. India rubber world. marang and Sourabaya, the two other leading ports in Java. THE DELI TESTING STATION AT MEDAN. SUMATRA. This testing station was established in 1893 by the DeliPlanters .-Xssociation, and remained till 1903 under the direc-tion of Dr. van Breda de Haan. In 1906 an association wasformed with the intention of building a new and more ex-tensive station, with a yearly subscription list amounting to$20,000 during seven years. In June, 1912, it w-as decided toerect the present building, shown in the accompanying illus-tration, the annual subscription list being increased to thee
. India rubber world. marang and Sourabaya, the two other leading ports in Java. THE DELI TESTING STATION AT MEDAN. SUMATRA. This testing station was established in 1893 by the DeliPlanters .-Xssociation, and remained till 1903 under the direc-tion of Dr. van Breda de Haan. In 1906 an association wasformed with the intention of building a new and more ex-tensive station, with a yearly subscription list amounting to$20,000 during seven years. In June, 1912, it w-as decided toerect the present building, shown in the accompanying illus-tration, the annual subscription list being increased to theequivalent of $60,000. The present director. Dr. de Bussy,assumed office on January 1, 1913. On entering the building the vestibule leads on one side tothe directors laboratory, and on the other to the ad-ministrative offices. .Abundant space has been allowed in allparts of the building. In the upper portion of the front thereis a large room intended for use as a lecture hall and like-wise as a museum. \ II il II 11 II. The Deli Testing St.^tion at Med., Sumatr.\. 3S6 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [April 1, 1914. I RUBBER NOTES FROM BRITISH Our Regular Correspondent. N my letter published in the January number of The IndiaRiBDER World I gave some account of the Governors jour-ney through the interior of the colony to the Brazilian boundary,accompanied by a railway engineer, with a view to ascertainingthe prospects of a railway through the forest of this country10 the savannah lands. In that letter, as in other letters, Ipointed out how vital to the continued prosperity of the balataindustry such a railway is. It is extremely satisfactory, therefore,to be able to state that in preparation for the annual meetingof the local legislature the Governor has issued as a White Papera copy of the despatch sent by him to the Secretary of Statefor the Colonics definitely recommending such a railway andasking the Imperial Government for a loan in order to encompassthe building of the line
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