June i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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May 4.— By the BruxdUsville, from the Congo : 



Bunge & Co (Soci^t6-G^n£-rale AfricaineU-Z/oi 178,000 



Do ' (Socidtd A B I R) 18,000 



Do 17,000 



Do ( Cheniins de fer Grand Lacs) 3 ixxi 



L. & W. Van de Velde . • . S.ooo 



Coinptoir Coinnicrcial Coiigolais 6 000 



Cie Coinmerciale des Colonies (Cie. de. I'N'Keine 



et I'N'Keni) 6,000 



Cie. Commerciaie des Colonies, r La Haul Sangha) 20,000 



O & C. Krelinger ( Socidt6 "La Lobay") 5,000 



Soci^t^ G(5n£'ral tie Commerce ( Alimaienne) 5,000 



Soci<;le Coloniale Anversoise ( Cie. du Kasai 1 89,000 



Do (Beige du Haul Congo) 7 000 



Do (Cie. de Loniami) 14,000 



Do I 500 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR APRII.. 



377.5<« 



London. 



Edward Till & Co. report stocks [Maj^ i] 



1906. 



f ParA sorts tons — 



I Plantation, Ceylon and Straits. ... 37 



London 



Borneo 50 



Assam and Rangoon 6 



I Penang 194 



[other sorts 268 



Total 555 



f Pard sorts 1271 



Liverpool \ Caucho 324 



y other sorts 480 



Total, United Kingdom . . . .2630 1515 1644 



Total, .\])ril 210S 1232 1367 



Total, March 1906 1264 1136 



Total, February 1539 '298 1341 



May II. — Lewis & Peat report: During the greater part of the 

 past week we have had a very flat market, but it has partly recov- 

 ered itself and closes firmer. The sales include tine hard at 5.? i,d. 

 @ 5.S. 4'i(/. for forward delivery ; Lslands negroheads at is. ()'i(f. @ 

 2.V. io,'4:rf. according to (|uality. Mandos scrappy- in fair demaml 

 at iS. io'4d. on the spot, and for forward delivery. CametSs y. 

 I '-((/. per pound value. Planlalion : About 15 tons offered and 

 partly sold, the price of ordinary biscuits being about \d. per 

 pound lower; crepe only y^d. down; scrap steady. At to-day's 

 auctions: Mollendo fine 5^. 2>^(/ ; Beni Bolivian fine ji'. "sYzd \ 

 Mangabeira very sandy sheet 2.?. ^Y^d. ; Columbian good scrap 3.?. 

 8'4(/. @ 3.t. \Q%d. ; Madag.ascar white ball i,s. id., Uganda charac- 

 ter 4.S'. I )id. ; Mozambique fine skins 4?. 6 '+ </. Balata, 99 packages 

 block retired. 



PLANTATION RUBBER. 

 M.\v II. — .\t to-day's auction 342 packages of Ceylon and Straits 

 rubber were under offer — amounting to about 15 tons, of which 3 

 from Ceylon and 12 from the Straits. Owing to the increase in the 

 size of sales of these rubbers lately, it has been decided, in the 

 interests of the trade generallj', that the auctions shall in future 

 be held at the Commercial Sale Rooms, and this new arrangement 

 was inaugurated to-day. Govv, Wilson & Stanton report these 



(luotations: Fine sheet, 6s. lyid. @ (>s. .2'4d. [— >i.50.'4] ; fine 

 pale washed crepe and ribbons, 6s. (a, 6/2'4d. ; fine pale worm, 6s. 

 2d. ; fine biscuits, 6s. i>^d. @ 6s. i}id. ; scrap, fine, 5,v 2d. (3 5i. 

 2,}id; scrap, medium, 4s. ©4$. 9^; Ranibong (l-'iciis elasliia), 4s. 

 2,yid. [=$1.04 '4] . Several packages Ceara were offered and bought 

 in. The same firm report exports for the first three months of 1906 

 —Ceylon, 31 tons ; Straits, 56 tons ; total, S7 tons. 



hubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During March and nine months of the crop season for 

 three years [courtesy of Messrs. Scholz & Co.] : 



„ March. JuLv.MARcri. 



''""'" 1906. 1905. 1904. 1906. 1905. 1904. 



Rio Purus-Acre ...tons 353 666 234 6331 5491 5165 



Rio Madeira 158 337 356 2568 2628 2444 



Riojurud 772 518 329 3284 3152 3111 



Rio Javary— Iquitos 97 109 115 2490 2397 2183 



RioSolimdes 90 66 46 932 78S 735 



Rio Negro 3 60 26 416 566 3S4 



Total 1473 1756 "06 if>o2i 15022 14022 



Caucho 519 709 630 3450 3262 2760 



Total 1992 2465 1736 19471 18284 16782 



During April and ten months of the crop season for three 

 years (courtesy of Messrs. Scholz & Co.) : 



_ April. Jolv-Aprii. . 



''''°" 1906. 1905. 1904. 1906. 1905. 1904. 



Rio Puriis — Acre tons 142 308 360 6473 5791) 5525 



Rio Madeira 227 85 84 2795 2713 252S 



Rio Jurua 318 567 348 3602 3719 3459 



Rio Javary — kjuitos 106 131 23 2596 2528 2206 



Rio Solim'oes 87 58 73 1019 S46 80S 



Rio Negro 165 133 38 5S1 699 422 



Total 1045 1282 926 17,066 16,304 14,943 



Caucho 680 540 408 4130 3802 3168 



Total 1725 1S22 1334 21,196 20,106 18,116 



Tara Market. 



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



In conseiiuence of advices of easier rates at the consuming cen- 

 ters, values here have given way. The lower rate of exchange, 

 however, has come to the rescue and caused currency prices to 

 benefit, so that dealers have shown themselves accommodating, 

 and the tendency towards a relaxation of the recent high level of 

 values has had a freer course without doing much harm to the 

 local business. It does not seem likely, however, that the decline 

 will continue and propagate for any length of time, for the fact 

 that the market has come so well through the ordeal of the heav}' 

 receipts of the last few months, is a striking testimony of the 

 strength of the general position, nor must it be overlooked that 

 the time of diminishing receipts is near at hand. 



R. O. Ahlers & Co. report [May i]: 



The brisk demand, which arrivals found in consequence of de- 

 clining exchange, has given way to an absolute dull and inactive 

 market, and whilst receipts of Upriver rubber have been almost 

 nil, the moderate business in Island rubber has been handicapped 

 by a slowly rising exchange. The fag end of the Upriver crop is 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for car- 

 load lots in cents per pound — are practically without change . 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes - Domestic 1% @ 8 



Do - Foreign ... 7^ @ 7>4 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires T/% @ 7V 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 8>^ @ 8^ 



White Trimmed Rubber 10^ @ li 



Heavv Black Rubber i'4 @ 5>i 



Air Brake Hose 3^/ @, ?,% 



Fire and Large Hose 2% @ 3 



Garden Hose 2% @ 21^ 



Matting 1% ® i)4 



