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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i, 1902. 



Kalian Official Statistics. 



INDIA-RI HHER AND GUTTA PERCHA. 



1900, 



Imports pounds 1,504,360 



Exports 110,660 



1901, 

 1,402,500 

 212,520 



1,189,1)80 



United States. Total. 



1,411,200 12,423,000 



254,6665 

 411,466! 

 4,352.533i 

 162,800 



7.755>S665 

 9,998,2661 



274,533s 

 494,400 

 3,327,600 



13.684,1334 

 16,178.133^ 

 I4,I02,666| 



6,437.733! 



16,533,9665 

 11,458,6661 

 10,887,0661 



905,200 



1,442.533.1 

 4.837,200 



Net Imports 1.393. 700 



Imports for 1901 : From Great Britain, 914,100 pounds; France, 

 137,940; IJermany, 113,300; Central and South America, 42,020; 

 other countries, 195,140; total. 1,402,500. 



Exports from Singapore. 



GUTTA-PERCHA. 

 Vears. Great Britain. Other Europe. 



igoi .pounds 7,981,200 3,030,800 



1900 io.572,933j 2,856,533^ 



1899 I0,I49,866| 5,586,800 



1898 6,68o,666f 3,069,466! 



1897 3,967,8661 2,307,066-1 



GUTTA-JELUTONG (PONTIANAK.) 



1901 pounds S52.5334 1,715,600 13,985.7333 



1900 2,924. 666f 778,1333- 



1899 336.9335 55i,866§ 



KORNEO RUBBER. 



1901 .pounds 361,333^ 269, 333^^ 



1900 480,9331 467,200 



1899 576,800 740.533I 



[No I E.— The exports of Gutta-percba to the United States reported for 1898 are 

 clearly wrong— probably by 4,000,000 pounds — due most likely to the inclusion of 

 Pontianck, the statistics for which were not kept carefully before 1899.] 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [March 1] in regard to Paid 

 rubber : " Prices have been gradually declining all month, owing 

 chiefly, we think, to some doubt as to what the bankers at New 

 York were going to do with the stock they hold. It is now re- 

 ported they intend holding, so that prices may be near the 

 bottom, and it might be to manufacturers' advantage to start 

 buying a little. Prices have declined 2)^. per pound, and 3^. 

 has been accepted for Upriver fine spot ; only a small business 

 done during the month, closing price -^s. both Islands and Up- 

 river. There has been a good business done for forward de- 

 livery ; closing prices y. March-April; y. o'/id. April-May; 

 and 3^. \(i. May-June." 



London. 



Edward Till & Co., under date of March i, report stocks : 



f Para sorts tons 



London \ ^°"'^°- , „ 



j Assam and Rangoon. 



134 



38 



(^ Other sorts 423 



Total 595 



Liverpool 



Para 



Other sorts. 



. 1602 



. 881 



Total, United Kingdom 3078 



Total, February I 2674 



Total, January i 2794 



Total, December i 2525 



[* Corrected.] 



PRICES PAID DURING FEBRUARY. 



1901. 



179 



20 



646 



•845 



1036 



1 108 



29S9 

 3129 

 2901 

 3061 



1900. 



166 

 *22 

 337 



525 



448 

 944 



1917 



1848 

 1855 

 1789 



igo2. 



|-3/2i@3/4 I 



1901. 

 3/6f @3/ 8i I 



2/7 @2/ 9 



2/- @2/ O^ 



3/8i 



4/5 @4/6^ 



3/5j@3/5f 

 2/7 @2/7i 

 No sales. 



Para fine, hard 



Do soft ) 



Negroheads, Islands 2/6J^@2/7J 



Do scrappy i/li 



Bolivian 3/1 ©3/2 



Ant<werp. 



To THE Editor ok The India Rubber World: During 

 March two sales by inscription have been held at Antwerp. 

 The first, of only 34 tons, mostly Kassals, on the 6th instant, 

 was quiet, at nearly unchanged prices. On the i8th instant the 

 more important sale took place. Out of 245 tons, 232 tons 



675 



(all Congo sorts) were sold at prices showing an advance of 

 ID @ 15 centimes, or about 2 per cent, on valuations. Buying 

 was general and competition brisk. The principal lots fetched 

 the following prices : 



Valuation. Sold. 



10 tons Lopori I . ./ 7.20 / 



36 " Upper Congo ball 6.75 



43 " Uelle strips 570 



2Q " Upper Congo small strips .' 6.35 



4£ " Aruwimi 5.85 



10 " Equateur 7.10 



11 " Lac Leopold II 4 60 



Arrivals here to the end of February show an increase since 



January 1 of 240 tons, compared with the same period in 1901, 

 and a decrease of 163 in the quantity sold. Stocks on this dale 

 amount 10984 tons. C. schmid & CO. 



Antwerp, March 18, 1902. 



ANTWERP rubber STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY. 

 ("By courtesy of Emil Gris.vk ] 



7 50 

 @6.77>^ 

 6. 



6.27>^ @ 6.50 

 6.05 

 7.25 

 4.87^ 



Dbtails. 



Stocks. Jan ■ii. Kilos 

 Arrivals February... 



Congo sorts 



Other sorts 



Aggregating... 

 Sales, February. . . . 



Stocks, Feb. 28 



Arrivals since Jan. i 

 Congo sorts . . 

 Other sorts 



Sales since Jan. i . . 



1902. 



643.699 

 607,115 



387.293 



r9S22 



1,250,814 

 265,991 



984,820 



[.243.3?8 



1,201.169 



42,189 



673.247 



Igoo. 



648.631 542.098 



459.632 884,156 

 712.413 

 171.743 



431 425 

 28,207 



1. 108.263 

 327,163 



781,100 



1,426,254 

 807,454 



618,800 



1,003,258 1,360.036 



874 498I 1.143,409 

 128,760: 216,62? 



836,197 1,033,227 



1899. 



298.511 

 226,031 



202,640 

 --3 385 



524.542 

 274.231 



250,311 



511,864 



458,058 

 53.806 



524.893 



1898. 



9'. 7^4 

 233.597 



207.612 

 25.985 



325,301 

 94.549 



230.752 



320.934 



287.958 



184,645 



Hamburg. 



To THE Editor of The India Rubber World: Although 

 large speculative purchases were made of Para and middle sorts 

 during the past week, the condition of the market throughout 

 remains quiet. Sales have been made at the following prices 

 in marks per kilogram : 



Massai niggers, mixed. 5. 40(015 50 



Bissao ball, fine 4.67(0)4.75 



Bissao ball, good 3.40@3.50 



Batanga ball, genuine. .4.1 o(H'4 15 



Ecuador scrap, fine 5.25(0)5 35 



Bolivian, fine 7.10(^7.15 



Bolivian negroheads. . .5.70(^5 75 

 Para fine, hard cure. . .7. ©7.05 



Mozambique ball : 



Finest red 7.70(5)7.75 



Fine red 6.50 



Good 6,i5((f6.20 



Black and reddish. . .5.50(^5.60 



Mixed 5.20(015.25 



Good white 4.80(8)4.85 



Massai niggers, fine red. 5. 70(85. 75 



Hamburg, March 11, 1902. 



The Accra Rubber Output. 



The exports of India-rubber from the Gold Coast colony, 

 West Africa, according to the customs returns at Accra, for 

 the five years ending December 31, 1901, were as follows : 



1S97. 189S. 1899. 1900. 1901. 



Pounds... 4. 957, 016 5,984,984 5.572,554 3.452,440 1.520,012 

 Value £A^9,<i^'i ;^55i.667 2'555.73i ^'328, 156 ^104,030 



A report to The India Rubber World from Accra, dated 

 February 17, states : " The great decrease shown in the quan- 

 tity of rubber exported during 1901 is in some measure attrib- 



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