176 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Feuruarv 1, 1903. 



Statistics of Para Ifubber {Excluding Caucho) . 



NEW YORK. 

 Fine and Total 



Medium. Coarse. IQ02. 



Stocks, November 30. ./(7H.r 160 11 = 171 



Arrivals, December 852 470 = 1322 



Aggregating 1012 



Deliveries, December 945 



481 

 476 



Stocks, December 31 . . 



67 



'493 

 1421 



72 



Total 

 1901. 



535 

 1019 



1554 

 1070 



4S4 



Total 

 1900. 



579 

 1858 



2437 

 1779 



658 



1901. 1902. 



Soudan and Conakry rubbers kilos 270,000 485,000 



Cassamance 65,000 132,800 



Grand Bassam 5. 000 26.8. o 



Madagascar : .... 3500 



New Caledonia 3,000 2.500 



Mexican 4 .50° 



Mayuir.ba 4,100 



Java. . 5,000 1.700 



Lahou ... 3.000 



PAK.\. 



1902. 1901. 1900. 



Stocks. Nov. 30 ..Ions 155 410 610 



Arrivals, December... 2990 3545 3145 



Aggregating 3145 3955 3755 



Deliveries, December. 2780 3^5 3095 



Stocks, Dec. 31. . 365 



150 



660 



885 1299 780 



19CI2. 



World's supply, December 31 Ions 3188 



Para receipts, July i to December 31 11,576 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 694 



Afloat from Para to United States, Dec. 3t.. 855 



Afloat from Para to Europe, December 31.. . ton 



FoUoiving is a comparison of estimates from six sources, 

 American and foreign, of the visible supplies of Pata rubber on 

 January i. The first column contains the statistics prepared 

 for The India Rubber World, which do not embrace Caucho. 

 The different results arrived at by the other statisticians appar- 

 ently are due in part to their inclusion of Caucho in reporting 

 stocks, though this would not account for all the difference : 



Details. L 



Stocks, New York. . 72 



Stocks, England 8S5 



Stocks, Paid 365 



Afloat, New York. .. 855 



Afloat, Europe .... loii 



Total 3188 3364 3320 3365 3386 3653 



AVEKAGE OF Sl.V TABLES, 3379 TONS. 



Bordeaux. 



Thls port is steadily gaining in importance as a rubber mar- 

 ket due in part to the extensive investments of French capital 

 in the African trade, and also to the excellent shipping com- 

 munications with the West African coast. The house of R. 

 Henry supplies the following comparison of imports at Bor- 

 deaux for the past two years : 



British Official Returns. 



Imports.. 

 Exports. . 



INDIA-RI'BBER. 



1900. 

 .pounds 57,488,032 

 32,885,888 



Net Imports. 

 Value of Imports. 

 Value of Exports. 



25,602,144 



■ ^6,986,133 



3.808,472 



1901. 

 52,245,cSS 

 32,904,704 



19,340,384 



;^5, 830,224 



3,602,723 



1902. 

 46.970,000 

 32,676,112 



14,293,888 



;^5, 180,268 

 3.551.866 



Value Net Imports £^3.177.661 /2, 227, 501 ,^1,629,402 



Av. value Imports per pound. 2s _ sl</. is. 2\<l. 2s 2^,d. 



[One disturbing feature in these calculations — but only aslient one — is the fact 

 that some imports of waste lespecially from Russia; continue to be recorded in 

 British imports of raw India-rubber.] 



GUTTA PERCHA. 



Imports pounds 14,118,608 



Exports ... 1,709,792 



1901. igo2. 



9,905,056 9-395.568 



1,224 832 1,140,784 



Net Imports 12.408,816 



Value of Imports £ 1,685 768 



Value of Exports 146689 



Value Net Imports ;i^i. 539,079 



Av, value Imports per pound. 2s. ^^d. 



8,680,224 8,204.784 



;^ 1,382,646 /i, 150, 702 



143,900 135. 5'4 



;;: 1,238,646 

 2s. gj(/. 



;,<ri.oi5.i88 

 23. sld. 



Total kilos ■nZ, 000 664,900 



RA.NGE OF PRICES DURING I9O2. 



Soudan and Conakry t.vists francs 6^6o@7.75 



Soudin niggers 5-50@7 65 



Conakry niggers 6.6o@8 35 



Cassamance, AP-A, AM, and B 3.8o@8 25 



Grand Bassam lumps " 3.70@5 80 



(Irand Bassam cakes 4 25(016 70 



Grand Bassam niggers 5.50@6. 



Mexican 5-25(i?6-50 



Mayumba 3.90@5 35 



Madagascar, pinky 6.8o@6.95 



Madagascar niggers 3.So@5 5° 



Java 6.75Ca"7.25 



New Caledonia 7.25(08. 



For some special lot^ of Soudan twists 8 francs was paid and for Conakry nig- 

 gers, 8 95 fr;ini.s per kilogram. 



P. Chaumel, formerly a broker in Caoutchouc and other 

 colonial products, has become a member of the firm R. Henry, 

 successors to Jules Pichard, as manager of their department of 

 colonial products. 



Rotterdam Rubber Statistics, 1902. 



\SuppUid by WEtSE & Co.] 

 ■ INDIA-RUBBER ARRIVALS (KII.OS) 



Thimbles, red 159,500 Soudan ■ ... >i,55.J 



Congo ball 14.400 All other 14,800 



Kassai, red . . . . - 364,700 . 



Kassai, black -31,500 Total, 1902 991,700 



Upper Congo 329,650 Total, 190 1 853250 



Sierra Leone 18, coo Total, 1900 877,450 



Mozambique 27,400 Total, 1899 804,750 



Java and Sumatra 29,200 Total, 1898 656,400 



1903. 1902. igor. 1900. 1899. 



Stocks, January I 8,iuO 67,300 80,600 38.900 36.100 



BALATA ARRIVALS (KILOS.) 



1002. 1901. 1900. 1399. 1S98. 



Surinam sheet 244,500 211.950 161,600 95200 76,800 



Venezuela block . . 30,700 31,450 23,500 52,200 158,800 



Total 275,20c 243.400 185,100 147,450 23S 600 



Stocks, end year i,ooo 5.000 •••• 



GUTTA-PERCHA (TONS). 



1902. 1901. 1900. 1S99. 1898. 



Stocks beginning of year 263 185 307 180 130 



Arrivals during year 267 314 2S0 495 265 



Aggregating . 

 Sales during year. 



530 499 587 675 

 312 236 402 368 



395 

 215 



Stocks end of year 218 263 185 3*07 180 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During December and for the first six months of the 

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

 Messrs. Witt & Co.): 



From — 



Rio Ptittii Ions 



Rio Madeira 



Rio Junta 



Rio Javary — Iquitos. .. . .. 



Rio SolitnOes 



Rio Negro lOg 



Total 1844 1786 1557 6120 7569 5446 



Caucho 185 280 140 600 1096 541 



Tolal 2029 2066 1697 6720 8665 5987 



