January 



[903 ] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



141 



" During December there has been very litlie call for paper, 

 on account of the stringent money market and high rates, and 

 what small demand theie has been from out uf l^w n bai k* has 

 ruled at 6 («> 6^ per cent, (or the best rubber paper, and 7 (§7)4 

 for names not so well known." 



New York quotations on December 30 were: 



PARA. AFRICAN. 



Islands, fine, new S8 (g-Sg Tongues 54 @55 



Islands, fine, old qi (*92 Sierra Leone, istqnality7S (1*79 



Upriver, fine, new. . . .90 @gl Benguella 63 @64 



Uprivcr. fine, old 95 @q6 Cameroon bull 57 @5S 



Islands, coarse, new. . .Du @6l Flake and lumps ys ©40 



Islands, coarse, old... @ Accra Ibke 21 @22 



Upriver, coarse, new. .73 (374 Accra b.iUons 50 (^57 



Upriver, coarse, old. . . @ Accia s ups 58 (a 59 



Caucho(Peruvian)5hecl 59 @Go Lopori ball, prime. .. .77 (uijS 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 69 @70 Lopoii strip, do ....73 S74 



CENTRALS. Madagascar, pinky 78 lSl9 



Esmeralda, sausage... 6S (369 Madagascar, black .. .. @ 



Guayaquil, strip bo @6! EAST INDLAN. 



Nicaragua, scrap .. . .68 @6g Assam 65 ©67 



Mangabeira, sheet 49 @50 Borneo 3S ©52 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. Pel Kilo. 



Islands, fine 5$650 Upriver, fine bisco 



Islands, coarse 3$350 Upriver, coarse 5J0C0 



Exchange, li^s'^. 

 Last Manaos advices: 



Upriver, fine 6$175 Upriver, coarse 4$475 



Exchange, J2^J. 



NEW YORK RJBBER PRICES FOR NOVEMBER (NEW RUBBER). 



190?. 1901. 190C, 



U,. river, fine 78}^@82 93 @97 84 ©87 



Upriver, coarse 63 (o'68 68 ©70 bil-^iitb 



Islands, fine. 73 @76 89 @94 76^^80 



Islands, coarse 48 @5I/^ 52 @57 46ji@50 



Cim.I.i. coarse AmQU^'/z 55 @56 48 (351 



Statistics of Para %tbber {Excluding Caucho) . 



NEW YORK. 

 Fine and 



Medium. 

 Stocks, October 31 ...tons 147 

 Arrivals. November ioy6 



Aggregating 1243 



Deliveries, No\ ember 1083 



Stocks, November 30.. 



160 



Coarse. 



23 = 



.•^67 = 



390 

 379 



1 1 



Toial 

 t Qoa . 



170 

 1463 



1633 

 1462 



171 



Total 

 igoi. 



345 

 1405 



1750 

 1215 



535 



Total 

 1900. 



579 

 S74 



1453 

 874 



579 



PARA. 



1902. 1901. 1900. 



Stocks. Oct. 31. . ../i)«j 145 375 415 



Arrivals, November... 2650 2645 2172 



Aggregating J795 3020 2587 



Deliveries, November. 8640 2610 1977 



'Batata. 



At the London auction on December 12. 314 packages were 

 offered and abfut 190 sold. Fair Demerara sheet at 2.J. s*/. ; 

 mixed ditto at 2y. 2<^/. ; thick heart si.ti at is.; reboiled at \s. 

 io</.; low at \s. Venezuelan block at 2s. oyiti : lejections at ts. 

 2d. f" i.t i,d. 



Gutta-Percha. 



VVeise & Co., of Rotterdam, report the (cllowing exports of 

 Gutta percha from Singapore for the first ten months of four 

 years past ; 



Stocks, Nov. 30. . 155 410 



610 



885 



950 



World's supply, Novem.ber 30 /oils 



Parn receipts, July i to November 30 



Para receipts of Caucho. same dares 



Afloat from Para to United States, Nov. 30,. 

 Afloat from Pnra to Europe, November 30 . . 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes — Domestic 7?8 ("") 7 5^ 



Do —Foreign 6>i @ 6^ 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires. . . s^^ 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tiies 6J^ 



White Trimmed Rubber g^ @ 9 Ji 



Heavy Black Rubber 4% 



Air Brake Hose 2^ @ 2j^ 



Fire and Large Hose 2'A 



Garden Hose i}i 



Matting \ 



Tons. . , 



Bordeaux . 



IS99. 

 59S8 



1900. 

 5314 



1901. 

 4S10 



ARRIVALS NO\EMBER I TO DECEMBER I3. 



Soudan sorts '^'/"•f 55-900 



Cassamance 23.600 



Bassam 5. 00° 



RECENT PRICES PER KILOGRAM. 



IQ02. 

 357O 



84,500 



Soudan ; 



Twists, good 7- @7.50 



Twists, ordinary . .6 50(it'6.75 



Niggers, good 7. @7-30 



Niggers, ordinar).6.4C@5.6o 

 Niggers, earthy. . .5 50('i6. 



Bassam lumps 3-9o@4 70 



Bassam cakes 3.90(36.10 



Cassamance AP.A 6.io(3;6.8o 



Ca'isamarce AM.B 4- (35-20 



Madagascar : 



Pii.ky 6.50(26-75 



Niggers 3-5t(S5- 



Tamatane, black. .5.50(35.95 

 Majunga 4.50<3'5-95 



Sierra Leone : 



Niggers, red 7.40(27.80 



Niggers, white. . .7.I5@7.35 



New Caledonia 7-5oC3 7-7S 



Java 6.75(46.75 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During November and for the first five months of the 

 crop season, and compared with former years (by courtesy of 

 Messrs. Witt & Co., Manaos): 



From — 



Rio Puiii. 'ons 



Rio .Madeira 



Rio Juiuj 



kio Javary — Iquitos 



Riu Sjlin.8;s 



Rio Negro 



Total 1092 



Caucho 



Total. 



11S6 2070 1162 4691 6599 4291 



London. 



Edward Till& Co., December 1, report slocks : 



I9C2. IQOI. 1900. 



f Para sorts.. .-. '""-f — — — 



, I Borneo 93 '42 217 



^°^''°'^ i Assam and Rangoon 2 70 31 



(.Other sorts 230 457 78? 



Total 325 



( Para U/S 



Liverpool | q^j^^_. ^^^^^ ^ 



Total, United Kingdon 2083 



Total, November 2337 



Total, October 24^4 



PRICES PAID DURING NOVEMBER, 



66g 



Sgo 

 966 



2525 

 2602 

 2802 



1030 



941 

 1090 



3061 

 3040 

 2846 



1901. 

 3/514' @3/7j^ 

 3/3^ @3/5>^ 

 l/ll (32/1 

 2/8 

 3/6K @3/7k 



1900 



3/ioH'@4/i 

 3/9!^ @3/il 

 2/l|^ 



2/gV^ @2/iol4 



Para fine, hard 3/414 @3/6 



Do soft 3/0U @i/iH 



Negroheads, Islands. 2/i>^ (©2/2 



Do scrappy. 2/8;^ @2/io , ^ , 



Bolivian 3/4^^ @3/6 3/6K@3/7k A/o}i @a/2 



December 12.— The market lor Paia has been very firm 

 during the past month, prices showing at the close an advance 

 of id. over last report, with indications of an upivard tendency. 

 A good business has been done, including fine haid at 3.5. c,d. @ 

 3J. S'A'^- spot, with old import at 3^. 6'^.d. @ 2s 6%d\ January- 

 February delivery y. S)4d. and Maich-April 3^. 6d. Soft cure 

 spot sold at 3.J. 2d. @ 3s. yi- and forward at 3.5. i^d @ 3s i%d. 

 Some very old Bolivian sold at 3^. 7d. and entrefine at 3^, jaT., 



