October i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBtsER WORLD 



33 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



THE market has been a changing one all through the 

 month, varying from firmness to dullness under the in- 

 fluence of reports from Pard and Europe, and at the 

 close, prices of Para sorts, particularly, are lower than 

 at the date of our last issue. The Para crop thus far is about 

 the same as last season. During the latter part of September 

 the English market for Paras was quiet, prices showing a de- 

 cline from the quotations at the middle of the month reported 

 on the next page. Doubtless the higher level of prices abroad 

 resulted in part from extensive buying lor American account, 

 and the advance there was reflected on this side of the Atlan- 

 tic. We report this month an unusually large amount of 

 Paras received at New York via Europe. Centrals have been 

 taken well at full figures, and there has been more inquiry for 

 Africans. Manufacturers have been fairly liberal buyers of all 

 sorts, but without any disposition to anticipate their wants. 

 New York quotations on September 29 were : 



PARA. AFRICAN. 



Islands, fine, new 70 @7i Tongues 42 ©43 



Islands, fine, old 72 ©73 Sierra Leone, lstquality64 (<v65 



Upriver, fine, aew....74 ©75 Benguella 48 ©49 



Upriver, fine, old 77 ©78 Cameroon ball 43 ©44 • 



Islands, coarse, new... 45 ©46 Flake and lumps 31 ©32 



Islands, coarse, old... @ Accra flake 17 @i8 



Upriver, coarse, new.. 59 (960 Accra buttons 46 ©47 



U priver, coarse, old. . . @ Accra si rips 49 @5o 



Caucho(Peruvian)sheet5i ©52 Lagos buttons 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 55 ©56 Lagos strips 



CENTRALS. Madagascar, pinky.. . . 



„ Madagascar, black .. .. 



Esmeralda, sausage... 53 @54 EAST INDIAN. 



Guayaquil, strip 49 ©50 



Nicaragua, scrap .. . .52 @53 Assam 53 ©54 



Mangabeira, sheet 43 @44 Borneo 33 @44 



Late Para cables (September 29) quote: 



Per Kilo. Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 4*45° Upriver, fine 5.^200 



Islands, coarse 2$350 Upriver, coarse 3$700 



Exchange, 



y- 



Last Manaos advices ( September 29) : 



Upriver, fine. .. . 4$950 Upriver, coarse 3$250 



Exchange, llyi'i- 

 NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR AUGUST (NEW RUBBER). 

 1902. 



Upriver, fine 7° ©7^ 



Upriver, coarse 56 @6i 



Islands, fine 67 ©73 



Islands, coarse 45 ©48 



Cameta, coarse 4^ ©48J>2 



In regard to the financial situation Albert B. Beers (broker 

 in India-rubber, No. 58 William street. New York) advises us as 

 follows: "During September money rates have advanced so 

 much, running as high as 25 per cent, on call and 6 @ 7 per cent, 

 on time loans with collateral, that there has been very little 

 demand for paper, and entirely from out-of-town banks ; rates 

 being in exceptional cases 5J2 @ 6 per cent., but towards the 

 end of the montq 6^ @ 7 per cent." 

 Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations— prices paid by consumers : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes— Domestic tH @ 7% 



Ditto — Foreign 6?8 © 6,V 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 6 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 7 



White Trimmed Rubber 9J^ @ 9/1 



Heavy Black Rubber 4/i 



Air Brake Hose 2^^ @ 2^^ 



Fire and Large Hose 2'/i 



Garden Hose I'A 



Matting r 



Statistics of Para 'Rubber {Excluding Caucho). 



Stocks, July 31 Ions 



Arrivals, August 



Aggregating . . 

 Deliveries, August. 



Stocks, August 31 214 



523 



566 



parA. 



1901. 1900. 

 Stocks. July 3 1 . . . /<»" 40 215 370 



1902. 



ENGLAND. 



1902. 1901. IQCO. 



1025 930 1500 



Aggregating 1420 



Deliveries August . 



Stocks, Aug. 31 



World's supply. August 31 tons 



Para receipts, July i to August 31 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 



Afloat from Para to United States, Aug. 31.. 

 Afloat from Para to Europe, August 31 



Bordeaux : 



ARRIVALS AUGUST I TO SEPTEMBER 1 5. 



Soudan sorts .\ kilos 84 ,000 



Cassamance 14,100 



Bassam 3,000 



Mayumba 1,200 



Conakry 1,000 



Lahou 2,500 



Madagascar... I.ooo 106,800 



PRICES — RECENT SALES — FRANCS PER KILOGRAM. 



Soudan Twists, good. ..6. 9o@7. 05 Cassamance. A. P 6.7o@6.8o 



Do ordinary... 6.io@6 6o Do A 5.50@5.6o 



Soudan Niggers, good.6.75©6.90 Do A. M . . . .4.30(<(4.6o 



Do ordinary. . .5. 50©6. Grand Bassam, niggers.5.50©5. 75 



Conakry niggers, red. .7. ©7.40 Madagascar, Tamatave. 5. ©5.80 



Antwerp. 



Of chief interest in this market during the month was the 

 inscription sale on the 23d, when 679 tons were offered, this 

 being a record for Antwerp. Of this large quantity, only 15 

 tons were withdrawn, and the sale went off at an average of 6 

 per cent, over the valuations, showing the market to be very 

 strong. Among the principal lots offered were the following, 



with their valuations: 



Valuation. 



54 tons Lopori I francs 7.15 



43 - 



48 



30 



59 

 58 

 23 

 12 

 22 



31 

 10 

 II 

 24 



Lopoii 1 7.25 



Mongalla strips 5.75 



Upper Congo small strips 5.50 



Uele strips 5.50 



Upper Congo balls 6.85 



Lower Congo red thimbles 3. 



Aruwirai 5.10 



Aruwimi 5.75 



Upper Congo small strips 5.50 



Equateur 6.30 



Equateur 7.25 



Mongalla strips 6.10 



Sales during Augtist amounted to 254 tons at firm prices, on 

 the basis of the inscription sale of July 31. The August statis- 

 tical table on the next page does not include in stocks the 337 

 tons received by the steamer AmiersviUe from the Congo early 

 in September. The stocks prior to the last sale were about 

 1 100 tons. 



