December i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



105 



In regard to the financial situation, Albert B. Beers (brokei 

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



" During November there has been no demand for paper by 

 city banks, and out-of-town ones have been but small buyers 

 at 6 per cent, for the best rubber names, and 6}4 @ 7 per cent, 

 for those not so well known." 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes— Domestic 7?i (3 iH 



Do — Foreign 6}| @ 6;s 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 5^4 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires b'^ 



White Trimmed Rubber gf^ @ gj/g 



Heavy Black Rubber 4% 



Air Brake Hose 2^" @ 2j^ 



Fire and Large Hose 2 J-a 



Garden Hose I !< 



Matting i 



Rubber "Receipts at Manaos. 



During October and for the first four months of the crop 

 season, and compared with former years [by courtesy of Messrs. 

 Witt & Co., Manaos] : 



Fkom — 



Rio Funis ions 



Rio Madeira 



Rio Jurua 



Rio Javary — Iquitos 



Rio SjlimOes 



Rio Negro 



October. July -October. 



IQOS. 



43' 

 1 60 



38 

 153 

 282 



4 



1901. 



494 

 470 

 277 

 320 

 247 

 I 



IQOO. 

 442 

 171 



157 



147 



5 



T9O2. 



1 199 



894 

 26q 



308 



445 

 6g 



igor. 



1374 

 1064 



581 



475 

 S04 



17 



1900 



1137 



870 



34b 



193 



252 



6 



Total 1068 



Caucho 62 



1809 io8r 3184 4015 2S04 

 123 32 321 514 324 



Total 1130 1932 1113 3505 4529 3128 



Rubber From BoU'via. 



Exports during January to June, inclusive, w/a San Anto- 

 nio, on the Madeira, being the product of the rivers Beni and 

 Madre de Dios, in Bolivia: 



Cl^s-^es. 1901. ig02. 



Fine /fiYoi 368,763 415.079 



Coarse 49,360 63 . 945 



Caucho 16,618 3619 



Total 434,741 482,643 



E.xports by months during 1902 : 



January S8.37S March 57.598 May 68,165 



February 73.556 April 100,120 June 94,796 



Mollendo Rubber Exports— I90t . 



To United Kingdom (London) pounds 28,734 



Do (Liverpool) 453.533 



" Germany (Hamburg)... 133, 5S6 



" France (Havre) 6.863 



'■ United States (San Francisco) 28,290 



Total 650,976 



'Batata. 



At London rubber auctions on November 14, of 121 bags 

 Slieet offered, 26 sold — Surinam, Pile i and Pile 2 mixed, a 

 rather rough lot, at 2j. i^%d per pound. Block : 83 bags offered 

 and bought in. At last preceding auction (October 31) 18 bales 

 offered and 9 bales Sheet unassorted sold at is. '^d. 



Ha.mburg, No .'ember 11. — The market during the week 

 was quiet. Very small quantities of Block and Leaf were 

 dealt in. The buyers of Block are cautious, calculating that 

 owing to the disturbances in Venezuela, large quantities had 

 been held back, which will be shipped in the near future. 

 Herein they are in error, because in the Venezuelan ports 

 scarcely anything is stored, and prices are apt to advance 

 rather than to recede, the inquiries promising to be very brisk 

 within a few weeks. The average prices paid were 2i. 6d. Of 

 Surinam Leaf small quantities were sold by second hands. 



The market in Leaf is very firm and is. ^yid. per pound have 

 been paid, and materially higher prices may be expected. It is 

 understood that the condition in Holland and English markets 

 has been correspondingly quiet, and insignificant quantities 

 have been traded in. 



Gutta-Percha. 



Weise & Co., of Rotterdam, report the following exports of 

 Gutta-percha from Singapore for the first nine months of three 

 years past : 



1S99. igoo. lyol, igo2. 



Tons 5652 4753 4538 3283 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [November i] : 

 Fine Pard. — With short receipts, and the probability of this state of 

 things continuing for a month or two, the market has been strong snd 

 active, and prices have advanced '2.}^d. per pound. As we anticipated, 

 the Americans have had to come on this market, which has further 

 tended to stiffen prices. Manufacturers must remember that, although 

 prices of Upiivtr have risen to 3^. 4</., they are still lower than they have 

 been since iSg6 ; that the statistical position of Para is exceedingly 

 strong ; and even should there be no falling off in the crop this season, 

 the present rale of demand leaves room for a further improvement in 

 prices. The market closes very firm with no sellers of new Upriver 

 under 3^. 4/. ; old 'is. ^V^d. ; and Islands 3^-. i%d., and very little of- 

 fering. 



London. 



Edward Till& Co., November i, report stocks: 



1902. 1901. 



f Para sorts Ions 



LO.NDON -! ^°"'^° "5 '37 



1 Assam and Rangoon 4 77 



l^Othersorts 319 477 



Total 438 



i Para. 

 I Other 



Liverpool -i ^.tl." 1 ^11"^ 



' Other sorts 662 



6gi 



876 

 1035 



1900, 



2og 



32 



690 



931 



927 

 1 1 82 



Total, United Kingdon 2337 2602 3040 



Total, October 2464 2802 2846 



Total, August I 3053 29^4 3645 



Total, July 1 3595 3128 3653 



PRICES PAID DURING OCTOBER. 



ig02. 1901. 1900. 



Para fine, hard 3/i5i'@3/3j^ 3/4K@3/6K 3/liK@4/2>^ 



Do soft 3/oJ^ @J/I^ i/byi ®^/^U 4/- @4/3 



Negroheads, scrappy / , ,,rt},,/ci/ j @2/8 2/11 ©3/1 



Do Islands f V/ffiZ/S/i^ No sales. 2/3 @2/ i% 



Bolivian 3/3 ©3/4 3/7 @3/8 No sales. 



November 14.— The market for Pard rubber has shown in- 

 creased strength and a further considerable business has been 

 done at again dearer rates, but a quieter tone prevails at the 

 close of the week and the best prices are bearly maintained, 

 closing at y. $d. for fine hard on the spot and 3s. S'A^- 'or de- 

 livery. Sales include 5.?. S'Ad. @ 3^. 6d. for old import and old 

 Bolivian. Fine soft cure sold up to 3^. 3J4V. and since at 3.?. 

 i'/id. Scrappy negroheads dearer, with sales at is. g'Ad. to ar- 

 rive and 2j. lod. spot. Islands sold at is. id. and large sales of 

 Cametas up to is. i%d. Peruvians have been in strong re- 

 quest with a good business iir fire (Jebe) at y. ^}id.\ ball 

 (Caucho) at is. jyid. @ 2.?. id. with forward at is. yVzd. @ is. 

 T)id. ; slab at is. ^d. and scrappy at is. gd. Mediums continue 

 in small supply and not much wanted ; business has been done 

 privately at an advance of about id. for good qualities. At 

 auction to day moderate supplies were offered, mostly of in- 

 diflferent qualities, but a good demand prevailed at full prices. 

 Sales included Mollendo fine at 3^. ijid. ; Manigoba (Ceard), is. 

 i}(d. ; Assam, fine red selected is. 6d., fair clean red old dry 2^. 

 id. ; Nyassa fair clean brown ball is. ^d. ; ordinary red and livery 

 ditto IS. i}id. @ is. Z^d.; Mozambique, fair clean red ball is 



