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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March i, 1903. 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During January and for ihe first seven nionihs of the crop 

 season (by courtesy of Messrs. Witt & Co.) : 



From— 



Rio Funis 



Rio Madeira 



Rio Jurua 



Rio javary — Iquitos. 

 Rio SolimOes. 



J A N U A K Y. 



July-Januarv_ 



1.J03. 

 720 



178 



1226 



257 

 154 



1902. 



1556 

 250 



747 

 S7 



227 

 92 



2959 



517 



190 1. 



738 

 261 

 425 

 177 

 195 

 99 



1895 

 266 



igo3. 

 2635 

 1478 

 2015 

 1252 

 1076 



J 902. 



3895 

 iSOO 

 2340 



972 

 1274 



187 



8781 10528 

 1196 1613 



1901. 

 2450 

 1709 



1335 

 856 



794 

 197 



7341 

 807 



Rio Negro 126 



Total 2661 



Caucho 596 



Total 3257 3476 21&1 9977 1214I 8148 



The table indicates a shortage of 2164 tons in receipts at Ma- 

 ndos for seven months compared with the same period last sea- 

 son. A correspondent up the Amazon writes, however, to 

 The India Rubber World: "Should the war clouds blow 

 away, it seems probable that the crop will be better than last 

 year's; the diflference will not be great, anyway." Reference is 

 made to the troubles on the Acre river, which, it now appears, 

 will reach a peaceable settlement. 

 London. 



Edvi-ard Till& Co., February 2. report stocks: 



wliicli lime there has been a slight reaction, and the maiket closts quiet 

 at 3^. 8(/. for Upriver, and 3^. Td. for Islands. This decline was an- 

 ticipated in our last, but it is only of a temporary character. Receipts 

 are extremely small, and the crop will undoubtedly be short. Stocks in 

 America are practically nil, and at the present late of demand, we an- 

 ticijjate, after the heavy receipts are over, a further decided rise in prices 

 above present rates. Manufacurers must bear in mind the present sit- 

 uation does not arise from " bull " or " bear " manipulalior, bnt is cue 

 to the law of supply and demand, and we think they would act wisely in 

 taking advantage of any temporary set back in prices. We repeat again 

 that, taking prices paid for good medium grades, fine Paia is still the 

 cheapest rubber. 



Edm. SCHLlJTER & Co. report Liverpool stocks [January 31] : 

 Para — First hands: Pari — Second hands : 



Fine Ions 451 Fine. Ions 356 



Medium 49 Medium 22 



Negroheads 142 Negroheads 25 



Total 642 



Peruvian 84 tons. 



Mollendo 61 pkgs. 



Mangabeira 13 " 



Pernambuco 133 " 



Bordeaux. 



Total 403 



Manitoba 936 pkgs. 



Ceara 321 " 



Assare — '' 



Africans 432 tons. 



PRICES I IN FRANCS PER KILOGRAMJ. 



f Para sorts Ions — 



, 1 Borneo 24 



London -j ^^^^^ ^^^ Rangoon 2 



l^ Other sorts 192 



Total 218 



LlVKRPOOL 



Para. 



.1045 



Other sorts 658 



1902. 



134 



54 

 414 



602 



1241 

 831 



1901 



193 



20 



730 



943 



1082 

 1 104 



Sierra Leone sons : 



Niggers, red I, . . .8 Os^aS 75 

 Niggers, white 1... 8.40@8.f)5 

 Niggers, white II. .6 45(86 95 

 Twists 7.85(88.30 



Grand Bassam : 



Lumps 5.20@5.65 



Cakes 5 54@5 90 



Gold Coast lumps 5.54@5 70 



February 9, 1903. 



Cassamance AP.A.. 

 Cassamance AM.B. 



Mayumba 



Madagascar : 



Pinky 



Black 



Niggers 



Java '. 



New Caledonia.. . . 



.7 50@7 70 

 .5. @6. 

 4 35@5 50 



.7.50@8. 



.b.S^@l. 



4 St®?. 



7-25 



7-75 

 . HENRY. 



_658 ^ i^ Hamburg. 



Total, United Kingdom 1921 2674 3129 



Total January I 1582 2794 sgot 



Total, December I 2083 2525 30(11 



Total, November I 2337 2602 3040 



Total, October 1 2464 2802 2846 



PRICES PAID DURING JANUARY. 



igfij. 1902. 1901. 



@3/ioi4l /J,/ g, /^w J3/7 @3/lo^ 



@3/9 S ^' "^ <®3/''>4 , 3/7 @3/9i^ 

 @2/6 @ 2/- 

 @3/o,V 2/7Ji_ @ 2/8M 2/9 



Para fine, hard 3/8 



Do soft 3/7 



Negroheads, Islands. 2/5 

 Do scrappy 2/3 



PER KILOGRAM], 



Mozambique spindks. .7 35(517.40 



Massii niggers 7 18(^7.25 



Adeli bill 7-45@7 55 



Gambia ball 6. @fa.io 



Bissao ball 5 80(0.5,90 



Guayaquil scrap 6 75(116.80 



Para fine 8 20(0)8 25 



Manaos negrohead 6 6c(S6 65 



@2/9K 

 Bolivian No sales. No sales. No sales. 



February 13 — The market has been rather disorganized this week, 

 owing to a certain rubber importing house in Liverpool being in diffi- 

 culties, but at the close a rather better tone prevails. There is little 

 change in prices. A moderate business has been done in Paris, com- 

 prising fine hard, spot, at 3,1. bj^i/., March-April delivery, V- (>U'^-. 

 April-May, 3s. id., and May-June 3:r T%d @3s. T^/id. Fine soft cure 

 sold spot and near at y. bd (Si^s. il^d. Negroheads lower ; sales Ma- 

 naos at 2s. lo)4d.. and Cametas at 2s. "id. Peruvian fine, 3J (>}{d ; 

 scrappy, 2s. gd @2s. lo^^d. ; ball, 2s. q^d @2s. ()^d. 



Medium sorts scarce and in good demand; at auction to-day sales 

 were made at generally steady prices. Madagascar: Mixed pinky and 

 Majunga, 2s. Sd.@2s. g^{d.? Majunga and dark coated, 2s 4d. Mo- 

 zambique : Stickless sausage, 3.1 2j4d. ; fair red ball, 3^. id. ; Beira 

 ball, 3s.@3s id. ; Lamu ball, 2s. Sd. Uganda : Clean ball, 2s o%d. 

 Central American : Weak scrap, 2s.@,2s. 2i^d ; slab, sheet, and strip, 

 IS. Td@is lod. 



Ba/ata--l20 packages offered and bought in, the value of sheet being 

 2s. 5(/., and block IJ. ll3^r/. = = On January 23 at auction 161 packages 

 offered and 6 sold— fair nnsorted sheet at 2s. ^d. ; inferior ditto at 2s, \d. ; 

 inferior perished at \s 3d. Venezuelan block was all bought in. 



Lrverpoot. 



William Wright & Co. report [February 2]: 



Fine Pard. — During the first half of the month the market was 

 strong and active, and prices advanced another 2d. per pound, since 



prices [IN MARKS 



Mozambique ball : 



" Donde," finest ... .7 90:38. 

 " Mahenge," finest. .7.75(87.90 

 " Nyassa," fine. . . .7.25(0)7.35 



Pinky, good 7. (§7.10 



White, good 6.80(8685 



Beira, fine 7. @7.io 



Good unripe 5 2i @5 30 



Hamburg, February 14, 1903. 



AntTverp. 



To the Editor of The India Rubber World : The Ant- 

 werp rubber market showed much firmness during January. 

 At the sale of January 27 617 tons found buyers, out of 623 tons 

 oflfered. Competition was brisk and prices were on an average 

 50 centimes per kilogram higher than the estimations —or an 

 advance to 6 or 7 per cent. The principal lots sold were : 



Valuation. Sold. 



.francs 7 95 E.50 



8.35 



8.05 



8271^ 



827^ 



8.50 



8.62>^ 



8.I2J^ 



At the small Friday sale of February 13. when 48 tons were 

 sold out of 51 tons offered, some weakness was shown. Prices 

 were irregular. In some instances 2 and 3 per cent, below val- 

 uations— z'.^., on the high values of the January sale. 



The next monthly sale, on February 20, will be small, as only 

 about 130 tons will be offered, including the following : 



Valuation. 



35 tons Aruwimi francs 8 05 



Aruwimi (mixed with Upper Congo) H.40 



30 

 13 



80 tons Upper Congo (mixed with Loanda). 



Aruwimi 7.75 



Aruwimi 7.50 



Mongalla strips 775 



Mongalla strips 750 



Uele strips 7.65 



Equateur 825 



Upper Congo small strips 7.85 



Mongalla, small strips 8.30 



Yengu (Upper Congo) small pieces 8.75 



