August i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



371 



Para. I^ubber Statistics {Excluding Caucho). 



Stocks, May 31 totis 



Arrivals, June 



Aggregating . 

 Deliveries, June . . 



Stocks, June 30. 



1902. 



Stocks, May 31 80 



A'fivals, June 1240 



-Foreign 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations— prices paid by consumers : 

 Old Rubber Boots and Shoes — Domestic 75^ (a 73/ 



""'" "'-'— ' ' ' 6^ 



6 



7 

 9 

 ^% 



i2;g 



2K 



iK 

 I 



Aggregating 1320 



Deliveries June 1255 



676 

 639 



1605 

 1445 



2q6l 

 818 



1700 

 675 



2350 

 875 



Stocks, June 30, 



65 



37 



160 



2143 1025 1475 



World's supply, June 30 3,272 



Para receipts, July i to June 30 26,456 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 3,514 



Afloat from Para to United States, June 30.. 284 



Afloat from Para to Europe, June 30 367 



The Amazonas 'libber Crop— July i to June 30. 



RiVKBS. WOO. 



Punis tons 5.520 



Madeira 2,495 



lurua 2,361 



Javary-Iquitos 1,401 



Solimoes I.i73 



Rio Negro 512 



Total 13,462 



Caucho 3,356 



14,585 16,474 

 3,786 3,485 



Grand total i6,8i8 1 8,37 1 



Shipped from Manaos 7,621 14,596 



Shipped from Par.a 9.197 3,775 



Lisbon Rubber '^eceipts^ January-June, 1902. 



1 By courtesy of Martin Weinstein .S: Co.] 



1902. 

 Igoi 

 I goo. 



Bengiiela 

 Niggers. 



496 

 . 800 



• 1349 



Loanda 

 Niggers. 



325 

 446 

 389 



Congo 

 Thimbles. 



31 



74 



102 



Other 



Sorts. 



65 

 40 

 32 



1 9.959 



16,627 

 3,322 



Total 

 Tons. 



917 

 1360 

 1872 



Batata. 



London, July 18. — Balata continues In fair request, but 

 Block is scarce and dearer. At auction 50 packages offered 

 and 26 sold, fair sheet rather rough at 2^. i\yiii. to 2^. ^d\ thick 

 and dark pickings at 2s. 2d. 



'Balata in 'British Guiana. 



The annual colonial report for 1900- '01 says: "The 

 amount of Balata collected during the year was almost double 

 that of the previous year. Large tracts of virgin bullet tree 

 forest was discovered, and this industry is in a very healthy 

 condition at present." Exports in 1899-1900 — 237,824 pounds ; 

 in i90o-'oi — 425.371 pounds. 



Ciudad 'Bolivar ( Venezuela) . 



Official statement of exports for two years, according to a 

 British consular report : 



1900. 1901. 



India-rubber pounds. 105,006 314.153 



Balata 2.652,346 2,562,512 



Through freight rates to London or Hamburg; Rubber, ^5 

 per ton ; Balata, £;i per ton. 



Ditto 

 Pneumatic Bicycle Tires. 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 



White Trimmed Rubber 



Heavy Black Rubber 



Air Brake Hose 25/1 



Fire and Large Hose 



Garden Hose 



Matting.... 



Antzverp. 



To THE Editor OF The India Rubber World: At the 

 sale on July 3 about 419 tons of rubber were exposed, of which 

 395 tons were Congo sorts. The sales amounted to 337 tons, 

 of which 332 were Congos. Prices were practically unchanged 

 for fine grades, such as Lopori I, Kassais, and other well con- 

 ditioned upper Congo sorts, whereas sticky lots, which were 

 largely represented, sold at i and 2 per cent, under valuation. 

 On the whole, this result, considering the time of the year, 

 may be regarded as satisfactory. The next sale will take place 

 on July 31, when 240 tons — all Congo sorts— will be ofJered. 

 Among the principal lots, with the broker's estimations, may 

 be mentioned : 



27 tons Aruwimi francs 4.90 



29 " Equateur 6.75 



22 " Uelli 5.75 



32 " Mongalla 6.05 



18 " Upper Congo strips 6. 



20 " Lower Congo red thimbles 1.75 



lo " Lopori 1 7.15 



No sale will be held during August. The statistical sum- 

 mary for the first half of the year shows a decrease in importa- 

 tions as compared with last year of 437 tons, of which 330 tons 

 are in Congo sorts. c. schmid & co. 



Antwerp, July lo, 1902. 



ANTWERP rubber STATISTICS FOR JUNE. 



Hamburg. 



To THE Editor of The India Rueuer World: Since our 

 last report the rubber market here has been mainly without 

 features of interest. During the latter part of June but little 

 animation was shown by consumers on account of the impend- 

 ing semi annual stock taking. The approach of the Antwerp 

 sales on July 3 tended further to increase the reticence of buy- 

 ers, and since the latter date the unstable reports from Para 

 have left the market without any fixed tendency. Para fine 

 hard cure and Bolivian fine have received little attention, while 

 a few transactions have been made in Mollendo fine spot at M 

 6.50 @ 6.55. Mandos negro heads have declined in value and 

 are offered at M 5.15 @ 5.20. Of African sorts Mozambique 

 balls were readily disposed of at nearly full prices. Kamerun 

 and Batanga were weak and unchanged. Holders of Massai 

 niggers were inclined to be liberal, but transactions were con- 



