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THE INDIA RUBBER \VORLD 



[November i, 1901. 



those ruling here, lends color to this belief. Meanwhile the 

 market is kept quiet here by offering small quantities at cheap 

 rates, the bulk of present stock being quite off the market, 

 Sales on spot only total 115 tons, and 125 for forward delivery, 

 closing prices being y.Sd. for Upriver, and 3^^. 7^. for Islands." 

 Marius & Levy [reporting October 15] continue to predict a 

 shortage in the rubber production of the current year, despite 

 the larger receipts at Para, up to date, than usual. They write : 

 ■• We beg to say that, in our opinion, this increase in the re- 

 ceipts will not last, and if it has taken place so far, it is simply 

 owing to the fact that a number of firms in Brazil were rushing 

 to get their stuflf down as quickly as posiible, in order to make 

 remittances to their European creditors." The same firm pre- 

 dict also a shortage in Congo rubbers this year : " It is expected 

 that the Congo crop will be reduced by approximately 20 per 

 cent. ; all the colonial concerns on the Congo being partially at 

 a standstill, through the tremendous decline in their capital and 

 shares, and. as there does not appear to be much chance of their 

 raising fresh capital, the consequence is a fall in the receipts." 



London. 

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



r Para sorts tons — 



T ..^»,^^/^M J BomCO 134 



LONDON Hj ^^^^^ ^^j Rangoon 87 



l_Other sorts 481 



Total 702 



1900. 



219 



33 

 617 



869 



1899. 



126 



26 



396 



548 



Liverpool 



Para. 



.1024 



Other sorts 1076 



Total. United Kingdom 2802 



Total, September I 2736 



Total, August I 2944 



Total, July I 3128 



Total, June I 3502 



Total, May I 3397 



PRICES PAID DURING SEPTEMBER. 



Para fine 3/7 



Negroheads, Islands 



Do scrappy 2/8 



Bolivian 



4/1 



2/4 

 2/ 1 1 @3/oi 

 4/2 J (<*4/4 



4/2 @4/3f 

 2/6i 

 3/2si^3/5 

 4/3i@4/4 



@3/9[ 



2/oi 

 @ 2/9 



3/9 



Declining Rubber Output of Angola. 



Recent reports in these pages from Lisbon have pointed to 



a decline in the rubber output of Portuguese West Africa. 



Herewith is a statement showing exports from the various 



ports during 1900: 



Benguella pounds 2,606,602 



Loanda 1,643,648 



Mossamedes 90,402 



Ambriz 50,226 



Total pounds 4,390,878 



This is a decline of about 40 per cent, as compared with the 

 previous year, when the output was the largest on record. We 

 now have figures indicating the total output for this territory 

 for the following years, in addition to the above — in pounds: 



18B8. 1891. 1895. 1896. 1898. 1899. 



2,967,081 4,083,064 4,652,698 5,025,991 7.431,305 7.436,026 

 The value is given at 3.605,735 Portuguese milreis in 1900 

 against 5,716,567 in 1899, the milreis being worth $1.08 gold. 



Antiverp. 



To THE Editor of The India Rubber World: At the 

 sales on September 24 about 475 tons, mostly Congo sorts, were 

 exposed, of which about 307 tons found buyers at unchanged 

 prices. The brokers' valuations, based on the preceding sale 

 were reached in most cases, the fine qualities commanding 

 sometimes a slight premium. 



On October 7 a large transaction was concluded for the 



United States. The whole stock of Upper Congo — Lopori on 

 the spot, amountinp to 303 tons, together with 29 tons shortly 

 expected per steamer Amiersvilie, was sold on private terms. 

 This quantity included 69 tons Lopori I and 165 tons Lopori II, 

 besides 98 tons Lopori I and II. The firsts are understood to 

 have been valued at 7.85 francs per kilogram and the seconds 

 at 6.2 5 @ 6. 50. 



At the sales on October 31 will be offered, among other lots — 

 6i tons Upper Congo — Equateur valuation /-. 50 



41 " Upper Congo — Aruwimi 5.50 



62 " Upper Cimgo — small strips 6.25 



43 " Upper Congo — Yengu 7.90 



42 " Uelle 5.35 



c. SCHMID & 00. 

 Antwerp, October 9, 1901. 



To THE Editor of The India Rubber World : Since the 

 inscription sale of September 24, and especially since the begin- 

 ning of October, large sales have taken place — including about 

 332 tons Lopori on spot and Lopori to arrive — on private 

 terms. The stock of rubber which, at the end of September 

 amounted to 896 tons, is now reduced to about 550 tons. The 

 next inscription sale will be held on October 31. 



E. KARCHER & CO. 



Antwerp. October S, 1901. 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER. 



ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



September 21. — By the Stanleyville, from the Congo: 



Ch. Dethier(Societe Belgika) kilos. 4.000 



M . S. Cols. (Societe Lubefu) 7,000 



Bunge & Co. (Domaine prive Etat du Congo) 21,000 



Bunge & Co. ( Plantations Lacourt) 6,900 



Bunge & Co. (Comite Special Katanga) 8,300 



Societe A B I R 69,300 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haul Congo) 16.600 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Societe Lomami) 13,000 146,100 



October ii. — By the Anversville, from the Congo: 



Ch. Dethier (Societe Belgika). kilos 3,500 



Ch. Dethier (Societe la Loanje) 2,000 



M. S. Cols (Societe Lubefu) 7,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haut Congo). 3.000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Slid Kamerun) 800 



.Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Societe La Djuma).. . . 4.500 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Lomami) 5,000 



Bunge & Co. (Uomaine prive Etat du Congo) 91,000 



Bunge & Co. (Societe Anversoise) 18,000 



Bunge & Co. (Societe Isanghi) . . 7,700 



Bunge & Co. (Plantations Lacourt) 12,700 



L. & W. Van de Velde (Comptoirs Congolais Velde). 1,000 



Societe ABIR. . . 29,700 



Comptoir Commercial Congolais 29,800 



Evrard Havenith (Andrea) 1,000 216,706 



A RECENT circular from G. van den Kerckhove (Antwerp) 

 contains a reference to the movement to consolidate the traffic 

 of the Kassai region, in the Congo basin, under the name " Le 

 Syndicate au Kassai." From a commercial point of view, and 

 also with regard to the improvement in the quality of rubber, 



