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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July i, 1905. 



AUCTION SALES REPORT. 



Junk 9 — The market for Para has been very quiet, and scarcely any 

 business has been done, but prices ave without quotable change. Fine 

 hard on the spot sold at 5^. SJ^i/. and buyers, and entrefine at ^s. 7./. ; 

 July-August delivery hard sold at 5^. Ss^j/. @ 5^. 9^/. Soft fine near de- 

 livery sold at S'- 8/^'^-. and entrefine at 5/. 6J^</. At auction to-day 

 the small supplies met a slow market, but prices were steady for fair to 

 good qualities. Central American : Softish scrap sold at 3^. 3'/2<i. @ 

 2s. iHJ., fair black slab, 7j. io\il. Colombian virgin scrap and slab. 

 3i. 81/. @ 3J. ^%'l' Mozambique : I.amu ball part slightly heattd. 31. 

 ^d. (S 3.r. 8</. , red and white ball 3^. io</. Madagascar good mottled 

 mixed pinky 3/. 21/. Henguela niggers 3s. }{d. 

 PLANTAIION RUBBER. 



;Uiy 3S .^ut:tiall.— Ceylon and Straits: S3 packages ofTered and 78 

 sold ; fine washed pale Straits (lace or crepe rubber) at bs. ()}{(i. 

 ( =$1.65 J.^] ; line thin pale and dark biscuits, 6s. gi/. @ 6s. tjliii. ; ditto 

 rather dark, 6s. yJ. @ 6s. Sii. ; good to line clean scrap, 4/, 61/. @ ss. 

 5,/. ^=^ Assam : Fine red plantation (Ficus elaslica), at 4^. iij^i/i 

 [ — $1.20^ ; grayish ditto 4J. 7.A 



June g Auction. — Ceylon : Of 67 packages offered. 20 sold ; line bis- 

 cuits at 6/. id. Qi; bs. Si/. ; scrap, good to fine dry at 5^. 41/. @ 5x. T%d.; 

 clean dark pressed sheet at 5j. 4./. 



Venezuela. 



Balata. — O. Engelhardt of Ciudad Bolivar reports in Der 

 Tropenpflanzir (Berlin) a small crop for 1904. owing to low 

 prices, many gatherers having quit the field. Up to June 30 of 

 that year only about 100.000 kilograms exported, of which 40,- 

 000 were lost by the foundering of the steamer Whitney on the 



Orinoco. ^Former exports of Balata were as follows : 



In l8g6 kilos 75,000 In iqoo kilos 1,216,26s 



In 1897 295,733 Tn iQoi 1,196,414 



In 1898 494, 168 In 1902 816,752 



In 1899 749iS72 In 1903 1,094.578 



Rubber. — Total exports for 1903 are stated at 93.000 kilo- 

 grams, the greater part of which was shipped by Mandos on 

 the rio Negro. Disturbed political conditions are mentioned 

 as having interfered with the securing of later official statis- 

 tics. 



Manaos Rubber Receipts. 



DuRiNO April and ten months of the crop season for three 

 years [courtesy of Messrs. Witt iS: Co.] : 



'■"«°"- 1905. 



Rio Funis — Acre tons 308 



Rio Madeira 85 



Rio Jurua 567 



Rio Javary — Iquitos. . .. 131 



Rio SolimOes 58 



Rio Negro 133 



Total... 

 Caucho. 



540 



Total 1822 1334 



During May and eleven months 



three years [courtesy of Messrs. Witt & Co.] 



From— 



Rio Parus — Acre tons 



Rio Madeira 



Rio Jurua 



Rio Javary — Iquitos 



Rio SolimOes 



Rio Negro 



15S6 20,106 18,116 17,216 

 of the crop season for 



Total 829 



Caucho 484 



735 

 632 



780 17,13315,68315.233 

 596 4286 3S00 3354 



Total 1313 1367 1376 21,41919.48318.592 



Para. 



Kanthack & Co. report [June 10] ; 



Ruiber. — No new feature has altered the attitude of the market, and 

 with the continuance of steady buying and light receipts, considerable 



firmness has been in evidence. Prices, however, seem to have reached 

 their extreme point, and have remained almost stationary. Receipts so 

 far this crop [since July 1, 1904] are about 32,110 tons, against 29.620 

 tons same time last year, thus showing an increase of about 8Jj per 

 cent. 



EMBARGO ON RUBBER FROM THE ACRE. 



Mr. Felippe Moreno Maneschy. the pilot of the steamer Iractina, 

 which arrived yesterday at the " Arinos " from Acre, informed a repre- 

 sentative of this paper that the tax collector of the state of Amazonas 

 will lay ai embirgo on the vessel, to prevent its sailing to Helcm ( Para], 

 its port of destination. The motive for the action of the tax department 

 is to be found in the fact that the haccma carries various lots of rubber 

 embarked in the Federal territory of Acre, the tax on which the col- 

 lector intends to collect. — A Provincia do Para, Jime 4, 



The Congo l^ubber McvemenL 



Exports cf rubber from the Congo Free State during 1904 

 are officially stated as follows : 



Kilos. Value. 



Total rubber exports 5,764.644 51.881,796 francs 



Product of the State 4.830,939 43,478,451 " 



French Indo-China. 



Rubber F^xports for 1904: 



From Tonkin tilos 164, 160 



From Saigon 12,918 



From Cambodge 99 177,177 



Total, 1903 78,675 



— Bulletin Economique, March, 1905. 



Philippine Islands. 



The bureau of forestry reports the collection of 'he follow- 

 ing, from public lands, during the year ended June 30, 1904 : 



Gutta percha pounds 50,856 



India-rubber 8,593 



Ceylon Exports (.'Plantation Rubber). 



DESTINATION. 



Great Britain 25,544 United States 2,872 



Germany.... 10,207 Australia i,i47 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[The Figures Indicate Weights in Pounds.\ 



By the steamer Polysaip from Manaos and Para : 

 Medium. Coarse. Caucho. 

 15,100 106 800 64,600 = 



June 2 



Importers. Fine. 



A. T. Morse & Co 30,100 



Poel & Arnold g 100 



New York Commercial Co. 3.400 



Hagemeyer & Brunn S, 100 



Neale & Co 8,500 



General Rubber Co 300 



Edmund Reeks & Co 



G. Amsinck & Co 



Lionel Ilagenaeis & Co.. goo 



300 

 1,300 

 2,300 



4,000 



25,600 20,900= 

 15,400 20.600= 

 600= 



4,Soo 

 1,500 

 8,400 



700 



1,400= 

 3,000= 

 5.100= 



Total 60,400 23,000 163,200116,200 



June 15. — By the steamer Maranhense, from 

 131,500 37,400 53 



New York CommercialCo 



A. T. Morse & Co 21.300 



Poel & Arnold 2,100 



Lawrence Johnson & Co. .... 



General Rubber Co 3.000 



Lionel llagenaers & Co. . 18,700 



Thomsen & Co 13,300 



Edmund Reeks & Co. . . . 3,000 



G. Amsinck & Co i,200 



H.-igemeyer & Brunn 



Neale & Co 2.400 



Herbst Biothers 1,100 



9,800 

 700 



1,600 



300 



Manaos and 

 ,coo 7,600= 

 500 47,900= 

 ,700 65,300= 

 600 21,900= 

 ,000 8,8co= 



,Soo = 



,300 = 



400 14,600=^ 

 300 10,300= 

 . . . 6,000= 



900 = 



900 = 



Total. 

 216,600 

 55,600 

 39,700 

 14.800 

 1 3 , 700 



: 11,700 



= 5,100 



: 4,000 



1 ,600 



- 362,800 



Para; 



= 2^9,500 



= 109,500 



: 120,800 



: 27,500 



: 44,000 



: 21,500 



: 17,600 



18,000 



14,400 



6,000 



3,600 



2,000 



Total 197,600 50,000184,400182,400= 614,400 



