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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[JaKuary I, 1903. 



fine Mollendo 31. ■^d., and Maltogrosso fair virgin sheet at 3^. 

 Negroheads a^e dearer, with sales of scrappy at 2s. g^d. and 

 Islands and Cametas at 2s. zd. Peruvians continue scarce, fine 

 selling at 3^. i)id.; ball (Gaucho) at 2s. gd. @. 2s. ()%d. and slab 

 (Caucho) at 2s. 3'/id. @ 2s. 4>2i/. At auction today medium 

 grades were in good request and sold with competition at 

 higher rates. Colombian good brown and white scrap at 2s. 8d.; 

 fair Ecuador scrap and roll at 2s. 6yid.; Mozambique fair clean 

 stickless sausage 2s. <)}id. @ 2s. \o%d.; fair Lamu ball 2S. 6}(d. 

 @ 2s. yd.; Uganda fair clean ball 2s. 6}{d. @ 2s. 6}4d; Nyassa 

 good reddish and livery ball at 2s. ii'^^d. @ at 2s. iij4d.; ditto 

 strong white ball at 2s. gU'^- ('/ -^- ■oo'. Twenty one cases of 

 Ceylon rubber from Pard seed were offered and 17 sold; good 

 thin biscuits at 3.;. 11 yid. and scrap at 2s. yd. @ 2s. jyid. 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [December i] : 

 Fine Pard, — Up to the middle of the month the market continued 

 strong and active, and prices of new Upriver fine advanced to "is. s]^d., 

 old to 3^. 61/., and Islands to ^s. i\d. ; then, owing to Ameiican man- 

 ipulation, prices of Upriver were forced down to 3X. 4;/ , and Islands to 

 y. id. Receipts, especially of Upriver continued small. At the close 

 prices have recovered to 3^-. 453/. and 3^. iJi^V. for Upriver and Islands 

 respectively. America has again bought considerable quantities of old 

 fine on this market, and, with the comparatively small stocks in New 

 York and small receipts in Manaos, will probably be a still further 

 buyer in the near future We can only repeat what we said last month, 

 that about 31. ^d. is not a high price. Reports up to the present pre- 

 dict a shortage in the crop, owing to the Acre revolution and financial 

 difficulties. Should this prove correct, taking the shortage of good me 

 d um grades into account, manufacturers would, we think, do well not 

 to entirely neglect present prices. 



MARIU.S & Levy, crude rubber merchants, close their Liver- 

 pool house on this date, and will conduct their business here- 

 after through their Paris house, 6, rue Martell, and their various 

 branches on the Amazon. 



Ant'werp, 



To THE Editor of The India Ruuber World : The rub- 

 ber market has been very firm for a month past. At the in- 

 scription sale of November 28, when 300 tons were exposed and 

 sold, the advance on valuations averaged 1)2 per cent. Among 



the principal lots were : 



Valuation. Sold at. 



2q tons Upper Congo Aruwimi francs 6. 6.E0 



39 " I.opoii I 6 75 7.023^-7.10 



21 '■ Uele 6.32^ t.b2% 



59 " Mongalla 650 6 gj 



20 " Batouri 6.50 6.72}^ 



18 " Kassai Loanda 6.65 6.75-6.80 



At the sale on December 16, when 178 tons were offered 

 and sold, there was good competition at very full prices. The 

 United States, as well as England and the Continent, had 

 sent orders at high figures, and the advance on the Novem- 

 ber sale amounted to 5 or 6 per cent., or to or 12 per cent, on 

 brokers' estimation, as the latter had been made up before the 

 November sale. The best prices were paid for Upper Congo 

 sorts, namely : 



Valuation. Sold at. 



20 tons Aruwimi .francs i.il^^ 6.15 



30 " Upper Congo balls 7 77}>^ 7.10 



12 " Upper Congo small strips 7.40 35 



20 " Uele 7 40 6.50 



14 " Mongalla 7 57*2 ^4° 



Importers have decided to hold small weekly sales by inscrip- 

 tion every Friday, besides the regular monthly sales, which will 

 be held as heretofore. Next Friday's sale (December 19) will 

 include a fine lot of 62 tons Lopori L estimated at 7.70 francs 

 per kilogram. C. SCHMID & CO. 



Antweip, December 16, 1902. 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR NOVEMBER. 



Dbtails. 



Stocks, Oct. ■ji. .kilos 

 Arrivals inNovember 



Congo sons 



Other sorts 



Aggregating... 

 .Sales in November . 



Stocks, Nov 30. . . 



1903.' 



350,138 



235.23< 



201,172 



34.°59 



SS5.36Q 



399.408 



1901. 



266,105 

 6S3 521 



660.89/ 

 22,624 



1900. 



1899. 



909,0471 148,738 



473,404! 150,I9<> 



452.215 I20,W7 



21,1891 30.069 



940.626,1,382,451 298.934 

 lo6,32S| 3'7,80j I19,)5G 



185,961 843.301:1,064.646 179,778 



Arrivals since J^n. 1 4.604,749 5,644.28215,527.90013.083,^29 



Congo sorts .. 4,232.804 5,2,4. 93' I 4.750.277 



Other sons | 371, 9« 4^35'| 777.62, 



Sales since Jan. i ..4,833,497 



5,414.9304,755,245 



2.6< 1.717 

 471 8.2 



3,167,091 



1898. 



234,651 



21 1,776 

 192 877 

 18,899 



440,4'!7 

 I76.II2 



270.315 



1,793.732 



I 540634 . 

 253.088 



1,617,870 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT AN'IWERP. 



Nov. 26. — By the PhiUppeville, (rom the Congo: 



Bunge & Co . . .. .(Socieie Generale A(ricaine) /i-iVw i83,ooo 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 2,800 



Do (Societe Anvcrsoise) 61.000 



Do (Societe I sangi) 12,084 



Do (Cie. cu Kassai) 71,000 



.Societe A li I K 73.000 



Comptoir Commercial Congolais 22,100 



Societe Eqiiatoriale Congolaise (Socieie L'Ikelemba). g.400 



W. Mallinckrodt & Co (Alimaitnnc) 5.500 



Charles Dethier (La Jfaute ."^angha) 4,000 



Do (Cie. de la M'Poko) 2,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (E«i du Kwango) 9,146 



Do (Cie. de Loraami) 16, coo 



Societe Coloniale du Baniembe i,ico 



M. S. Cols (Socie k L'Ikelemba) 600 



Do (Cie. Bruxelloi^e du llaut Congo) 6.000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise. .. .(Societe La Lulonga) lo.oco 



Do I 243 



Do 2 oco 



Do .(Beige du Haut Conge) 3S 000 



Do (Slid Kamerun) 2,500 



Cie. Commerciale des Colonies (Cie. Francaise du 



Congo) 350 537. S23 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[ The Figures Indic.ite H'etghts in Pounds.^ 

 By the steamer Benedict, from Manaos and Fata : 



December i 



Imporieks. Fine. Medium. Coarse. 



Reimers & Co. 105 900 71.400 41,800 



New York Commercial Co. 103,000 14,900 22,900 



A. T. Morse & Co 49400 12.700 60.830 



United States Rubber Co. . 22,500 2,600 73,900 



William Wright .& Co. . . . 15400 3,200 35,100 



Edmund Reeks c.^: Co 21,100 2. 700 6, coo 



Boston Rubber Shoe Co 11,400 



H. A. Gould & Co 4,700 300 I, goo 



Kramrisch & Co 5.100 



Caucho. 



Total 



219, too 



140,800 



124.900 



99,000 



53.7CO 



29,800 



11,400 



6,900 



5.100 



Total 322,000 107,800 258,900 2.000= 690,700 



December 12 — By the steamer .Marankensc, from Ma 

 New York Commercial Co. 194,200 24,700 67.3CO . 



A. T. Morse & Co 64.500 7.500 119,300 



Edmund Reeks & Co 77,200 13800 10.100 . 



Reimers & Co 54,600 



United States RubberCo.. 23,900 



Boston Rubber Shoe Co 



William Wright & Co 20,800 



H. A. Gould & Co 5,400 



Kramrisch & Co 



9,300 

 i,goo 



2,100 

 300 



23,000 

 39.200 

 1 1,400 



2.400 

 600 



3.700 



and Para : 

 = 286,200 

 = 191,300 

 = 101,100 

 = S6 900 

 = 67,100 



: 1 I ,400 



= 25 300 



= 6,300 



= 3.700 



Total 440,600 59.600277,000 2,100=779,300 



December ig. — By the steamer Hilary, from Manaos and Pat.i: 



A. T. Morse & Co 95.100 



New York Commercial Co. g2,ooo 



Reimers & Co 70,000 



William Wright & Co 8,700 



United States Rubber Co 



Boston Rubber Shoe Co 



