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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1906. 



Comptoir Commercial Congolais 5,000 



M. S. Cols SociiJtc rikeleinba) 1,400 



Soci^K; Kquatoriale Coiigolaise (Socl^t^ I'lkel- 



emba) i.Soo 



h. &. W. Van de Velde 5.000 323.700 



/ ubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During June and twelve months of the crop season for 

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



PRO"- 1906. 



Rio Piiriis Acre ...tons 249 



Rio Madeira 14S 



Kiojiirua 245 



Rio Javarv Iquilos. . . . 21 



Rio Solinujes 16 



Rio Negro ?5 



Total . . . 

 Cauclio. 



714 340 1S4 18554 17473 15867 

 4S2 327 257 5099 4613 4057 



Total 1196 667 441 23653 22086 19924 



London. 



RUBBER AUCTION. 



AucusT 3. — Market ()uiet but .steady during the week and not 

 much business done. Sales of line lianl spot at 5.S. 2(/. ; forward at 

 5^. 2 1/4//. Medium grades, in (juiet demand and not much sold. 

 Manitoba: 212 bales offered and bought in. Madagascar: 275 

 packages offered and 1 1 sold ; white waxy ball y. gd. @. ys 9 i/4(/- ; 

 mixed pinky and Jlajunga ^s. @. 35. 3;/. Tonquin : 4 ])ackages 

 sold at 3.S. $^i(i. 



Plaiilalioii Rubber. — .Vt today's auction about 3 V2 tons Ceylon 

 and about S tons Straits and Malay Stales ottered and for the most 

 part found buyers. Fine pale biscuits went as high as 5.?. 9 i/^cl. 

 [—$1.40 1/3] for Cnlloden estate; other good brands brought 5J. 

 8 3/4rf. 1 $r. 39 1/3], one case of CearA bringing the latter price. 

 Twenty cases Vallambrosa estate rolled sheets sold at 5.S. S i/^d 

 @ $s. 8 i/2d [To days price for fine Pari 55. 2d =$1.25 2/3. J 



'Paris. 



Tiiic organization is announced of the Socidte Fran^aise des 

 Caoutchoucs, with a capital of 1,250,000 francs [=$241,250], at 23, 

 rue Taitbout, Paris, and a branch office in Havre, for buying and 

 selling on commission Colonial products, and especially India-rub- 

 ber from the French colonies. M. (ieorges Raverat is president of 

 the council of administration; M. H Petit director; and M. P. 

 Laulz sub director The board includes M. Edouard Hunge, of the 

 .Antwerp house of I'.unge & Co. 



'Balata from Venezuela. 



A British consular report, on the resumption of normal trade 

 retalions in Venezuela, gives the following comparison of the ex- 

 ports of Ralata form the port of Ciuilad ISolivar in igoi (before the 

 political troubles) and 1905: 



1901 — 1, 164.778 kilos, worth ^^167,574 



1905— '.2778,33 " " 155-681 



Lisbon Receipts of Rubber. 



From July 1 to June 30 in each year; reported bv Martin 

 Weinstein & Co. : .. , 



1902-03 1903-04. 1904-05 )e05-o6. 



Benguella /o>is 843 1S18 18S5 1547 



I.oaiula 1053 909 704 570 



1 hiuibles loi 143 177 iii 



Olher sorts 100 68 51 74 



Total 2099 293S 2S17 



Ceylon {Plantation) Rubber Exports, 1906. 



DETAII.S BY WEEKS. 



2302 



DESTINATION. 



Great Britain 89,170 Australia 1,272 



United States ■.'30,632 Belgium 247 



Germany 8,817 France 247 



[NoTK. — The figures for the United States relaleto direct exports from Ccyloii. 

 Not a little L"l-)1oii rubber is purchased for Uniled States a.-couiit at llie l.oiidon 

 auctions; also plantation rubber from the Straits. The total iinpoitsai New 

 York of such rubber during the first five months ot 1906 aniountc<l to 50 tons ol 

 fine and 20 tons of scrap 1 



The Cdngo Rubber 'Movement. 



F^xroRTS of rubber from the Congo Free State for two years past 



are officially stated as fVillows : 



1904. iy^^5- 



Total rubber exports Ai/ps. 5,764,644 6, 108,421 



Product of the State 4,830,939 4,861,767 



VAT.UE.S. 



Total rubber exports francs. 51,881,796 54.975,789 



Product of the Slate 43,47.S,45i 43,755,903 



■exports include rubber in tran.sit through the I"ree Stale, from 

 the French Congo and from neighboring C.c-rman and Portuguese 

 territory. 



Bordeaux. 



Imi'orT.\TI0N of rubber bv months for the first half of two years 



January 1 to May 21. . . . lo5,(x)5 

 Week en. ling May 28 . . 2,626 

 Week ending June 4... 13,276 

 Week ending June 11. . . 5,942 

 Week ending June 18. . . 2,936 



Total, 1906 



Same dates, 1905... 



Same dates, 1904 32 225 



Same dates, 1903....... 22.533 



POUNDS. 



■129,785 

 45.438 



past : 



1905. 1906. 



January kilos 130,255 16O.2S5 



February 126.540 217. S60 



March.; "73,355 257,505 



.■\pril 152,650 1 16,960 



May 74.700 162,380 



June 77.i(K) 111,920 



Total.. ■ . 734,600 1,032,910 



Li'verpool. 



Edmund SchlDter & Co. report [July 31] : 

 The surplus of production over consumption remains in Sipile of 

 the larger July arrivals at Para, and the trade will require full re- 

 ceipts during .\ugust-September-October to ])revenl advance in 

 prices following a reduction of stocks. 



world's vi.sible supplv of para, jui.y 31. 



J906. 1905 1904. 1903. 1902. 



Tons 3110 2275 1665 2550 3334 



Prices, hard fine 5/2,'4; 5/6JX 4/ii?4 4/o>^ 2/1014 



I.IVKRPOOI, STOCKS OF AFRICAN RUBBER, JUI.Y 3I. 

 1906 388 1903 371 1900 ••-S23 



1905 371 1902 5'6 1899 479 



1904 473 1901 728 189S.... :.376 



William Wright ct Co. report [August i] : 

 Fine Para. — Fine Pard has been very quiet, and pi ices have only 

 fluctuated fractionally ; at the beginning of the month prices of 

 hard fine declined to 55. 1 ijid., but have since recovered to 55. 

 2 1/2., about the same as last month ; Islands fine also declined to 

 55. , but the last sale made was 5J. i v/2d , with rather more in- 

 quiry For delivery onh- a moderate business done, chiefly specu- 

 lative, as most importers are adopting a very cautious policy in 

 view of the strong statistical position of the market. America has 

 been dull, which accounts in a large measure for the quietness of 

 this market. On the other hand the Para and Mandos markets have 

 been firm and active at prices considerably above tho.se ruling here 

 With moderate supplies for the next few months we shoulil not be 

 surpriseil to see an advance in rates. 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



( TJu Figitrr^ Jndiaile Weights in Pounds.] 



July 24. — By the steamer Catiietense, from Mandos and Pard : 



I.MPuRTERS. Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. Tolal. 



General Rubber Co. .. . 97,500 18,400 114,100 18,100= 248,100 



N. Y. Commercial Co. 55,700 14,400 27, six) 3.8,400:= 136,000 



A. T. Morse & Co 58,600 7,900 22,100 27,900^ 116,50 



Poel & .•\rnold 31,900 5,000 36,800 42,400^= 116,100 



C. P. dos Santos 30.200 7,300 11,200 500:= 49,200 



Hagemeyer S: Briiiin . 16,100 1,000 5.100 I 300= 23,500 



Edmund Reeks & Co . ii.Soo 2,000 8,800 ^= 22,600 



Total 301.800 56,000 225,600 128,600= 712,000 



