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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i, 1909. 



Antiverp. 



RriiBEu Arrivals from the Congo. 



March 2. — P>v the steamer Albcrtvillc 



Runfie & 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 

 Socicte C 



Do 



Do 

 Socicte (1 

 I.. S: \V. 

 M. S. C 



Co (Societe Generate Africaine) kilos 64.000 



(Coraptoir Commercial Coiigolais) 8. .200 



(Societe Anversoise) 19. .300 



(Comite Special Katanga) 4,800 



(Cliemins de fer Grand I-acs) 2.700 



(Cie. du Kasai) 108.300 



oloniale Anversoise (Cie. du Loniami) 5.700 



-. (Societe Ikelemba) 



enerale de (Tommerce (Lobay) 



\'an de \'elde 



oh , 



4.900 

 .1.400 

 9.300 

 4.000 

 800 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [March i]: 



Fine /'lira. -In spite of continued heavy receipts there has been a good 

 demand, and prices during the first half of the month advanced. Towards 

 the close, however, a quieter feeling prevailed, but there is a strong under- 

 current of strength, and a further comparatively slight reaction would 

 induce active buying. America has again taken 120 tons from this market. 

 Hosing value, lip river spot ,;i. id. [=$1,272/3!: islands, 5.?. 2Yjd. 

 [=$1.26]. 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



IJ)i_Ki.NG February ami eight months of tlie crop season for 

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



1909. 



Rio I'uriis-.-Kcre tons 1,535 



Rio Madeira 330 



Rio .lurua 511 



Rio javary-lquitos 342 



Rio Solimoes 106 



Rio Negro 119 



Total 2,943 



Caucho 1.015 



-February. 



1908. 1907. 

 1,693 



February. s 



igo8-'o9. i907-'o8. l9o6-*o7. 



7,333 7. 191 5,224 



2,308 2,663 



3,044 2,691 



2,36s 2,519 



1.037 781 



374 457 



16,319 

 3,580 



14,335 

 2.727 



Total 



3.364 



19,899 17,062 



London. 



.March 12. — At to-day's auctions the offering of Plantation 

 rubber from Ceylon and Malaya, the quantity sold, and the 

 average price, compared with the coresponding sale one year 

 ago, acording to Gow, Wilson & Stanton, Limited, as follows: 



1908 1909 



Xuniber of packages offered 651 1,935 



Number of packages sold 480 1.644 



Average price, Plantation ^s. 3d 5s. srf. 



Price of hard fine Para 3s. i y.d. 5s. id. 



At the auction to-day the larger supplies met with good all 

 around competition, and most of them were sold in the room 

 at prices showing only a small decline of up to here and there 

 one penny per pound from prices a fortnight ago. Parcels of 

 crepe sold up to 5^. Cyid. [=$1.34^] and worms at 5^- 6d. 



Several lots of "rambong" {Ficus rubber) found buyers — 16 

 cases from Sumatra at 5.?. [=$1.2134]. 



Exports of plantation this year from Singapore (to Febru- 

 ary 12) and from Penang (to January 24) aggregated 534,594 

 pounds, against 288,982 pounds for the same dates last year. 



Ceylon e-xporls lo l-'ebruary 15 were 129,859 pounds, against 

 'j.5.207 for >:iiiK- lime last year. 



CEYLON RUBBER CROP CONTRACTS. 

 Thk e.xtent lo wliich the rubber growing interest in the Far 

 East is becoming established upon a settled basis is indicated by 

 the forward sale of rubber on contract. The Times of Ceylon of 

 recent date mentioned that 16 plantation companies in Ceylon and 

 Malaya had disposed of their crops for the current year to local 

 merchants, on contract. Tlie amount of rubber thus sold was 

 estimated at 740,000 pounds, of the value of £130,000 [=$632,645]. 

 The price named for crepe and biscuits was 3.70 rupees [=$1.20, 

 gold] per pound. Ceylon planters deliver to merchants at Co- 

 lombo for this price. The Ceylon Observer comments : "The 

 rubber crop contracts for 1909 point to a firm rubber market 

 throughout this year. This is good news for growers every- 

 where." The companies named in this connection are not yet 

 among the larger producers, but have won a good position in the 

 industry. It is estimated that from 70 to 80 per cent, of their pro- 

 duction will be of a quality to fetch the contract price for "good 

 grades." 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[The Figures Indicate Weights in Pounds.^ 



March I- — Bv the 



steamer Boniface 



Fine. Medium. 

 481,100 94,800 

 171,700 



from Manaos 



Importers. 



A. T. Morse & Co 



New York Commercial Co, 



Poel & Arnold 295,800 



Hagemeyer & Brunn. . . . 32,500 



General Rubber Co 3,800 



C. P. Santos 14,900 



G. Amsinck & Co 37,000 



Ed. Reeks & Co 8,600 



Thomsen & Co 1,400 



45,700 



54.600 



300 



2,000 



4.100 



5,000 



Coarse. 



104,200 



86,000 



192,300 



99,000 



3.500 



29,600 



1,200 



5,800 



700 



Cavicho. 



87.800: 



303,200: 



100,100: 



34,100: 

 2,500: 

 7,500: 

 2,000: 



and Para : 



Total. 

 = 767,900 

 = 606,600 

 = 642,800 

 = 131,800 

 = 43*400 

 = 51,100 

 = 50.700 

 = 16,400 

 = 2,100 



Total 1,046,800 206,500 522,300 537,200= 2,312,800 



March rr. — By the steamer Bernard, from Manaos and Para: 



Poel & Arnold 1 20,400 29,800 32,000 



A. T. Morse Si Co 84,700 6,100 22,100 



New York Commercial Co. 22,500 9,300 72,300 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 47,900 2,000 63,700 



C. P. Santos 33.900 3,900 4,200 



Ed. Reeks & Co 4.700 700 17.800 



General Rubber Co 800 700 300 



40,400= 

 35,100= 

 28,900= 



222,600 

 148,000 

 133,000 

 1 13,600 

 42,000 

 23,200 

 2,800 



Total 314,900 52,500 212,400 



March 15. — By the steamer Maranhcuse, from 



105,400= 685,200 

 Manaos and Para: 



Poel & Arnold 



New York Commercial Co. 



A. T. Morse & Co 



General Rubber Co 



Hagemeyer & Brunn. . . . 



C. P. Santos 



Ed. Reeks & Co 



G. Amsinck & Co 



235.700 

 129,600 

 161,800 

 6,200 

 20,700 

 46,400 

 8,100 



1,300 



31,000 



30.300 



2,800 



1,100 



3.900 



900 



108,100 



54,000 



66.400 



4,Soo 



62,700 



4,800 



3,600 



20,400 



153.000= 

 139.600= 

 87,100= 

 60,800= 



3,900= 

 21,100= 



11,000= 



Total 608,500 71.300 324,800 477,300=: 



March 25. — By the steamer Horatio, from Manaos and 



116,500= 

 46,700^ 

 106,800= 



Co. 



A. T. Morse ii 



Poel & Arnold 



New York Commercial Co, 



G. Amsinck & Co 



Hagemeyer & Hrunn. . . . 



General Rubber Co 



C. P. Santos 



Ed. Reeks & Co 



312,600 



132,600 



45.800 



55.500 

 14,900 

 27,200 



16,800 



5,000 



1,800 



66,800 

 54.100 

 28,700 

 94.200 

 44,900 

 40,700 

 3.200 

 13,200 



26,400= 



1,600:= 

 17,200= 



498,900 

 354.200 

 345.600 

 74.600 

 84,500 

 59.000 

 33.700 

 31,400 



1,481,900 



Para: 



551,400 



248,300 



208,500 



120,600 



63,500 



42,300 



27,600 



13,200 



Total 512,800 101,600 345,800 315,200= 1,275,400 



PARA RUBBER VIA EUROPE. 



Feb. 23.^ — 'By the Bo/(jf— Liverpool i 

 General Rubber Co. (Fine).... 157.000 

 Live&ey Sr Co. (Coarse) 7.000 



March 1. — ^By the LMca7iia=Liverpool: 

 General Rubber Cc. (Fine) 2 



-VTarcii I . - By the Pre/on'rt=Hamburg: 

 W. \.. C«nigh & Co. (b'ine).... 12,000 

 Poel & Arnold (Fine) 9,000 2 



March 4. — By the On(fta=Mo]lendo: 

 New York Commer. Co. (Fine) 4,000 



A. n. Hitch & Co. (Fine) 3,500 



March 4. — By the Ce':'ic=Liverpool : 

 General Rubber Co. (Fine) . . 22,500 

 Livesey & Co. (Coarse) 1 1.500 3 



March 8. — By the Penyisylvania^^^3.mh\.\rg 

 Rubber Trading Co. (Coarse) 13,500 

 Poel & Arnold (Fine) 16,000 2 



March 8. — By the Cf/(iV=Liverpool : 

 <^>neral Rubber Co. (Fine) . . 27,000 

 Genera] Rubber Co. (Coarse).. 11,500 

 Livesey & Co. (Coarse) 1 5,000 



64.000 



March 11. — By the Ftc(orm«=Liverpool: ' 



General Rubber Co. (Fine) 22,500 , 



March 15. — By the St. P(W*;=London: ( 



Poel & Arnold (Coarse) 22,500! 



March 16. — "Hy the Bo'!:'ic=Liverpool : i 



Livesey & Co. (Fine) 20,000 \ 



Livesey & Co. (Coarse) 11,500 31,500 



March 20. — By the Lo»iiin»a=Havre : 

 New York Commercial Co. (Caucho).. 33.500 



March 22. — By the Ca(»/>a;iifl=:Liverpool : 

 General Rubber Co. (Coarse).. 22,500 

 Livesey & Co. (Coarse) 11,500 34,000 



March 22. — By the B(7//ic=Liverpool: 



l-^d. Reeks & Co. (Fine) 13,000 



VA. Reeks & Co. (Coarse).... 9,000 



iViel & Arnold (Fine) 27,000 49,000 



255^^ OTHER NEW YORK ARRIVALS. 



CENTRALS. 



f'This sign, in connection with imports of Cen- 

 53.500 , trals, denotes Guayule rubber.] 



Feb. 20. — By the Merida- 



H. Marquardt & Co , 



American Trading Co , 



For Havre , 



A. Klepstein & Co 



:Vera Cruz: 

 2,000 



1,000 

 2,000 

 1 ,000 



Pounds. 



6,000 



I-'eb. 23. — By the Cienfiigoes'='Tzmp\co: 

 Continental-Mexican Rub. Co. * 22 5,000 



New York Commercial Co *67,ooo 



Ed. Maurer ^65,000 



Poel & Arnold *45,ooo 



Feb. 23. — By the SyroH^Bahia: 

 Poel & Arnold 



Feb. 24. — By the El .-i/6a=Galveston: 

 Continental- Mexican Rub. Co. .*i 1 0,000 

 For Canada *ii,ooo *i2i,ooo 



Feb. 24. — By the Prin:: \Villem=^Co\or\: 



G. Amsinck & Co 4.500 



Herzel, Feltman Co 2,500 



Brandon & Bros 1,000 8.000 



Fed. 25. — By the Saxon Prince=Bahia: 



A. Hirsch & Co 13.500 



J. H. Rossback & Bros 10,000 23,500 



402,000 

 28,000 



