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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1905. 



month were large. It was and is expected that the total crop will be as 

 large as its predecessor, but the second half of July showed delay of ar- 

 rivals. Available supplies at the consuming markets show the usual de- 

 crease, and any further delay in the crop movement would not remain 

 without an immediate effect on prices. Any advance would be accentu- 

 ated should America become a buyer in the near future. 



The world's visible supply of Pard grades on July 31 was : 



1905. >9^. 190.1. 1903. 



Tons 2392 1665 2550 3334 



Prices, hard fine 5/oX 4/iiJ* 4/oi^ 2/iiJ^ 



LONDON STOCKS OF AFRIC.-^N RUBBER. JULY 31. 



... 371 1902 516 1899 



,.. 473 1901 728 1S98 



... 371 1900 823 1897 



1905 

 1904 

 1903. 



1901. 



2559 



3/7 



479 

 376 



431 



London. 



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



London 



1905. 



f Para sorts tons — 



I Borneo 38 



{ Assam and Rangoon 21 



I Penang 335 



(^ Other sorts 213 



Total 607 



Liverpool 



Pari 389 



Caucho 218 



Other sorts 514 



Total, United Kingdom 1728 



Total, July i 1750 



Total, June i 1644 



Total, May i 1415 



Total, April 1 1232 



PRICES PAID DURING JULY. 



1904. 



54 

 20 



\ — 



"/SI 



405 



434 

 323 

 602 



1764 

 1920 

 1667 

 1644 

 1367 



23 

 II 



176 



210 



981 

 222 



368 



I781 

 5285 

 2248 

 2539 

 2525 



1905. 1904. 



Pari fine, hard 5/7 @5/ 4>i' 4/ 9^i@4/il?^ 3/" 



Do soft 5/ 5 ^^(as/ 3,34^ 4/ 8 @4/io 3/10 



Negroheads, scrappy. .3/11 ^^@3/ g 3/ 7j^@3/ 9H 3/ i 

 Do Cameti.3/ 2 @3/ I 2/ 7K@2/ 8% 2/ 6 



Bolivian 5/ 7 (315/ ^% A/iiH@A/i^k 4/ ^H for old 



Caucho, ball 3/ s}i@3/ *\i 3/ 3 @3/ 5 3/ @3/ I 



1903 



@4/ 0l4 

 @3/ii 



@3/ I.V 

 @2/ 6-^ 



Do 

 Do 



slab. 

 tails. 



.2/11 @2/ gj^ 



2/10 



No sales 



2/ 5j-2@2/ 6 

 No sales 



No sales 

 AUCTION SALES REPORT. 

 August 18. — The market for Para has ruled firm and there has been 

 rather more activity, a good business having been done at full to dearer 

 prices. Fine hard spot and near, which have been scarce, have been 

 sold at 5.J. b^ii. @ 5J. 70' ; September-October delivery is. s^oa" @ 5.r. 

 6(/; and October-November 5^. 5j^</. At auction to day moderate sup- 

 plies were brought forward which met a good demand, and a good part 

 sold at firm to rather better prices. Colombian good strong brown scrap 

 at 3.;. lo%<i., rather rough and dirty ditto at 3*. yl. Cartagena scrap. 

 rather weak and soft, 3^. ^d. Good Ecuador scrap at 3j. 7^^ a'. Mada- 

 gascar fine clean white ^s. 'id. ; good pinky m-xed white and spongy 

 at y. ^d. @ 3J. 9j4<^. Mi.xed Majunga at is. lod. @ 3^. 3</. Mozam- 

 bique good clean red ball 4/. iXd. Good Lamu ball at 3.1. Tl.£d. 



PLANTATION RUBBER. 

 y«/)' 2/ Attctio):.— Ceylon and Straits Pata rubber : So packages 

 offered and 56 sold ; good to fine Ceylon biscuiis at 6.r. i j<d. (ff ts. 3d. 

 and dirty 4s. @ 4.f. ii%d. Straits: Good sheet, i>s. 



id. @ 5j. 5(/. ; mixed chiefly dark 26 sold ; fine pale sheet at bs. jd. 

 [ — $1 52] ; dark rather immature at ts. @ bs. id.; scrap at 4s qd. @ 

 5.1. ; fine dark cuttings at 5J. 2}^!/. Rambong : Clean dark strips at 4^. 

 id. [Sales of fine hard cure from Para on spot at 5x. 6^d.:=$i.34^.] 



August-ii — No Auction. — Ceylon and Straits in demand at ts. 3</. 

 but nothing ( ffering privately below bs. id. [=$1.56 ] 



August rS .4uetia>i--Fi(iy Ti\ne packages Ceylon and Straits planta- 

 tion sold, fine pale thin biscuits and sheet at 6.v 3d [=$i 52] : inferior 

 biscuits, dull and moldy at 6.1. ; fine pale clean washed " worm " at bs. 

 3d. ; fairly good scrap at 5.f. @ 5^- Sd ; mixed at 4,r. 4a'. ; inferior 

 part badly heated at 3s. @ 3^. 3d. [Sales of fine hard cure rubber from 

 Para at ss. yd. [=$135} ] 



Ceylon Exports CJ^lantation Rubber). 



DETAILS— BY WEEKS. 



POUNDS. 



January I to June 19 .... 45.438 

 Week ending June 26. .. . 3,178 



Week ending July 3 i.i^7 



Week ending July 10 '.747 



Week ending July 17. ... 2,737 



Week ending July 24. 



POUNDS. 



1,638 



Total to July 24 55,895 



Same period. 1904 40,233 



Same period, 1903 25,344 



DESTINAT 



Great Britain 40,573 



Germany ... 11,139 



Bordeaux. 



IMPORTATION 



Months. 1903. 



January iilos 66,864 



February 95,007 



March 119,582 



April 97,641 



May 104,098 



June 63,473 



United States 3,036 



Australia 1,I47 



OF CAOUTCHOUC. 



1904. 



54,550 



169,025 



94.615 



1 2 r , 5 60 



9', 125 



65,060 



•905. 

 130,255 

 126,540 



173.355 



152,650 



74,700 



77,100 



734,600 



Total yf-j/oj 546,665 595.935 



Para. 



Kanthack & Co. report [.August 1] : 



Rubber. — The feeling of weakness, reflected by inactivity and lower 

 values, seems to have spent itself, as lately the market has been charac- 

 terized, by a somewhat firmer tone, ascribed to encouraging develop- 

 ment in the consuming; centei s as well as to scarcity of supplies. It is 

 worth mentioning that q rite a number of small steamboats with a con- 

 siderable quantity of last crop's rubber on board are still detained in the 

 upper reaches of some rivers where they must remain a few months 

 longer until the water rises sufficiently to permit navigation. 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During July— the lirst month of the crop year [courtesy of 

 Messrs. Scholz & Co.] : 



Rio Puriis — Acre tons 



Rio Madeira 



Rio Jurua 



Rio Javary — Iquitos 



Rio S^limOes 



Rio Negro 



Total 586 



Caucho 



674 



2}id.\ good biscuits, bs. I'/id. @ bs il-^d. ; good scrap, 

 5j. 3d. ; mixed part white and sof.ish, 4^. @ ^s. yd. Ram- 

 bong (Ficus elastica rubber): Piessed clean black slab at 

 4t o\id. ; ditto heated at 3.V. 6J-41/. [Sales of fine hard 

 cure rubber from Para on spot at 5.f. 5"^. = $1.3 1^4 •] 



July 2S — No Auction. — Small sales plantation grown 

 Pari at 6.r. id. @ bs. 3d. and " crepe " at bs. 3\^d., closing 

 6.;. 4r/ [=$1.54] value. 



August 4 Auction. — Ceylon and Straits Pari : 102 

 packages offered, (=$1.52]; good to fine pale scrap, 5.?. 



Total 



Iquitos Rubber Exports — 1904. 



[fi;oM a BRITISH CONSULAR RF.PORT ] 



447 



614 



