An. rsr I, 1903.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



403 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for carload 

 lots — are again slightly lower, as follows: 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes— Domestic 6 5 „ 



Do — Foreign 5 ,%@ 6 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 4 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 7 



White Trimmed Rubber 



Heavy Black Rubber j\ 



Air Brake Hose 2% @ 3 



Fire and Large Hose 2), 



Garden Hose 1 ' . 



Matting 1 



The market appears likely to remain unchanged during the 



remainder of the summer. 



Hamburg. 



Traun, StuRKEN & Co. have taken over the business car- 

 ried on under the name B. Soller Kautschuk- ImportGesell- 

 schaft m. b. H., together with the African branches, known as 

 Prins & Stiiiken. Senator Dr. Traun and Herr Alfred Sliirken 

 are the principal members of the new firm, and Herr Paul 

 Fischer, who will liquidate the firm of B. Soller, has been given 

 procuration. 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During June, 1903, and for the twelve months of the three 

 past crop seasons [by courtesy of Messrs. Witt & Co.] : 



„ J l' N"R. JULV-JfNR. 



From— 



1903. 190a. 1901. 1903. 1902. 1901. 



Rio Purus tons 20 77 S5 5938 6750 6016 



Rio Madeira 57 88 141 2306 2S44 2694 



Rio Jurus 48 54 43 3608 3642 2925 



Rio Javary — Iquitos 5 3 7 1507 1304 1246 



Rio SolimOes 8 21 tl 1372 1551 1183 



Rio Negro 104 14 13 755 383 521 



Total. . . 

 Caucho. 



248 257 300 15486 16474 145S5 

 258 200 167 3612 34S5 3786 



Total 506 457 467 19098 19959 18371 



London. 



Edward Till& Co. [July 1] report stocks : 



1903. 1902. 1901 



Para sorts tons — 



Borneo 19 



Assam and Rangoon 7 



^ Other sorts 198 



Total 224 



London 



560 



742 



Liverpool J Pari I328 2 ° 51 I034 



Liverpool ( Qther sQrts _ 33 



Total, United Kingdom 22S5 



Total, June 1 2248 



Total, May 1 2539 



Total, April 1 2525 



Total, March 1 1939 



Total, February I 192 1 



Total, January 1 1582 



984 



3595 

 3687 

 3788 

 3326 

 3078 

 2674 

 2 794 



1352 



3128 

 3502 

 3597 

 3522 

 2989 



3129 

 2901 



PRICES PAID DURING JUNE. 



1903. 1902. 1901 



Para fine, hard 3/10 @ 4 / iL£ 2/n^@2/nJ 3/8 (§3/9 



Llo soft 3/ 8^@3/io 3/S @3/8^ 



Negroheads, scrappy . .2/1 11^(113/- 2/4 @2/ 4J^ 2/ 7% 



Do Islands 2/ 4 @2/ 5 i/u 2/1 3/(32/ 2^ 



Bolivian No sales. 3/- @ 3/ oj^ No sales. 



July 17. — The market for Para has been strong, active, and dearer, 

 and considerable business has been done, largely for Ameiican account, 

 closing firm. Sales include Madeira spot at 4s. @ 4*. oJljV. and fine 

 old Bolivian 4.?. id. and buyers. Negroheads continue scarce ; scrappy 

 sold at 3s. \%d. Cametas at is. bd. @ 2s. 6J^</ and Islands at 2s. 5</. 

 There are no auctions this week. Stocks are very much reduced and 

 good medium kinds are scarce, and dearer. 



Liverpool. 

 William Wright & Co. report [July i] : 



Fine Pant. — The market during the early part of the month was 

 quiet, with little business passing ; at the close, however, a good de- 

 mand has sprung up, and prices have improved fully id. per pound. 

 What we have all along maintained is now about taking place, and that is 

 that America would come into this market to buy her surplus requirements, 

 and we look for a decided advance in prices next month. Manufactur- 

 ers have more or less kept out of the market, believing that prices would 

 react, but the situation is too strong, in our opinion, to allow any serious 

 reaction. The crop is now finished and shows a shortage in Para grades 

 of about 740 tons, and an increase in Peruvian grades of about 51010ns. 

 Stocks are small and well held, and deliveries good ; therefore every- 

 thing points to a further advance shortly. 



Edmund Schi.uter & Co. report Liverpool stocks: 



May 31. June 30. May 31. June 30. 



Para — 1st hands. . 905 856 tons. Peruvians 243 273 tons. 



Fine 738 648 " Africans 330 371 " 



Medium 86 103 " Mollendo 161 358 nksr 



Negroheads.... 81 105 ' Mangabeira 91 88 - 



Pari-ad hands.. 497 4,2 Pernambuco ,8 ,8 " 



Medium.-::.: M "! : Manitoba "242 5 9 tons. 



NeRroheads 19 ih " Ceara 26 13 pkg. 



Total Para 1402 1328 " Assare 46 41 



[♦Packages.] 



July 15. — There is good inquiry for Para sorts, partly from America, 

 and there has been a further small advance to 4.1. for new spot and Aug- 

 ust-September haul fine, at which price there would be buyers at the 

 close. For two months old hard 4s. 0%d. was' paid and 4*. 2d. is asked 

 for 1^2 to 2 years old. Soft fine spot 3s. io%d. ; August- September 3/ 

 lotfd. paid. Entrefine scarce and wanted ; value 3*. io.r' for hard. 

 African rubbers scarce and very firm. To day's auctions were unim- 

 portant and passed off without much life. Little desirable rubber was 

 offered. 



Bordeaux. 



R. Henry reports [July 6] an active demand, with business 

 somewhat restricted for want of stocks. One lot of Mayumba 

 (French Congo) rubber, of 3500 kilos, appeared among the 

 sales. Arrivals for June reached 58,600 kilograms. 



PRICES [IN FRANCS PER KILOGRAM], 



Sierra Leone: Bassam lumps 5. ©5.65 



Niggers, red I. . . .9 so^g^s Gold Coast lumps 5.85(85.95 



Niggers, white I . .9. io@2. 90 Mayumba 5 75@6. • 



Niggers, white II. Flakes 2. (W3. 



Ill 5.io@7.20 Madagascar 5.65(08.10 



Twists 8-75@8.75 Colombia scraps 7.40(0)8.25 



Cassamance AP. A.. . .7.40(27.80 Colombia slabs 6.40(817.15 



Cassamance AM. B. . ..5 @6 85 Java ... . 7.75@8. 



rubber imports at bordeaux— four years. 



Grades. 1899 1900. 1901. 1902. 



Soudan twists iilos 96,517 94,450 144,200 310,000 



Soudan niggers 30,242 26,150 33,960 130,000 



Conakry niggers — 4.250 2,000 50,000 



Gambia 4i>790 71.667 15,920 135,000 



Other sorts 7,040 43,015 39,300 53,000 



Total 175 589 239,532 235. 3S0 678,400 



arrivals first six months of this year. 



Soudan or Conakry kilos. . 356,200 Mexican 1,500 



Cassamance (Gambia). . . 77,000 Sundries 600 



Congo sorts 18,000 



Bassam (Gold Coast) 25,500 Total kilos 478,800 



Arrivals for the second half of the year are estimated at 214,- 

 800 kilos (of which 187,700 kilos Soudan), which would bring 

 the total for the year 10666,500 kilograms [= 1,466,300 pounds]. 

 Antmierp. 



To THE Editor of The India Rubber World: During 

 June two rubber sales occurred, the first on the 19th, when 28 

 tons were disposed of, and the regular monthly inscription on 

 the 26th, when 322 tons were sold, out of a total of 330 tons 

 offered. Prices showed no change from the preceding month, 

 on the average. The next monthly sale will be held on July 

 31, when 465 tons will be offered. The statistical tables up to 

 July 1 show practically no change as compared with last year. 



