404 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August i, 1903. 



namely, imports of 2613 tons since January 1 against 2645 f° r 

 the same period in 1902. Of this amount 2325 tons were of 

 Congo sorts against 2456 tons of Congos in the first half of last 

 year, showing a shortage in imports of Congo sorts of 931 tons 

 for the first six months of the year. The imports of Congo 

 rubber for the first six months of each year for some time past 

 have been as follows : 



1894. 

 1895. 

 1896. 

 1897. 



Total. 

 tons 72 

 .... 235 

 ... 324 

 . . . 749 

 866 



Congos. 



72 



235 



324 



086 



745 



1899. 

 1900. 

 1901 . 

 1902. 

 1903. 



[ otal. 

 .Ions 1,048 

 .... 3. on 



3,081 



.... 2,645 

 . . . . 2,613 



Congos. 

 1, 60S 



2.4S9 

 2,785 

 2.456 

 2,325 



C. SCHMID 4 CO. 



Antwerp, July 13, 1903. 



On 1 uly 31 the offerings included 465 tons. Details regarding 

 the principal lots, supplied by Messrs. Karcher & Co., are as 

 follows — the sale occurring too late in the month to permit the 

 result of the sale to be reported here : 



Brokers" estimation. 

 44,192 kilos Upper Congo Lopori I francs g.15 



10,274 



17,467 

 19.594 

 43.539 

 23,220 

 51.091 

 8,829 

 15.483 

 13.1S2 

 1 5. 90S 



J2.204 

 2,848 



13.146 

 7.299 

 7.294 

 3.0OO 

 2.342 

 709 



Upper Congo I.opori t 9.20 



Upper Congo I.opori II 7- 75 



Upper Congo Lake Leopold 1 890 



Upper Congo Lake Leopold II 7.50 



Upper Congo Aruwimi 8 50 



Upper Congo ordinary 9 25 



Upper Congo Mongalla 8.75 



Upper Congo Yengu 930 



Upper Congo Aruwimi 875 



Congo Kasai black 9.25 



Congo Kasai red 905 



Upper Congo Lomami 9 3 



Congo balls 825 



Upper Congo Equateur 1 920 



U pper Congo Equateur II 9. 



French Congo 7- ©8.25 



Para fine 1075 



Mangabeira (Matto Grosso) 7.50 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR JUNE. 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



July 13. — By the Anveryville, from the Congo: 



Bunge & Co . . .(Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 283,000 



Do (Societe Anversoise) 13,400 



Do (Chemins de fer des Grand Lacs 1 9.900 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 5.600 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise.. (Beige du Haut Congo) 1,000 



Do (Stid Kamerun) 10,000 



L. & W. Van de Velde (Cie. du Kasai) 70.300 



Charles Detbier (La Haut Sangha) 2,400 



Do (Societe Belgika) 1,400 



G. & C. Kreglinger. .(Cie. des Caoutchoucs & Pro- 



duits de La Lobay) 3,600 



\V. Mallinckrodt & Co (Alimaienne) 6.900 407,500 



Rotterdam. 



The importation of rubber at this port (mainly from African 

 sources) is carried on by four firms: 



Nieuve Afrikaansche Ilandels Yennootschap. 



Oost-Afrikaansche Compagnie. 



Societe Commerciale du Soudan Franvais. 



Weise & Co. 



The first named company is the oldest trading on the Congo, 

 having established a branch at Boma as early as i860 and ex- 

 tending their operations up the river with the progress of 

 development in that direction. They were established long 

 before the Belgians entered the field, and notwithstanding the 

 changed conditions, the name of the company and its initials 

 — A H V — continue to be of much influence and very popular 

 with the natives. Arrivals of Congo sorts at Rotterdam take 

 place by the same steamers calling at Antwerp. They are, by 

 the way, not confined to the product of the Congo Free State 

 proper. The figures following indicate (in kilograms) the im- 

 ports of Congo sorts and also the total imports at Rotterdam 

 for several years past : 



Congo. Total. 



1S97.... . 467,800 705,650 



1898 383,200 656,400 



1899 580,950 804,750 



Coogo. Total. 



1900 877,450 



1901 758,300 853,250 



1902 899,750 991,700 



Gutta-Percha. 



Weise & Co. (Rotterdam) report exports from Singapore for 

 the first five months of five years past, as follows : 



1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 



Tons 2645 2114 3038 2S21 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[The Figures Indicate Weights in Pounds.} 

 July 3. — By the steamer Benedict, from Manaos and Para : 

 Importers. Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. 



1903. 

 2645 



A. T. Morse & Co 79,800 



New York Commercial Co. 93,600 



Poel & Arnold 6,800 



William Wright & Co 13,500 



United States Rubber Co 



L. Hagenaers & Co 5,400 



9,400 

 2S,goo 



5.700 

 1,700 



800 



71,300 44,200= 

 56,800 17,500= 

 26,100 = 



12,000 = 



12,100 = 



5,400 = 



Total 

 204, 7co 

 196,000 

 38,600 

 27,200 

 12,100 

 1 1 ,600 



Total 199,100 46,500 171,600 73,800= 



July 13. — By the steamer Maranhcnsc, from Manaos and 



New York Commercial Co. 104 400 41,500 



A. T.Morse & Co 60.400 15.S00 



Poel & Arnold 18,900 



G. Amsinck & Co 22,900 



Edmund Reeks & Co 



United States Rubber Co. 40,000 



William Wright & Co 8, 700 



L. Johnson & Co 1.2,100 



Thebaud Brothers 9,700 



L. Hagenaers & Co 4,600 2,400 



Thomsen & Co 1,400 2,600 goo- 

 Total 283,100 102,200 230,600 no, 600= 726,500 



July 22. — By the steamer Fluminense, from Manaos and Para: 



A. T. Morse & Co 12.200 



United States Rubber Co. 65,300 



William Wright & Co 32,900 



New York Commercial Co. 20,300 



Poel & Arnold 9,300 



Lionel Hagenaers & Co.. 10,600 



Edmund Reeks & Co. .. . 10.600 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 2,800 



1,700 



6,300 



6,100 



12,400 



700 



1,000 



1,100 



300 



72,200 19,200 

 22,400 .. .. 

 30,700 

 10.000 



900= 

 2,500= 



18,100 

 4.700 

 1,800 

 1.200 



1,000= 



105. 300 

 94.000 

 70,600 

 51.200 



2S.IC0 



16,300 



14.510 

 4,300 



Total 170,000 29,600 161,100 23600= 384.300 



[Note.— The steamer Basi', due at New York on August 2, has on board 130 

 > 1 s of Rubber and 15 tons of Caucho.] 



PARA RUBBER via EUROPE. 



POUNDS. 



.1 D x E "29 ■' > Ha = I Jverpool : 

 Poel & Arnold (Caucho) S.SOO 



June 30 By 'he .l'/t<inra = Mollendo: 

 Chicago Bolivian Rubber Co. (Fine).. 7,000 



July 6.— By the X,ucania= Liverpool 

 Poel & Arnold Fine 



17,600 



.it tv 10. By the ','• , manlc=Llver] 



Poel A Arnold (Pine) 



A. T. Morse Si Co. . Fiuej 22.600 45,000 



July 13.— By the Etruria=-l,iverpool: 



George A Alden & Co. iFine) 71,000 



William Wright fit Co. (Fine) 22,000 93,000 



.11 i.v It.— By the SaraU (ja=Mollendo: 

 Chicago Bolivian Rubber Co. (Fine). 7.600 

 Chicago Bolivian Rubber Co. hoarse) 1,000 8.5C0 



