M \\ 1 , 1903.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



285 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



T"*HE end o( the month just closed finds prices of all grades 

 higherthan atthe beginning of the month, with al'irmer 

 tendency of the market. There has been a particularly 

 strong demand for coarse Paras. The arrivals at Pat a 

 continue at a rate which lessens gradually the shortage appar- 

 ent at the beginning of the year as compared with the same 

 months of the previous season, but present indications point to 

 a smaller total output up to June 30 than last year. There was 

 a possibility that, after the reopening of navigation on the Bo- 

 livian affluents of the Amazon — which occurred late in Febru- 

 ary — there might be large receipts of stored up rubber from 

 that source. But the arrivals from there at Manaos showed 

 only a temporary increase, the effect of which on the market 

 was long ago exhausted. Paia arrivals (including Caucho) to 

 April 24 were 25,225 tons ; to the end of April last year 26,670 

 tons. 



At the last regular monthly sale at Antwerp, on April 24, the 

 offerings amounted to 297 tons— Uele strips, and Upper Congo 

 strips and ball, principally — broker's estimations on which were 

 as high or higher than at the preceding sale. It is reported 

 that prices realized were equal to 3^ to $% cents per pound 

 over the estimations. 



New York quotations on April 29 were : 



CENTRALS. 



Esmeralda, sausage. . .68 (269 



Guayaquil, strip 62 (§63 



Nicaragua, scrap .67 @68 



Panama, slab 55 ©56 



Mexican, scrap 67 @68 



Mexican, slab 55 (856 



Mangabeira, sheet. .. .52 @53 



PARA. 



Islands, fine, new 90 (S91 



Islands, fine, old 92 @93 



Upriver, fine, new. . . .92 (893 



Upriver, fine, old 98 (899 



Islands, coarse, new.. .59 @6o 



Islands, coarse, old. . . @ 



Upriver, coarse, new. .72 @73 



Upriver, coarse, old.. . @ 



Caucho(Peruvian)sheet 59 @6o 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 70 @7I 



AFRICAN. 



Sierra Leone, 1 st qualityS3 (0)84 



Massai, red 83 @84 



Benguella 69 ©70 



Cameroon ball 61 @62 



Gaboon flake 40 @4I 



Gaboon lump 44 ((J45 



Niger paste 20 @2i 



Accra flake 20 @2i 



Accra buttons 60 @6i 



Accra strips 6 1 @62 



Lopori ball, prime 83 (JB84 



Lopori strip, do ....81 @82 



Ikelemba 82 (083 



Madagascar, pinky.. . .80 @8i 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. Per Kilo 



Islands, fine 5$6oo Upriver, fine o$6co 



Islands, coarse 2$8oo Upriver, coarse 4$goo 



Exchange, 12^^. 

 Last Manaos advices: 



Upriver, fine 6$350 Upriver, coarse 4$450 



Exchange, I2 s s j<f. 

 NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR MARCH (NEW RUBBF.R). 

 1903. 



Upriver, fine 9°@93 



Upriver, coarse 72(3>74 



Islands, fine 86(890 



Islands, coarse 55@58 



Cameta, coarse 57@6t 



In regard to the financial situation Albert B. Beers (broker 

 in India-rubber, No. 58 William street, New York) advises us : 



EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 83@84 



Borneo @ 



GUTTA-PERCHA. 



Prime, red @2.25 



Prime, white ©1.50 



Lower grades 75 (.0)1.25 



Reboiled, prime 75 @ .90 



Reboiled, inferior 10 @ .25 



Balata, sheet 63 (865 



Balata, block 52 (0155 



Pontianak (in quanti- 

 ties) @ sJ4 



Almeidina @ 8 



Tuno gum (812 



Chicle @42 



" During April money rates have eased gradually, and during 

 the latter part of the month there has been a moderate demand 

 for the best rubber paper at 5^ @ 6 per cent., and names not so 

 well known 6 @ 6j£ per cent., but during the early part of the 

 month there was very little demand for anything." 



Statistics of Para 'Rubber {Excluding Caucho) . 



Stocks, February 28... tons 283 

 Arrivals. March 1239 



Aggregating . . 

 Deliveries, March . 



Stocks, March 31. 



497 



42 



539 



504 



920 



PARA. 



I903. Igo2. 1901. 



Stocks. Feb. 28. . .tons 30 1030 560 



Arrivals, March 4030 3115 3923 



ENGLAND. 



1903. 1902. 19&1 

 1145 1610 1025 

 1455 U90 1278 



Aggregating 4060 4145 4483 2600 2800 2203 



Deliveries, March... 3805 3585 3998 1050 975 857 



Stocks, March 31 . 255 560 4S5 



1550 1825 1346 



1903. 1902. 1901. 



World's supply, March 31 tons 4547 5811 5168 



Para receipts, July 1 to March 31 21,211 22.269 20,494 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 2329 2236 1326 



Afloat from Para to United States, March 31. 1229 1232 1408 



Afloat from Para to Europe, March 31 974 1600 1000 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for carload 

 lots — are practically unchanged, as follows: 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes— Domestic 7^ (ffl -j% 



Do —Foreign 6% @ t% 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 5 *{ 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires i>y 2 



White Trimmed Rubber 9H @ 9% 



Heavy Black Rubber 4^ 



Air Brake Hose 2% @ 3 



Fire and Large Hose 2)i 



Garden Hose I % 



Matting I 



French Congo Rubber. 



Exports for 1902 amounted to 679,353 pounds, against 552,- 

 002 pounds in 1901. Exports in 1899 amounted to 1,441,530 

 pounds. 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During March and for the first nine months of the crop sea- 

 son [by courtesy of Messrs. Witt & Co.] : 



„ March. July-March. 



From — 



1903. 1902. 1901. T903. 1902. 1901. 



Rio Purtis tons 567 795 745 5040 5914 5276 



Rio Madeira 206 298 352 2074 2579 2342 



Rio Jurua 384 505 572 3155 3194 2730 



Rio Javary— Iquitos 85 198 132 1415 1210 1153 



103 58 43 1268 1450 1182 



Rio SolimSes. 

 Rio Negro. 



90 



58 



94 



539 317 397 



Total 1435 



Caucho 372 



1912 193S 13491 14664 13080 

 567 797 2139 2393 2356 



Total 1807 2479 2735 15630 17057 I543 6 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [April 1] : 



Fin/ Part!. — As anticipated in our last, there has been a furthur ad- 

 vance in prices ; during the early part of the month [March] a sharp 



