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THE IISDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i, 1906. 



CEYLON AND STRAITS PLANTATION. 



Lewis & I'eaT report sales at the March 2 auction of Ceylon dark 

 biscuits at 6s. \^d. [=$1.49^] \ pale biscuits at the same p'ice . 

 fine scrap 5^. Z]4d- ; inferior scrap, 45. iid. ; Straits pale sheet 6i. 

 i4^<i. ; large pale biscuits 6i. 2d ; fair scrap 5.9. 3>^rf. Ceara plan- 

 tation from Ceylon very thin pale biscuits 6i. i^(d. [-$1.49/2] ; 

 pale Ijiscuits ds. ij-id. ; thin biscuits 6d. 



.\t the March 16 auction good dark biscuits brought (>s. yf_ 

 [=81.52] ; scrap 5^. ^d. Ceard fine pale thin biscuits 5.?. 3</. 

 Straits and Malay States sheets as high as (>s. T,}ld. ; scrap 55. id. ; 

 good crepe bs. T,d. The sale today included 44 cases (probabl)^ 

 4400 pounds) from the Vallambrosa Rubber Co., Limited, of Se. 

 langor, Federated Malay States, at 6s. $d. @ 6s. 3)^d. The com- 

 pany were reported some time ago to expect to be able to gather 

 35,000 pounds in the year ending March 31. 



Liverpool. 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report (February 28) : 

 The market during February has been quiet with only small 

 fluctuations in the value of Para grades. Whereas the tendency 

 of the value of fine in warehouse and for near delivery has been in 

 favor of buyers (owing to the accumulation of supplies out of the 

 large January receipts) there has been ihroughoul the uionlli a 

 fair demand for distant deliveries. 



world's VISIHLE supply ok paras, FEBRUARY 28. 



1906. 1905. 1904. 1903. igo2. 



Tons 5-280 373S 3669 4701 601 -K 



Prices, hard fine.. 5/4)4' 5/5 4/6 3/9 3/- 



LIVERPOOL STOCKS OV AFRICAN RUBBER, FEBRUARY 28. 



1906 298 1903 355 1900 595 



1905 33S 1902 536 1899 441 



1904 346 igoi 779 1898 395 



William Wright & Co. report [March i] ; 

 M»e Parii. — The market has been very quiet with comparative- 

 ly few fluctuations, the receipts this month will be under the esti- 

 mate, and the fear that this may also occur again next month has 

 had a strengthening effect on prices, and, at the same time, render- 

 ed sellers extremely cautious about selling far ahead. The demand 

 in the Brazils continues extremely active, and all supplies are read- 

 ily di-sposed of at full market rates ; so far there is no indication of 

 a break in prices. Market closes steady with little offering, clos- 

 ing prices being, Upriver spot 55. 4j4d. ; Islands, 55. 3)^(3^. ; Up- 

 river forward 5.S. 4}id. near ; Ss. $d. distant. 



Para Market. 



R. O. AhlERS & Co. report [February 21] : 



The demand, although steady throughout, has not been such as 

 to maintain the firmer buoyancy of tone, and with diminishing ac- 

 tivity prices have turned in buyers' favor. The market seems to 

 have come to a temporary' halt, due in some measure to too exact- 

 ing pretensions of some of the larger holdersof Upriver rubber, who 

 by refusing to accompany the run of prices impeded the course of 

 business. Their argument for staving off the opportunity of sell- 

 ing is that receipts will decrease rapidly, as the production of rub- 

 ber has been disappointing in various districts and that the crop 

 will fall short of expectations. In consequence of declining ex- 

 change and subsequent improvement in currency prices, holders 

 have been more tractable of late. 



R. O. Ahlers & Co., report [March 12] ; 



Since our last report our market has developed considerable 

 activity in consequence of a sharp decline of e.vchange and a ris. 

 ing tendency in the home market, both circumstances helping 

 sellers to obtain the high niilreis price, which under last week's 

 circumstances impeded all large transactions. The stock both in 

 Sertao Islands is reduced now to 90 tons, for which still higher 

 prices are asked. News arriving here from the Jurua and Upper 

 Puriis speak of an unusual early falling of water, and it is feared 

 that many steamers will not be able to bring all the rubber down 

 which is counted upon here, thus possibly causing an unexpected 

 falling off in entries of March-April. 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During February and eight months of the crop season for 

 three years [courtesy of Messrs. Schol/ cSc Co.] : 



From- Fbbruary 



1906 1905. 1904 



Rio Purus-Acre ...Ions 1232 1049 1080 



Rio Madeira 614 411 297 



Kiojurud 293 904 672 



Rio Javary— Iquitos. . . . 109 233 273 



Rio Solimoes 75 119 119 



Rio Negro 128 167 91 



Total 2451 2883 2532 



Caucho 817 811 517 



Julv-Februarv. 



1906. 1905. 1904. 



5978 4825 4931 



2410 2291 2088 



2512 2634 2782 



239; 2288 2068 



842 722 6S9 



4'3 506 358 



14548 

 2931 



13266 12916 

 2553 2130 



Total 3268 3694 3049 17479 15819 15046 



Ceylon {Plantation) Rubber Exports, 1906. 



DETAILS — BY WEEKS. . 



POUNDS. I'OUNUS. 



Week ending Jan. 8 Week ending Feb, 19. . . 5,756 



Week ending Jan, 15 . . . 2,536 -^ 



Week ending Jan 22 , , . i ,527 Total, 1906 38 521 



Week ending Jan. 29 . . . 9,024 Total, 1905 8,694 



Week ending Feb 5 9002 Total, 1904 10,492 



Week ending Feb. 12. . . 10,676 Total, 1903 6,799 



DESTINATION. 



Great Britain ,30,833 United .States 2,687 



Germany , 4,781 Belgium 220 



Bordeaux. 



The market has been very firm since the middle of last month. 

 There is an upward tendency since a few days, specially for the 

 fine African sorts, viz. : Conakry and Soudan niggers, for which 

 there is an increase of 20 to .30 centimes per kilogram over the prices 

 ruling at the end of 1905. Imports at Bordeaux since February 15 

 have been 244 tons from West .\frica and 24 tons from Central 

 America. 



sales and quotations (fr.\ncs per kilo). 



28,250 Icilos, Conakry niggers — selections 12; Boke 11.70^11.90. 

 87,800 '' Soudan — twists 9.85(n;io.65 ; niggers io.S5@ii. 

 11,970 " Ivory Coast — Bassam lumps and cakes 6.90; niggers 

 8.90. 

 " " Lahou twists 8.90(0)10.15; niggers 8.85 



@io.90. 

 5,000 " Congo ( Bas. ) Sett^ Cama 4.25(«j7,65 ; May umba 6.50 



©7.85. 

 8600 " '• Sangha io.35@ii. 



7,670 " Madagascar— Majunga 7.65(2>8.S5 ; Taniatave 9.15® 



10 15 

 2,800 " Colombian — scraps 9.25(0)1015 ; slabs 8 25 

 1,100 " Guayaquil— 9. 45@io. 15. 

 4200 '• Guatemala- slabs 8. I5@8.35. 

 3,100 " Mexican — scrap 9. 45(«J 9 65 ; slabs 7.45(^8. 10. 

 510 '■ Manicoba - 8.85(a;9.65. 



ROBERT LAFON. 

 Bordeaux, Marcli 12, 1906. 



INCRE.\SE OF BORDEAUX RUBBER IMPORTS. 



1899 kilos 175,589 1903 kilos 1,113,000 



1900 239.532 1904 1,182,703 



I90I 235,380 1905 1,330,480 



1902 678,000 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[ Ttu- Figures Indicate U'eighl^ in Pounds^ 

 riarch 7. — By the steamer Polycarp, from Mandos and Pard : 



Importers. Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. TotaL 



N. Y. Commercial Co.. 198,600 31,600 116,900 18,900= 366,000 



Poel & Arnold 136,300 65,000 132,10047,400= 380,800 



General Rubber Co... 185,500 42,200 32,400 58,000= 318,100 



A. T Morse & Co 185,900 30,100 63,500 6,400= 285,900 



Neale & Co 54, 100 18,300 102,200 600= 175,200 



Hagemeyer & Brunn.. 36.300 1,700 37,900 ....= 75,900 



Ednmnd Reeks & Co. 19,300 5,500 19,000 ...= 43,800 



C. P. dos Santos 21,500 7,300 2,600 . . . .^ 31,400 



G. .\msinck & Co 200 .... 1.300 ....^ 1500 



Total 837,700 201,700 507,900 131,300=1,678,600 



