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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March i, 1905. 



Rotterdam. 



A. Knottenbelt & Co. report [January 31]: 



Notwithstanding the somewhat unsettled condition of the Para 

 marlcet, where the changes in prices were, after all, of small importance, 

 the tone of our market, since our last report, remains strong for medium 

 qualities, and the lots of African rubber offered for public sale (by writ- 

 ten bids) created considerable interest among buyers. The following 

 quantities were sold : 



About 15 150 Kilos Upper Congo 

 , About 1050 " Congo 



About 4550 " red Thimbles 



Prices again showed an increase over those of the preceding sale. 

 Orders had come in from diflerent points, and the quantity offered could 

 easily have been sold several times over. 



Balala. — There has been considerable demand for Surinan leaf, and 

 some small lots changed hands. These transactions have caused hold- 

 ers to remain very firm, and they are confident that, after the long con- 

 tinued reticence, buyers will at last be compelled to come to them, espe- 

 cially as the prospects for a considerably smaller crop next season can 

 no longer be denied. There have been no transactions in Venezuela 

 block, on account of a lack of arrivals. 



Bordeaux. 



R. Henry, successor to the ancient house of Jules Pichard, 

 supplies the following details of importations of Caouchouc for 

 the past two years : 



Desicnation. 1903. UKM. 



Sourtan twists.. .. *:t«o« 550,.5(I0 368,057 



Soudan nljigers I.W.-IOO 23!»,6S6 



Couakr.v niggers ., .. 118,000 178,700 

 Gamble or (rassa- 



inance 144,400 111,,'!55 



Lahoii twists 83,.S70 



Lahou cakes (Baoulc) 11,000 16,375 



Lohou Gouro.*f 5,290 



Ba.s.sam lumps 20,500 22.300 



Bassam niggers 6,.500 



Designation. 



Bassam cakes 



Congo sorts 



Btssao Guinea Por- 



tuj;aise 



•lava and Sumatra 

 Madagascar 

 Central America* .. 



Balata 



New Caledonia 



1903. 

 .50,000 



2,600 

 3,500 

 3,000 



"300 



1904. 



3,2»5 

 45,6.W 



3,100 

 16,825 

 43 700 

 6,000 

 2,K50 

 900 



Total «te 1,118.000 1,182,703 



[•Including Mexico.] 



SUMMARY FOR FOUR YEARS PRECEDING. 



1S99, 1900. 1901. 1902. 



Kilos 175.589 239,532 235,380 678,000 



It is pointed out that the failure of the importations at Bor- 

 deaux during the past year to show the customary rate of in- 

 crease over the preceding year was due largely to the notable 

 falling off in the production of Soudan sorts. This situation is 

 a matter of no small concern to the Bordeaux trade, the lead- 

 ers of which are urging the necessity of governmental measures 

 to preserve the rubber trade of the French colonies in West 

 Africa, both in the volume of production and its quality. The 

 governor general, before his departure for Dakar in October 

 last, was strongly urged in Bordeaux to at once give effect to 

 the decree regulating the condition of rubber at the time of 

 shipment, and later a petition was sent to him, and it is hoped 

 that these efforts will result in the suppression of fraud and 

 the improvement of the product. It is only by such means that 

 the confidence of consumers can be secured, and the standard 

 of the Bordeaux market maintained. Importers are urged to 

 recommend that their agents in Africa take proper care of the 

 rubber passing through their hands, and to see that each qual- 

 ity is packed separately and designated by special marks. It 

 would be desirable to have all lots separated on their arrival 

 at such points as Bammako, Kayes, and Saint Louis, and the 

 pitchy portions separated from the balls or cakes. The receipt 

 of merchandise selected in such a manner would be very much 

 appreciated by purchasers. Quotations for the principal French 

 African varieties have followed the variations in the general 



market during the year, though the poorer quality of a num- 

 ber of lots from the Soudan has caused a notable decline in 

 prices for rubber of this description, as will be seen from the 

 figures which follow. 



BORDEAUX COMPARATIVE PRICES. 

 [/« Francs per Kilogram^ 



Designai ions. 



Soudan twists. . . . 

 Soudan niggers. . 

 Conakry niggers. 



Gambia A P 



Gambia A 



Gambia A M . . . . 



Gambia 6 



Gambia C 



Lahou cakes 



Lahou twists . . . 



PRICES (IN FRANCS PER KILO) FEBRUARY 1 5. 



Conakry niggers. 10.75@10.90 



Soudan do red 9.80@10.25 



Soudon do white . . . 9.40® 9 75 



Soudan twists 8.7o@ 8.90 



Madagascar Majunga 6. 50@ 7.25 



Do Tamatave 8.6o@ 9. 

 Bassam lumps, large 5.90® 6.20 



Cassamance A ,7 8c@8. 



Cassamance AM 6.8o@7.2o 



Cassamance B 5.8o@6.20 



Lahou niggers i 9. I5@9 50 



Lahou niggers 2 8.2o@8.8o 



Lahou cakes 7 5<'(S7.70 



Mexican slabs 8 8o@9.2o 



GuHa-'=Percha. 



The Straits Times (Singapore, December 31), in its trade re- 

 view for 1904, says : 



The Guttapercha trade still continues unsatisfactory, exports falling 

 by 30 per cent., and in the demand for the United Kingdom by over 80 

 per cent. A contract with a local German firm for supplies necessitated 

 by the agreement between the Dutch and German governments for 

 cable-laying accounts for exports to the continent keeping well up. 

 Prices were even more than at the corresponding dates last year and 

 very low qualities predominate. Borneo rubber has risen in quantity by 

 over too per cent., and Jelutong rubber evidences a continuous increase. 



Singapore exports of Gutta-percha for five years are thus 

 reported by Weise & Co., of Rotterdam : 



1900. 1901. 19C2. 1903. 1904. 



Tons 6158 5592 4236 3286 2886 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



yThe Figures Indicate lVei£hts in Pounds.] 

 By the steamer Basil, from Manaos and Pari : 



February 4 



Importbrs. Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. 



Poel i Arnold 168.400 40,300 96,000 45,700 = 



General Rubber Co 205,700 36,300 85,300 4,200= 



A. T. Morse & Co 104,600 23,600 122 lOO 12,200= 



New York Commercial Co. 120,100 34,800 31,800 6,400= 



Lionel Hagenaers & Co.. 11,900 5.300 = 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 10.200 4,800 = 



Total. 

 350,400 

 331.500 

 262,500 

 193,100 

 17,200 

 15.000 



Total 



February 16. — By the 



A. T. Morse & Co 



Poel & Arnold 



General Rubber Co 



New York CommercialCo, 



Neale & Co.. 



Hagemeyer & Brunn. . . . 

 Edmund Reeks & Co. . . . 

 Lionel Hagenaers & Co.. 

 G. Amsinck & Co 



. 620,900 135,000 345,30068,500: 



steamer Afaranhense from Manaos 



328,300 64,300 146,000110,700: 



53,600 134,400 94,400= 



43,200 135,900 5,700= 



38,900 41,600 48,100 



300 



1,900 



237,400 

 276,100 

 160,400 

 2,700 

 9,000 

 9.700 

 8,800 

 2,900 



600 



22,800 



14.700 



15,200 



7,200 



5.700 



= 1,169,700 

 and Para: 

 = 649,300 

 = 519,800 

 = 460,900 

 = 289.000 

 = 25,800 

 = 25,600 

 = 24,900 

 = 16,000 

 = 9,200 



Total 1,035,300202.800523,500258,900=2,020,500 



[ Note.— The steamers Hubert and Bernard, from Pari, are due at New York 

 on March I and March 7 respectively with 1030 tons and 1000 tons Rubber.l 



PARA RUBBKR via EUROPE. 



FOUNDS. 



Jan. 30.— By the Eiriirirt- Liverpool: 



General Rubber Co. (Fine) 22,500 



Poel & Arnold (Coarse) 7,000 29,600 



Fkb. 2.— By the.ildva7u;e=:Mollendo: 

 Chicago Bolivian Kubber Co, (Fine).. 7,000 



Feb. 2 —By the rfeutoniecLlvarpool: 



Poel 4 Arnold (Fine) 15 000 



Windraullerft Reolker (Caucho) 7,000 52,000 



Fkb. 8.— By the .Armenians Liverpool; 

 A. T. Morse & Co. (Coarse.) 



Feb 14.— By the t^mbria = Liverpool; 

 Generftt Rubber Co. (Fine) 



11,000 



