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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April 



I905- 



by the United States have no doubt contributed to this result. 

 Fine red Kasai reached 12.02J2 francs and fine Lopori ii.giyi 

 francs per kilo, these prices constituting the records for Ant- 

 werp to date. The other principal lots were : 



Valuation. Sold at 



28 tons Ueli strips francs 10.50 11 02;^ 



27 " AruwimI 10.20 ^i-llYz 



14 " Upper Congo ball 10.90 ii.52>4 



48 " Lopori II 7.15 7.27>^-7.52}^ 



The next large sale will take place on March 29, when about 

 528 tons will be exposed. The largest lots, with the broker's 

 estimation, are : 



85 tons Uele strips. .. . francs M.i^ 



52 " Upper Congo balls 11.65 



28 '■ Upper Congo pieces 11.92^ 



16 " Aruwimi pieces 7.75 



36 " Kasai — Sankuiu 10. 



12 " Lapori II 6.50 



Antwerp, March 14, 190s. c, schmid, successeurs. 



[Cable advices which reach New York indicate that prices 

 obtained on the 29th were even higher than before, by an aver- 

 age of 15 centimes per kilogram, or about 1]^ cents per pound. 

 The buying appears to have been principally for European 

 account.] 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR JANUARY. 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY. 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



March 15.— By the PhilippevilU, from the Congo : 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 97.000 



Do 



Do (Komite Special Katanga) 



Do (Chemins de fer Grand Lacs) 



Do (Societe " La Kotto") 



Do (Sultanats du Haut Obangi) 



Societe A B I R 18,000 



Comptoir Commercial Congolais 4,500 



M. S. Cols (Alima) 4,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise 5 ,000 



Do (Cie. du Kasai) 105,000 



Do (Slid Kamerun) 4,000 



Charles Dethier (Societe Belgika) 1,000 



G. & C. Kreglinger (La I.obay) 3,000 



22,700 



14, coo 



12,000 



2,500 



5,000 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux 



(Ekela Kadei Sangha) 4,000 



Do (Societe " N'Goko " Sangha) 3,500 



Cie. Commerciale des Colonies. ...(La Haut Sangha) :2,oco 



Do ... 1,400 328,600 



//a/y. 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF RUBBER, 



1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 



Imports /<;«H</x 1,402,500 1,552,760 1,466.960 1,471,360 



Exports 212,520 138,380 148,720 140.580 



Net Imports 1,189,980 1,414,380 1,318,240 1,330,780 



London. 

 Edward Till & Co. [March i] report stocks': 



1905. 1904. IJ03. 



Para sorts tons — — — 



Borneo 11 16 27 



London .^ Assam and Rangoon. . . 2 4 2 



Penang 1 20 — — 



Other sorts 149 207 191 



Total 282 227 220 



(Para 304 



Liverpool \ Caucho 201 



( Other sorts 477 



Total, United Kingdom 1264 1136 1939 



PRICES PAID DURING FEBRUARY. 



1905. 1904, 1903 



Para fine, hard 5/3 (85/ 4^" 4/ 4j^@4/ 6 3/6 @3/ 9 



Do soft 5/ o}i@5/ 3j^ 4/ 3 04/5 3/5>^@3/ 9 



Negroheads, scrappy. .3/ tl @4/ 3/ 4j^@3/ 5M' 2/10 @3/ o>^ 



Do Cameta.3/1 @3/ 3 2/8 @2/lo}i 2/3^(32/ 5 >i 



Bolivian 5/3 ©5/5 4/ 4 5^@4/ 6J^ No sales 



Caucho, ball 3/ 3M'@3/ 4j^ 3/ 2X@3/ 3 2/93/@2/ii 



Do slab 3/ oi^@3/ I 2/9}^ 2/3 @2/ 4K 



Do tails 3/ o;^@3/ 2 No sales No sales 



THE LATEST AUCTION. 



M.4RCH 18. — The market has continued strong and considtrable bus- 

 iness has been done at dearer rates, but to-day an easier tone prevails 

 and the best prices have not been obtained. Sales of fine hard Para, 

 spot and near delivery, at 5.1. l\i(i- @ 5.f. 'iYzJ. and since at 5^. id. and 

 sellers, and distant delivery %s. 91/. Soft fine afloat sold at 5^. ^)4.'^• 

 and entrefine %s. 6}>^r/. Negroheads in good demand at dearer prices. 

 No sales of Bolivian reported ; value of fine 5j. %\^d. Small sales of 

 fine Mollendo 5^. 7j^(/. Medium grades in good demand and of the fair 

 supplies in auction to day a large proportion sold at high prices. Colum- 

 bian good, clean white sheet 3^. 7j^</. @ y. i%d. ; Central American 

 good scrap and sheet 3.;. ^l^d. ; Madagascar fair to good pinky "is. td, 

 ® V- iM'^- \ mixed pinky and part scrap 3^. 4^2'''- @ 3.'. 5'^- '< f^ir 

 Majunja is. lod. @ 2s. ro.i(/ ; Mozambique, gummy ball 4s. ; large 

 livery ball 3.f. Sd. ; softish white and Lamu ball, 3,1. yd. 

 PLANTATION RUBBER. 



AfarcA J Auction. — Twenty packages offered and eleven sold. Cey- 

 lon biscuits at bs. i%d. to ts. 51/. [=$1.53 to $1.56] ; inferior brittle at 

 bs. Straits, fine biscuits at 6.r. A%d.\ weakish ditto at 6j. 2d.; dirty 

 scrap at 2s. td. Also : Manitoba 75 bales offered and sold, fine Plan- 

 tation sheet at is. l]4d. [=§i.24lg] ; rather dirty scrap at 3^. 



March ly Auction. — Thirty nine packages offered and 8 sold. Cey- 

 lon fine thin biscuits at t>s. (id to 6.f. qd ; fair clean scrap at ^s. Sd. 

 Straits fine thin biscuits at 6^. <)d. [—$1.6^^]. 



LiVF.SEY & Co. (LiVERPOOl.), LIMITED, with ;^2o,0oo Capital, regis- 

 tered March 6, to acquire and continue the business of India-rubber 

 and general produce merchants carried on since 1S98 by Livesey & Co. 

 The directors are James R. Livesey, F. Smith, and L. Sgal. 



Liverpool. 

 William Wright & Co. report [March i] : 



/•'inc Pard. — There has been a strong demand, spot and near, and 

 prices have again advanced 2d. per pound. In spite of the fact that re- 

 ceipts are coming forward plentifully, there is no pause in the demand 

 or the upward trend of prices, and, as far as we can see, the probabili- 

 ties are that still higher rates than those now ruling will be paid later on 

 in the season. Market closing firm, with Upriver 5J-, A^^d., Islands 5J. 



