338 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 



1902. 



were sold out of 34 tons exposed, prices showing no change. 

 A lot of Ikelemba of fine quality sold at 7.50 francs; another 

 of inferior quality at 6.65 francs. The next sale, comprising 

 367 tons, chiefly Congo grades, is announced for July 3. 

 Among the principal lots to be ofTered are : 



Valuation. 



20 tons Upper Congo cut balls .francs 6.85 



23 " Upper Congo strips 6.10 



14 " Congo Djuma 5- 



23 " Aruwimi .... 525 



32 " Uelii strips 5.50 



23 " Upper Congo small strips 6.10 



23 " Mongalla strips 6.25 



23 " Lopori I 6.75 



7 " Lopori II 5.50 



15 " Lomami small round strips 7. 



C. SCHMID & CO. 



Antwerp, June 17, 1902. 



RUBBER STATISTICS FOR MAY. 



ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



May 23. — By the Philipville, from the Congo : 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 144,000 



Bunge & Co (Comite Special Katanga) 1,900 



Bunge & Co (Societe Anversoise) 29,000 



Bunge & Co (Plantations Lacourt) 7,000 



Bunge & Co (Societe Isangi) 2,000 



Ch. Dethier (Sociiti la Loanje) 7,000 



Ch. Dethier (La M'Poko) 380 



Societe Equatoriale Congolaise 6,000 



Societe ABIR 34.000 



M. S. Cols (Centrale Africaine) 5,000 



M. S. Cols (Societe L'Ikelemba) 1,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Societe La Djuma) 10,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Cie.des Mag. Generau.x) 2,500 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Cie. de Lomami) 13,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise. (Beige du Haut Congo) 15,000 



W. Mallinckrodt & Co (Alimaienne) 5,000 



June ii. — By the Anversville, from the Congo: 



Bunge & Co. .... .(Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 162,700 



Bunge & Co (Societe Anversoise) 43,500 



Bunge & Co (Societe Isanghi) 14,400 



Bunge & Co (Comite Special Katanga) 1 1 ,049 



Bunge & Co (Plantations Lacourt) 13,000 



M. S. Cols. (Centrale Africaine) 6,000 



M. S. Cols (Vegetaux Kassai) 14,000 



M. S. Cols (Societe L'Ikelemba) 300 



Ch. Lethier (Societe Belgika) 5,700 



Societfi ABIR 1 3,000 



Comptoir Commercial Congolais 5,300 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise.. (Beige du Haut Congo) 18,700 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Cie.de Lomami) 10,900 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise. (Cie. Fran<;aise du Haut 



Congo) 800 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Cie. des Mag. Generaux) 2 ,300 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Sild Kamerun) 2,000 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux (Cie. de Ekela Sanga) 2 , 100 



W. Mallinckrodt & Co (Alimaienne) 7,400 333,149 



Hamburg. 



To THE Editor of The India Rubber World : The ten- 

 dency in the crude rubber market during the past week for Pari 

 sorts became weak and holders were inclined to be easier, 



which led to a few transactions in fine Pari, hard cure, spot 

 and delivery, at M 6.60. Transactions in fine Bolivian, ow- 

 ing to the high price ideas of the importers, were almost 

 entirely absent. Scrappy negroheads were asked for in vain. 

 A small lot of fine Mollendo, spot, was taken out of the 

 market at secret prices. Middle sorts, also, took on a more 

 subdued tone, and transactions are less animated, but no ma- 

 terial quantities are stored up, and arrivals of (air quality 

 are readily disposed of. Inferior sorts receive no attention 

 whatever, and, at firm offers, can be had to advantage. 

 A shortage is complained of in Ceard, Mangebeira, Mozam- 

 bique (fine sorts), and in Ecuador and Colombia scraps, strips, 

 and. sheets. Sales have been at the following prices in marks 

 per kilogram : 



Mozambique balls, 



fine yI/.6.io @ 6 15 



Mozambique balls, 



good 5.85 @ 5.90 



Mozambique balls, 



black 4.25 ©4.35 



Massai niggets.red. ..5.75 @ 5.75 



Soudan niggers 5.40 (3 5.50 



Soudan twist 5.40 @ 5.50 



Hamburg, June 10, 1902, 



Congo thimbles, black. ©4.80 

 Congo thimbles, red.. 2. 65 (a 2.70 

 Adeli balls, red, fine. .6.20 (A 6.25 

 Adeli balls, red, poor. 5.80 @ 5.85 

 Batanga balls, small. .3. 80 @ 3.35 



Gold Coast lumps 3.25 @ 3.30 



Gold Coast pressed 



biscuits 4.15 @ 4.20 



Borneo, white first 4.70 @ 4.75 



Lvverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [June 2]: "Fine Parii. — 

 There has been an active demand, with slight fluctuations, but 

 at the close prices are \d. per pound, below last month. A 

 good deal of manipulation has been going on which, in the ab- 

 sence of general trade demand, has been successful. In our 

 opinion there is nothing in the actual situation of this grade, 

 especially if compared with prices ruling for medium kinds, to 

 justify these low prices, but as long as there is no general sup- 

 port the market will be left at the mercy of manipulators ; very 

 little would turn the scale. Sales on spot total 185 tons, but a 

 good deal of this has been by way of exchange — i.e. buying for- 

 ward against selling spot, closing price being y. An active de- 

 mand forward, especially for hard cure at current rates; this is 

 partly due to the belief that the Americans, at their presciit 

 rate of consumption, may have to cover their surplus require- 

 ments on this side later on. There is some foundation for this 

 if their present stock is taken into account, and it must be 

 borne in mind that for the first time the stock of the Crude 

 Rubber Co. is included in the return." 



London. 



282 780 Edward Till & Co., under date of June i, report stocks : 



London 



! Para sorts tons — 

 Borneo 121 

 Assam and Rangoon 23 

 Other sorts 432 



Total * 576 



Liverpool 



Para. 



.2084 



Other sorts 1027 



Total, United Kingdom 3687 



Total, May i 3788 



Total, April i 3326 



Total, March i 3078 



Total, February i 2674 



Total, January i 2794 



[* Corrected.] 



PRICES PAID DURING APRIL. 



1901. 



168 



40 



5?8 



736 



1355 

 1411 



3502 



3597 

 3522 

 2989 

 3129 

 2901 



1900. 



117 



40 



465 



622 



1674 

 1328 



3624 

 3952 

 3104 

 I9I7 



1848 

 1855 



1903. 1901. 



Para fine, hard 2/1 ii@3/l J 3/8 @3/io|^ 



Negroheads, scrappy " 2/5 2/7^(012/8 



Do Islands '/"i 2/2J 



Bolivian 'ilo\ No sales. 



Advices under date ol June 15 are that the market for Pard 

 had shown renewed firmness, owing to less pressure to sell. 



1900. 

 3/8J@4/2| 

 2/8i@2/ui 



2/4J 



No sales. 



