August i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER \VORLD 



365 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 

 /^^FFICIAL statement of values for the first eleven months 

 ^^ of the current fiscal year, compared with the same 

 months of three years preceding — not including exports to 

 Hawaii and Porto Rico: 



(a) Included in '*AU Other"' prior to July i, 1899. 



Pairs of rubber footwear exported in the same periods: 



1898-99. iS99-igi>D. 1900-01. I901-02. 



425.574 673,961 1,386,597 2,458,387 



Exports of reclaimed rubber during the same months were : 



1898-99. 1899-1900. 1900 nl. 1901-02. 



$343,261. $445,766. $386,396. §347,746 



GREAT BRITAIN. 

 Exports of rubber manufactures during January-June : 



Boots and shoes . 

 Unenumerated. . 



CA7-3.470( 548,949 532,836 



Total ;£'723.476 j£'622,2lo ^f 602,478 



There were also exported during January June, 1902, " Ap- 

 parel and Slops, waterproofed by any process," to the value of 

 _^i23,379.=-^The number of pairs of rubber boots and shoes ex- 

 ported during the first six months of 1902 was 669.012, against 

 660,732 for the same period of 1901. 



EXrORTS OF RUBBER FOOTWEAR IN I90I. 



To— Doz. Prs. 



France 26,026 



Belgium 15,829 



Turkey 14,803 



China 9.243 



Norway 7, 61 1 



Germany 7. '63 



British East Indies 6,281 



Holland 5,611 



Cape Good Hope 3,657 



Denmark 2,539 



Other foreign lands 2,859 



Hongkong 13,705 



Natal 5,059 



To— Doz. Prs. 



Queensland 3,798 



British Guiana 3,528 



New South Wales 2,287 



New Zealand 2,215 



Victoria 1,803 



South Australia 933 



Canada 754 



British West Indies 880 



West Australia 525 



Tasmania 259 



Other British Possess 656 



Total [Doz. Prs.] 138,084 



IMri'RTS OF RUBBER FOOTWEAR IN igOI. 



From— Doz. Prs. 



Other foreign lands . .. . 70 



7,244 



From — Doz. Prs. 



Germany 57,946 



Holland 1,124 



Belgium 657 



France 10,344 



United States 151,806 



Canada and Brit. Possess. 



Total [Doz. Prs,] 22g,l9i 



Professor Probst, a native of Geneva (Switzerland), is the 

 inventor of a swimming suit which is made largely of India- 

 rubber. It can be put on very quickly and is so buoyant that 

 nearly one-half of the body remains above the water. The suit 

 is provided with a number of conveniences in the way of water 

 tight pockets, which miy contain food, matches, lamp, etc. 

 The professor plans to live the whole month of August in the 

 water, wearing his suit. He will then go to Havre to remain 

 fifteen days in the sea. 



French Congo exported 1,444,819 pounds of Caoutchouc in 

 1900 and 1,440,423 pounds in 1901. 



RUBBER NOTES FROM EUROPE. 



nPHE plan for the amalgamation of W. T. Henley's Tele- 

 -l graph Works Co., Limited, and Callender's Cable and 

 Construction Co., Limited, both of London, mentioned in The 

 India Rubber World of March i, 1902 (page 169) has been 

 dropped, owing to the difficulty of arriving at a mutually satis- 

 factory valuation of the properties. Both companies have been 

 doing a profitable business, friendly relations continue to exist 

 between them, and it is not improbable that the question of 

 amalgamation may again be taken up. The Henley works 

 earned ^64,447 19.?. 9;/. on the business of igot, and Callender's 

 £71.97^. Each company was able to declare a dividend of 20 

 per cent, on their ordinary shares, after providing for the pref- 

 erence share dividends and interest on their debentures. At 

 the annual meeting of Henley's it was stated that it might be 

 necessary before long to increase their capital from ^175.000 

 eacli of preference and ordinary share capital, to ^200,000 each. 

 The profits for the last year were stated to have been larger 

 than ever before, in spite of increasing competition from Ger- 

 many and from the United States. 



= The Rheinische Gummiwaaren-Fabrik, Franz Clouth, m. 

 b. H. (Cologne-Nippes) have a notable exhibit at the Diissel- 

 dorf exhibition, in the Mining building. In the hall situated 

 to the left of the dome has been set up a figure of a diver fully 

 equipped with all the necessary apparatus for diving work. 

 An exhibit of waterproof tent and roofing materials is made 

 by this firm in the section of the building to the right of the 

 dome. 



= Dr. Robert Henriques, a German chemist of ability, died 

 on June 16, at Bayreuth, after a long and severe illness. The 

 deceased for some years was on the stafTof the GiDiimt Zeitung 

 (Dresden) and was the founder of the Clieniische Revue (Berlin), 

 and through these and other channels published the results of 

 many scientific researches bearing upon India-rubber. 



= The India-Rubber /our?ial (London) contains a note on the 

 bad behavior of some hose used at a recent disasterous fire in 

 London, pointing to the conclusion that the authorities must 

 have been very negligent in looking after the condition of the 

 supplies in their care. Mention is made of the North British 

 Rubber Co., Limited (Edinburgh), having been awarded a con- 

 tract for hose for the London fiie brigade for the ensuing year 

 at £6 2s. yd. for 50 foot lengths, as against £7 los., the contract 

 price of last year. These figures are equivalent to 64 J^ and 70 

 cents, respectively. 



=The Suddeutsche Kabelwerke-Actiengesellschaft (Mann- 

 heim), with 3,000,000 marks capital, closed their account for 

 1901 with a deficit. In November, 1901, they acquired shares 

 amounting to 400,000 marks in the Mannheimer Telegraphen- 

 draht- und Kabelfabrik, with 1,000,000 marks capital, and mem- 

 bers of each firm became directors in the other. The second 

 company named also closed the year with a deficit. 



= The German imperial railway directorate, at Berlin, on 

 May 30 opened tenders for rubber supplies, as follows : Hose — 

 8468 pieces for brakes; 2347 pieces for tender use ; 4100 pieces 

 for wetting coal; 13.030 pieces for steam heating; 2460 kilo- 

 grams for gas leaders ; 7995 meters (rubber lined hemp). S/ieet 

 rubber — 10,045 kilograms. Rings — 38,230. Rubber covering for 

 steps — 500 kilograms. 



= The report for 1901 of the Hamburg South American Steam 

 Navigation Co. states that the monthly service of their steam- 

 ers from Europe to Pard and Manaos, entered into jointly with 

 the Hamburg American Packet Co., were not productive of 

 profit, but the directors are hopeful of their proving successful 

 eventually. 



