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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 



!9°3- 



Manaos to Hamburg and Havre, and, according to contract 

 with the English lines, at the same freight rates as there to 

 Liverpool. In purchasing rubber at Liverpool, therefore, a 

 surplus of freight from there to Hamburg or Bremen has to be 

 paid, amounting to from 8 to 9 marks, which increases the 

 price of a ton of rubber considerably. The needs of rubber can 

 therefore be rilled now cheaper in Hamburg than in Liverpool. 

 — Gummi Zeitung. 



Antwerp. 



To the Editor of The India Rubber World: During 

 last month two rubber sales took place, the first of which, on 

 February 13, embracing about 50 tons, influenced by a tempo- 

 rary weakness of the Liverpool market, showed somewhat ir- 

 regular and partially lower prices. The regular monthly sale 

 on February 20 indicated a stronger tendency of the market. 

 The small quantity offered — 152 tons — no doubt contributed to 

 this result, and prices were 2% per cent, above valuations. The 



more important lots sold were: 



Valuation. Sold at 

 35 tons Aruwimi francs 8. 05 8.40 



12 •' Aruwimi 8.40 S.45 



30 " Mongalla, strips 8.30 8.47^ 



13 '• Vengu (Upper Congo) 8.75 8.75(88.80 



On March 6 there was sold to arrive, per steamer Anversville. 

 1 55 tons Lopori, at very full figures, viz.: 120 tons first grade at 

 9.15 francs; 15 tons second grade at 8.65 francs; and 20 tons 

 third grade at 8.35 francs, per kilogram. The last prices paid 

 for Lopori I had been 8.30 @ 8.50 francs, on December 19 last. 



The next monthly sale has been announced for March 31, the 

 quantity to be exposed amounting to 450 tons, of the usual 

 Congo sorts. 



The smill sale on March 13. when 26 tons were offered, be- 

 sides 30 to 40 tons to arrive from now until the end of June, 

 passed off without noticeable change in prices. The Anvers- 

 ville arrived yesterday from the Congo, with 517 tons, of which 

 151 tons of the Lopori mentioned above have already been sold, 

 so that the available quantity to be sold in April amounts thus 

 far only to 366 tons. C. schmid & CO. 



Antwerp, March 13, 1903. 



REGULAR SALE OF MARCH 31. 



Marcher & Co. report the broker's estimations for the fol- 

 owing principal lots to be exposed on the above date : 



11,234 kilos Kassai red I francs 9.15 



9,890 " Kassai red (second Loanda type) 8.40 



13,152 Kassai black (very good condition) 8.75 



3,635 " Kassai (Sankuru) ball 865 



8,575 " Congo Djuma ball 7.50 



9,791 Lower Congo —cakes from thimbles 7.25 



17,498 '• Lower Congo — thimbles, medium 4.25 



10,886 " Lake Leopold II — small cut pieces 8.75 



27,847 Lake Leopold II — large pieces 6.90 



24490 " Upper Congo — ordinary 8. 80 



70,655 " Upper Congo — Uele 8.25 



ii.iSi " Upper Congo — red twists 865 



18,225 " Upper Congo Aruwimi — clean and strong 8.70 



42,100 '" Upper Congo — ordinary 8.60 



29.669 " Upper Congo — Uele strips 8.35 



26,855 " Upper Congo — Aruwimi good quality 8.60 



3,586 " Lower Congo thimbles 5,25 



21,903 " Upper Congo Mongalla — small strips clean 8 45 



5,045 " Katanga balls and cut balls 8. 



9,504 " Upper Congo Isangi 7.75 



5g4t " Conakry niggers 8.50 



1,04s " Soudan twists 8.75 



6,637 " Kamerun cut pieces 8.40 



4,150 ' Mattogrosso virgin 9.25 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



Feb. 19.— By the Albertville, from the Congo: 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 142,000 



Do (Chemins de fer des Grand Lacs) 2,600 



Do (Societe Isangi) 14,000 



Do (Societe Anversoise) 25,600 



Do (Societe Special Katanga) 5,900 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise.. (Beige du Ilaut Congo) 7,300 



Do (Cie. de Lomami) 4,000 



Do (Slid Kamerun) 6,700 



Do (Various parties) 4.000 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux.(Cie. de la N'Goko) 1,100 



Cie Commerciale des Colonies 



(Cie. Krancaise du Congo) 1,300 



L. & \V. Van de Velde (Cie. du Kassai) 17,000 231,500 



March 12. — By the Anversville, from the Congo: 



Hunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 255,000 



Do (Chemins de fer des Grand Lacs) 16,800 



Do (Sociee Anversoise) 10,000 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 5.300 



Do (Societe Isangi) 1.700 



Do (Sultanats du Haut Ubangi) 1,500 



Do (Societe " La Koto") 800 



Societe A B I R (Sold to arrive) 151,000 



M. S. Cols (Societe L'Ikelemba) 1,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise . (Society La Lulonga) 7,300 



Do (Various companies) 1,000 



Do . . .(Cie. de Lomami) 15.000 



L. & W. Van de Velde (Cie. du Kassai) 38,000 



Societe Coloniale du Baniembe r.ooo 



Societe Agricole & Commerciale de l'Alima t ,400 



Charles Dethier (La Haut Sangha) 2,300 



Do (Societe Belgikal 2,200 



Do (Cie. de la M'Poko) 2,800 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux 



(Cie. de la Kadeia Sangha) 1.800 



Do (Cie. de la l'Ekela Sangha) 800 



Evrard Havenith (Andrea) 600 517,300 



[Equal to 1,13.5,060 pounds.] 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR JANUARY. 



Details. 



Stocks, Jan. I . .kilos 

 Arrivals in January.. 



Congo sorts 



Other sorts 



Aggregating., 

 Sales in January. . . 



Stocks, Jan. 31. . . 



Arrivals since Jan I. 



Congo sorts 



Other sorts 



Sales since Jan. 1 . . 



'903. 



658.105 



171,860 



136,541 



35.319 



' 



829,965 

 69^,830 



'3-1. '35 



1002. 



414.709 



636,243 



613,876 



22.36; 



1,050,952 

 407.253 



643,699 



171,860 636.243 



136,541 613,876 



35,3i9l 22,367 



695,830: 407,253 



614 03Q 



543.626 



443.073 

 100.55; 



1,157,665 

 509,034 



648,631 



543.626 



443.073 

 100,553 



509.034 



291. go 1 



475.870 



430.996 



44.SS4 



767,871 

 225.773 



542,098 



475.880 



430,996 



44,884 



225,773 



1899. 



203.340 

 285.833 



255,4 "2 

 30,421 



549-'73 

 250,662 



298.511 



285.833 

 255.412 

 30,421 



250.662 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY. 



Details. 



Stocks, Jan. 31. kilos 

 Arrivals in February 



Congo sorts 



Other sorts 





1902. 



Aggregating... 

 Sales in February. . . 



Stocks, Feb. 28 . . 



j 



Arrivals since Jan. ij 



Congo sorts I 



Other sorts 



134,135 



545,813 



47?. 7U 1 

 72,100] 



679.Q48! 



204,410 



643,699 



607.OI5 



587.293. 

 19,822 



1,250,814 

 265.994 



648,631 



459. 6 32 

 43'. 42. 

 . 28,207 



1,108.263 

 327.163 



475.538 984,820 781.100 



717,073 



610,254 

 107,419 



Sales since Jan. 1 . ., 900,240 



r. 243. 358 



1,201.169 



4J,lS , 



1,003 258 



874,498 

 128,760 



673.247 



836,197 



542,098 



884,156 



7X2,413 



I7",743 



1,426,254 

 807,454 



618,800 



1,360,036 



1,143,409 



216,627 



1899. 



1,033,227 



298.511 



226,031 



202,646 



23.-.S5 



524,542 



274,231 



250,311 



5H.864 



458,058 

 53.806 



524,893 



Para. 



An agreement to settle the Acre dispute without arms hav- 

 ing been reached by Brazil and Bolivia, the suspension of free 

 transit of Bolivian goods on the Amazon, which had existed 

 since August 8, 1902, was removed by the Brazilian govern- 

 ment on February 20. 1903. Pending arbitration, rubber from 

 the Acre will be regarded as Bolivian rubber in transit — and 

 hence not subject to the Brazilian export duty — though the 

 decision on this point by the central government of Brazil 



