January i, 1905.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



137 



months of three years past have been as follows, officially 

 stated : 



1903. '903- I904* 



Pounds 46.007,428 50,868,845 55. 5^^.506 



Value $22,568,786 $31,960,432 $38,506,882 



Arrivals at Pard (including Caucho), at last advices, compare 

 with the same months of previous years as follows : 



igoi, 



July Ions 1260 



August 1290 



September 194° 



October 2640 



November 2970 



December 3530 



Total, six months 13,630 12,250 13,470 12,470 



[rt To December 28, 1904.] 



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

 ago, one month ago, and on December 30 — the current date. 



PARA. J;\n. I, '04. Dec. I, '04. Dec. ji. 



Islands, fine, new 90® gi I25@I26 Ii4@ii5 



Islands, fine, old @ none here none here 



Upriver, fine, new 93@ 94 i2g@i3o 11910)120 



Upriver, fine, old 96® 97 none here none here 



Islands, coarse, new 55@ 56 72® 73 65® 66 



Islands, coarse, old ... @ none here none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 76® 77 go® 97 93® 94 



Upriver, coarse, old ® none here none here 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 6i@ 62 71® 72 69® 70 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 72® 73 82® 83 79® 80 



The market for other sorts in New York shows a slighter de- 

 cline, as follows : 



AFRICAN. 



CENTRALS. 



Esmeralda, sausage. . .80 @8i 



Guayaquil, strip 69 @70 



Nicaragua, scrap ... .78 @79 



Panama, slab 59 @6o 



Mexican, scrap 78 @79 



Mexican, slab 59 ®oo 



Mangabeira, sheet. .. .48 ®57 

 EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 88 ®89 



Borneo 39 ©40 



SierraLeone, istqualit)95 ®96 



Massai, red 95 @g6 



Benguella 71 ©72 



Cameroon ball 64 ©65 



Accra flake 32 ©33 



Lopori ball, prime. .. .98 ©gg 



Lopori strip, prime. .. .93 ®g4 



Ikelemba 99 @ioo 



Madagascar, pinky 80 @8i 



Late Para cables quote: 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 6*100 



Islands, coarse 3$ioo 



Exchange, I3^J^. 

 Last Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine. .. . 7^250 Upriver, coarse. .. 



Exchange, 135 1</. 



Statistics of Para 'J^ubber {Excluding Caucho) , 



Per Kilo. 



Upriver, fine 7^650 



Upriver, coarse 5ll'550 



4$750 



NEW YORK. 



Fine and 



Medium. Coarse 



Stocks, October 31 . 

 Arrivals. November. 



. Uns 



Aggregating 



Deliveries, November . 



Stocks, November 30. 



5 

 862 



867 

 862 



5 



Tolal 

 1904. 



4 = 9 



423 = 1285 



427 = 1294 

 425 = 1287 



Total 

 1903. 



82 

 1 166 



1248 

 I2l6 



32 



Total 

 190a. 



170 

 1463 



1633 



1462 



171 



PARA. 

 1904. 1903. 1902. 

 Stocks. October ■^i.tons 165 345 145 



Arrivals, November... 2720 2890 2650 



ENGLAND. 

 1904. 1903. igca. 



iti 435 1250 

 9g4 1035 1000 



Aggregating 2885 3235 2795 



Deliveries, November. 2345 3040 2640 



Stocks. Nov. 30.. 540 



IQ5 



'55 



1105 

 925 



180 



1470 

 1 100 



370 



2250 

 1050 



1200 



World's visible supply, November 30. .. ./<;nj 



Para receipts. July i to November 30 



Para receipts of Caucho. same dates 



Afloat from Para to United States, Nov. 30. . . 

 Afloat from I^ara to Europe, November 30. . . 



1904 



2067 



933' 



599 



520 



820 



1903. 

 2648 

 9290 



594 

 1017 

 1034 



1903. 

 3082 

 8734 

 556 

 710 

 846 



NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR NOVEMBER (NEW RUBBER). 



1904. 2903. 1903. 



Upriver, fine I.l6@i.3i 92®!. 02 78 @82 



Upriver. coarse ii^® 98 78© 83 63 @68 



Islands, fine I.I2®I.26 90® 98 73 ®76 



Islands, coarse 62® 73 54® 58 48 ©51 



Cameti, coarse 63® 72 53® 58 48 ©52 



PARITY TABLE OF RUBBER PRICES. 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During November and five months of the crop season for 



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



p. November. July-No vembkr. 



1904. 1903. 1903. '904* 1903. 1902. 



Rio Purus tons 497 512 249 1694 1613 1448 



Rio Madeira 216 199 240 1249 1208 1134 



Rio Junia 260 468 183 665 882 452 



Rio javary — Iquitos... 302 304 24O 1158 1070 554 



Rio SolimOes 144 123 153 258 306 598 



Rio Negro 15 32 21 33 49 go 



Total 1434 1638 1092 5057 512S 4276 



Caucho 124 44 94 458 472 415 



Total 1558 1682 1186 5515 5600 4691 



Ceylon Rubber Exports. 



Details of shipments of plantation rubber for eleven 

 months, to November 28, 1904: 



T>>~ Pounds. To— Pounds. 



Great Britain 55,004 France 60 



Germany 7.221 Holland 15 



Australia 884 



India 119 Total 63,447 



Belgium iii 11 months, 1903. ... 38,915 



United States 63 



'Bordeaux. 



IMPORTS OF RUBBER — JANUARY TO OCTOUF.R. 



■903. 1904. 



January kilos 66,864 54.550 



February 95,007 169,025 



March 119.582 94,615 



April . 97,641 121,560 



May 104,098 91.125 



June 63,473 65,060 



July 50.215 72,220 



August 151,110 208,185 



September 103,450 87.400 



October 67,850 57i903 



Total 919,290 1,021,643 



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 t% @ 6J^ 



Do —Foreign 5li @ 5 5? 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 3j^ @ 4 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 6 



White Trimmed Rubber ^H ® ^H 



Heavy Black Rubber 4 



Air Brake Hose 2>^ ® 2>^ 



Fire and Large Hose 2 @ 2^ 



Garden Hose 1% @ i% 



Matting ?i®l 



