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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October i, 1901. 



"During September there has been only a moderate demand 

 for commercial paper, and rates have advanced somewhat, as 

 is usual at this season, quotations being S@s;4 per cent, for the 

 best rubber names and 6 per cent, (or those not so well known, 

 and but small demand for the latter." 



Statistics of Para jabber {Excluding Caucho) . 



NEW YORK. 



Fine and 

 Medium. 



Stocks, July 31 tons 634 



Arrivals, August 293 



Aggregating 927 



Deliveries, August 442 



Stocks, August 31. . 



Stocks, July 31 215 



Arrivals, August 1190 



Aggregating 1405 



Deliveries, August. . . . 



Stocks. August 31 



485 



Total 



Coarse, iqoi. 



90 = 724 



171 = 464 



261 = I18S 



223 = 665 



38 = 523 



Total 

 1900. 



498 



599 



1097 

 531 



566 



Total 

 iSog. 



351 

 526 



877 

 564 



313 



1899. 



1697 

 II97 2295 



I90I. 1900. 



World's supply, August 31 2238 2629 



Para receipts, July i to August 31 2305/ 



Para receipts of Caucho, same date 250 S 



Afloat from Para to United States, Aug. 31. 87 170 185 



Afloat from Para to Europe, August 31 458 345 420 



'Poniianak. 



Experts from Singapore for two years past have been as 

 follows, in pounds : 



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



1900 2,924,6661 778.133^ 7.755.8661 11,458, 666| 



1899 336i933i 55i,866| 9,998,266! lo,887,o66| 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [September i]: "Fine 

 ParA. — There has been a more active inquiry during the 

 month ; prices advanced from 35. "jd. to y. lod., but since then 

 have receded somewhat, closing quotation being 3^. qd. The 

 decline is entirely due to the action of the American 'bear' 

 operator, and is not justified by the position of the market, 

 which statistically is strong. There seems to be a general con- 

 census of opinion that the crop will be a short one; to what 

 extent, and whether this will become apparent at the beginning 

 or the end of the crop, remains to be seen ; up to date supplies 

 are up to last year. We understand the state of Amazonas 

 are going to impose an extra duty of 2 per cent., which will, of 

 course, add to the price. Taking into account the uncertain- 

 ties of the situation, and the fact that the prices are %d. per 

 pound lower than last year, we think manufacturers should 

 not run too short." 



Mirius & Levy report [September 14] : " We lately saw an 

 advance on prices, which is only the prelude of what we are 

 going to see very shortly. We may anticipate a squeeze again. 

 The news that a liner trading between Manaos, Para, and 

 Liverpool was stranded, caused considerable uneasiness among 

 a certain class of operators here. We wonder what would hap- 

 pen if a steamer sank, with a few hundred tons on board. 



" The statistical position is strong. The Islands crop has 

 begun, but Upriver districts, so far, have not shown many signs 

 of life. Upriver grades will become very scarce, and it is now 

 a question whether prices for Islands will rule on the same level 

 as Upriver fine, or whether this latter will command a premium 

 of 2 or 3 pence. 



" The latest news from Peru we had informed us that Caucho 



slab next crop will be scarce, is well as Caucho ball, for the 

 simple reason that each tree gathered from is killed, and the 

 growth of a Castilloa requires years and years. 



" Many steamers are lying idle in Para, and will not be seen 

 busy for a long time to come, because they require cargo, both 

 inwards and outwards. It does not pay to send a steamer 

 empty from Manaos or Para to the rivers, the journey taking 

 sometimes 40 or 50 days going upriver and 30 to 40 days com- 

 ing down. 

 " We point out something very curious : 



Fine Pari Upriver 3/9 this year against 4/2j^ last. 



Fine Para Islands 3/8}^ this year against 4/1;^ last. 



— and in comparing statistics on September i : 



Para stocks, this year 984 tons. 



Para stocks, last year 1200 tons. 



" The statistical position will be considerably strengthened 

 during October, November and December." 



London. 

 Jackson & Till, under date of September i, report stocks: 



1901. 1900. 1899. 



r Para sorts tons — — — 



J Borneo 129 193 86 



^"^''"''^ 1 Assam and Rangoon 90 41 28 



l^ Other sorts 506 544 418 



Total 725 778 532 



( Para 984 1200 703 



^•^■^'*™°'- ] Other sorts .027 1192 753 



Total, United Kingdom 2736 3170 1988 



Total, August 1 2944 3645 1878 



Total, July I 3128 3653 2247 



Total, June 1 3502 3624 2510 



Total. May I 3397 3952 2129 



PRICES PAID during AUGUST. 



1901. 1900. 1S99. 



Para fine. 3/6M'@3/ioi 3/lij@4/2j 4/o|@4/3i 



Negroheads, Islands. .. . l/io^® 2/0* 2/2J ©2/3 2/7 



Do scrappy 2/9 @ 2/9! 2/io|@2/ii 3/2J 



Bolivian 3/7 A,lo\ @Ahk 4/3 ©4/3^ 



^«c/w«, September 6: Very little sold. Nyassa sold at 2/9; 

 Red Mozambique 3/1^4"; Assam No. i. heated, i/934@i/io; 

 low sandy o/io; ordinary heated No. i, at i/i^i; stickless 

 sausage, 2/1^4 bid. 



Manaos. 



The legislature of Amazonas has approved a law reducing 

 duties on rubber to 20 per cent., of which 33 per cent, are pay- 

 able in kind, and authorizing government to receive the whole 

 in kind if necessary, as also to negotiate a loan with guarantee 

 of the rubber received by the treasury, which it is said, will be 

 handed over to a syndicate in Paris with which the governor 

 is in negotiation. This has caused great sensation and the As- 

 socia9rn Commercial has called a meeting to protest. — The 

 Brazilian Review. 



Marius & Levy, who have houses on the Amazon and in 

 Liverpool and Paris, advise us: 



" Taking the total of rubber exported from Mandos at 16,000 

 tons, 20 per cent, of this will be 3200 tons, and 33 per cent, of 

 this is equal to 1056 tons of rubber, which will be in the hands 

 of the Amazonas state government. We reckon that not less 

 than 1200 to 1300 tons will be quantity of rubber stored in 

 Mandos, and it is said that this rubber will be given to a syndi- 

 cate as a guarantee for a loan, which loan will be raised in 

 Paris. The syndicate will of course try to make as much 

 money as they can on the rubber, independently of any other 

 advantages they may obtain on the special terms of the loan. 



" Another law is now in discussion regarding the classifica- 

 tion of rubber — ;'. e.. fine and entrefine (medium) are to form 

 one class of rubber, paying duty on the basis of the price of 



