Enormous Increase in Produ tion of Foreign Countries London, Feb. 27.
Answering questions in the House lof Commons to-day, the Secretary. lof State for the Colonies stated that production of robber in the year 1921 was:
British Empire, 208,000 tons; Foreign countries 97,000 tons; Jas compared with 44,000 tons and 258,000 tons, respectively, in the year 1927, Production by British companies foreign countries was included in foreign countries' production Reuter, Colombo, Feb. 27, Mr, J. Wall, presiding at the! annual "meeting of the Ceylon [Chamber sot Commerce to-day, ex-Dressed the opinion that with the Jestablished use of reclaimed rubber and the ever-increasing output of the Dutch Indies it was dificult to find a reasonable argument in favour of continuance of restriction, /He added: "Unless the Dutch inter-fests are prepared to join with us, we are bound to weaken our own position eventually by continuing the efforts to control the position by restricting exports."—Reuter,
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