March i, 1905.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



215 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



Feb. i.^By the AnversvilU. from the Congo : 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 156,000 



Do .(Koraite Special Katanga) 6,coo 



Do (Societe " La Kotto") 1,000 



Do . .(Societe des Suhanatsdu Ilaut Ubangi) q.ooo 



Comptoir Commercial Congolais 24,000 



Societe A B I R 8,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Cie. de Lomami) 16,000 



Do (Beige du Uaut Congo) 6,000 



Do (La Lulonga) 5,000 



Do (Slid Kamerun) 3,000 



L. & W. Van de Velde (Cie. du Kasai) 83,000 



Societe Generale de Commerce. . .(Societe La Lobay) 3,000 



Do (Alimaienne) 7,000 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux 



(Societe Ekela- Kadei Sangha) 1 7,000 



Cie. Commerciale des Colonies 



(Societe La Haul Sangha) 8,000 



Do 1,000 



Charles Dethier (Societe La M'Poko) 11,000 



362,000 



Iqaitos Rubber Exports, i903. 



Desicna rioNs. New York. Liverpool. 



Jebe fino kilos 1,937 259,627 



Jebe entrefino 12,907 



Jebe sernamby 126,730 



Jebe dt-bil 14,870 



Caucho 573 35.139 



Caucho sernamby 3.069 564,856 



Total, 1903 5,579 



Total, 1904 30,171 



1,014,129 

 1,236,331 



Havre. 

 227.713 



28.445 



90,148 



3,182 



16,024 



351,154 



716,666 

 644,099 



Total. 



489,277 

 41.352 



216,878 

 18,052 

 51.736 



919,079 



1.736.374 

 1,910,601 



[The first three items relate lo Hevta rubbcr--fine, medium, and coarse. " Jebe 

 d6bil " is also known as " weak rubber." The remaining two items are Cauclio 

 ball and slab.] 



IQUITOS EXPORTERS 



Julio C. Arana kilos 181,665 



Wesche y Cia 1 70,402 



Kahn & Polack 168,044 



KahnyCia 156,321 



Luis F. Morey 155.905 



David Cuzes 122,804 



Marius&Levy 'I9.3'5 



Manuel Rocha e Hijos.. 115,686 



Pinto Hermanos 110,962 



Hermandez, Magne y 



Cia 98,164 



A. Morey y Cia 82,005 



OF RUBBER, 1903. 



Barcia Hermanos 69,363 



Benasayag, Toledano y 



Cia 55,963 



G. Delgado e Hijo 47.631 



Meza & Brllgmann 42,683 



Farache y llermano . . . 22,877 



Tomas Ramirez y Hno. 10,229 



J. Dahmen, Jr 2,955 



Machado y Rivero 2.457 



Guillermo A. de Brito. . 935 



Total kilos 1,736,374 



Lhierpool. 

 William Wright & Co. [report February i] : 



Fine Pard. — The market has been fairly active, but the paucity of 

 stock and high prices ruling prevent business. Prices have advanced 

 ^d. per pound ; this has been caused by delayed receipts and strong de- 

 mand in the exporting markets. The longer the delay in receipts con- 

 tinues the less chance there is, in our mind, of any serious break in 

 values ; taking into account the almost entire lack of reserve of stock 

 and present rate of demand, manufacturers will, we think, do well to'take 

 advantage of every temporary break in prices. Spot market has been 

 firm,, but closes easier, value of Upriver 5^. 31/., Island 5^. \\d. For- 

 ward sellers have been acting very cautiously, otherwise a large business 

 would have resulted. Near positions close at 5J. 'i\d.\ February- March, 

 5j. 3^;/ ; and March-April ^s. 3^. 



Africans have been in demand, and prices have advanced all round. 

 Gold Coast lumps have been in chief demand, this grade being scarce, 

 and a good business has been done chiefly in old up to is. ^\d., and 

 new, for delivery, up to is. 'i\d., January- February. Red Sierra Leone 

 niggers have advanced to y. \\\d., owing to scarcity. 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report [January 31] : 



Para rubber was firm during January. With a continued good de- 

 mand (especially in the United States) the arrivals of rubber in Para 

 and Manaos were readily absorbed, and prices advanced gradually to ^s. 

 3j^(/. for fine hard in warehouse and 5j. 30". forward delivery, with id. 

 less for soft cure. The highest prices were not maintained at the close. 

 The visible supply of Para grades on December 31 and January 31 was: 



1900. 19OI. I(/)2. 1903. Iy04. 1905. 



December 31 tons 4219 4444 3365 3351 2646 



January 31 ;.... 4508 389604172 3008 4249 3734 



[a 1100 in bankers' hands.] 



The increase of about 1 100 tons [in January over December] in the 

 visible supply is more than was expected by the market, and it may 

 cause some decline, but it must not be overlooked that the larger pro- 

 portion of the rubber in sight is already sold and that a large proportion 

 (700 tons) consists of Caucho. The quantity afloat to Europe is less by 

 about 300 tons than on January 31, 1904, and the stock by 200 tons. 

 While a decline in the price of fine Pari rubber would be welcomed by 

 the whole trade, the elements that have made for higher prices (no in- 

 crease in supplies and continued good demand) remain, and they will 

 continue to influence the value, irrespective of temporary fluctuations. 



London. 



PLANTATION RUBBER (PARA SEED). 



January 20 Auction. — Ceylon and Straits : 15 packages offered and 

 sold. Fine thin biscuits at 6j. \d. [=$1.48]; ditto rather moldy and 

 damp at 6.;.; ditto inferior at5J-. 91/.; scrap at 4.f. Also: Forty-three 

 packages Manicoba offered and sold. Fine clean sheet at 4J. 5 J^rf. @ 

 4J. ^d.•, good clean scrap at y. 'i}{d. @ 3J. nd. 



February J Auction. — Twenty-seven packages offered and 28 sold. 

 Ceylon fine biscuits at ts. @ts. i}^</. [=$1.49]; fair to good fall 

 scrap at ^s. j^d. @ 4J-. 4}^./. ; dirty and perished at 3s. 3d. Straits 

 fine biscuits at 6.r. i^d. ; fair scrap and sheet at 4/. A/so : Manicoba 

 fine clean thin plantation sheet at 4s. S%d. [=^\.14%]; fair, little 

 mixed 4s. t}{d. 



February 10. — Value of Ceylon fine thin biscuits on the spot is 6.r. 2d. 

 @ bs. 3d. [=11.50(^*1.52]. 



February ly Auction. — Thirty packages sold, fine thin Ceylon bis- 

 cuits 6^. 4</.(a>6j. 4%d. [=|i.55] ; mixed colored inferior, (is.@bs. 

 lYzd. ; fine clean scrap 4s. bd.(§4S. Sd. Straits, fine biscuits and 

 sheet 6x. 3J>^</.@6j. 4^id. ; 4s. 3d. Also: Manicoba, 45 packages 

 sold, good clean thin Plantation sheet, 4s. S'/z'l- ; good scrap 3^. 51/. 



Ceylon Exports {'Plantation l^ubber). 



To Great Britain .pounds 39,456 



" Germany 1)672 



" Australia . . 



" United States 4°° 



•' Holland 



" India 



"Belgium 156 



" France 



1903. 



■904. 



61,137 



7,221 



1,884 



1,381 



127 



119 



III 



60 



Total 41.684 72.040 



[Total, 1902— 21,168 pounds ; total, 1901— 7392 pounds.] 



Rotterdam Rubber Statistics. 



india-rubber arrivals (kilos). 



Thimbles, red 142, 100 



Congo ball 28.800 



Kassai, red 336,500 



Kassai, black 76, 3°° 



Upper Congo 532,600 



Sierra Leone. . . 5.5°° 



Mozambique 1,500 



Java and Sumatra 17.400 



Soudan. . 

 All other. 



69,700 

 7.700 



Total, 1904 1 



Total, 1903 



Total, 1902 



Total, 1901 



Total, 1900 



1905. 1904. 1903. 



Stocks, January 1 .. . 68,400 64,000 8,100 

 BALATA ARRIVALS (KILOS). 

 1904. 1903. 1902. 



Surinam sheet 196,900 281,000 244,500 



Venezuela block 29.200 22,000 30,700 



190a. 

 67,300 



1901. 



211,950 



3'. 450 



218,100 

 799,300 

 991,700 

 S53.250 

 877.450 

 1901. 

 80,600 



1900. 



161, 6co 



23,500 



Total 226,100 303,000 275,200 243,400 185,100 



Stocks, end year.. 174,100 3.700 



GUTTA-PERCHA (TONS). 



1903. 

 218 

 148 



1904. 



Stocks, first of year 194 



Arrivals during year 38 



Aggregating 232 



Sales during year 58 



366 



172 



530 

 312 



499 

 236 



587 

 402 



675 

 368 



Stocks, end of year. . . 174 



194 



ai8 



263 185 



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