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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Mav I, 1 90 1. 



view of the probability of a short crop next season, owing to 

 financial difficulties in Brazil. It is hard to realize that they 

 are buying hundreds of ions at prices pence per pound over 

 what they can sell at, merely with the idea of ' doing business." 

 Sales on spot are 195 tons, closing prices Islands being 3.^. Tyid; 

 Upriver 35. yd. For delivery, 195 tons sold, chiefly April-May 

 and May-June, closing with possible sellers 01 the former at 

 y. yd. and the latter at 3^. jyid." 



The partnership firm of Huss, Macleod & Co., India-rubber 

 merchants, 57, Tower bui'dings. Water street, was dissolved 

 March 31. The old accounts will be settled by George Mac- 

 leod. The business is to be continued, at the same location, 

 by George Macleod and S. Yates Edwards, as partners, under 

 the style Macleod, Edwards & Co. 



London. 

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



London 



r Para sorts tons — 



J Borneo 172 



1 Assam and Rangoon 21 



t Other sorts 640 



Total 845 



Liverpool 



Para. 



.1346 



Other sorts 1343 



Total, United Kingdom 3522 



Total, March i 2989 



Total, February 1 3189 



Total, January i 2901 



PRICES PAID DURING FEBRUARY. 



Para fine, hard 3/6? @3/8| 



Do soft 3/7} @3/8J 



Negroheads, Islands . . . 2/- @2/oj^ 



Do scrappy.... 2/7 (1*2/9 

 Bolivian 3/8^ 



1899. 



[ 4/5 @4/6i- 4/ii@4/2} 



2/7 @2/7j 2/l04 



3/5i@3/5j 3/7 



No sales. 4/3 



PRICES PAID DURING MARCH. 



1901. 



Para fine, Islands 3/6J @3/7} 



Do Upriver 3/6 @3/6J 



Negroheads, Islands. .. . l/iij(a)2/l 



Do scrappy 2/6 @2/6i 



Bolivian No sales. 



[ 4/2j@4/5 

 No sales. 



3/3 

 No sales. 



1899. 



4/3 @4/4j 



2/1 1 J 

 3/6|@3/7i 

 4/4i@4/5 



Bordeaux. 



To THE Editor of The India Rubber World : The prices 

 obtained for the African (Soudan or Sierra Leone) sorts have 

 been good in spite of the genuine settling which is done at 

 Liverpool. The fine Twists have been valued at 6.20 to 6.30 

 francs per kilogram and the Niggers, 5.27 to 5.30 per kilogram. 

 The stock is fortunately reduced and by the last arrival by the 

 La Plata all of the Sierra Leone and Gambia had been sold. 



Arrivals from March 15 to April 15, and stocks on hand at 

 the latter date, are as follows : 



Arrivals. Stocks. 



Cassamance kilos. 8,100 



Conakry 2,200 



Soudan 34. 500 



Congo — Mayusiba 4, 500 



Tonkin 2,000 



Madagascar 



Java 



4.500 

 2,000 

 2,500 

 2,500 



Total kilos. 



51,300 11,500 

 P. chaumel. 

 Hamburg. 



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

 ket for Para sorts of late has been more firm, and prices ad- 

 vancing, thereby benefiting other sorts, and causing great 

 activity in the latter. The tone of the market has been accen- 



tuated by reports of America becoming a strong buyer of Para 

 and other sorts, taking large quantities for spot and forward 

 delivery. Fine Bolivian, spot delivery, sold at S.isf^' 35 marks 

 per kilogram, and deliveries for May-June received ready oflers 

 of 8.3o@8.4o marks. Transactions at like prices are reported 

 in fine Para, hard cure. Bolivian medium, spot, brought 8 

 marks. Fine Mollendo has been much called for, and for the 

 only offer — a small lot for April-May delivery — 8.05 marks was 

 paid. Fine Matto Grosso virgin sold at 7.25^7.30 marks and 

 Matto Grosso negroheads at 5.50(^5.60. Transactions in Afri- 

 cans have been brisk, about 120 tons being disposed of at the 

 following : 



PRICES IN MARKS PER KILOGRAM. 



Bassam lump, prime, dry... 

 " ball, white and red, 



prime 



Bassam flake, ordinary .... 

 Congo thimbles, second, (in 



bags) 



Ecuador scrap 



Salvador scrap , 



Colombia sc.-ap 



Guatemala slab 



Borneo, white, prime and 



second 



Borneo, white third 



' '• dead 



3.60 



3.55 

 3-00 



3-35 

 5.70 

 5.70 

 5.65 

 3.90 



5.10 



3.25 

 3.85 



Mozambique ball, red and 



black, prime 7.35 



Lome niggers, red, prime... 6.50 

 " good white... 4.40 



" coated white. 4 10 



Massai niggers, red, cut, 



prime 5.60 



Conakry niggers, red and 



white, prime 5-30 



Conakry niggers, white, prime 5.00 

 Sierra Leone twist, prime, 



slightly damp 490 



Madagascar, black, prime. . . 4.25 



Batanga ball, prime 4.20 



Elobi, tongue and ball, prime 3.65 



Market closes firm by rising prices. 



Hamburg, April 9, 1901. 



Anhoerp. 



To the Editor of The India Rubber World : On March 

 18 118 tons Lopori rubber were sold by private tender to ar- 

 rive by steamer PhilippeviUe, due March 20 from the Congo, 

 at T.mYz francs per kilogram. It appears that the lot was 

 bought for the United States. This may be regarded as a full 

 price, the lot having to be taken telle quelle (without regard to 

 quality), whereas 7.50 francs was the price paid for an assorted 

 lot of Lopori at the auction of March 12. The next sale is an- 

 nounced for April 16, to include 380 tons, mostly Congos. 

 The Antwerp market has been quiet, at unchanged prices for 

 prime quality. Owners are ready sellers for inferior grades. 



C. SCHMID & CO. 



Antwerp, March 30, 1901. 



Some prices obtained at the sale April 16 were: Upper 

 Congo balls, ordinary, 7.20(^7.25 francs ; Lake Leopold, second 

 quality, 6.20 ; Aruwimi,6@6.8o; red Kassai, 7.2o@7.So; Lower 

 Congo, red thimbles, 3.07^; Upper Congo — Yengu, 8.20; 

 Soudan twists, 7.35 ; Conakry niggers, 6.55. No Loporis offered. 

 Total offered, 381,285 kilograms; sold, 310,520 kilograms. Next 

 sale. May 14. Steamer with 500 tons expected by the end of 

 April. 



antwterp rubber statistics for march. 



[By the courtesy of Emile Grisar.] 



