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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1903. 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR JULY. 

 Drtaii -.. 



Stocks, June 3o.i1/0s 

 Arrivals, July 



Congo sorts 



Other sorts 



Aggregating. 

 Sales, July. . 



Stocks, July 31. . . 



Arrivals since Jan. 1 



Congo sorts 



Other sorts 



Sales since Jan. 1 . . 



1903. 



4S7.999 

 365,406 



324,060 



4 >,340 



853.405 

 475.878 



377.527 



1903. 



1901. 



1900. 







681,670 954.579 

 592,836 470.662 



47,614 



1,274,506 

 584.734 



689,772 



2,979.33= 3.237.644 



3.001,476 



: 10 236 168 



3,259.910 2.962,581 





t.425 24 

 3S4,800 



l,C40,44I 



3.552.054 



3,125.652 



726,376 

 657.7&7 



1,384,143 



250.44I 



1,133.702 



3.669.23O 

 548,055 

 2.827,519 



1899. 



503.997 



"-4 7 3' t 



20S.702 



75".3I' 

 406,106 



345.205 



2,096,266 



1,813,80 



2,OI4,40I 



A Consul on Rubber Prospects. 



THE I'niled States consul at Para, Mr. K. K. Kenneday, writ- 

 ing July 7, says, in an official report : 



" During the past year prices ruled (airly firm at good fig- 

 ures. The exceedingly high prices which prevailed formerly 

 may never be restored, but producers as well as dealers find 

 there is still a very handsome profit for them, once they have 

 accommodated themselves to the new and more healthy condi- 

 tions. Never before has so much enthusiasm been shown in 

 the trade, and never before have so many men been employed 

 in the business. Thousands of laborers are pouring into the 

 forests of the interior, and thousands more will follow. New 

 rubber fields will be opened and old ones worked with im- 

 proved methods and larger forces. As an example of this, I 

 might quote the case of one of the largest rubber producers on 

 the Madeira, who recently informed me that he would takeout 

 this year four times as much rubber as ever before. Business 

 is steadily improving here. One encouraging sign of the times 

 is the fact that several new houses are preparing to embark in 

 the export trade. It seems safe to predict that if there are no 

 further political troubles on the upper river, the crop of this 

 season will be far in advance of any ever before known." 



Hecht, Levis & Kahn's Statistics. 



THIS important firm, of Liverpool, London, Paris, and Ham- 

 burg, have brought out their annual India-rubber statistical 

 chart for the year ending June 30, 1903, the salient features of 

 which we have compared with their former charts with the re- 

 sults summarized below. Wholly accurate statistics are possi- 

 ble in regard to very few commodities derived from such widely 

 differing sources as India-rubber, and in this case a peculiar 

 difficulty exists on account of the shrinkage which the material 

 continually undergoes. For which reasons the best that can 

 be done is to present approximate figures. The first table 

 compiled from these charts gives the approximate total produc- 

 tion and consumption for five years, and the visible supply at 

 the end of each year (in metrical tons) : 



Season. Production. Consumption. Visible Supply.* 



1902-03 tens 55,603 55.276 5.053 



IQ0I02 53.603 51,170 6,8l6 



t9O0-oi 52.S64 5 T .'36 6,941 



189900 53.348 48,352 7,869 



189S 99 52,192 48,783 4.S7I 



eluding cargoes afloat ] 



There is next shown a comparative statement, for four years, 

 of arrivals in the United States and Europe, the deliveries for 

 consumption, and the reported stocks in those countries : 



Details. 189900. 1900-01 1902-3. 



Stocks, First of year tons 3.850 6,576 5,910 5856 



Arrivals, Year 5'°77 50,479 51,061 =3, 155 



Aggregating 54 927 57.055 36,979 59, 015 



Deliveries, Year 48,351 51, 137 51,123 55,276 



Stocks, End of year 6,576 5,918 5,856 3,739 



The next table indicates the total arrivals in the United 

 States and in Europe for each year : 



S BASON. 



1898-99 tons 



1899-1900 



1900 01 



1901-02 



1902-03 



Finally is shown an analysis of the stocks in the principal 

 markets and afloat, of Para rubber and all other sorts, at the 

 end of each year : 



June 30, 



STOCKS. 1900. 

 Pari Grades : 



Liverpool tons 2,137 



Havre 95 



New York 60 1 



Pain 195 



Afloat 1.099 



Total 4,127 



Medium Grades : 



Liverpool tons 1,082 



London 646 



Antwerp 726 



Lisbon 717 



Rotterdam 



New York 571 



June 30, 

 1901. 



1.467 

 70 



875 

 28 



995 



June 30, 

 1902. 



2.44S 



30 



392 



60 



900 



June 30, 

 1903. 



1,601 



65 



383 



129 



1,185 



435 3.830 3,363 



946 



742 

 954 



544 



320 



585 

 560 

 681 

 505 

 80 



575 



456 

 224 

 488 

 220 

 56 

 246 



Tola] 3 742 



3.506 2,986 1, 690 



Total All Kinds. 

 Java Exports — Official. 



7,869 6,94r 6,816 5,053 



[INCLUDING THE ISLAND OF MADURA.] 

 Vi India-Rubber. Gutta-percha. 



1 893 pounds 69,496 



1894 99.280 



1895 90,848 



i3g7 59,840 



189S 67,728 



1899 78,880 



1900 213,112 



1 90 1 39,168 



1902 .. 344o8 



Gutta-Tercha. 



Wei SI .V Co. I Rotterdam) report exports from Singapore for 

 six mo-ths ol tive years past as follows : 



1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 



Tons 3348 3219 3!26 2490 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK 



[The Figures Indicate Weights in Pounds.] 



August 3. — By the steamer Basil, from Manaos and Para : 



Importers. Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. 



A. T. Morse & Co 14,600 600 78,000 7,300= 



Poel & Arnold 14,600 700 41,200 13,200= 



William Wright & Co. .. . 34,400 3,200 21,800 = 



United States Rubber Co. 35,100 2,300 9,500 = 



L. Hagenaers & Co 7,400 4,000 = 



New York Commercial Co. 3,000 1,000 1,000 3,200= 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 3,200 1,600 . .. = 



Herbst Brothers 1,400 500 300= 



39,576 



36,720 



39.S4S 



3,128 



25.704 



M6,744 



646.544 



179,112 



52,360 



the first 



1903. 

 1704 



Total 



100,500 



69,700 



59.400 



46,900 



11,400 



8,2O0 



4.80O 



2,200 



Total 113,700 7,800 157,600 24,000= 303,100 



August 13. — By the steamer Gregory, from Manaos and Para : 



1,100= 



A. T. Morse & Co. ...... 102,000 



New York Commercial Co. 76,100 



Poel & Arnold 63,900 



United States Rubber Co. 75,900 



William Wright & Co 13.800 



L. Hagenaers & Co 5,000 



Thomsen & Co 3. 400 



14,800 



14,200 



15,000 



6,000 



4.600 



400 



50.800 



37.000 



24.100 



8,000 



12,100 



3,600 



3,600 



10,500= 



168,700 



127.300 



113,500 



89,900 



31,600 



8,600 



7,400 



Total 310,100 55,000 139,200 12,700= 547,000 



August 21. — By the steamer Grangense, from Manaos and Para: 



3,900 136,800 300=; 155,000 



22,700 40,900 1,200= 109,400 



11,700 38,000 600= 92,400 



1,900 21,900 = 44,300 



A. T. Morse S: Co 14.000 



Poel & Arnold 44,600 



New York Commercial Co. 42,100 



William Wright & Co. .. . 20,500 



