July i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



337 



REVIEW OF THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET. 



TO-DAY marks the beginning of a new crop year in the 

 Pard rubber trade, and the point of first interest is to 

 note the large increase of production during the past 

 year over any previous twelve months. The arrivals 

 (including Caucho) at Para for six years were as follows (in 

 tons) : 



1896-97. 1897-98. 1398-99. 1899-00. 1900-0X. 



22,320 22,250 25.370 26,670 26,610 



Up to June 25 last the arrivals, since July i, 1901, had 

 amounted to 29,845 tons — indicating an increase for the whole 

 crop year of 10 per cent, over the preceding year, and an in- 

 crease of iS per cent, over the average production of five years 

 preceding. Recent conditions have been affected by the 

 throwing upon the market, by the failure of a New York com- 

 pany a few months ago, of a large quantity of old rubber, 

 equivalent to an increased production during the year of that 

 amount, which would raise the percentage of increase for the 

 past year very materially. No more is heard now of conditions 

 in the Amazon country unfavorable to the bringing in of rub- 

 ber — such as at one time were made the basis of predictions of 

 a short crop for the year just closed. The only thing ever 

 likely to curtail the production of Para rubber — at least until 

 all the rubber area has been worked over — is a fall in prices 

 much below the present level. This, on the other hand, seems 

 unlikely while the present active demand for rubber continues. 

 The production of other than Pard grades of rubber, though 

 well maintained on the whole, no longer shows the rapid rate 

 of increase which first followed the opening up of new districts 

 in Africa, and thus is removed one factor in keeping down 

 prices of Para rubber. On the whole, therefore, rubber may 

 be expected to come forward whenever a demand for it exists, 

 and at a rate which will prevent, in the near future, a very 

 marked advance. At the same time the production of rubber 

 is not likely to be pressed so far as to send prices lower. 



New York quotations on June 28 were ; 



PARA. AFRICAN. 



Islands, fine, new 68 (869 Tongues 42 ©43 



Islands, fine, old 71 ©72 Sierra Leone, istquality6o (ai6i 



Upriver, fine, new 70 @7i Benguella 42 @43 



Upriver, fine, old 74 @75 Cameroon ball 42 ©43 



Islands, coarse, new. ..44 (845 Flake and lumps 29 @3o 



Islands, coarse, old. . . @ Accra flake 17 @i8 



Upriver, coarse, new.. 55 (356 Accra buttons 43 ©44 



Upriver, coarse, old. . . @ Accra strips 47 (3)48 



Caucho(Peruvian)sheet 47 (§48 Lagos buttons 43 @4} 



Caucho ( Peruvian) ball 5 1 ©52 Lagos strips 47 ©48 



CENTRALS. Madagascar, pinky @ 



Madagascar, black .... @ 

 EAST INDIAN. 



Para l^ubber Statistics {Excluding Caucho), 



Assam 52 ©53 



Borneo 30 @40 



Esmeralda, sausage 50 ©51 



Guayaquil, strip 47 ©48 



Nicaragua, scrap . . . .49 ©50 



Mangabeira, sheet. . . .39 ©40 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 4$400 Upriver, fine 4^250 



Islands, coarse 2$300 Upriver, coarse 2$I50 



Exchange, 12 3/i6a'. 

 Last Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 5I000 Upriver, coarse 3$30o 



Exchange, 12a'. 

 NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR MAY (NEW RUBBER.) 

 290?. 



Upriver, fine 71 @74j>2 



Upriver, coarse 56 ©60 



Islands, fine 70 @Ti% 



Islands, coarse 45 ©49 



Cameta, coarse 5i/^@53 



Stocks, April 30 Ions 



Arrivals, May 



Aggregating 1243 



Deliveries, May 



Stocks, May 31. 



1902. 



Stocks, April 30 2240 



A'-'-ivals, May *i58o 1165 



Aggregating 3820 1335 2545 



Deliveries, May 3740 1185 1955 



3035 2025 

 960 675 



2425 

 750 



Stocks. May 31... 80 150 



590 



2075 1350 1675 



[ * Caucho arrivals, in addition, 500 tons.l 



1902. 1901. 1900. 



World's supply. May 31 3,650 3,102 3,959 



Para receipts, July i to May 31 25,494 22,911 [ 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 3,236 2,383) '' ' 



Afloat from Para to United States, May 31.. S33 377 233 



Afloat from Para to Europe, May 31 410 330 832 



[Advices to June 26 stated that arrivals at Pari since the first of June had 

 amounted to 860 tons of Rubber and 255 tons of Caucho.] 



Manaos Rubber c/lrriTfals From <Amazonas State. 



To THE Editor of The India Rubber World: Contrary 

 to all expectations, the yield of rubber from this state was 

 larger in April, 1902, than in the same month in either of the 

 two years preceding. The arrivals have also been larger dur- 

 ing the first four months of the year than in the same period 

 of the preceding years. The details are shown in this table, 

 weights being expressed in kilograms : 



FiiOM Rivers. January. February. March. April. Total. 



Purus. ... 1,886,449 I.4i7i952 1,120,436 484,214 4,909,051 



Jurua 869,670 326,103 644,975 526,818 2,367,566 



Solimfies... . 221,778 156,741 350,927 61,750 791,196 



Madeira 254,346 418,809 337.327 164,596 1,175,078 



Others 102,271 75,575 61,444 4i>6i3 280,903 



Total.... 3,334,514 2,395,180 2,515,109 1,278,991 9,523,794 



Total, 1-our months, 1901 8,260,558 



Total, Four months, 1900.. 8,970,833 



It will be noted that the yield of the zone of the Solimoes, 

 including the Japura, Caqueta, Badajos, and Autaz, shows a 

 marked decrease, as had been predicted. The only reason that 

 can be given for the very marked increase in yield of the 

 Jurud, Puriis, and Madeira, is that the rubber cutters of those 

 regions, unable to visit Mandos, and there spend their money 

 freely, as they usually do, had to remain up river gathering 

 rubber. Persons who have just returned from those districts 

 report that several new zones hitherto neglected on account 

 of their comparatively small yield per estrada, have been 

 worked this year. Arrivals from "other rivers" include a 

 good deal of caucho from the Putumayo, which is gradually 

 being opened up by the Peruvians. L. G. 



Mangos, Brazil, May 5, 1902. 



Antsuerp. 



To THE Editor of The India Rubber World : Since the 

 sale of May 22 transactions in rubber have been limited. A 

 small sale by inscription was held on June 9, when 13 tons 



