History Essay:rubber Industry

Front 1

Where did rubber come from?

Back 1

Brazil

Front 2

Where was rubber seed sent to in 1876 and then in 1877?

Back 2

Sent to London in England then in Kuala Kangsar, Perak

Front 3

State the reasons for development of rubber industry in Malaya

Back 3

1. Development of motor-car industry
2. Large scale of Indian worker
3. Landowners grow rubber instead of coffee
4. H.N Ridley's tapping system encouraged large scale rubber plantations and increasing investment by British investors

Front 4

What were the effects of World War I to the rubber industry ?

Back 4

1. Rubber transportation not allowed
2. Fall in demand of cars
3. Rubber slump
4. Overproduction of rubber
5. Prices of rubber fall

Front 5

Name the scheme introduced to restrict the production of rubber

Back 5

Stevenson restriction scheme

Front 6

When did Malaya produce half of the world's rubber?

Back 6

1919

Front 7

When did Malaya became the world's biggest exporter of rubber?

Back 7

1925