May 



1906] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



273 



Receipts at Para April 1-27 were 2300 tons (including 615 

 of Caucho), against 2020 tons for the whole of April last 

 year. 



In regard to the financial situation, Albert B. Beers 

 (broker in India-rubber, No. 68 William street. New York), 

 advises us : 



During April the money market has not been in condition for 

 free buying of paper, so that very few banks have been in the 

 market, ;ind rates have ruled nominally at 5J< @ 6)4 per cent. 



Following is a statement of prices of Parft grades, one j"ear 

 ago, one month ago, and on April 30 — the date : 



PARA. May I, '05. 



Islands, fine, new 129(0)130 



Islands, fine, old none here 



Upriver, fine, new I30@i3i 



Upriver, fine, old none here 



Islands, coarse, new 73@ 74 



Islands, coarse, old 75® 76 



Upnver, coarse, new 95® 96 



Upriver, coarse, old none here 



Caucho (IVruvian) sheet. . . . 73@ 74 

 Caucho (Peruvian) ball 8i@ 82 



AFRICAN. 

 Sierra Leone istciual.103 @io4 



Massai, red 103 @Io4 



Henguella 83 ©84 



Cameroon ball 7-/i@ 7^ 



Accra flake 22>^@ 23 



Lopori ball, ])rime . . 114 @ii5 

 Lopori strip, prime .103 ©104 

 Madagascar, pinky. . 97 @ 98 



Ikeleniba 115 @ii6 



Late Pard cables quote : 



Per Kilo 

 Islands, fine 5^750 



April 1, '06 April 30. 



I24@I25 I22@I23 



none here none here 



I29@,I30 I21@I27 



i3o(3':3i i27>«ii2S 



73® 74 70® 71 



none here none here 



9-0^® 95 9iX@ 92 

 none here none here 



7-1® 75 74® 75 



88@ 89 85® 86 



CENTRALS 

 Esmeralda, sausage. . . 89® 90 



Guayaquil, stiip 74® 75 



Nicaragua, scrap 86® 87 



Panama, slab 65® 66 



Mexican, scrap 88® 89 



Mexican, slab 64® 65 



Mangabeira, sheet 62® 72 



EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 100® loi 



Borneo 44l®4S 



Per Kilo 



Upriver, fine 7^050 



Upriver, coarse 4f950 



Islands, coarse 2S950 



Exchange, 15^^. 



Last Mandos advices : 



Upriver. fine 6|So() Upriver, coarse 48500 



Exchange, isJ^rf. 



Statistics of Para Rubber (Excluding Caucho). 



NEW YORK. 



Stocks, Eebruary 28. . ./o>is 

 Arrivals, March 869 



Aggregating 1 220 



Deliveries, March 839 



553 = 1773 

 539 = 1378 



3284 

 2941 



2531 

 22S5 



Stocks, March 31 381 



14 



395 



343 



246 



PARA. 



1906. 1905. 1904. 



Stocks, Eebruary 28 /o«5 737 810 435 



.Arrivals, March 2795 3800 3970 



.Aggregating 3532 4710 4405 



Deliveries, March 3396 38S1 3800 



Stocks, March 31 136 829 605 



ENGLAND. 



1906. 1905. 1904. 



875 305 380 



866 770 875 



1741 1075 1255 



836 800 775 



905 275 480 



1906. 



1905. 1904. 



World's visible supply, March 31 ioiis 3269 351 1 2506 



Para Receipts, July i to March 31 24,264 23,256 22,345 



I'ara Receipts of Caucho, same dateS'. 3705 3704 3129 



Afloat from Para to United States, March 31 757 829 392 



Afloat from Para to Europe, March 31 1076 12 10 783 



Ne^w York. 



The Unite<l States general appraisers at New York have been 

 hearing testimony in the matter of the protests of a number of im- 

 porters against the imposition of duty on imports of crude Balata, 

 but a decision has not yet been reached. 



Para. 



R. (). Aiii.ERS & Co. report [March 12, 1906] : 

 With the continuance of good demand supplies have found 

 ready buyers at steady and improving prices The market re- 

 mains finn, and as the reports from various districts are such as to 

 imply an earlier falling off in the receipts than was expected, a 

 further advance would not be out of the way, unless consuming 

 markets should take an adverse turn both with reference to de- 

 mand and values. 



R. O. Ahlers & Co. report [March 31] . 



A steady demand has prevailed, and if occasionally a slight re- 

 laxation in the rates occurred, holders have .shown no pressure to 

 sell with the result that a spurt in the demand soon sprang up, 

 producing suflicieut rallying power to influence pt'ices favorably. 

 The fact that receipts are not so abundant as might be desired, im- 

 parts a strengthening tendency to the market, and with foreca.sts 

 of a strong position and probable improvement in prices in pro- 

 portion as the crop draws to an end. The aspect is inspiring con- 

 fidence aiul causes a cheerful feeling to prevail. 



Bordeaux. 



Since my last report [March 12] the market has remained very 

 quiet, with only .slight fluctuations. Small business has been done 

 at about \d. decline per kilo, owing lothe dullness of demand that 

 just supplies inmiediate needs. The receipts in African and Amer- 

 ican sorts continue still larger. During March they amounted to 

 270 tons, bringing the total from last January to 903 tons, against 

 431 tons last year, and 319 tons in 1904. During last week the 

 market was more active and some business was done at better rates ; 

 prices close firmer but with few buyers. Forty-two tons African 

 were offered at last Tuesday's sale and met with rather small com- 

 petition ; 14.630 kilos were bought in. Sale includes : Conakry 

 niggers 11.75 I Soudan niggers, 1 1.08 ; niggers Bey la 11.42 ; Manoh 

 twists 11.30; Lahou niggers 10.31 ; Congo Sangha ri.15 (francs 

 per kilo). ROBERT tAEON. 



Bordeaux, April 14, iqo6. 



AT a recent meeting of the Bordeaux chamber of commerce the 

 president told of an interview which he had had in Paris with the 

 French minister for the colonies, relative to the Bordeaux rubber 

 market and the importance of its development. The minister 

 wished it understood that he was keeping in touch with the vari- 

 ous French colonial companies, especially those in the French 

 Congo, and he expected these in the future to send all their rubber 

 to the French market instead of to Liverpool and Antwerp. He 

 desired the cooperation of the chamber of commerce in this matter. 

 The president of the chamber added that he had expreiwed to the 

 minister the thanks of the Bordeaux trade for his interest. 



The Revue Coviinerciale (Bordeaux), in connection with the 

 above information, refers to its reception in Belgium, where it 

 elicited the following comments from an .\ntwerp newspaper : 

 " Here are some facts which Antwerp should know. If we are not 

 careful, Antwerp may some day see the decline of her rubber 

 market, which has already provoked jealousies abroad." 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for car- 

 load lots in cents per pound — are unchanged, except for 

 domestic shoes, which show a slight advance : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes Domestic 7% @ 8 



Do -Foreign 7X @ jH 



Pneumatic Bicyxle Tires y'/i @ t% 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 8|^ @ 8% 



White Trinmied Rubljer loyi @ 1 1 



Heavy Black Rubber 5^ @ 5>4 



Air Brake Hose 3^ @3?i 



Fire and Large Hose 2% @ 3 



Garden Hose 2% ® 2}^ 



Matting 1% @ 1% 



