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THE INDIA RUBBER ^VORLD 



r February i, 1905. 



NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR DECEMBER (NEW RUBBER). 



19°<- 



Upriver, fine i,i8@i.3o 



Upriver, coarse 8g@ 97 



Islands, fine I.i4@l.26 



Islands, coarse 65(S 72 



Cameta 65® 71 



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

 in India-rubber, No. 58 William street, New York), advises us ; 



" Djring January money has continued easy, with a fair de- 

 mand (or paper from city and out-of-town banks at 4>i @ 5 

 per cent, for the best rubber names, and S^i ® ^ PC cent, for 

 those not so well known." 



Statistics of Para 'J^ubber (Excluding Caucho) . 



Stocks, November 30 . 

 Arrivals, December. . 



Aggregating 1190 



Deliveries, December 1139 



Stocks, December 31 . . 



PAR.\. 

 1904. 1903. 1903. 

 Stocks. Nov. 30.. ./owj 540 195 J55 



Arrivals. December. . . 3220 3185 2990 



Aggregating 3760 3380 3145 



Deliveries, December.. 3560 3010 2780 



ENGLAND, 

 1904. 1903. 1903 

 I So 370 1200 

 670 1 100 785 



850 

 675 



1470 

 925 



1985 

 1 100 



Stocks, Dec. 31 .. 200 370 365 



175 



545 



885 



1904. 

 2444 



1903. 



2979 



12,540 



960 



908 



1 100 



1903' 

 3188 

 ".576 

 694 



855 

 [on 



World's visible supply, December 31. .. ./okx 



Para receipts, July i to December 31 12.551 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 779 



Afloat from Para to United States, Dec. 31... 1520 

 ASoat from Pari to Europe, December 31.. .. 480 



cAnbwerp. 



The regular monthly inscription of rubber — the t"irst this 

 year — occurred on January 27, when 483 tons were announced 

 to be oflteied. The table which follows embraces a classification 

 of the lots of rubber catalogued for the sale, and the broker's 

 estimation, In francs per kilogram ; 



Dksig.nations. Kilograms. Estinuitioiis. 



Lower Congo : 



Thimbles, red 5.833 5.40 



Thimbles, black 3.512 5.40-9.75 



Ball 4,459 lO.QO 



Congo Katanga 41,424 9,50-10.75 



Congo Wamba 8.305 6.62-10,00 



Congo Djuma 33.741 6.10-10.20 



Congo Nyanga 1,024 5-75 



Congo Kasai, red 89,931 S. 40-10. 90 



Congo Kasai, black 10,871 9. 75-11. oo 



Upper Congo : 



Aruwinii 15,207 8.25-10.50 



Lomami ... 8,423 9.75-10-50 



Lopori 1 3,254 11.00 



Loporill . 18,279 6.90 



Equateur 12,665 7.00-10.50 



Uele 67,449 10.10-10.75 



Mongalla 946 11.50 



Yengu 2,5M 11.25 



Monbogo 3,307 S.50 



Lae Leopold II 14,726 9.50-10.70 



Ordinary 46,867 10.25-10.75 



Other lots 17. 177 S. 15-10, 70 



French Congo : 



Batouri 29,900 9-90 



M'Poko 15,000 10.75 



Soudan 2,710 8.50-9.50 



Sangha 3,120 9,50 



Other lots 2,Stg 8.25-1 1.50 



Madagascar : 



Majunga 5.676 



Tamatave 700 



East Coast 1 2.780 



Sumatra 990 



Mexico... 187 



Total weight 483,793 



Belgian Official Statistics {Special Commerce). 



I.\II>ORTS OF RAW CAOt'TCHOUC (KILOGRAMS). 

 i-'ROM — 1902. 1903. 



Congo Free State 5,692,156 5,917.156 



Fiance 646,954 458,336 



Great Britain 38^,405 405,776 



Netherlands 158,278 108,281 



Germany 132,252 167.565 



Hamburg 255,685 176,745 



Brazil 259,958 14,945 



Portugal 3I>246 20,698 



Other countries 622,543 431.497 



Total S, 161, 497 7,700,797 



E.Vl'ORTS OF RAW CAOUTCHOUC (KIl.or.RAMS). 



To — lgo2. rg03. 



United States 2,427,467 2,617.629 



Hamburg. . 1,229,373 1,078,350 



Great Britain 555.731 570,513 



Germany 1,000,506 879,391 



France 619,407 539.245 



Netherlands 1,054,609 485,070 



Russia 369,033 266, 1 10 



Other countries 153,754 134,160 



Total 7,409,680 6.390,468 



ANTWERP niPORT-S OF RUBBER. 



Year. Congo State. Other Sources. 



1896 /f(/D.f 1,106,375 9,500 



1897 1.557,861 121,293 



1S98 1,734,305 280,286 



1699 2,992,414 410,416 



igoo 4,902,003 796,032 



1901... 5,417.456 431.746 



IQ02 4,992,954 411.031 



1903 5,180,401 546,082 



1904 4.723,618 1,040,238 



COMPARATIVE PRICES— EXTREMES. 

 [In Francs per JCi/t>£ram.] 



6.25-8.00 

 8.50 

 6.25 

 6.00 



5.75 



1904. 



5,596,426 



395.105 



316,628 



254,70s 



194,729 



98.445 



33.255 



41.596 



267,520 



7,215,990 



1904. 

 1,881,750 

 1,036,576 

 845.566 

 728,084 

 395,061 



535.278 

 347.S96 



136,129 

 5,904,120 



Total, 

 I. 115. 875 

 1.679. 154 

 2,014,591 

 3,402,880 

 5,698,035 

 5,849.202 

 5,403,985 

 5.726,483 

 5.763.856 



Grades. 



Kasai, red, I , 



Equateur, I. 



Lopori , 



Uele 



.\ruwimi 



Upper Congo, ordinary. 

 Lower Congo, thimbles. 

 *Fine Para 



1902. 



750 -8.75 



6.80 -8.75 



6.80 -8.75 

 5.42;^-8.l5 



5.10 -8. IS 



6.65 -7.95 



.70 -4.25 



1903. 



8.75-10.75 

 8.75-10.32^ 

 8.75-10.32^2 

 8.15-10.15 

 8.15-10.15 

 7.95-10.20 

 4.25- 6.00 

 2s. lllJ-Js./is. SJ.-4S. SW. 



10.121^-11.15 



10.50 



10.50 



9.60 



9.60 



10. 



5.50 



-11.25 

 -11.25 

 -10,20 

 -10.20 



-10.75 

 6.50 



is.iiid.-ss.sJ. 



[• In English money, per Pound.] 

 10 Francs per Kilogrami^SrS cents per Pound.] 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR DECEMBER. 



