September i, 1905.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



425 



parA. 



1905. 1904. 1903. 



Stocks. Junr 30 ... /<7«/ l6o 175 115 



Arrivals, July 1420 lOio 1050 



Aggregating i 580 1185 1165 



Deliveries, July 1340 870 1030 



Stocks, July 31.. . 240 315 135 



ENGLAND. 

 1905. 1904. 1903. 



485 585 1320 



580 595 330 



1065 

 675 



1 180 



745 



390 435 



1650 

 675 



975 



World's visible s pply, Jtily3i Ions 



Para receipts, J ci ly i to J uly 3 1 



Para receipts of (^aucho, same dates 



Afloat from Pari to United States, July 31.. .. 

 Afloat f[Oni Pari to Europe, July 31 



"90s. 



1741 



1420 



170 



94 

 600 



1904. 



1281 



loio 



230 



166 



241 



1903. 

 2088 

 1050 

 230 

 394 

 360 



Nicaragua. 



ExPDRis of tubber from Bluefields for three years — values 

 in gold. [Froin 7^if /4w^r«Va«, ol Bluetields, July 27, 1905. 1 



ilrARTKKS Endini;— Valuc. 



September 30, I902 $25,666 74 



December 31, 1902 3479080 



Marcii 31, 1903 50.038.90 



June 30, 1903 47,033-05 1157,52949 



September 30, 1903 $31,913.28 



December 31, 1903 44,469.70 



March 31, 1904 61,694 40 



June 30. 1904 63.5S4.40 $201,661.78 



September 30, igoj $38,407.94 



December 31, 1904 65.527.07 



March 31, 1905 102,27789 



June 30. 1905 74.39638 $280,609.28 



United States Crude Fubber Imports, 



OFFICI.AL STATEMENT— BY FISCAL YEARS. 



From — 1902-03. 



United Kingdom. ...pouniis 9,714,597 



Germany.... 2,916,814 



Other Europe 8,078,629 



Central America 1.083,351 



Mexico 251,776 



West Indies and Bei.uuda. . . . 15.609 



Brazil 31,119,486 



Other South America 1,363,832 



East Indies 454.594 



Other Countries 11,883 



Total t-oumjs 55,010,571 



Value !i!30,436,7ro 



Average per pound 55.3 cents. 



2,911,538 



1903-04. 

 7,711,910 

 2,458,568 



II. 2< 6,264 



1,264,210 



366,104 



17,910 



33,109,112 



1,794,492 



1,084,689 



2,292 



59.015.551 

 §40,444.250 



68.5 cents. 

 3.942,002 



1904-05. 



10,024.654 



3.714.597 



10,831,234 



1.430.255 



352 690 



4.328 



36.593.555 



2,1:7.093 



2.112,872 



52.978 



67 234,256 



$49,878,366 



74.2 cents. 



3.262.884 



.>uuii,ii 52,099,033 55,073.549 63,971.362 



Exports of rubber. 

 Net Imports 



cAnt'werp. 



The montbly inscription sale, on August 23, was unusually 

 large, about 780 tons being exposed, and the greater part find- 

 ing buyers, at prices higher on the average than the brokers' 

 estimations. The more important lots, with the estimations 

 (in francs per kilogram) were : 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for carload 



lots, in cents per pound — show a general increase over last 

 month's figures, as follows : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes — Domestic 6|^@7 



Do — Foreign 6 @ t'/^ 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 5 @ 5^^ 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 6J^ @ 6-J^ 



White Trimmed Rubber. SVl @ 8?^ 



Heavy Black Rubber 4^ @ 45^ 



Air Brake Hose 3 @ 3% 



Fire and Large Hose 2^ @ 2|^ 



Garden Hose i%@2 



Matting M^ ® ' 



I'lslimatioo. 



41 tons Upper Congo balls jXincs 11.25 



46 " Uel6 strips 9.75 



48 " Kasai Loanda Sankuru 890 



26 " Kasai Loanda Sankuiu 875 



55 " .\ruwimi pieces 8.70 



87 " Aruwimi pieces 8.50 



25 " Congo Djuma 7. 15 



23 '' Maringa( Upper Congo) very sticky 6.25 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR JUNE. 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR JUI.V. 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



August 9. — By the AnvenviUe, from the Congo : 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) ii/cys. 127,000 



Do (Chemins de fer Grand Lacs) 12,000 



Do .(Societe " La Kotto ") 3,300 



Do (Sultanats du Haul Ubangi) 26, coo 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 14,000 



Society Coloniale Anversoise. (Beige du Haul Congo) 8.400 



Do (Slid Kamerun) 5,300 



Do 1,300 



L & W. Van de Velde. ... (Cie. du Kasai) 40,000 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux.. (Societe "N'Goko" 



Sangha) 1,800 



M S. Cols (Alima) 3,700 



Edmund Van Steensel . (Cie. Bruxelloise du Haut 



Congo) 500 



Societe Generale de Commerce (Alimaienne) T.200 



Cie Commerciale des Colonies 4,500 



Societe Equatoriale Congolaise.. .(Societe I'lkelemba) 1,800 



250,800 



Li'berpool. 



William Wricht cS: C(j. report [August il: 



/■>«/■ Para — During the greater part of the month the demand was 

 dull, and prices reacted i%J per pound. Within the last week a better 

 trade demand has been e.xperienced and prices have recovered i,/. , the 

 market closing firm at the advance. In the present statistical position 

 any demand from the trade is bound to stiffen prices, and we anticipate 

 next month a further rise, but a good deal depends on the action of 

 American manufacturers. 



Edmund Schlijter & Co. report [July 31] : 



The tendency of the moment is in favor of increased value and an ad- 

 vance would be in keeping with the rise that has for a number of years 

 past invariably taken place during the summer. The crop movement 

 during this season began early, and receipts during the first half of the 



