June i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



305 



THE BELGIAN CIE. DU LOMAMI. 



ABOUT 1200 miles up the Congo river the Lomami, one of 

 its largest tributaries, enters from the south. The popu- 

 lation along the Lomami is very dense, but the stream is so far 

 inland — almost in the heart of the continent — that until recently 

 no attempts were made to establish trade relations with the 

 natives. July 5, 189S, the Compagnie du Lomami, with 3,000,- 

 000 francs capital, was formed in Brussels, with the aid of a 

 prominent financial group, to establish trading stations, and 

 exchange European goods for rubber and ivory. Six such 

 stations have been built : (i) At Ilambi, the company's chief 

 post, where a dock has been built, and steamers can be re- 



paired : (2) Yankwamu ; (3) Yahisuli ; (4) Yanga ; (5) on the 

 Lombo, a tributary of the Lomami — to which point steamers 

 can ascend from the Congo; and (6) Bena-Kamba. Through- 

 out this region rubber vines abound, but before the advent 

 of the Europeans the natives had never gathered any rubber. 

 The natives were at first hostile, and the population of some 

 villages fled at the approach of the whites, but they have begun 

 already to gather rubber in good quantities and are anxious to 

 obtain European wares. The profits of the Cie. du Lomami for 

 the first year amounted to 130,605.88 francs and for the second 

 year— up to June 30, 1900— to 152,558.14 francs. The Indi.\ 

 Rubber World reported last year the arrival at Antwerp of 

 92 tons of rubber consigned by this company. 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



THE market has been without special feature during the 

 month, manufacturers continuing cautious buyers, but 

 the tone is steady and importers are not disposed to 

 grant concessions. Para grades, both old and new, 

 have sold in moderate lots at steady figures, and cable news 

 from Para indicates a firm market. Central American grades 

 continue to be taken up as fast as they come in, at full prices, 

 but Africans are dull. The rubber factories generally have been 

 active. Receipts at Pard for the crop year have exceeded last 

 year's figures to date by 2000 tons or more. 

 New York quotations on May 29 were : 



Islands, fine, new 70 



Islands, fine, old 72 



Upriver, fine, new. . . .71 



Upriver, fine, old 73 



Islands, coarse, new. ..45 



Islands, coarse, old 



Upriver, coarse, new. .56 

 Upriver, coarse, old. . . 

 Caucho(Peruvian)sheet 47 

 Caucho (Peruvian) ball 53 

 CENTRALS. 



AFRICAN. 



@7I Tongues 43 ©44 



@73 Sierra Leone, 1st quality6o (a.61 



@72 Benguella 42 ©43 



@74 Cameroon ball 43 @44 



@46 Flake and lumps 29 @30 



@ Accra flake 17 @i8 



@57 Accra buttons 43 ©44 



@ Accra strips 47 ©48 



@48 Lagos buttons 43 @4l 



@54 Lagos strips 47 ©48 



Madagascar, pinky.. . . @ 



Madagascar, black .... @ 

 EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 52 



Borneo 30 



@52 

 @48 

 @52 

 @4i 



©53 



Per Kilo. 



Upriver, fine 5^050 



Upriver, coarse 3$550 



Esmeralda, sausage. . .51 



Guayaquil, strip 47 



Nicaragua, scrap .51 



Mangabeira, sheet. . . .40 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 4$3oo 



Islands, coarse 2$200 



Exchange, 12^31/. 



Last Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 4$75o Upriver, coarse 3$050 



Exchange, 12 7/i6(/. 



NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR APRIL (NEW RUBBER.) 

 1902. 



Upriver, fine 73 ©74^2 



Upriver, coarse 59 @6o 



Islands, fine 71 @73 



Islands, coarse 47 @49 



Caraeta, coarse 53 @53}^ 



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

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



" There has been but little change in the situation during 

 May from that prevailing in April, the demand for paper having 

 been mostly from out-of-town banks, with rates ruling firm at 

 51.3 to 6 per cent, for the better class of paper, that not so well 

 known being largely neglected. At the end of the month rates 

 are easing, and a better demand exists. 



Para T^abber Statistics {Excluding Caucho), 



NEW YORK. 

 Fine and Toial 



Medium. Coarse. 1902. 



Stocks, March 31 tons *498 7 = *505 



Arrivals, April mo 373 = 1483 



Aggregating 1608 380 = 1988 



Deliveries, April 1132 364 = 1496 



Stocks, April 30 476 16 = 492 



1902. 

 Stocks, March 31. . . . 560 

 ATivals, April 2655 



Aggregating 3215 



Deliveries, April 975 



Stocks. April 30. . 2240 



994 



850 



170 



790 



170 1425 1870 



1902. 1901. 



World's supply, April 30 4,196 3.885 



Para receipts, July i to April 30 23,599 21,746 i 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 2,736 1,604 ' 



Afloat from Para to United States, April 30. 674 861 



Afloat from Para to Europe, April 30 620 435 



[ * Corrected ligures.l 



Batata Exports Through Ciudad Bolivar, t90f. 



ExiORTERS. Kilos. 



Blohm & Co 315,776 



Dalton & Co 220,458 



Pietrantoni Bros 164,896 



Pietrantoni & Co 125,584 



Sprick, Luis & Co 118,024 



M. Palazzi 82,084 



Wenzel & Co 79,487 



J.Herbert 10,054 



Monies & Monch 9,828 



H. Hahn 5,331 Total 1. 143.023 



E.\ports, 1900 1,218,767 kilos. Value, 4,881,983 bolivars. 



Exports, 1901 1,143,023 kilos. Value, 4,205,961 bolivars. 



[One Bolivar equals 19.3 cents gold.] 



E.KiORTs through Ciudad Bolivar, by steamer Bolivar, March II : 



Dalton & Co., for Southampton A'ilos 29,125 



Pietrantoni Bros., for Hamburg " 9,695 



Blohm & Co., for Havre '' 12,617 



Pietratoni & Co. , for Hamburg " 1,546 



Sprick. Luis & Co. , for Hamburg " 4.435 



Wenzel & Co. , for Hamburg " 6,248 



Palazzi Bros. , for Hamburg " 1,306 64,972 



London imports of Balata, weekending May i : 1050 bales. 

 " " May 8 : 657 packages. 



Exporters. 



B. Tomasi 



A. Mattei 



J, Acquatella 



J. Frustuck 



J. D. Figarella. . . 

 Guillermo Montes. 

 D. Ma Batistini. .. 

 A. Batistini 



4.392 



23,450 



333 

 549 



Kilos. 



3,033 



2,780 



1,820 



1.338 



1,000 



962 



600 



468 



