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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 



1 90 1. 



at the commencement of the season, in the face of the financial 

 crisis, collectors have doubled their efforts to bring down their 

 produce, and thus succeeded in raising the crop to its present 

 dimensions. For the coming year there are, however, various 

 important elements at work, such as reduced labor and scarcity 

 of foodstuffs, especially in the upper reaches of the Amazon, 

 where supplies have been insutTicient, all of which point to a 

 falling off in next year's receipts." 



Gutia-percha. 



EXPORIS from Singapore for the first three months of 1901, 

 compared with former years, are stated officially as follows (in 

 pounds) : 



Years. Great Britain. Other Europe. United States, Total. 



igoi 2,014, 733J 1,031.066! 161,3331 3.207,1334 



iqoo.... 2.6oo,533j 662 353I 353.600 3,6i6,666| 



1899 2,053.733! 1,199,7335 338,6665 3.592,133! 



Singapore prices lor Guttapercha of late have been as fol- 

 lows, the first column giving the quotation per picul (i33>^ 

 pounds), in silver money, and the second column the equiva- 

 lent per pound in United States gold : 



Per Picul. Per Pound. 



(Silver.) (Gold.) 



First quality $430@570 $[.57@2 07 



Medium 270(^420 .98(21.53 



Lower 40(ttt90 .I5@ 69 



Since January i prices have declined about $30 per picul for 

 first quality and medium, and $10 per picul for lower. On this 

 subject, however, may be quoted a statement made at the half 

 yearly meeting of the India- Rubber, Gutia Percha, and Tele- 

 graph Works Co., Limited, in London, on June 4, viz.: "The 

 market prices for the different grades of Gutta-percha were, as 

 a matter of fact, lower than they were recently, but the quality 

 of those grades was below the usual standard, with the net result 

 that buyers got less useful material for the money they paid 

 than was formerly the case." 



Lagos Rubber Exports Declining. 



The decline in Lagos exports has been mentioned already in 

 The India Rubber World. We now give the official figures 

 obtained from the Lagos custom house: 



Years. Pounds, Value. 



In 1895 5060,504 /■ 269,892 13 10 



1111896 6,484,653 347.730 2 10 



In 1897 4.458.327 283,184 17 ij 



In 1098 3.778266 285,409 14 6 



In 1899 1,993.525 160.314 16 4 



In 1900 596.332 48 238 18 13 



The Total cAfrican Output Increasing. 



Any decline in the production of a given territory seems 

 certain of being more than compensated for returns from 

 other colonies, as indicated by the following figures /rom some 

 leading sources of African rubber supplies (in pounds) : 



1895. 1900. 



Gold Coast Colony 4,022,385 3452,440 



Lagos .. 5,060,504 596,332 



Angola 4,652,698 Z'?. 436, 026 



Congo F-ee State 1,168,363 10,784.407 



German East Africa 503,320 /'sSS.sn 



Kamerun a88o,ooo fi. 328, 536 



Togoland n 68,200 c 380.530 



Total 16,355,470 24,575,782 



[rt— 1894. 3— 1S99. c — 1898-99.] 



Liverpool. 



William Wkicht & Co report [June i] : 



•' F/ne Pat A has met a steady demand, and prices close about 

 the parity of last month. During the early part of the month 

 the market was depressed with a view to frighten the holders 

 of May tenders. This movement succeeded to a certain ex- 

 tent, and y. Sd. was touched, but very little sold thereat ; 



eventually prices recovered to y. lod., then on bear manipula- 

 tion declined to y. gd., finally closing at 31. gU'^- The mar- 

 ket in Para and Manaos still continues considerably above the 

 parity of prices ruling here, with an active demand, all avail- 

 able supplies being bought at current rates. This market has 

 been at the mercy of two rival American speculators, whose 

 only object seems to be to spoil each other's game, quite apart 

 from the interests of the trade. This may continue for some 

 little time, but in spite of it all, we still adhere to our previ- 

 ously expressed opinion that the tendency of prices will be 

 upward. A recent article in a New York paper alluded to a 

 'corner' in rubber, wherein the bear speculator posed as the 

 manufacturers' friend. We would, however, remind manufact- 

 urers that both ' bears ' and ' bulls ' play for their own hand, 

 not from the philanthropic view of helping the manufacturer. 

 Sales on spot total 1 10 tons. For delivery a considerable quan- 

 tity sold May June y. g'/id. ; June-July y. g%d. to y. Sli<f. to 

 y. gl4d.; July August 3^. gyid. to 3J. i}(d. to y. lo'yid., and 

 one lot, August September 3,^. g'Ad." 

 J. J. Fischer & Co., Limited, report Liverpool stocks : 



Feb. 28. 



Para : Fine. . . 797 tons 



Medium 107 " 



Negroheads. . . . . 132 " 



African 779 " 



Peruvian 46 " 



Mangabeira 430 pkgs 



Pernambuco 43 " 



Ceara 1817 " 



Manifoba 3 " 



Assaree 451 " 



Mollendo 25 " 



Hamburg. 



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

 dition of the rubber market for the past week for the most part 

 remained unchanged, though Pata grades showed a slight im- 

 provement. In Africans, a tendency was apparent to await the 

 result of the inscriptions at Antwerp. A slight improvement 

 is to be recorded in the market for Centrals. The sales in- 

 cluded : 



.H'OTATIONS IN MARKS PER KILOGRAM. 



Me.xican slabs, sandy.. 

 Kassai red, prime 5 



Do 2d grade. . 



Lome red 



Do white 4 



Mozambique ball, prime6 



Do " 2d...5 



Gambia red 



Bissao biscuits, good . . 

 Batanga balls, large. .3 

 Congo thimbles, red, 2d3 



3.qo 



.50(ai5.85 



4.15 



6. go 



.20(814.25 



.8o(g6 90 



.25@5-30 



5.75 



4.35 



.50@3.6o 



•25(2>3.30 



Bolivian fine, spot. . . .8.40(^8.45 



Do " forward.. 8.50 



Do negroheads... 6.10 



Manaos negroheads... 6.10 



Para fine, hard cure. .. 8.40 



Mollendo fine, 8.10(818.15 



Do negroheads. 5.85 

 Mattogrosso manga- 

 beira 5 05 



Santos mangabeira. . . .4.85@4.90 

 Ecuador scraps, fine. . 5.85 



Guatemala slabs 4.00 



Hamburg, June il, 1901. 



Antwerp. 



To the Editor of The India Rubber World : At yes- 

 terday's public sales prices were very irregular. Good qualities 

 were in good demand and fetched good prices— in several 

 cases a fraction over valuation— whereas different parcels of 

 rather inferior quality were sold at about 1% per cent, average 

 under valuation. The offerings amounted to 349 tons and the 

 sales about 191 tons. Since the sales by inscription about 15 

 tons have found buyers, including 3770 kilos Upper Congo — 

 Lake Leopold II at 5,80 francs per kilo; 5000 kilos Upper 

 Congo — Aruwimi at 7.30 francs ; and 3000 kilos Upper Congo — 

 Lopori at 7 francs. The next sale by inscription will take place 

 early in July, when about 300 tons will be offered. The stock 

 this day is 915,081 kilograms, including 309,081 just arrived by 

 the PhilippevilU from the Congo. C. schmid & CO. 



Antwerp, June 12, 1901. 



