11 JULY 1914, Page 22

The Rubber Industry in Brazil and the Orient. By C.

E. Akers. (Methuen and Co. 6s. net.)—Mr. Akers, who was formerly the Times correspondent in Buenos Aires, is well acquainted with the conditions of the rubber industry in South America. As chief of the Commission working in the Orient in 1911-12, he made a careful investigation of the development of that industry in Ceylon and the Malay Peninsula. In this useful work—the publication of which synchronized with the holding of the Rubber Exhibition at the Agricultural Hall—he describes the methods in vogue in both parts of the world, and draws some valuable lessons from their striking dissimilarity. "Synthetic rubber will become a commercial possibility at no distant date."