October i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER ^A^ORLD 



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fine ; scrappy, ball, slab, and other grades paying on the basis 

 of the price of scrappy. We must say that this proposed 

 second law is not equitable at all and it has aroused a general 

 protest from the merchants of Mandos." 



Belgian Rubber Movement. 



The imports and exports of crude India-rubber in Belgium 

 for 1899 were as follows : 



From — Kilos. 



Congo Free State. ... 3,401,059 



France 323,175 



Great Britain 226,878 



8i,88S 



.. 288,689 



135,740 



57,617 

 26,421 

 67,682 

 62,968 

 29,273 



Germany. 



Hamburg 



Portugal 



Other Europe. . . 



Africa 



East Indies 



Brazil . . 



Other countries. 



To— Kilos. 



United States 1,059.283 



Hamburg 68., 262 



Great Britain 569,039 



Germany 439. 557 



Holland 409,742 



France 287,259 



Russia 211,371 



Austria 108,441 



Spain 24,310 



Denmark 23,959 



Other couniiies 3',34i 



Total 4,701,390 



In transit 669,229 



Total 3 846,564 



In transit 669,229 



Grand total 5,370,619 



Grand total, 189S... 3,229,952 



Grand total. 

 Grand total, if 



•• 4,515.793 

 2,370,769 



German Crude 'J^abber Imports. 



QUANTITIES. 



1900. 1899. 



Imports pounds 29,656,440 30.148,140 22, 



Exports 10,493.340 11,889.360 5, 



214,940 

 359.860 



Net imports 19,163,100 18,258,780 16,855,080 



VALUES. 



1900. 1899. 1898. 



Imports marks. 75,489,000 76,741,000 45 



Exports 21,464,000 24,340,000 8, 



400,000 

 771,000 



Net imports 54,015,000 52,401,000 36,669,000 



Rotterdam 'Rubber Statistics, 1900. 



[Supplied by WeiseA Co.] 

 INDIA-RUBBER ARRIVALS (KILOGRAMS.) 



Thimbles, red 123,400 



Thimbles, black 15.650 



Congo ball 10,500 



Kassai, red 127,200 



Kassai, black 22,500 



Upper Congo 471,900 



Sierra Leone 11,100 



Mozambique 28,900 



Java and Sumatra. 



Borneo 



All other 



Total, 1900 



Total, 1899 



Total, 1898 



Total, 1897 



1899. 

 36,100 



1900. 

 38,900 



Stocks, January I 80,600 



BALATA ARRIVALS (KILOGRAMS.) 



1900. 1899. 1898. 



Surinam sheet ibi,6oo 95.250 76,800 



Venezuela block 23,500 52,200 158,800 



43.200 

 10,300 

 6,800 



877,450 

 804,750 

 656,400 

 705,650 

 1898. 

 80,200 



1897. 



153.350 

 73.000 



Total 185,100 



Stocks, end year 



147.450 

 5,000 



238,600 



GUTTAPERCHA (TONS.) 



IQCK,. I 



Stocks beginning of year 307 



Arrivals during year. . 280 



Aggregating 587 



Sales during year 402 



226,350 

 60,000 



1897. 



180 



495 



675 

 368 



307 



130 

 265 



395 

 215 



180 



322 

 192 



310 



Stocks end of year 185 



Hamburg. 



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

 sactions during the past week in the Hamburg market con- 

 tinued firm for Para sorts, with active inquiries. Sales of 

 medium quantities of fine Pard and Bolivian spot, were made 



at 8.40@8.45 marks; for future delivery higher prices were 

 ofTered, but found no sellers. Scrappy Mandos, quiet, with 

 minor transactions at 5.8o(« 5.85 marks. Transactions in fine 

 Mollendo were dull at 8.o5@8.io marks for new importations, 

 and at 8,2o@8.25 marks for old, dry rubber. Negroheads re- 

 ceived no offers worth mentioning. Orinoco [Angostura] re- 

 ceived especial attention, and, as the importers were inclined to 

 grant concessions, transactions were brisk for spot and de- 

 livery, prices ranging for line between 7.95@8 marks; for me- 

 dium between 7.8o@7.9o; and for Negroheads between 

 5.6o@5.8o. The transactions in middle sorts [Africans and 

 Centrals] were of minor importance, at weak prices, excluding 

 the necessity of their detail. The following sorts were taken 

 out of the market : 



Mozambique balls, red, finest . . ..M. 7.70@7.75 



Do Do Do fine 7.35@7.40 



Do Do Do good 6.65(0)6.60 



Do spindles, prime 6.5o@6.6o 



Do Do second 3.40(i!'3.5O 



Bissao balls, fine 5 40(315.50 



Do Do good 4.80(84.90 



Do Do Sandy 3. 50(83.60 



Colombian scrap, fine 5.75(S'5-8o 



Colombian sheets, fine 4.50(0)4,55 



Hamburg, September 11. looi. 



Antiverp. 



To THE Editor of The India Rubber World: The 

 steamer Philippeville arrived on the 7th instant from the Con- 

 go, with 810 tons of rubber, which is the largest quantity 

 shipped by one steamer up to date. [The details follow, under 

 another heading.] 



The next sales by inscription will take place on the 24th in- 

 stant, when 475 tons will be exposed. The principal Congo 

 sorts are represented by big lots : 



33 tons Upper Congo balls valuation /7.15 



40 tons Upper Congo balls . /6.50 



47 tons Upper Congo strips /6. 50 



23 tons Lower Congo red thimbles f ■>,. 



29 tons Lower Congo red thimbles / ^IS 



26 tons Aruwimi f (,. 



17 tons Lake Leopold II f ^-Ti 



15 tons Isanghi- / 5-50 



The demand has been regular of late ; in the week from Sep- 

 tember 2-7, about 85 tons have been sold at steady prices for 

 good qualities and somewhat irregular prices for inferior and 

 badly conditioned qualities. C. SCHMID & CO. 



Antwerp, September lo, 1901. 



ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 

 Septembf.r 7. — By the Philippeville, from the Congo: 

 Bunge & Co. (Domaine privc Etat du Congo)., .kilos 316,000 



Bunge & Co. (Plantations Lacourt) 8,400 



liunge & Co. (Societe Isanghi) . . 9,000 



Bunge & Co. (Societe Anversoise) 37,ooo 



Societe AB I R 265,000 



