May I, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER "WORLD 



269 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



THE market for Pard grades has ruled steady, with quo- 

 tations for Fine one point higher than at the beginning 

 of April. The stock of old rubber is gradually being 

 worked ofi at quotations, but manufacturers are not 

 buying beyond current needs. It appears certain that the crop 

 will materially exceed that of any former year. Para receipts 

 to April 22 (including Caucho) amounted to 26,370 tons for the 

 year, and there remained of the year, to June 30, more than 

 two months, with possible arrivals of 2000 or 3000 tons. Last 

 year's total, to June 30, was 26,610 tons, and the year before 

 26.670 tons. 



New York quotations on April 30 were : 



PARA. 



@73 



@75 



@74 



@78 



@47 



@ 



(a 60 



® 

 @49 



@55 



Islands, fine, new 72 



Islands, fine, old 74 



Upriver, fine, new. . . .73 



Upriver, fine, old 77 



Islands, coarse, new.. .46 

 Islands, coarse, old. . . 

 Upriver, coarse, new. .59 

 Upriver, coarse, old. . . 

 Caucho(Peruvian)sheet 48 

 Caucho (Peruvian) ball 54 

 CENTRALS. 



Esmeralda, sausage. . .51 



Guayaquil, strip 47 



Nicaragua, scrap .51 



Mangabeira, sheet. . . .43 

 Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 4$6oo 



Islands, coarse 2$3oo 



Exchange, 12^. 

 Last Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 5I000 Upriver, coarse 3$300 



Exchange, 12 1/161I. 

 NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR MARCH NEW 



@52 

 @48 

 @52 

 @44 



AFRICAN. 



Tongues 44 @45 



Sierra Leone, istqualit>6i ((162 



Benguella 45 ©46 



Cameroon ball 44 ©45 



Flake and lumps 29 ©30 



Accra fljke 17 @l8 



Accra buttons 45 ©46 



Accra s rips 51 ^"52 



Lagos buttons 45 @ 16 



Lagos strips 50 ©51 



Madagascar, pinky.... @ 



Madagascar, black .... @ 

 EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 54 ©55 



Borneo 33 ©42 



Per Kil 



Upriver, fine 5#300 



Upriver, coarse 3$8oo 



1903. igoi. 



Upriver, fine 72 ©76 83 @86 



Upriver, coarse 58 @6i 59 @6o 



Islands, fine .. 70 @73 83 @84 



Islands, coarse 46 ©48 45 @50 



Cameta, coarse 48 @53 53)^@54 



Para 'jabber StaiisUcs {.Excluding Caucho). 



RUBBER.) 



1900. 



99 @i*-5 

 75 @ 80 

 q8 @io4 



59 @ 64 

 62^@ 65 



Stocks, February 28. 

 Arrivals, March 



NEVl^ YORK. 



Fine and Total 



Medium. Coarse. iqo2. 



, . loni 700 4 = 704 

 972 435 = 1407 



Aggregating 1672 



Deliveries, March 1085 



Stocks, March 31 . 



587 



439 = 21 1 1 

 432 = 1517 



7 = 594 



Total 

 1901. 



69S 

 2012 



2707 

 1778 



920 



Total 

 1900. 



654 

 1590 



2244 

 1604 



640 



PARA. 



1902. 1901. 1900, 



Stocks, February 31. . 1030 560 1995 



A'-rivals, March *3ii5 3923 3115 



ENGLAND. 

 1902. 1901. 1900. 

 1610 1025 449 



I190 1278 2156 



Aggregating 4145 



Deliveries, March 3585 



4483 

 3998 



5110 

 4080 



2800 

 975 



2203 



857 



2605 

 1250 



Stocks. March 31. 560 485 1030 



1825 1346 1355 



1902. 1901. 1900. 



World's supply, March 31 5811 5168 4853 



Para receipts, July i to March 31 22,269 20,494 21,880 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 2236 



Afloat from Para to United States, March 31. 1232 1408 429 



Afloat from Para to Europe, March 31 1600 1000 1374 



[* Receipts of Caucho, 540 tons additional.] 



Li-verpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [April i] : " Fine Pard — At 

 the beginning of the month prices firmed up considerably, and 

 the 3(/. drop of last month was recovered ; however, prices 

 have since eased ofT i}id., but the market closes steady, with 

 Upriver and Islands fine spot 3^. i%d. and May 3^. 2d. 

 Holders of spot lots are firm, and should receipts fall in Pard 

 next month, which they are expected to do, prices may go up. 

 A good business has been done during the month, but there is 

 no pressure either to buy or sell at the moment. Africans in 

 good demand during the month, chiefly lump kinds, and a 

 large business his been done at steady prices." 



Less Rubber From Assam. 



In this table, the first column shows the exports of rubber 

 from Assam, for six fiscal years, ending March 31. For the re- 

 maining six years is shown the " outturn " on which the govern- 

 ment exacted fees during each year — practically the same 

 thing : 



Years. Pounds. 



1887-88 700,112 



1888-89 628,208 



1889-90 505,232 



1890-91 468,720 



1891-92 399,056 



1893-94 302.848 



Years. Pounds. 



1895-96 266,112 



1896-97 333>oiO 



1897-98 234,185 



1898-99 296,146 



1899-CO 457.344 



1900-01 295,570 



Rubber Exports from the Acre in i90i. 



Months. Kilograms. Months. 



January 269,112 



February 1,112,247 



March 75>9I3 



April 24,349 



May 125,374 



June 49.383 



July 77,222 



Kilograms. 



August 80,737 



September 58,441 



October 24,091 J^ 



November 59.131 



December 76,422 



Total 2,032, 422j^ 



[Total in pounds, 4,47i.:i74.J 

 The export duty on rubber from the Acre has been fixed at 15 per 

 cent. , a J valorem . 



Lisbon. 



Receipts, January, Febiuary, and March (in tons): 



1900. 1901. 



Benguella niggers 858 512 



Loanda niggers 186 180 



Congo thimbles 65 42 



Other sorts 2^ 19 



Total 1136 



735 



1902, 



301 



141 



15 



19 



476 



United States Crude Rubber Imports. 



[jUI.Y I TO MARCH 3I 

 From — 1899-1900. 



United Kingdom pounds 7,077,804 



Germany 1,426,588 



Other Europe 5.540>439 



Central America 1,056,033 



Mexico 323,856 



West Indies 11,120 " 



Brazil 22,075,064 



Other South America 1.424,161 



East Indies 454,423 



Other countries 56,235 



1900-01. 



5. 341. 123 



1,079,175 



4,944,030 



937,3'3 



201,181 



33.731 



25,487,400 



983.535 



334,638 



31,031 



1901-02. 



4,837,062 



1,350,639 



6,152,336 



861,715 



183,704 



28,392 



22,910,414 



1 ,065 ,024 



440,582 



30,004 



Total India-rubber 39,445.723 39.373. I57 37.859,872 



Guttapercha 281,546 207,602 316,882 



Total 



39,727,269 39.580,759 38,176,754 



Value of Rubber $25,602,089 119,938,717 $18,684,547 



Average per Pound 64,9 cents. 50,7 cents. 49.3 cents. 



