Apkii. I. 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



241 



Statistics of Para 'Jfabber {Excluding Caucho) . 



NEW YORK. 



Fine and Coarse. Total. Tolal. Total. 



Medium. 1906. 1905. 1904. 



Slocks, January 31 Ions 217 7 = 224 157 64 



.\rrivals, 1-Vbriiary 1077 575 = 1652 1370 2527 



1294 582 = 1876 1527 2591 



943 575 ^ 1518 1391 2476 



351 7 = 358 136 115 



Aggregaliiij; 



Ueliveries, Febniarj' 



Stocks, February 28. . 



PARA. 



Ii>o6. 1905. 1904. 



Stocks, January 31 tons 1460 125'i 565 



Arrivals, February 3150 3430 36S0 



Aggregating 4610 4686 4245 



Deliveries, February 3873 3876 3S10 



Stocks, I'"et>ruary 28 737 810 435 



1906. 

 World's visible supply, February 28. . ./o«5 3685 



PiH-ii Receipts, July I to February 28 21,469 



rarti Receipts of Cauclio, same dates 2845 



Afloat from Para to United Slates, Feb. 28. 745 

 .\float from I'ara to Europe, F'ebruary 28. . 970 



ENGLANn. 



1906. 1905, 1904. 



460 355 590 



1365 800 765 



1825 1155 1355 



950 850 975 



875 305 380 



1905. 



3894 



19.456 



2504 



1S9S 



745 



1904 

 2S67 

 19,200 

 2304 

 903 

 1024 



Ant'werp. 



To Tin-; IvDiToK OF The Indi.v Ruhher Would : The next 



important sale at Antwerp will take place on March 23 when 



615 tons will be exposed. We mention some of the more 



important lots, with the broker's estimation, in francs per 



kilogram : 



5 1 tons Uele stripes .francs 1 1 . 30 



Aruwinii ii.So 



Upper Congo Yakonia 1 2. 20 



Kasai Loanda Sankuru 10 80 



Congo Dj uma I . 9-50 



Congo Djuma II 8.25 



Congo Djuma III 7-oo 



Upper Congo ball 12.20 



Mongalla small stripes 11-75 



red Mongalla . . 12.20 



On March 16 small sale took place. Out of 15 tons only 



3 tons were sold at firm prices, viz. : Upper Skoi large balls 



at 8.57|i francs (estimation 8. 25) ; ditto small balls at 8.07 >^ 



francs (estimation 7.50). 



C. SCIIMID & CO. StJCCESSEUlis. 

 Antwerp, March 16, 1906. 



[Thi.; prices obtained at the March 23 sale were nniformU* 

 higher than the broker's estimations ; reported, in fact, at 

 an average of about 25 centimes per kilo. It is understood 

 that the greater part of the offerings were taken for Euro- 

 pean account.] 



35 

 20 



25 

 12 



17 

 10 



16 



>9 

 10 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid bj' consumers for car- 

 load lots in cents per pound — show a decline from last 

 month's quotations : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes - Domestic 8% ® 8'/ 



Do -Foreign 7V ® P/a 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires yy^ @ yi^ 



Solid Rublier \V;igon and Carriage Tires 8)4 @8J4 



White Trimmed Rubber 10^ @ 1 1 



Heavy Black Rubber z% @ 5^2 



Air Brake Hose 2H @ ^% 



Fire and Large Hose 2% @3 



Garden Hose 2!^ @ 21^ 



Matting 1'4 %i'% 



London 



London. 



IJiiWARD Tii.L & Co. report stocks [March i] : 



1906. 1905. 



f ParS. sorts tons — — 



I Plantation, Ceylon and Straits. ... 26 — 



J Borneo 45 



] Assam and Rangoon 7 



Penang 285 



[Other sorts I91 



Total 554 



[ Pari sorts 873 



Liverpool ■; Caucho iz8 



[Other sorts 351 



Total. United Kingdom 1906 



Total, Februarj- 1539 



Tolal, January 



Total, December 1728 1507 



1185 



PRICES PAID DURING FEBRUARY. 



1906. 1905. 1904. 



Pard, fine, hard 5/4 ©5/ ^H 5/ 3 ©5/ 4^ 4/ 4>^©4/ 6 



Do soft 5/ 3^@5/ iVz 5/ o%@5/ 2% 4/ 3 ©4/ 5 



Negroheads, scrappy 3/io34:@4/ 3/11 ©4/ 3/ 4;^@3/ 5| 



Do Cameta 3/3 3/1 ©3/ 3 2/8 ©2/10^ 



Bolivian 5/ 4>+@5/ ^H 5/ 3 ©5/ 5 4/ 4>^@4/ 6i 



Caucho, ball 3/ 8>^@3/ 9 3/ 3^®3/ 4>^ 3/ 2'/i@l/ 3 



Do slab 3/ 1 @3/ lyi 3/ o>^©3/ i 2/ 9J 



Do tails No sales 3/ o>^@3/ 2 No sales 



M.\RCH 16.— The market for Paras has been quiet during 

 the week, but very firm a'ld closes dearer. Only a small business 

 has been done, owing to the scare ty of sellers. Fine hard has been 

 sold at 55. on the spot and at 5.S. 5>^rf for distant delivery. vSoft 

 fine at 5.?. 3f4rf. @ 5s. id. afloat and on the spot. Negroheads 

 quiet ; Manaos 3^. i id. ; Islands 3,9. 2J. ; Canietas 3.9. ^d. per pound 

 values. Peruvian fine, no sales reported, but there are buyers at 

 55. 4^. Sales of Ball at y. <)d. for .>\pril-May ; scrappy in good 

 demand at 35. io>^a' ; Slab quiet at 35. i}id. Medium grades in 

 strong demand at to-day's auction, especially Madagascar and Pe- 

 nang. Madagascar white ball +s. 2>^d ; pinky 35 io}id. @ 3.?. 

 iirf. ; black coated Majuiiga 35. @ 3s. ^^d. Cartegena scrap 3$. ^%d. 

 @ 3^. b',id. ; Ecuador scrap, 3,5. -jd ; white virgin sheet y. <)}id. 



