Now, as regards the proposi itself. "This company owns a total area of 518 acres, the configuration of some 420 acres of which is considered to be suitable for dredging [purposes and included in this ares fare 84 acres of swamp, Whether Jor not, this land contains tin ore in paying quantities remains to be jscen, and. the people we ars negotiating with require five months jin which thoroughly to test the lyatue of the ground by boring; thereafter, if they decide to exercise the option, it will be neces year to build and deliver on the estate. It is estimated that a
fares per annum, and as work will naturally commence in the swampy ground, it is not likely that any of our rubber will be touched for quite four years to come, and oven then the area will only' be encroached upon at the rate of 20/25 acres Furthermore, we shall have ample warning before any rubber is touched which will enable us to tap the trees intensively on any given area and thus obtain as much rubber from them, as possible, before they are destroyed, The test boring, which means putting down not' more than two ores per acre, and probably only one, will not in any way damage the' tree
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