December i, 1904.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



101 



Following is a statement of prices of Pard grades, one year 

 ago, on^ month ago, and on November 30— the current date. 



PARA. Dec. i, 'Oj. Nov. i, '04. Nov. jo. 



Islands, fine, new 92@ 93 Ii2(<fli3 I25@I26 



Islands, fine, old @ none here none here 



Upriver, fine, new 95(8)96 Ii5@ii6 129(3130 



Upriver, fine, old 97@ 98 none here none here 



Islands, coarse, new 55@ 56 64® 05 72® 73 



Islands, coarse, old @ none here none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 79(0180 8S(.* 89 <)b@ <)7 



Upriver, coarse, old (» none here none here 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 6o@ 61 b7@ 68 71(8172 



Caucho( Peruvian) ball 71® 72 11 ('i 1^ 82@ 83 



The market for other sorts in New York, shows an important 



advance on all grades, as follows: 



AFRICAN. CENTRALS. 



Esmeralda, sausage. . .83 (884 



Sierra Leone, istquality95 &g6 Guayaquil, strip 71 @72 



Massai, red 95 ©96 Nicaragua, scrap .. . .79 @8o 



Benguella 72 ©73 Panama, slab 61 @62 



Cameroon ball 65 @66 Mexican, scrap 80 @8l 



Accra fl.ike 35 ©36 Mexican, slab 61 @02 



Lopori ball, prime. . . .98 ©99 Mangabeira. sheet 49 ©58 



Lopori strip, prime. .. .94 ©95 EAST INDIAN. 



Ikelemba 99 @ioo Assam 90 ©91 



Madagascar, pinky 83 @84 Borneo 40 ©41 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 7*500 Upriver, fine. . . 8$250 



Islands, coarse 3$900 Upriver, coarse 3$750 



Exchange, I2^^t/. 

 Last Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 8$6oo Upriver, coarse 5$goo 



Exchange, I2||</. 



Statistics of Para l^ubber {Excluding Caucho). 



NEW YORK. 



Fine and Total 



Medium. Coarie. 1904. 



Stocks, September i0..lotis 38 6 r= 44 



Arrivals, October 670 410 = 1080 



Aggregating... 

 Deliveries, October . 



708 

 703 



416 = 1 1 24 

 412 = 1115 



Stocks, October 31. . . . 



5 4 



PAR A. 

 1904. 1903. 190a. 

 Stocks. Sept. 30. . ./i7»/ 373 240 86 



Arrivals, October. .. . 2660 2381 2300 



Total 

 ■ 903. 



97 

 868 



965 



883 



82 



Total 

 1903. 



198 



893 



I09I 

 9'7 



174 



ENGLAND. 

 1904. 1903. iQca. 

 218 240 1275 



793 995 800 



Aggregating 3033 2621 2386 



Deliveries, October. . . 2868 2276 2241 



Stocks, October 31 165 345 145 



lOII 

 900 



1235 2075 

 goo 825 



lit 43<i 1250 



1904. 1903. 190a. 



World's visible supply, October 31 tarn 1921 2372 3038 



Pari receipts, July I to October 31 6611 6400 6179 



Para receipts of Caucho. same dates 499 1484 431 



Afloat from Para to United States, October 31 736 700 554 



Afloat from Para to Europe, October 31 900 810 915 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During October and four months of the crop season for 

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



J U LV-OCTOBE R. 



T904. 1903. 1903. 



1 197 IIOI 1 199 



1033 1009 894 



405 414 269 



856 766 308 



114 183 445 



18 17 69 



From^ 



October. 



1904. 1903. 190a. 



Rio Purus tens 288 215 431 



Rio Madeira 361 254 160 



Rio Jurua T90 158 38 



Rio Javary — Iquitos 575 581 153 



Rio SolimOes 72 99 282 



Rio Negro 15 2 4 



Total 1501 1309 1068 3623 3490 3184 



Caucho 116 87 62 334 428 321 



Total 1617 1396 1 130 3957 3918 3505 



I^ONDON 



London. 



Edward Till & Co. [November i] report stocks : 



1904. '903. 190a 



(Pari sorts tons — 

 Borneo 30 

 Assam and Rangoon 4 

 Other sorts 498 



Total 532 



( Para m 



LiVKRPOOL ■< Caucho 140 



( Other sorts 524 



Total, United Kingdom 1307 



Total, October I 1666 



Total, September i 1 508 



Total, August I 1764 



Total, July i 1920 



Total, June I 1667 



PRICES PAID DURING OCTOBER. 



1904. 1903. '9°a 



Para fine, hard 4/ 9K@4/l ' U 4/ 2j^@4/ ' 3/'/4^@3/3j^ 



Do soft 4/ 8>^@4/ioj^ 4/ 0:^(314/ 7^ 3/ol4@3/''A 



Negroheads, scrappy..3/ 8t^@3/ 95^2' 3/ 5 ©3/8^4^ 2/7 @2/8>4 

 Do Cameta.2/ 8;/@2/ ()% 2/ 5}{(a.2/io<^ 2/ 



Bolivian 4/10 @4/ii No sales 3/3 @3/4 



Caucho, ball 3/3 ©3/5 3/5 @3/ TA 2/6 @2/6>^ 



Do slab 2/ 9l^@2/lo}^ 2/ 9 (§2/101^ 2/i'A®^/^l4 



Do tails 2/9 @3/ No sales 2/55^ 



November ii. — The market has continued active, with an advance of 

 2d. per pound within a week. Sales of fine hard cure spot and Novem- 

 ber delivery at 5J.@5j. I(/. [=$t.23?41 ; December-January at ^s. q'XJ. 

 @^s. lid. ; January-February, 4;-. ()%d.@^s. loj^a'. ; February-March, 

 4J. 8J^(/.@4J. lod. ; March-April, ^s. S'Ad. Large sales of soft cure for 

 November delivery at 4J. iid.@is. 11 'Ad. Bolivian fine quoted at 5j. 

 l'A<^' A large business done in mediums, at firmer prices. 



At to-day's auctions large supplies met a good demand at full to 

 dearer rates. Cartagena good black scrap and roll Js. 4l4d. ; fair clean 

 white sheet ■}!.@2s. \d. Madagascar fair pinky rather mixed ^s. 2\^d. ; 

 good Majunga 2s. Sd.@2s. S^d. ; Mozambique good to fine stickless 

 sausage js. iod.@^s. ; fair to good Lamu ball 3s. ^d.@3s. id. ; Assam, 

 good red, 3s. I^d. 



PLANTATION RUBBER (FROM PARA SEED). 



October 14 Auction — Eight cases Straits offered and sold ; fine bis- 

 cuits at 5x. 4</. to 5j. i,\^d ; thick ditto rather immature, at ^s. Two 

 cases fine Ceylon biscuits sold at ^s. \d. 



October 2% Auction — Ceylon: Twenty-one cases offered and 20 sold; 

 fine biscuits at ^s td. to 5j. id. ; good scrap at 41. ^d. to 4J. 6>2</. 



November 11 Auction. — Twenty-eight packages Ceylon and Straits 

 offered and sold. Fine thin Ceylon biscuits, part dark, at ^s i^^d. to 

 Ss. qiid. ; fine dark and pale Straits biscuits at ss. id. ; lair to good 

 scrap at is. ^d. to is. b'^d. [The highest price paid this date is equal 

 to $1.40^8 per pound. The highest price named for regular Para rub- 

 ber, same date, is s^- id. =$1.23^]. 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co., report [November i]: 



Fine Pard. — With normal receipts in Para, small stocks in Europe 



and America, and a good demand from the latter country, the market 



has been active, both spot and forward, and prices are fully 2'Ad. per 



pound dearer since the bceinnintr of the month ; there is rather more 



Rubber Scrap Prices, 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for car- 

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

 figures last reported, as follows: 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes— Domestic Sii @ (> 



Do —Foreign 5^ @ 5j^ 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 3K @ 4 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 6 



White Trimmed Rubber SJ^ @ 8J^ 



Heavy Black Rubber 4 



Air Brake Hose 2% <fO 2^ 



Fire and Large Hose 2 @ 2j^ 



Garden Hose 1% @ 1% 



Matting % <S 'i 



