Jii.v i, 1903.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



357 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New YORK qj, nations— prices paid by consumers for carload 

 lots— are again slightly lower, as follows: 



Old Rubber Hoots and Shoes Domestic (>j£ (1 



Do — Foreign 6 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 1 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 7 



White Trimmed Rubber u 



Heavy Rlack Rubber I'i 



Air Rrake Hose 2, 7 8 < 



Fire and Large Hose 



( iarden Hose < ' ■ 



Matting 1 



Statistics of Para Rubber (Excluding Caucho) . 



Stocks, April 30 tons 



Arrivals. May 67S 



Aggregating Il6q 



Deliveries, May 



Stocks, May 3) . 



1903. 1902. 1901. 



Stocks. April 30.. tons 150 2240 170 

 Arrivals, May 2070 [580 1 165 



1903. 1902. iqoi. 



1675 I70 1425 



65O 2865 GOO 



Aggregating .... 2220 3820 

 Deliveries, May 2105 3740 



1335 

 1185 



2325 

 925 



3<J35 

 960 



2025 

 t>75 



Stocks, May 31. . . 115 



80 



150 



14" 1 2<'75 



1350 



1903 



World's supply. May 31 tons 299ft 



Para receipts, July 1 to May 31 25,226 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 3704 



Afloat from Para to United States, May 31... 500 



Afloat from Para to Europe, May 31 440 



Liverpool. 



Edmund Schi.uter & Co. report Liverpool stocks : 



Vpr. 

 Peruvians .249 



Para — 1st hands 



Fine iti 



Medium 117 



Negroheads ... 82 



Para — 2d hands.. 640 



Fine 563 



Medium ... . 38 



Neeroheads ... 36 



Apr. 30. May. 31. 

 104 1 905 tons. 



738 

 86 



497 



460 



IS 



Africans 351 



Mollendo 70 



Mangabeira S 



Pernambuco 85 



Manitoba 222 



Ceara 97 



Assare 55 



M,i ■ 



243 tons. 



330 " 



tftt pkg. 

 91 " 

 18 " 



242 " 

 26 " 

 46 " 



Total Para lftSt 1402 ' 



Messrs. Sculuter & Co. report that the rubber auction of June 17, 

 when .1595 cwt. was offered, elicited no bidding. The market had 

 shown no life during a week, but closed with a Turner tone. " 'There 

 would be buyers of spot and July-August hard fine at 3*. 10</. — perhaps 

 even at J^rf. more in the latter position, and of August-September soft 

 at 3*. 8 3 .,./., at which figure spot rubber could probably be bought." 



S. K 1 < : < ; 1 s & Co report [June 12] an easier market, with small sales 

 hard fine Para at 3*. lor/ , forward delivery, 3.1. \s. 10%, I. ; 



soft fine, 31. 9 '.,'./'. F.ntie fine, neglected. Negroheads lower ; scrappy 

 2s. 11 Camel i, is. 6./. Peruvian ball, y.@2s. Mil ; slab, 2s. 



1/, sellers. A moderate competition in today's auctions. Manga- 

 beira sold readily : Santo* sheet, clean but part spongy, 2.t 7 /'. Good 

 Central American scrap. 3<\ ; Cartagena slab mixed dirty at Is. *)%d. 



Ion. — Fourteen packages sold ; line thin biscuits (Para), 4. 4./. ; 

 ditto slightly heated. 4*. 3./. ; small lot weakish, 41. \J. ; clean I 

 strips, 3.. 2' 4 ./. [At the auction of May 29 Ceylon line >old 4*. 3)4 </. ; 

 scrap, js. •,' 'a | 



Balata, — Eight; packages sold ; fair sheet. is. ft./. ; mixed tough and 

 thick, 2s. ; brittle and inferior rejections 1 r. 2'/ 2 J. [ At auction of May 

 29. Ralata neglected, and 352 packages withdrawn! 



Hamburg. 



To the Editor of The India Ri bber World: During 

 the past week the tone of the rubber market here remained 

 exceptionally quiet along the whole line ; the tendency of busi- 

 ness being very dragging, at receding prices. An inclination 

 to sell became notable in 1'priver fine, prompt ; Peruvian balls 

 are to be recorded as light; Negroheads, scrappy, were well 

 maintained. Mollendo received slightly belter inquiries, but 

 owing to the high price ideas of the holders few transactions 

 were made ; value of fine, 8.40 marks per kilogram. 



Middle sorts continue to be very short, the quantities in store 

 being of no importance. Mozambique, Madagascar, Thimbles, 

 and Bissao are but weakly represented. Massai remained dull, 

 and lump sorts, after a weak opening, improved some. Ecua- 

 dor and Columbia scraps were enabled to maintain their for- 

 mer stand. Gambia, Adeli Niggers and Borneo showed for in- 

 quiries. Kamerun and Batanga balls, Mangabeira, Benguella 

 and Loanda niggers, and Guatemala sheets were neglected. 



Hamburg, June 1 



cAnt<wetp. 



To the Editor of The India Ri run; World: At yester- 

 day's sale by inscription about 480 tons of rubber were offered, 

 and about 450 tons sold. Prices were irregular, though the 

 general tone was good. On the whole, however, there was a 

 decline of about one-half of one per cent. Among the large 



lots which sold above valuations were : 



Valu 



22 tons Upper Congo — Armvimi francs £.50 



20 " Upp^r Congo— ordinary 925 



13 " Lake Leopold II 9.10 



Among lots selling below valuations were : 



22 tons Upper Congo — Mongalla 9. 



11 " Congo Kassai red 9.25 



London. 



Edward Till& Co., report stocks June 1: 



1903. 



i sorts tons — 



'3 



nd Rangoon 5 



^ Other sorts 209 



London 



f Para sorts. 

 J Borneo. . . 

 ] Assam and 



1902. 



Total 227 



Liverpool 



Para. 



. 1402 



Other sorts 619 



Total, United Kingdom 224 S 



Total, May 1 2539 



Total, April 1 2525 



Total, March 1 1939 



Total, February 1 1921 



Total, January 1 1 582 



Sold 



s 72'. 

 9.42J ■ 

 9-32^ 



8 90 



9 10 



9 5° 

 8.05 



8 75 

 8.70 



13 " Upper Congo — Lopori I 9 65 



10 " Upper Congo — Lopori 1 1 8.50 



5 " Upper Congo — Uele 9. 



37 " Upper Congo — Uele 9. 



The next large sale will take place at the end of June. 

 Stocks to-day about 375 tons. HMID i CO. 



Antwerp, May 27, 190;. 



RUHISER ARRIVALS A I ANTWERP. 



June 4. — By the Nigeria, from the Congo: 



Runge & Co .. .(Societe Generate Africaine) kilos 125.000 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 5.000 



Do (Societe A nversoise) 13OCO 



Socie'te Equatoriale Congolaise 7.000 



Comptoir Commercial Congolais 1 



Societe A B I R 76,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise. (Beige du llaut Congo) 17.000 



Do (Cie. du Lomami) 22,500 



Do (Slid Kamerun) 4.900 



Do (Socie'te La Lulonga) 3,500 



Do (Cie. du Kasai) 20.600 



M. S. Cols 3." ro 



■ Do 700 



Th. De Rruyne (Cie. du Kouango) 2,700 



W. Mallinckrodt & Co (Alimaienne) 9.500 330,000 



