November i, 1904. J 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Late Para cables quote: 



Per Kilo. Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 6$8oo Upriver, fine 8$ooo 



Islands, coarse 6$4oo Upriver, coarse 5I700 



Exchange, I2^\^d. 

 Last Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 7$8oo Upriver, coarse 5$300 



Exchange, i2/'„</. 



NEW YORK. RUBliER PRICES FOR SEPTEMBER (NEW RUBBER). 



1904. 1903. 1903. 



Upriver, fine 1.09®!. 21 i.oo@i.io 74 @78 



Upriver, coarse 85© 91 79® 9t 59 @62 



Islands, fine 1.07®!. 16 g7@i.o8 71 ©75 



Islands, coarse 59(« 67 6o@ 70 4b ©48 



Cameta, coarse 6o@ 66 6iC<i' 66 47 (850 



In regard to the financial situation, Albert B. Beers (broker 

 in India-rubber, No. 68 William street. New York), advises us : 



" During October the money market has continued about 

 the same as at the end of September, being fairly firm with 5 

 @ G% per cent, ruling for the various grades of rubber notes." 



StaUstks of Para l^ubber {Excluding Caucho) . 



NEW YORK. 

 Fine and Total 



Medium. Coarse. 1904. 



Stocks, August 31 Ions 85 8 = 93 



Arrivals. September 427 264 = 6gi 



Aggregating 



Deliveries, September . 



Stocks, September 30., 



1904. 

 Stocks. August ■ii .tons 360 

 Arrivals, September. . . 1741 



512 

 474 



38 



272 = 784 

 266 = 740 



6 = 44 



Total 

 1903. 



168 



954 



II22 

 1025 



97 



Tot*l 

 1903. 



221 



897 



III8 

 920 



198 



parA. 



1903. 1903. 



120 97 



1980 1640 



ENGLAND. 

 1904. 1903. igca. 



200 650 1525 



593 590 719 



Aggregating 2101 2100 1737 



Deliveries, September. 1728 i860 1651 



Stocks, Sept. 30.. 373 240 



86 



793 

 575 



218 



1240 2244 

 1000 969 



240 1275 



1904. 1903. 



World's visible supply. September 30. . ../««/ 1463 1719 



Para receipts, July 1 to September 30 3951 4500 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 349 415 



Afloat from Para to United States, Sept. 30. . 303 492 



Afloat from Pari to Europe, September 30. . . 525 650 



1903. 



2595 



3962 



368 



420 



616 



Ceylon Rubber. 

 Exports of cultivated rubber, mostly Para variety, from Ceylon, from 



January 1 to September 26, 1904 : 



To Great Britain pounds 40,610 



' ' Germany 6,006 



" Australia ... . 332 



" Belgium in 



" United States 63 



" Holland 15 



" Other Countries 179 



Total, nine months ... 47.316 



Total, same months of I903 29,601 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for car- 

 load lots, in cents per pound — show a slight advance in respect 

 to old boots and shoes : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes — Domestic , S^ @ SH 



Do — Foreign 5 @ i% 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 3 J^ @ 4 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 6 



White Trimmed Rubber 8}^ @ 8a/ 



Heavy Black Rubber 4' 



Air Brake Hose 2^ @ 2% 



Fire and Large Hose ^^ @ ^Ji 



Garden Hose I?8 (<? 1% 



Matting U@^ 



'Bordeaux. 



IMPORTS OF RUBBER — JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER. 



1903. "904. 



January kilos 66,864 54,550 



February 95.007 169,025 



March 119,582 94.615 



April 97,641 121,560 



May 104,098 91. '25 



June 63,473 65,060 



July 50,215 72,220 



August 151,110 208,185 



September 103,450 87.400 



Total 851 ,440 963,740 



(Ant^tverp. 



To THE liDITOR OK THE INDIA RuP.BER WORI.D : In the 



sale by inscription which took place on the 14 instant, 412 tons 

 were offered, of which 378 tons were sold at somewhat irregu- 

 lar prices, showing however on the average, an advance on 

 valuations of i to 2 per cent. Since then 39 tons have been 

 taken out of the market, among which we may mention i 5 tons 

 Upper Congo Lac Leopold II. 



The next large sale by inscription in which about 330 tons 

 will be offered, takes place on November ii. The steamer 

 Leopoldville has just arrived from the Congo, with about 359 



tons. C. SCHMID & CO., SUCCESSEURS. 



Antwerp, October i8, 1904. 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER. 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



Sept. 27. — By the Anveisville, from the Congo : 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 140.000 



Do (Societe Anversoise) 5 1 ,000 



Do (Sultanats du Haut Obangi) 12,000 



Societe ABIR 23,000 



Societe Equatoriale Congolaise. (Societe L'Ikelemba) 4,000 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux.(Cie. de la N'Goko) 2,500 



Do (Ekela Kadei Sangha) 25,000 



Do (Caoutchouc Renard) 1,000 



Charles Dethier (Societe Belgika) 1,000 



M. S. Cols (Mr. D'Heygere) 1,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (La Lulonga) 12,000 



L. & W. Van de Velde (Cie. du Kasai) 80,000 



Edmond Van Steensel 



(Cie. Bruxelloise du Haut Congo) 6,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise. (Beige du Haut Congo) 4,000 



Do (Cie. de Lomami) 19,000 



Do (SQd Kamerun) 4,000 385,500 



SPECIAL NOTICES. 



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 India Rubi.er World. [668] 



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 Druggists' Sundries Department in a large f.ictory ; one thoroughly familiar 

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