extracts from the reports of the manager and of Mr, Ritchie, who took Mr. Boyd's place daring his absence in Europe, and a statement the money expended on the Estate during the period under review. Although not definitely settled, the financial year will probably end on March 31. 1911. Accompanying the ciroalar is a sketch plan, showing the Position and scrooge of the fourteen fields und-r cultivation, from which we note that the fields have an ares of 303 addition to an allowance of 17 canals, ete,, and that the area of rabber under cultivation is 347 acres, and of cocosnnts 46 acres, The

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