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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January i, 1906. 



THE RUBBER FROM THE "CYRIL." 



ALL the rubber salved from the cargo of the steamer Cyril, 

 which went down in the Amazon on September 6, has 

 found its way to Liverpool, where it was disposed of at auction 

 on December 13 and 20, at very good prices. The first sale 

 embraced about 689 cases, described as follows : " Without 

 guarantee the fine and entretine contains 3 percent., the negro- 

 heads 25 percent., and the ball [Peruvian] 15 per cent, more 

 rubber than usual. The rubber shows no signs of change, nor 

 does it appear to have become sandy." Ten case Manaos 

 fine, " new large biscuits, hard brown cuie," brought ^s, 334 </, 

 [=$i.29,'4] per pound, and other grades in proportion. The 

 180 cases sold December 20 were described as containing about 

 5 per cent, more water than the first offerings, and a few lots 

 about I per cent. sand. 



Thus is closed a most interesting incident in the rubber trade. 

 Not only was a large quantity of rubber rescued from a sunken 

 ship, but every piece of it was identified, so that it was possi- 

 ble for the auctioneer to catalogue 102 lots, in this style : 



Lot. Marks. Cases. Rubber. Description. 



I, AHA 62 Para fine. New very wet hard brown and white 



cure, few slightly touched with E'fine, 



— and ultimately the record contained also the price paid for 

 each lot. The first item in the catalogue, as do a number of 

 others, relates to rubber consigned from Manios by Adelbert 

 H.Alden. 



Parkkk, Siearns & Co. (New York city), December 8, 

 1905, under New York laws; capital $450,000. This succeeds 

 the corporation of Parker, Stearns & Sutton, formed in 1892, 

 and composed of Messrs. Russell Parker, James H. Stearns, 

 and B. Franklin Sutton, manufacturers of druggists' sundries. 

 Messrs. Parker and" Stearns became associated in business in 

 1879, Mr. Sutton joining them in 1885. Mr. Sutton is now re- 

 tiring from bnsiness altogether. The president of the new 

 corporation is Mr. Parker; the vice president is Mr. Stearns ; 

 and the secretary is Mr. Henry C. Rurton, who for a number 

 of years has been the company's manager. Mr. W. H. Hard- 

 ing, jr.. of New York, is also a director. 



[Sold at %s. ^d.\ 



few Rio Negro. {Fair ) 



The rubber importing firm of Poel & Arnold (New York) 

 expired by limitation on December 31, and on January 2 is 

 succeeded by Poel & Arnold, under new articles of copartner- 

 ship, the members being Frank Poel, C. H. Arnold, and A. 

 Fleischmann.. 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



PRICES are higher again at this date than one month ago, 

 and the comparative table of quotations for Para grades 

 which appears on this page shows them to be consider- 

 ably higher than one year ago. There have been fluct- 

 uations meanwhile, of course, but the net result of the twelve- 

 month is a higher price level, despite a larger production in the 

 Amazon region. The firmness of tone in the New York market 

 apparently is not due to any pressure on the part of buyers on 

 this side of the Atlantic. Of late European buying has been 

 more active, and both in New York and Europe the tendency 

 of prices is attributed to conditions in the primary markets, 

 where, in spite of larger receipts than usual, holders show a 

 firm disposition. 



Receipts at Para (including Caucho) since the beginning of 

 the crop season have been as follows : 



1902. 



July tons I2qo 



August 1370 



September 1670 



October 22S0 



November 2650 



December 29^0 



Total 12,250 13,470 13.300 14.235 



(.1— To December =8.1 



At the Antwerp sales on December i 5. of 339 tons offered, 

 325 were sold at an average advance of 35 centimes, equal to 

 about 3 per cent, over the brokers' estimations, based upon re- 

 sults of the November sale. The next sale will occur Jan- 

 uary 24. Messrs. C. Schmid & Co., Successeurs, report results 

 attained at the last sale, for important lots : 



Kilos. 



1. 1 56 

 25,6og 



16.959 

 16,542 



3.835 

 12,150 

 10.240 



13.587 



DasCHinloN. Valuation. 



Ceylon Biscuits 16.00 



Congo Sangha 1040 



Congo Kasai red 11. 10 



Congo Djuma 775 



Congo I.obay 12.25 



Upper Congo — Batouri 1050 



Upper Congo — Aruwimi 10.10 



Upper Congo — Aruwimi small 



red spindles 10.75 



Sold M.. 



16.50 



10.80 — lO.Sq 



1 1. 22/2 



8.35 



12.65 



lo.So — 10 85 



10.80 



14,260 Upper Congo — Lake Leopold II 11.25 



i4,2iS Upper Congo^Mongalla 1060 



19,708 Upper Congo — Maringa 5.25 



2,640 Angola thimbles 11.25 



5,843 Upper Congo — Equateur 12.30 



12.1 J — 12.271^ 



10.70 

 5.32>^ 



l^-5.52j^ 

 H.50 



12.72K 



Following is a statement of prices of Pard grades, one year 

 ago, one month ago, and on December 30— the current date : 



PARA. January I, '03 



Islands, fine, new 114(8115 



Islands, fine, old none here 



Upriver, fine, new 1 19(8120 



Upriver, fine, old none here 



Islands, coarse, new 65(8 66 



Islands, coarse, old none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 93(8 94 



Upriver, coarse, old none here 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 6g(gi 70 



Caucho ( Peruvian) ball 79® So 



AFRICAN. 



Sierra Leone, I stquality 103(31104 

 Massai. red 103^104 



December 1, '05. December 30. 

 119(gl20 124(8)125 



none here none here 



1221(3123?, 129(8130 



none here none here 



7i@ 72 75(ffi 76 



none here none here 



90C8 91 96® 97 



none here none here 



73@ 74 ■ 740" 75 



88(2 89 9i@ 92 



CENTRALS. 

 Esmeralda, sausage. . .88 (089 



Guayaquil, strip 75 @76 



Nicaragua, scrap .. . .84 @i,S 



Panama, slab 66 @67 



Mexican, scrap 87 



Mexican, slab 65 



Mangabeira, sheet. . . .60 

 EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 97 



Borneo 45 



(366 

 (§70 



@98 

 (349 



Per Kilo, 



Upriver, fine. . . 6I500 



Upriver, coarse 4$400 



Benguella 84(3 85 



Cameroon ball 7i(g> 72 



Accra flake 26(g 37 



Lopori ball, prime 112(8113 



Lopori strip, prime. .. . 94® 95 



Madagascar, pinky 92(8 93 



Ikelemba 113(3114 



Late Para cables quote ; 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 5$5oo 



Islands, coarse 2$5oo 



Exchange, lb\\d. 



Last Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 6$500 Upriver, coarse 4$ooo 



Exchange, i6|i(/. 



NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR NOVEMBER (NEW RUBBER). 

 1905. 



Upriver, fine i.2i(g>i.24 



Upriver. coarse SgC^ 91 



Islands, fine I.i8@i.2i 



Islands, coarse 68(2 72 



Cameta 69® 72 



