Rubber Control Department. COUPON ISSUE CARD, 1940-1943 Extract from Notification No. 18 Published in the Govt. Gazette of Dec. 23, 1938. 2. (a) Every registered proprietor of an estate or small-holding or portion thereof to whom a Coupon Issue Card is delivered shall, if the particulars on the Card relate to an estate or small- holding or portion thereof which is registered in his name, affix his signature or thumb impression on the Card in the space provi- ded for the purpose. (b) Where any Coupon Issue Card delivered to any person does not relate to an estate or smallholding or portion thereof which is registered in his name, such person shall forthwith return the Card to the Controller. 3. Where any registered proprietor to whom a Coupon Issue Card is delivered desires to receive, upons at an issue centre other than that specified in the Cord, he shall forward the Card to the Controller together with an application for amendment of the particulars in the Card and a fee of one rupee, and the Controller may thereupon make such amendment as may be necessary and return the Card to that proprietor. 4. Upon any transfer of the ownership of any estate or small- holding or part thereof, in respect of which a Coupon Issue Card has been delivered to tile. person registered as the propietor thereof before such transfer, such person shall forthwith return the Card to the Controller together with the (notification in. Form R. C. 14, required to be sent to the Controller under Regtilation 2 of the Regulations made under sections 18 and 61 of the Ordinance and published in Notification No. 8. 6. The holder of a Coupon Issue Card may by writing under his hand authorize the Controller to deliver to any specified person any coupons which the holder is entitled to receive under the Ordinance, and where that person produces the Card to the Conntroller together with such written authority, the Coupons in respect of which that authority is given shall be issued to such person. 7. The Contkoller may in his discretion on application made in form R C. 32 by any person to whom a Coupon Issue Card has been delive*d under regulation I, issue a copy of the Card to that person payment on (a) if the Card relates to an estate, of a fee of Rs. 2.50; or (b) if the Card relates to an small-holding, of a fee of Re. 1. | |
Assuming 300 lbs per acre per year and 150 trees per acre, each tree produces about 2 lbs of rubber per year. The issue of coupons for export of 30lbs of rubber in 1941 may roughly indicate a small holding of 15 trees in 0.1 acres.
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