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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Statistics of Para Rubber {Excluding Caucho) , 



Stocks, January 31 

 Arrivals, February. 



NEW YORK. 



Fine and Tola) 



Medium. Coarse. 1003. 



. . .tons 223 30 = 253 

 986 623 = 1609 



Total Total 



1003. 1901. 



1339 652 



1 38 1 1083 



Aggregating 1209 



Deliveries, February 926 



Stocks, February 28 . . 283 



653 = 1862 

 637 = 1563 



16 



299 



2720 

 201b 



704 



'735 

 10.10 



695 



Stocks. Jan. 31... tons 155 

 Arrivals, February. . . . 4740 3075 



Aggregating 4895 3585 3660 



Deliveries, F'ebruary. . 4865 2535 3100 



21(0 2335 2000 

 1025 725 975 



Stocks, Feb. 28 . . 30 1030 560 



1145 



1610 



1025 



World's supply, February 28 tons 3945 5327 4277 



1'ar.i receipts, July 1 to February 28 17,801 18,839 15,863 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 1709 1696 1 167 



Afloat from Pari to United States, Feb. 28.. 1188 1073 1070 



Afloat from Para to Europe, February 28.... 1283 910 927 



Paris. 



Gustave Job & Co., no, rue Denfert-Rochereau, is the style 

 and address of a new firm engaged in the importation of crude 

 India-rubber, Gutta-percha, and colonial products. The direc- 

 tion will be in the hands of Mr. Job, who has had nine years 

 experience in the rubber trade in the north of Brazil and three 

 years in England. 

 Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During FeDruaiy and for the first eight months of the crop 



season [by courtesy of Messrs. Witt & Co. J : 



_ February. Julv-Fburuarv. 



From— 



IQ03. 1903. I9OI. 1003. 1902. 11,01. 



Rio Purus tons 1838 1224 20S1 4473 51 19 453I 



Rio Madeira... 360 421 201 1838 2281 1990 



Kio Jurua 7S6 349 S23 2801 2689 2158 



Rio Javary — Iquitos 78 40 165 1330 1012 1021 



89 118 175 1 165 1392 969 



Rio Solimoes. 

 Rio Negro. 



124 



72 106 



449 259 303 



Total 3275 



Caucho 571 



2224 

 213 



3631 



752 



12056 

 1767 



2752 

 1826 



0972 

 1559 



Total 3846 2437 4383 13823 I4578 12531 



London. 



Edward Till & Co., March 2, report stocks: 



London -{ 



f Para sorts tons — 



Borneo 27 



190a. 



Assam and Rangoon 2 



[Other sorts 191 



Total 220 



Liverpool 



Para. 



.1151 



Other sorts 568 



Total, United Kingdom 1939 3078 2989 



Total, February 1.. . . 192 1 2674 3129 



Total January 1 1582 2794 2901 



Total, December 1 2083 2525 3061 



Total, November 1 2337 2602 3040 



Total, October 1 2464 2802 2846 



PRICES PAID DURING FEBRUARY. 



1903. 1902. 1901. 



Para fine, hard cure ..3/6 @ 3 / q ) . , <3/°#<5 3 /8K 



Do soft cure... 3/5 M@3/9 S 3/ ^ 3/ < 3/7 L 4@3/8tf 



Negroheads, Islands. 2/2}£@2/4% 1/11 2/- id2/o]4 



Do scrappy 2/ to @3/o}£ 2/6J£ @2/7j£ 2/7 @2/9 



Bolivian No sales. 3/1 @3/2 3/8 % 



March 13. — The market for Para sorts has further reacted on pres- 

 sure to sell, prices declining \£d. to id. per pound, but only moderate 



business has been dene, including line hard down to 3^. b%d. spot and 

 3r. 9,'j./. forward. Soft cure has been neglected, with sales down to 3s. 

 i'>t and 3s. qi£d. forward. Negroheads quiet, with sales of scrap. 

 \s. I 'Ad. @ 3 1 V'' ; old Camel as at 2s. bd. ; and Islands, 2s. *d. 

 Peruvian : Sales of fine at 3. 9</. ; ball at 2s. il%d Qc 2s. \\%d. ; slab 

 2.r \d. Mollendo scarce and wanted at 3s. 8J 2 V. Medium sons 

 are in very small supply and desirable lots sell well. Red rubbers are 

 dearer and Mozamb ; que very scarce. At to day's auction small sup- 

 plies were brought forward and only part sold at steady prices. Mol- 

 lendo : fine, 3-r. l\£d. ; entreline, 3^. b%d. ; negroheads, is. io%d. 

 Colombian : clean dry fresh sheeis. 3s. id. Central American : fine clean 

 pressed sheet, 3s. 2%d. Mangabeira ; good thin Santos sheets, 2 

 Mozambique : Uganda gummy balls, 2s. 3d. Assam : red slightly 

 mixed, 's. Penang : fair red selected but a little mixed, is. g</. Nyas- 

 Saland : fine ball, 3s. 4</.. ordinary 2s. (>%d. 



Juilalti— Venezuela block : 120 bales retired at is. per pound. 

 CEYLON RUUBF.K l\K\ QUALITY.) 



February 27, sales at auction, 28 packages. Fine thin biscuits, 3s. 

 tod. @ 4s. i)4d. ; scrap, 3s. @ 3^. 4%d. 



March 13, sales of :g packages. Fine thin biscuits, 4*. 2d. @ 4s. 

 2'.,,/. ; thicker squares, 4*. ; fine pale scrap, 3*. s}+d. @ 3s. c r 4 d ; 

 mixed scrap, 3s. (A 3s. 3 l ,^d. [The highest quotation here equalled 

 $1 02J2 per pound, while best quotations above for rubber from Para 

 equal 92'^ cents per pound.] 



L vverpool. 



On February 27, at the Liverpool court of bankruptcy, a re- 

 ceiving order was made out on the petition of S. Kramrisch and 

 Frederick Stern, trading since 1894 as Kramrisch & Co., India- 

 rubber merchants, at The Albany, Old Hall street, Liverpool. 

 At a meeting of creditors on February 24, a statement was read, 

 Irom which it appeared that there were liabilities of ,£111663 

 1 is., and assets only estimated to produce £7089 iSs. 1 id., leav- 

 ing a deficiency of at least .£104.573 12s. id. [ = $508,920.62]. The 

 greatest sufferers are certain banking houses who have been 

 advancing money or rubber. 



William Wright & Co. report [March 2] : 

 Fine Pant. — In anticipation of heavy receipts, prices declined some- 

 what at the eatly part of the month ; this decline was further helped by 

 the failure of a local dealer. The market has since recovered, and closes 

 firm at id. per pound above prices ruling at the end of last month. 

 Manufacturers must bear in mind that we are now near the end of the 

 heavy months' receipts, and that the present statistical position, coupled 

 with an active demand and a decided shortage in medium grades, will 

 justify a further advance in the near future ; this advance, in our opin- 

 ion, is extremely probable. In Para and Manaos the market has been 

 extremely active at advancing prices, closing with strong buyers of Up- 

 river at the parity of 3*. lo</ , and of Islands, 3*. qd. , delivered here. 



Edm. SchlUter & Co. report Liverpool stocks : 



Jan. 31. Feb. 28. Jan. 31. Feb. 28. 

 Para — 1st hands.. 642 735 tons. Africans 432 35510ns. 



Fine 451 566 " Peruvians 84 161 " 



Medium 49 68 " Mollendo 61 59 pkg. 



Ne E roheads . us lot •• Mangabeira 13 9 " 



Para-2d hands. . 403 4-0 ' ,> e rnambuco .33 113 " 



Medium -■:.■.■: 3 |f ^ ■ Manicoba 036233- 



Negroheads 25 53 " Ceara 321 113 



Hamburg. 



For me advancement of Hamburg as a rubber market, the 

 firm of August Bolten, successors to William Miller, ship-brok- 

 ers, Hamburg, has induced the Hamburg-America Line and 

 the Hamburg- South America Steamship Co. to establish a regu- 

 lar service to and from North Brazil (Amazon river, Para, 

 Manaos, Ceara, and Maranham). After the English steamer 

 lines have withdrawn from the Continent, after a stubborn com- 

 petitive fight, purchases of rubber can be made now much 

 cheaper in Hamburg and Havre than in Liverpool, as the Ham- 

 burg companies are bringing the rubber direct from Para and 



