FEliUb'ARV I, 1905.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



177 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



Dec. 19. — By the Leopoldvtlle, from the Congo : 



Bunge & Co (Societe Geoerale Africaine) kilos 106,000 



Do .(Komil^ Special Katanga) ^6,coo 



Do (Societe .\nversoise) 1,000 



Do (Chemins de fer Grand I.acs) 1,000 



Do -.(Cie. du Kasai) 68.000 



Do (Sultanats du Ilaut Obangi) 17,000 



Do (Societe de la Sangha Equatoriale) qoo 



Societe A B I R 23,000 



500 



3,000 



1,000 



iS,ooo 



5.000 



13,000 



15,000 



3,000 



5;000 



7.000 



7,000 



2,000 



800 



1,000 



57,000 

 9,000 

 4.600 



71,000 



2,000 



500 



333.400 



277,900 



Comptoir Commercial Congolais 1,000 



Comptoir Commercial Anversoise . ..(Societe Ibenga) 

 M. S. Cols (M. d'lleygere) 



Do (Societe Baniembe) 



Cie. Commerciale des Colonies. . . (I-a Haut Sangha) 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haute Congo) 



Do (Cie. Francaise du Haut Congo) 



Charles Dethier (La M'Poko) 



Societe Generale de Commerce (La Lobay) 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux 



(Societe " N'Goko " Sangha) 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux 



(Ekela Kadei Sangha) 



Jan. 10. — By the Pfiilippeville. from the Congo: 

 Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) tilos 123,000 



Do (Societe Isangi) 



Societe Equatoriale Congolaise... (Societe I'lkelemba) 

 Charles Dethier (Societe Belgika) 



Do 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Cie. du Kasai) 



Do (Beige du Haut Congo) 



Do (Slid Kamerun) 



Societe A B I R 



G. & C. Kreglinger (La Lobay) 



M. S. Cols Societe I'lkelemba) 



Hamburg. 



The London house of Alden, Symington cS; Co., India-rubber mer- 

 chants, have opened a branch house, under the style of Ai.DEN, Sy- 

 mington &Co., Hamburger Fii.ialk, at 2S, Bergstrasse, Hamburg. 

 Messrs. F. T. Cole and Ernest Eggers will sign jointly for procuration. 

 This firm is in interest with the New York Commercial Co., George A. 

 Alden & Co. (Boston), and Adelbert H. Alden (ParA and Maniios). 



Lvverpool. 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report [December 31] : 

 The present tendency of the Brazil market is in favor of buyers — 

 based on anticipation of larger arrivals and thus a moderate decline is 

 possible — but it must be borne in mind that there is still no accumulation 

 of unsold supplies and that in particular the large American purchases 

 have left comparatively little rubber for Europe. Brazil advices speak of 

 an ultimate crop not exceeding the 1903-4 season to any remarkable ex- 

 cess. ^=The visible supply of Para grades on December 31 was : 



1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1004. 



Tons 3287 4219 4444 33^5 335< 2646 



Edmund Schluter & Co., (London & Liverpool) have favored us 

 virith their chart of "Annual India-Rubber Statistics " for 1904, show- 

 ing not only the fluctuations in prices of the leading grades, but also 

 the London and Liverpool stocks of rubber of all kinds at the end of 

 each month, not only for 1904 but for the four years preceding. There 

 is given also a detailed statement of the visible supplies of Par.i rubber 

 at the end of each month since the beginning of 1900. The chart is 

 mounted for convenient use in the counting house of the rubber man. 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for car 

 load lots, in cents per pound— show no change since the last 

 report beyond a slight advance on domestic shoes : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes— Domestic (>ii @ (>H 



Do — Foreign 5^1 @ 5M^ 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 3j^ @ 4 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 6 



White Trimmed Rubber 8}^ @ 83;^ 



Heavy Black Rubber 4 



Air Brake Hose 2'yi &; 2^ 



Fire and Large Hose ". 2 @ 2^^ 



Garden Hose i?8 @ l?i 



Matting %&l 



London, 



Edward Till & Co. IDecember 31) report stocks: 



, 1904. 1,03. 



I Para sorts /ons — — 



I Borneo 16 32 



London -j Assam and Rangoon 2 4 



Penang 201 — 



[other sorts 432 224 



Total 651 



260 



55 

 2 



175 



232 



Para. 



>77 



Liverpool -l Caucho 69 



( Other sorts 614 



546 894 



3° 45 



600 411 



1436 1582 



190a. 

 3/4?/@3/io 

 3/i'A@3/ 8"^ 



Total, United Kingdom 1511 



PRICES PAID DURING DECEMBER. 

 1904. 1903. 



Pari fine, hard 5/ @s/ S'A 3/ioJ^@4/ i 



Do soft 4/'0;4@5/ 4 3/ 9^4" Ct 3/1 1 



Negroheads, scrappy. .3/ g}^(a3/il 3/ 2.V@3/ 3K 2/9 <a3/ I 



Do Cameta.2/ 9 @2/ioi^ 2/ 4 (82/ c,yi 2/i^@2/ 6 



Bolivian 5/2 @i/s\i 4/ 3/7 (^S/'O 



Caucho.balL 3/4 ©3/ 5>4 3/ 3 ©3/4 2/8>.2'@3/i 



Do slab No sales 2/7 (22/8 l/i'ACgri/fi^ 



Do tails 3/ No sales 2/9 



January 13. — The market has had a sharp reaction, and prices for 

 hard fine have advanced 2}^r/. per lb. Sales have been made : Hard fine 

 January delivery up to ^s. 2}id., sellers now at 5J. 3d'., ditto February- 

 March a moderate business up to 5^. i^iJ. Soft fine spot at 4^. iij^ d. 

 and further buyers. Negroheads : Scrappy rather buyers at 3J. 9^</. 

 and Cametas at 2s. q}W Caucho Ball, small sales forward at 3.f. 3ji(/. 

 Peruvian ; Sales of fine per Javary at 5j-. i</. to 5^. 21/ Scrappy negro- 

 heads at Js. St/., and ball 3s. ^yid. to 3,'. 3jj</. The demand is good for 

 medium kinds, and a considerable business done at firm prices, includ- 

 ing Mattogrosso virgin at 4^. <,d. to 4J. i%d. per lb. There are no auc- 

 tions here to-day. 



plantation kuhber (from para seed). 



/iinuary 6 Auction. — Ceylon and Straits: Fifty packages Sold; 

 biscuits, dull to fine yellow, 5/. iid. to 6.t. ; good scrap ^s. 3r/. (3 4^. 

 7./. ; mixed lots 3/. 61/. ('< 4j. 



January ij. — Sales reported during the week of Ceylon and Straits 

 fine biscuits at f>s. id. \_^= $1.48] per pound. 



ENGLAND'S IMPORTS FOR THREE YEARS IN DETAIL. 



[As Repcrttdhy S. Figgis b" Co\ 

 1902. 



I'jTa sorts tons 10,296 



Peruvian 1,442 



MoUendo 



Central America, Ceara and Pernambuco. 



West Coast African 



Zanzibar and Mozambique . . . 



Madagascar 



Rangoon and Assam 



Borneo 



Penang 



Various 



Total tons 16,932 19,464 19,883 



S. Figgis &Co., in their annual review of the rubber market for 1904, 

 describe the year as one of activity, with rapid fluctuations in prices. 

 Consumption continued on a large scale, and the supply of fine rubber 

 was not equal to the demand. " Bear " selling resulted frequently in a 

 corner, and extravagant prices for " spot and near " rubber, and this 

 forced up the price of fine rubber out of proportion to other sorts. But 

 the world's consumption of fine has practically left no stock of this class 

 of rubber for months past. The visible supply fell to an unprecedent- 

 edly low point. 



In their preceding annual report reference was made to larger receipts 

 of Medium sorts than for some years past. Still larger figures are to 

 be reported for the year just closed. There have been increases in Peru- 

 vian Caucho ball and slab, Manitoba and Mangabeira, all of which 

 sorts show an improvement. Central American rubbers also reached 

 England more freely. 



The West Coast African production was larger than for several years 



