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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1902 



Hamburg. 



To THE Editor of The India Rubber VVorli) : The 

 month began with a tendency toward firmer prices in crude 

 rubber, which has become more pronounced as the month has 

 advanced. With the end of the summer vacations, new life 

 has been imparted to business in general, and the quantities of 

 rubber that have been taken out of the market indicates that 

 the rubber industry is again active. The very satisfactory re- 

 sults of the last Antwerp sales tended to strengthen the Ham- 

 burg market for Congo sorts. As for Para rubber, fine old 

 hard cure has been in brisk demand, and 6.85 marks readily 

 paid ; the closing prices were even higher, sales being made at 

 6.90 marks. The demand for new arrivals was less important, 

 with sales at 6.70 @ 6.75. Fine Mollendo forward sold at 6.50 

 @ 655. There were few offers for Bolivian and owners have 

 not pressed to sell. Very large lots of Mozambique, Massai, 

 and Kamerun rubber have been taken out of the market. Sales 

 have been made at the following prices, in marks per kilogram : 

 Mozambique balls, Massai niggers, tine 



finest red 6.55@6.6o red 5 8o@5.85 



Batanga balls 3.8o@3.85 



Adeli balls, red. . . 6.oo@6.io 

 Mangabeira, Santos 



fine 4.6o@4.65 



Mangabeira, Bahia or- 

 dinary 3.30 



Colombian scrap, good 5.oo@5.io 

 Guatemala slab, good. 4.00 



Mozambique balls, 



fine red 6.2i;fr, 6 40 



Mozimbique balls, 



fine 5.8o@5.90 



Mozimbique balls, 



good 5.40@5.5o 



Gambia niggers, fine 



white 4-30@4.35 



Hamburg, August 13, 1902. 



London. 

 Edward Till & Co., under date of August i, report stocks I 



I902. 1901. igoo. 



f Para sorts tons — — — 



I ONDON ■' ^o''''^" '30 142 140 



) Assam and Rangoon 11 63 31 



[Other sorts 398 522 486 



Total. 



Liverpool 



539 



Para 1739 



Other sorts 775 



Total, United Kingdon 3053 



Total, July i . . . 3595 



Total, June 1 3687 



Total, May i 3788 



Total, April I ... 3326 



Total, March i 3078 



Total , February i 2674 



Total, January i 2794 



PRICES PAID DURING lULY. 



727 



932 



1285 



2944 

 3128 

 3502 

 3597 

 3522 

 2989 

 3129 

 2901 



657 



i486 

 1499 



3645 

 3653 

 3624 

 3952 

 3104 

 1917 

 1848 

 1S55 



1902. I9OI. 1900. 



Parafine.hard 2/iil^@2/ii5^ 3/6 ©3/8 i^/^i/n.,. 



Do soft 2/ioX@2/ii^ 3/7 @3/9 f j/ 9>6(ffi4/- 



Negroheads, scrappy 2/3 ©2/314^ 2/6X @2/7}^ 2/10 @2/ioi< 

 Do Islands i/io}^('(i2/i 2/oJi' @2/ lj| 



Bolivian 3/- @^/oU 3/8 ©3/9 4/- 



AuGUST 15. — There has been a much firmer market for a 

 week past. Considerable business has been done at higher 

 prices for nearly all Para sorts, and there are not many sellers 

 unless at a further advance. Sales at auction comprised fine 

 hard at y. i(/. and soft at is. i\d.@,2s. ii^r/. spot and near; 

 Bolivian at y. ^ii.@,y. id. Peruvians in special demand and 

 large sales of ball at 2s. \d. and slab at is. ii^^d.; scrappy in 

 more demand, and sales at 2s. ^d. ; medium grades sell well 

 and the auction to-day went ofif with good competition at 

 much better prices, in many cases ;^(^.@i(/. per pound. Mo- 

 zambique : Of 556 bags 125 sold, good clean stickless sausage 

 2s. 6}{d., fair red ball 2s. 2d@,2s. 2,d., ditto mixed unripe and 

 heated is. <)d., low heated is. 6d., inferior sandy, and heated 

 II >^(/., small loose ball is. 7'Ad.\ Beira ball 2r, ^d.; Lamu ball, 

 fair mixed green 2s. 2%d. 



Anhverp. 



To THE Editor of The India Rubber World : At the in- 

 scription sale on July 31 the following results were realized : 



Exposed. Sold. 



Congo sorts kilos 238,078 229,429 



Other sorts 12,752 6,982 



Total 250,830 236,411 



This result may be considered as satisfactory, the more so 

 as prices show practically no change compared with the values 

 of the preceding sale. The following prices were paid, in 

 francs per kilogram : 



Valuation. 



10 tons Lopori 1 7.15 



18 " Upper Congo, small strips.. 6. 



29 " Equateur 6.75 



27 " Aruwimi 4.90 



22 " Uele 5.75 



20 " Lower Congo thimbles 1.75 



32 " Mongalla strips 6.05 



A small sale by inscription will be held on August 22, when 

 112 tons, chiefly Kassal sorts, will be exposed. The next reg- 

 ular sale will be held in the second half of September, when 

 the quantity offered will be about 500 tons. Actual stocks here 

 amount to about 750 tons. The total sales during July were 

 about 585 tons. C. SCHMId a. CO. 



Antwerp, August 14, 1902. 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



July 25. — By the Philippeville, from the Congo : 



Bunge & Co. (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 251,250 



Do (Societe Anversoise) 62.810 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 10,993 



Do (Societe Isangi) 7,365 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise. .(Societe " La Djuma") 3,000 



Do (Cie. de Lomami) 27,300 



Do .(Beige du Haut Congo) 59.617 



Do (Slid Kamerun) 6,000 



Societe A B I R 62.600 



Comptoir Commercial Congolais 20, 580 



M. S. Cols (Centrale Africaine) 4,200 



Do (Vegetaux Kassai) 12.100 



Do . .(Cie. Anversoise des Plantations du 



Lubefu) 18,000 



M. S. Cols (Societe " L'Ikelemba") 800 



Ch. Dethier (Societe Belgika) 18,000 



Societe Equatoriale Congolaise. (Societe L'Ikelemba) 6,382 



Cie. Commerciale des Colonies 4,000 



Do (Kassaienne) 13,000 



Societe Agricole et Commerciale de I'Alima 5.353 



Societi Coloniale du Baniembe i , 290 



W. Mallinckrodt & Co (Alimalenne) 4,127 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaax.(Cie. de la N'Goko) 1,300 



L & W. Van de Velde..(Comptoirs Congolais Velde) 11,000 



Evrard Havenith (Andrea) 3,500 



Soc. An. pour le Commerce Colonial (Est du Kwango) 6,000 



620,567 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[The Figures Indicate Weights in Pounds.'] 



August I. — By the steamer Dominic, from ManSos and Para ; 



Importers. Fine. 



New York Commercial Co. 1 10,800 

 Boston Rubber Shoe Co.. 1,000 

 United States Rubber Co.. 16,500 



A.T.Morse & Co 11,200 



Reimers & Co 9,300 



William Wright & Co 



G. Amsinck & Co 



Medium. 

 13,900 



1.800 

 3,600 

 2,500 



Coarse. Caucho. 

 49,800 100 = 



20,500 48,000= 



1.200 24,200= 



22,000 = 



26,400 ....= 



5,100 = 



3.400 = 



Total. 



174,600 



69.500 



43.700 



36,800 



38,200 



5,100 



3,600 



Total 148,800 22,000 125,000 57,000= 371,500 



August 12. — By the steamer Hilary, from Manaos and Para : 



A. T. Morse & Co 60,900 16,400 60,400 



United .States Rubber Co.. 91,800 17,000 8,900 



New York Commercial Co. 63.000 15,600 41,200 



Reimers & Co 62,800 4,000 34,400 



William Wright & Co. .. . S,ooo 700 29,700 



Boston Rubber Shoe Co.. 13,900 



6,300= 

 600^ 



4,400= 



137,700 

 124,000 

 120,400 

 101,200 

 38,400 

 18,300 



