%.) 
were respectively 3,400 tons, 10,800 tons and 10,000 tons and 
rubber machinery was imported to the value of £26,500; £65,500 
and £120,600 respectively. The proportions of this machinery 
which were imported from Empire sources were respectively 78 per 
cent., 30 per cent. and 52 per cent. No details are forthcoming 
under different classes of goods but the total value of rubber goods 
manufactured locally in 1926-27 was reported to be £6,220,000. 
More recent figures should show increases, as 16,000 tons of crude 
rubber were absorbed in 1929. 
Exports. 
84. Exports of rubber manufactured goods from Australia are 
small and fluctuate considerably from year to year. In the three 
years 1925-26 to 1927-28 they totalled respectively £106,000, 
£54,000 and £68,000. Miscellaneous rubber goods comprise the 
greater portion of these. Thus: — 
Value of Exports of Rubber Goods of Australian Manufacture. 
Hose ses 25 we _— 
Tyres including tubes ... we 
Boots, shoes, etc. ... _— oe vee 
Other rubber goods -— ee wri 
Total ... 
1925-26. 
EON) 
-2 
y 
1926-27. | 1927-28. 
£000 
3 
7 
1 
38 
£000 
6 
12 
1 
49 
Bd 
68 
New Zealand and portions of the British Empire in the 
Jouthern Seas are the chief destination of these exports. 
XVIIL.—THE INDUSTRY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE 
BRITISH EMPIRE. 
85. In several other parts of the British Empire factories exist 
for the manufacture of rubber goods. These mostly serve only 
part of the needs of the local market, and hardly participate 
at all in the export trade. Two of the largest of these fac- 
tories are in South Africa and Singapore. In the Union the 
industry centres in the South African Rubber Manufacturing Com- 
pany, Ltd., originally a subsidiary of the British firms of Spencer 
Moulton and Wood-Milne. Works were established in Natal in 
1921, but later were moved to the outskirts of Johannesberg. 
' Mechanical *’ rubber, soles and heels are the chief products of 
the factory. In Singapore, in Mr. Tan Kah Kee’s factory, rubber 
boots and shoes, bicycle tyres and various miscellaneous rubber