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THE INDIA RUBL^HR WORLD 



[June i, 1905. 



London, 



Edward Till & Co. [May i] report stocks: 



1905. 1904. 



f Pari sorts tons — — 



I Borneo 12 9 



London ■< Assam and Rangoon 3 5 



I Penang 170 — 



[Other sorts i9« 225 



Total 377 239 



(Para 256 495 



Liverpool ■< Caucho 298 282 



( Other sorts 484 6*8 



Total, United Kingdom 1415 •^■44 



Total. April I 1232 1367 



Total, March i 1264 1136 



192 



209 



1681 

 249 

 400 



2539 

 2525 



1939 



PRICES PAID DURING APRIL. 



1905, 1904. '9°3 



Pari fine, hard 5/7 Oj/ 8 4/ 6iC@4/ Q 3/ QJi@3/ioJ^ 



Do soft 5/ bK@i/ (>ii 4/ 5M'04/ 7)4' 3/1° m/^o^A 



Negroheads, scrappy.. 4/ 2 @4/ 2M' 3/ fiH®^/ Ki 3/ o^Ss/ ^'A 



Do Cameta.3/ 3J^@3/ 354' 2/"0 (ai2/ii>^ 2/ 75^@2/ 9 



Bolivian 5/ 7 @5/ VH */ 7 @4/ 9 ^o sales 



Caucho.ball 3/ 434@3/ (>H 3/ 2|:^@3/ 4 2/io;^@3/ o'/i 



Do slab 3/ I @3/ 2>< 2/ 9>^@2/io 2/ 4 @2/ 6 



Do tails No sales No sales No sales 



THE LATEST AUCTION. 

 Mav 12. — The raarkpt for Para has been firmer, but, with a scarcity 

 of sellers, only a moderate business has been done, including fine hard, 

 spot and near delivery, at is. y}iJ. @ S'- TH<^-- closing buyers at 5J-. 

 7>^i/, and sellers at 5^. 8</. Soft fine on the spot and near sold at 5^. 

 7>i<^- ® S^- 8'/. At auction to-day medium grades were in moderate 

 supply and met a good demand at full prices. Colombian fine clean 

 brown scrap sold at 3^. lo</. ; Madagascar mixed pinky and white sheet 

 at 3.r. 3?^</. ; Borneo fair clean at 2s. S%J. 



PLANTATION RUBBER. 



April 2S Auction. — Straits: 19 packages offered and 17 sold ; fair 

 to good biscuits ts. 3</. @ ts. b%d. ; fine red scrap 4^. 1 id. ; black pressed 

 sheet (Ficus rubber) 4^. t}(d. Ceylon : 7 packages offered and 6 sold; 

 fine pale thin biscuits 6.f. t%d.; thick dark ditto bs. b^-^d. 



May 12 Aiic/ion. — Thirty packages offered and sold. Fine washed 

 Straits, pale clean (crepe or lace rubber) at bs. Sd. @ bs. 8}id.; 

 [=$1.6^1] ditto dark at bs. id., fine biscuits at bs. ^id. @ 6-v. ^d. Fine 

 thin Ceylon biscuits at 6/. bkd., large ditto at 61. Sd., scrap at 4^ 7d. & 

 $s.— Sales of about 100 packages of Assam included fine clean 

 red plantation (Ficus elastica) at 4^. id.; grayish ditto at 41. 6ii/. 



Liverpool. 



Edmund ScHLiiXER & Co. report [April 30]: 

 The figures reveal a continuance of the comparatively small supply of 

 fine Rubber, and a full supply of Caucho, and it may be safe to assume 

 that the former will maintain its value, while the latter, although low in 

 price, may not go dearer till receipts become smaller during the sum- 

 mer. ==^The visible supply of Para grades on April 30 has been : 



1905 1904 lyOj 1902 1901 



Tons 3568 2777 4316 04280 4530 



[rt— Including 315 tons in bankers' hands. J 



Rubber Scrap Prices, 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for carload 



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



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes — Domestic Sj^ @ 6 



Do —Foreign i% @ SVi 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 4% @ 4^ 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 6 



White Trimmed Rubber 8}^® 8^ 



Heavy Black Rubber 4 



Air Brake Hose 2l4 & 2^ 



Fire and Large Hose 2 @ 2)4 



Garden Hose 1%®^% 



Matting % & l 



Canada. 



Imports (in value) of crude India-rubber and Gutta-percha, reclaimed 

 rubber, and substitutes, for the last si.x months of three years : 



I<>o-. 19^3. 1904. 



— Fkom — 



13 



4 



Great Britain % b,ib7 



United States 746,17" 



Other countries 513 



3.399 



108,138 



9'9 



Totals $753,051 



(1,112,456 



I 9.422 



1,379.298 



107 



fl, 388,827 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



( V'Af Fi£urts Indicate Weights in Pitunds.\ 



May 5. — By the steamer llotatio, from Manios and Pari : 



Importbhs. Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho, Total 



Poel & Arnold 60,500 11,200 46,300 12,700= 130,700 



New York Commercial Co. 29,100 5,200 22,100 600= 57,000 



Neale & Co 24,300 3,800 7,600 = 35,700 



A. T. Morse & Co 3,5<JO 300 27,700 300= 31,800 



Edmund Reeks & Co 20,300 6,500 3,600= 30,400 



General Rubber Co 1, 300 700 1,20023,500= 26,700 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 6,800 1,300 2,200 = 10.300 



G. Amsinck ii Co 5,400= 5.400 



Lawrence Johnson c& Co 5,000= 5,000 



Total. 145,800 22,500113,600 



May 15. — By the steamer Cearenst, from Manios 

 New York CommercialCo. 101,200 40,000 68,500 



Poel & Arnold 26,500 6,100 27,200 



A. T. Morse & Co.... .. 16,500 3,100 37,300 



General Rubber Co 500 200 500 



Neale & Co 34. 500 3.700 6,000 



Laurence Johnson & Co. . 1.900 1,900 



Lionel Hagenaers & Co.. 6,600 3,000 



Thomsen & Co 5,000 600 6,400 



H.~.gemeyer iS: Brunn 



Arana, Beigman & Co 



Edmund Reeks & Co 3,700 300 3,000 



G. Amsinck & Co 



Total 196,400 54,000153,800143,500= 552,700 



May 25. — By the steamer Fliimintnse, from Manaosand Para : 



Poel & Arnold 60,600 



A. T. Morse&Co 39,900 



New York Commercial Co. 14,600 



General Rubber Co 



Neale & Co 22,900 



Czarnikow,MacDougalCo. 6,500 

 Hagemeyer & Brunn , — 900 



Lionel Hagenaers & Co.. 4,900 

 G. Amsinck & Co 2,700 



1 1,700 



11,500 



5,800 



4.300 



2,600 



100 



37,200 20,400= 

 40,300 12,300=: 

 16,300 30,300= 



75.100= 



13,600 2,300^ 



400 . . . . = 



4,200 1,400= 



1,400 = 



500 := 



129,900 



101,000 



67,000 



75, ICO 



43, too 

 9,500 

 6,600 

 6,300 

 3,200 



Total 150,000 36,000 113,900141,800= 441,700 



[Note. — The steamer Polycarp.Uoxa Para, is due at New York, June 2, with 130 

 Ions Rubber and 50 tons Caucho. 1 



POSITIONS OPEN. 



.SALESMAN. — Experienced Salesman wanted on Rubber Coated Carriage 

 and I irgan Cloths, for large territory. Address with full particulars, B. T., 

 care of THE India Kuhher World. [785] 



WANTED, — By an old established concern making a varied line of 

 Riililier Goods Foreman or Assistant that can qualify in the Molded and 

 Wrai)ped Goods department ; also one for the Dniijgists' Sundries department. 

 Address M. P. Q., care of The India Ruhiier Wori d. [7^6] 



W.'VN TED — By a large Mechanical factory, men who are now acting as 

 Assistant Foremen in Hose and Bicycle Tire departments. Address T. R. E. , 

 care of The India Rubuer World [7^7] 



W.-\NTED. — Experienced Belt Maker capable as a General Assistant in a 

 factory making a l.irge volume of belting of every description ; al.so experienced 

 and able ma;i having the necessary executive ability to take charge of Calender 

 and Mill Room. Address H, M. F., care of The India Rubuer World. 

 [788] 



WANTED. — \ Calender Man wanted capable ol running all kinds of Tiie 

 stocks and Mechanical goods. Good position for the right man. .State wages 

 ex[iccted. and full details as to experience, ijualification, etc., etc. Also a 

 godd Mill Man wanted. Address C. A. N., care of The India Rubber 

 World. [789] 



