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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 



1903. 



rise took place, fine spot advancing from 3.'. &%d. to is. io}.»d. and 

 forward from 3-r- t)d. to ys. lid. Under the influence of heavy receipts 

 prices have since declined to 3s. q^d. spot, and Js. <)%d. to 3-r. lo^d 

 forward, according to position. Throughout the month the market has 

 been very active, and a large business has been done at current rates, 

 buyers preponderating. The heavy months' receipts are now practically 

 over, and, with smaller supplies and the present good demand, we 

 should not be surprised to see a further advance next month. 



On April 7, at the Liverpool court of bankruptcy, there was 

 a further hearing in the case of Kramrisch & Co., India rubber 

 merchants, whose difficulties have been mentioned in The In- 

 dia Rubber World. The examination, by the official re- 

 ceiver, was directed to ascertaining whether the firm had been 

 getting advances in respect of the same lots of rubber from dif- 

 ferent bankers, and to locating the goods on which such ad- 

 vances had been made. An order was made by the court re- 

 quiring accounts to be presented, and the hearing was ad- 

 journed to April 28. As stated in our last issue the firms lia- 

 bilities appear to exceed their assets by about ^100,000. 



London. 



Edward Till& Co., April 1, report stocks: 



1903. 1902. 1901. 



f Para sorts tons — — — 



J Borneo 26 132 172 



LoNDON ] Assam and Rangoon 3 39 21 



L Other sorts 1S8 433 640 



Total 217 609 833 



I Para 1548 1821 1346 



L,VKRPOOL j Other sorts 760 896 1343 



Total, United Kingdom 2525 3326 3522 



Total, March 1 1930 3°78 29S9 



Total, February 1 1921 2674 3129 



Total January 1 1582 2794 2901 



Total, December 1 20S3 2525 30O1 



Total, November 1 2337 2602 3040 



Total, October 1 2464 2802 2846 



PRICES PAID DURING MARCH. 



1903. 1902. 1901. 



Para fine, hard.. 3/8. @3/lo"4 / Spot 3/o^@3/i J^Isl. 3/b l A@3/l'4 



Do soft...3/S @3/io fFwd3/i @3/3^Upr3/6 @3/o?4 



Negroh'ds, scrap.3/o^@ 3 /i^ 2/sH@*/l 2 /6 @2/<>'A 



Do Islands. 2/4 ©2/5 2 i/ii^@2/i 



Bolivian No sales. 3/1 (S3/2 No sales. 



April 17. — The market has been quiet, with little business doing, but 

 prices remain firm and a trifle higher than at the opening of the month. 

 Sales have been made at 3s. io%d. for fine hard Tara, spot ; 3*. lo]/ z d. 

 to* 4 V for May June delivery ; 3s. ltd for June-July. Fine soft 

 cure spot sold at 3.5. lod . and Caviana at 3*. lo^d. Peruvians dearer 

 for slab with sales spot and forward up to 2s. Slid, and buyers, and ball 

 at 3s. %d. @ 3s. }£d. , fine being quoted buyers at y. \od. At to-day's 

 auctions there was good competition for medium sorts and dearer rates 

 were paid. Madagascar : Fair Majunga, 2s. 4^1/ ; black coated and 

 dirty, 2s 3?+d. Mozambique : good red ball, 3*. 41/. ; stickless saus- 

 age, 3j. i,\^d. ; ditto rather sandy, 2s. 1 id @ 3-r. Lama ball : 2s. lid. 

 @ 3s. Uganda gummy ball, 2s. 3</. Nyassa : Good clean and livery 

 ball, 3*. id. @ 3s. i'Ad. ; fair mixed brown and livery, 3 i+J. @ y. 

 43^,/. ; good root ball 2s g'^J. ; ditto rather heated, 2s. id Assam : 

 good clean red, 3.1 2i+d ; clean white slightly heated, 2s. id. 



Ceylon. — Sales of 19 cases, fine thin Para biscuits, 41. 2 ' , { @ \s. yl. ; 

 good clean scrap, 3s. i,%d @3j.6' 4 ,i. 



Batata. — Good rather thick sheet 2s. 5 V" 1 i mixed inferior block, 

 is. TA *• 



cAnfaverp. 



To the Editor of The India Rubber World : Since our 

 report of March 13, there have been two rubber sales. On 

 March 27 there was a sale of 27 tons, sold at an advance of 

 about 2 per cent, over the estimations. At the regular monthly 

 inscription on March 31, when 450 tons were offered, 435 tons 



were sold at a further advance of 2 per cent, or a total of 4 per 

 cent, over former valuations. At this sale there were large or- 

 ders from the United States. The most important lots sold 

 were : 



Estimation. Sold ai. 



70 tons Uele strips francs 8.25 865 



18 " Aruwimi 8.70 875 



it " Lake Leopold 1 8.75 8.97}^ 



28 " Lake Leopold II 6.90 7. 40® 7 47% 



42 " Upper Congo balls 8.60 8.oc@g 



22 " Mongalla strips 8.45 890 



Besides a small sale of 38 tons to be held on the 17th instant, 

 the regular monthly sale, embracing 297 tons, will be held on 

 April 24. 



Referring to the statistical table for March, there will be no- 

 ticed a decrease in importations during the first three months 

 o( the year of 355 tons, but an increase of sales during the same 

 period of 450 tons. The steamer Albert-rille is expected about 

 the 23d of the month, with 30 tons Lopori. 



C. schmid & CO. 



Antwerp. April [4, 1903. 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR MARCH. 



I>KTAII s. 



Stocks, Feb. 28. kilos 

 Arrivals in March. . . 

 Congo sorts 



Other sorts 



Aggregating..., 

 Sales in March. 



Stocks, Mch. 31. . 



■903. 



475 538 

 428,455 

 ■ I 

 29,71^ 



903,933 

 632, 109 



271. 8S4 



Arrivals since Jan I. 1,146,128 



Congo sorts 

 Other sorts. . . 



Sales since Jan. 1 



r, 00s ,99; 



137.131 



'. 532.34V 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



April 3.— By the Philippeville, from the Congo : 

 Societe Coloniale Anversoise. .(Est du Kwango) kilos 2,000 



(Sud Kamerun) 



Do 

 Do 

 Do 



(Cie. de Lomami) 



5,000 



23 700 



700 



146,600 



3 3 ,000 



4.000 



2,500 



1,100 



8,500 



5 5.500 



1,000 



2,000 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) 



Do (Societe Anversoise) 



Do (Societe Isangi) 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 



Do 



W. Mallinckrodt & Co (Alimaienne) 



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



Charles Dethier (La Haut Sangha) 



G. & C. Kreglinger (La Lobay) 



Societe A B I R 35, 200 



Societe Equatoriale Congolaise 5,000 



Comptoir Commercial Congolais 12,200 



Evrard Havenith (Andrea) 200 



Comptoir des Products Coloniaux 



(Cie. de la Kadei Sangha) 2,200 

 Do (Cie. de la l'Ekela Sangha) 1,600 342,000 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[ The Figures Indicate Weights in Founds.] 



April I.— By the steamer Amazonmst, from Manaos and Para : 

 Importers. Fine. 



Poel & Arnold 313,000 



New York Commercial Co. 227,300 



A. T. Morse & Co 3S,8oo 



United States Rubber Co. 41.700 



G. Amsinck & Co 33,900 



William Wright & Co 20,300 



Edmund Reeks & Co 14.S00 



Lionel Hagenaers &Co. .. 2,900 



Total 



692,800 164,400 308,000 52,900=1,218,100 



