February i, 1905.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



165 



RECENT RUBBER STATISTICS. 



RUBBER PRODUCTION OF BRITISH INDIA. 



rHE subjoined figures relate to the exports of raw rubber, 

 for 35 years past, from British India. The greater part 

 of this rubber came formerly from Assam, but now Assam has 

 almost ceased to yield any rubber, and the exports are afforded 

 mainly by Burma, which was not known, at the beginning of the 

 period covered by this table, to contain rubber. The Burma 

 output also has dwindled to almost nothing, as foreshadowed 

 in an article on the " Decline in the Rubber Yield of Burma," 

 in The India Rubber World, December i, 1898 (page 59). 

 The fiscal year in British India ends March 31. In the yearly 

 otBcial figures the rubber exports are stated in hundredweights, 

 which for the present use have been converted into pounds : 



EXPORTS OF INDIA-KUBBER KOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS. 



Pounds. 

 lS6y.70 ... 737.408 

 1870-71 .... 1,008,672 

 1871-72 ... 1.751.456 

 1872-7J ... 2.415,952 

 1873-74 ■•• 1.885,744 

 187475... .1,780,016 



1875-76 1,708,896 



1876.77 . . ..I,4go,4q6 



1877-78 1,544.y2S 



1878-79 1.124,256 



1879-80 1,291,696 



1880-S1 1,097,712 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



SMALLER EXPORTS FROM BOLIVIA. 

 From the BoUtin of the national statistical office of Bolivia 

 it appears that the exports of rubber from that country for the 

 calendar year 1902 were smaller than for any year since 1897, 

 A smaller output from the Acre district was to be expected, 

 owing to the political troubles in that district during the greater 

 pirt of the year, but the total from the other districts was also 

 somewhat smaller. Since 1902 the Acre product has been 

 credited to Brazil, instead of Bolivia. Meanwhile the exports 

 from the remaining districts have increased slightly. The ex- 

 ports for three years past, by customs districts, may be thus 

 compared : 



1901. 



[Shipped via Mangos] 

 El Acre - pounds 5,054,436 



[Via Madeira river] 

 Villa Bella 1,740,205 



JVia Pacirtc ports] 



I,a Paz 627,783 



Pelechuco 



Oruro 24,171 



[Through Argentina] 



Puerto Suarer 167, 543 



Tariia 



1902. 



I>757.5I3 



i.5>2,73i 



631,288 



42.383 



1903. 



1,493.221 



535.623 

 102,465 

 542,353 



238.577 

 4,096 



229,796 

 2,816 



Total 7,623,138 



Excluding Acre ... 2,568,696 



4,189.585 

 2.432,075 



2,906,274 

 2,go6,274 



1890 646,800 



1891 759,000 



1892 799,480 



1893 808.600 



1894 1,391,500 



Pounds. 



1900 7,691,728 



I901 7,623,138 



1902 4.186,585 



1903 2,906,274 



The yearly exports of rubber from Bolivia for thirteen years 

 past have been as follows, omitting 1899, for which year no 

 complete returns exist : 



Pounds. Pounds. 



l8g5 1,804,902 



1896 2,509,566 



1897 3.683,275 



1898 6.943,100 



1899 



It may be of interest to note the export value of Bolivian 

 rubber. Taking the official figures for the past three yeai^, 

 stated in bolivianos, and reckoning the boli^'iano at i franc, the 

 equivalent in United States money would be 23.1; cents per 

 pound for 1901, 22.64 cents for 1902, and 19.77 cents in 1903. 

 This, it is to be understood, is for fine rubber, for the most 

 part, with some Caucho. 



Dnilcd Knigdnm..^ 5.216 a o 



Germany 955 2 o 



Porl. East Aft ica. 37618 o 



Total .... .. /" 6,548 2 o 



Total, 1902-Ot. 22,3^4 14 II 



Total, igoi.o2. 12.49S 4 8 



BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA PROTECTORATE. 

 Rubber exports for the last three fiscal years (ending Maich 

 31) were as follows : 



1901-02 14,393}^ pounds ; value, .^^1625 i8j. ^d• 



1902-03 11,723 pounds ; value, .1^1 179 14X. I</. 



1903-04 4,262 pounds ; value, £ 426 "js. od. 



Exports were by the river Shire, a tributary of the Zambesi. 

 The largest export is to Great Britain, the remainder going 

 principally to Germany. 



The African Lakes Co.'s steamers carried outward from the 

 protectorate, via the Shite, during 1902 (calendar year) 145.077 

 pounds of rubber, the larger part of 

 which was " in transit " from neigh- 

 boring districts, principally North- 

 ern Rhodesia. The details of the 

 "transit" rubber for the fiscal year 

 1903 04. as 10 values and destination, are given in the marginal 

 table. 



SOUTHERN NIGERIA. 



[Fiom the Annual Colonial Reports.] 



EXPORTS OF INDIA-KUBIIER. 



Value. Pounds. 



Year ending March 31. 1898 .^^ 32,959 



Year ending March 31, 1899 60,607 874,298 



Year ending March 31, iqoo 105,116 ',450,567 



[6'«(/<fr New Fiscal SysUm.} 



Year ending Dec. 31, 1900 137,289 



31,1901 106,925 1.740,156 



3'. 1902 46,946 865,834 



31, 1903 61,816 1,177,803 



PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA. 



[From British Consular Reports.] 



EXPORTS OF INDIA RUBBER FROM BEIRA. 



Vkars. Pounds. Value. 



1900 76,160 / 5.333 



190I 186.664 13,050 



1902 136,175 12.180 



'903 13.633 



EXPORTS OF INDIA RUBBER FROM LOURENCO MARQUES. 



Pounds (in 1903) 10,463 



EXPORTS OF INDIA RUBBER FROM MOZAMBIQUE. 

 Gradh. 1902, 1903. 



Pure — extracted by incision kilos .... 100 



Impure — incision 100,522 4.257 



Impure — "cooked" 2,592 343.330 



Year ending Dec. 

 Year ending Dec. 

 Year ending Dec. 



Total kilos 103, 114 



Value ;<^I2,058 



347,687 

 /i'35.297 



MADAGASCAR. 



[From a British Consular Report.] 



VALUE OF EXPORTS OF INDIA RUBBER. 



1900. 1901. 1902. 



;f76,272 ^26,699 ;i2I,825 



BRITISH HONDURAS. 

 [From the Annual Colonial Report for 1903.] 

 EXPORTS OF INDIA-RUllBER FOR NINE YEARS. 

 Pounds. Pounds. 



. . 17.3S1 1898 37,622 



i8g6 19.895 1899 55,321 



iSg7 13,797 '900 48,996 



Summary of Exports for igoj. 



To the United States pounds 20,664 



To Great Britain 1,512 22,176 



1809. 

 ;^88,526 



1895. 



1903. 

 ;{:i03,258 



Pounds. 



1901 40,044 



Iy02 30,338 



1903 22,176 



The London India-Ruhber Journal has issued its fifth an- 

 nual " Diary and Year Book," containing pages for memoranda 

 for each business day during 1905, together with a printed sec- 

 tion containing much trade and statistical data of use to the 

 rubber branch of Great Britain, conveniently arranged for ref- 

 erence. The yearly editions of this work have shown continu- 

 ous improvement, and the publishers express their pleasure at 

 the steady growth in the appreciation shown by their patrons. 



