September i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER V/ORLD 



399 



RUBBER PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD. 



CONGO RUBBER AND THE ANTWERP MARKET. 



IT iii;iy possess interest for many in the trade, in view of 

 tlie varyinjj o])inions wliicli exist in regard totlie future 

 of tlie Conjio rnl)l>er ontput, to have a statement of the 

 yield of tlie varions districts for three years i)ast. In 

 the table first given on this page is a statement of the ejuan- 

 tities of rubber received at Antwerp in each year, in kilo- 

 grams, and by companies. It should be added that tluse 

 are gross weight.s. and therefore some larger than a])pe.ir in 

 the usual statistical records, in which the tare is deducted. 



Aui!iv.\l,s ni- Rii;!iii;u im thiv 

 w i';i..iris). liv 

 CoNco Fkkk Si a rK 



Soci(5t(5 Generale Africaitie 



Socidtd A I! 1 R 



Ste Anverf 'se dii Commerce au 



Congo 



ComitiJ Special du Katanga 



Cie du Chemin de fer des Grands 



Lacs 



Sr)ci<^'t(^' An. Isanghi 



C(>ni|)agiiie ilii Ka.sai 



Ste An. Beige Commerce du Haut 



Congo 



Compagiiie du Lomami 



Soc. An. La Bclgica 



Societe An. I'lkclemba 



Societ(? Ivciu.iloriale Congolaise. . . 

 Societe .Xiiunyme La Lnlonga. . . . 



Camillo D'lleygere 



Coni]itoir Commercial Congolais. . 

 Cie iSruxelloise pr Commerce au 



Congo 



Conipagnie Andrea 



Total Belgian Companies 



Fkencii Congo : 



Socidtd Ibeiiga 



.Societe <ln Raniembe 



Soc. .Vgricolc dc 1' .'\lima 



Messageriis I'hiviales du Congo. . 



Societe Alimaieinies 



Sociele de la Sbibaye 



Conipagnie Iraii^aise du Congo . . 



Cie I'Vau^aise du Haul Congo 



Soc. .■\moii yme L.i Kotto 



.Sle An. lie la Haiil.= Sanglia 



Ste Kkela Kadei Sangha 



Cie des I'roduits de la Sangha .... 



Ste de la San^jUa Kquatoriale 



.Sultanals du Haut Oubanghi 



.Ste Anonyme M' Poko 



Cie N'Coko Sauglia 



,Ste .\n. lies Procedes d'extraction. 



Com])aynie de la Lobay 



Cie du Koiiaugo Frau(;ais 



Ste de la Ha ale N Counic 



Cie ilu Koiiilou Niari 



Cie Coloniale Ogoou^ N'Gounie. . 



.Soc. de I'Kst Afrioain 



.Societe du Haut Ogooui; 



I'Uablissemeuts Malgaclies Gratry 



( Madagascar) 



.Sociele ile i' N' KdmiJ & de I'N'Keni 

 Henry Lalou.x 



OITITT Ol- RUniiKR FOR TIIRKK YICARS, KKOM TIIK CONI.O 



10,910 



22,389 



3 21 X) 



5,908,700 4,488,003 4,511,118 



Total I'rencli Compagnies 



K AMKRU.N : 



Society .Sii<l Kameruii 



General Total. 



625,985 905,319 



53,100 44.369 64,791 



5,158,357 5,481,228 



i'Ki;i-; ST.vi 



(ToNGO DlSfKICIS — 



ic. nv 



UI.STUICTS. 



Cross WeiKlil 



19"3 19'M- 



L'lujuateur 25110 i8oo 



K .'isai ()<)f) Kxxj 



Baiigala 800 600 



Stanley- Kails 400 300 



L'uele 300 2<x) 



I/ic Lfopold 250 too 



L'Aruuinii 250 100 



L'l'banglii 150 100 



Liialaba and Katanga 150 250 



Kasoiigo 250 100 



Stanley-Pool 50 50 



Cataracts 50 50 



RLajumbe and Lower Congo 10 30 



Total 5960 4480 



tttlS. 



1905. 

 1600 

 1200 

 600 

 300 

 200 



50 



100 



70 



270 

 100 



50 

 50 

 30 



4510 



lint the table as stands shows whether or not a given com- 

 pany is receiving more or less rubber now than formerly. 



The second table, also dealing with gross weights, shows 

 a falling ofT in the yield of some districts of the Congo Free 

 State, while other districts are yielding more. The reason 

 for this latter fact it would be of interest to know. Or, it 

 might be asked whether all these <listricts will in time show 

 a decline in production. 



In one of the tables details are given in regard to the rub- 

 ber coming to Antwerp from the French Congo, the yield of 

 which country has been showing an increase of late, after a 

 considerable decline. 



THE LATEST PAKA CROP YEAR. 

 The total arrivals of rubber at I'ara during the crop season 

 ending June 30, 1906, amounted to 34,490 tons, against 

 33,060 tons in the j'ear preceding and 30,580 tons in 1903-04. 

 Heilbut, Symons «!v: Co. (London and Liverpool) have pre- 

 pared the following synopsis of the disposal of the Amazon 

 output for the latest twelve months ; 



Visible sup]ilies June 30, 1905. 

 Pird arrivals to June 30 1906. 



. /l)l/S 



A.Ugregating 



*Loss through shrinkage afloat 



Leaving available 



Deliveries for consumption 



Par:-!. 



1,850 

 28.340 



30,190 



2,250 



27,940 

 25,140 



2.S00 



Caurlio. 



.SS.J 

 6, 1 50 



7.030 

 33" 



6,700 

 6,020 



680 



Total. 



2,730 



34,490 



37.220 

 2,580 



34,640 

 31.160 



3,480 



Visible supplies June 30, 1906. 

 The deliveries for consumption during llie twelve mouths under 

 review are analyzed bv the sjiue firm as follows : 



Para. Caucho. 



From Liverpool Aw/.? 



From Continental Ports 

 From New York 



9,010 

 4,060 

 12,070 



3.130 

 1,100 

 1.790 



rolal. 

 12,140 



5,160 

 13,860 



Total. 



25,140 6020 31,160 



They report that throughout the j-ear European manu- 

 facturers were working with very small reserves. Deliveries 

 were larger than in the preceding year, indicating a very 

 large increase in consumption. In America deliveries appear 

 to have been somewhat smaller, but the actual consumption 

 was probably nn. hanged, .^t the beginning of the crop jear 



* Between Para and consuniinK polls, eslitnate.l at H per cent, on Par.'i sorts and 

 5 per cent, on Caucho. 



