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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 



1901 . 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [May i] : " Fine Para has 

 been active throughout the month, and. as we foreshadowed in 

 our last, prices have advanced fully yi. per pound. Supplies 

 in Para and Manaos have been liberal, but, notwithstanding, 

 all parcels have been readily bought at current rates, fully 

 2;^@3i/. above the prices ruling here. In view of the short 

 supplies during the next few months, and the probability of a 

 small crop ne.xt season (owing to financial difficulties in Brazil), 

 we are inclined to think that although there may be one or two 

 temporary breaks, the tendency of prices will be to advance. 

 The Americans have been strong and active buyers in Para 

 during the last two months, and, as we said in our March issue, 

 they do not buy at pence per lb. above market prices merely 

 for the pleasure of ' doing business.' - - - Africans have expe- 

 rienced a strong demand, and a very large business doing, prin- 

 cipally in Cape Coast kinds, a large parcel of old stock being 

 cleared at cheap rates. Sierra Leone has also been in good 

 request; prices of good niggers have advanced 3*/. per pound." 



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

 Dec, 31. 



Para : Fine 612 tons 



Medium 54 " 



Negroheads. . . . , 119 " 



African 770 " 



Peruvian 73 " 



Mangabeira 430 pkgs 



Pernambuco 150 " 



Ceara 1489 " 



Manitoba 152 " 



Assaree 404 ' ' 



Mollendo .... 14 " 



London. 



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



1901. 1900. 



f Para sorts tons — — 



J Borneo 172 128 



^"^""'^ 1 Assam and Rangoon 38 21 



l_ Other sorts 631 456 



Total 841 



Liverpool 



Para. 



.1440 



Other sorts 13 16 



Total, United Kingdom 3597 



Total, April 1 3522 



Total, March 1 2989 



Total, February 1 3189 



Total, January i 2901 



PRICES PAID DURING FEBRUARY. 



605 



18S0 

 1467 



3952 

 3104 

 1917 

 1848 

 1855 



72 



32 



385 



490 



890 



749 



2129 

 1942 

 1784 

 1905 

 2109 



Para fine 3/7 



Negroheads, Islands 

 Do scrappy. 



1901. 



@3/" 

 2/1 (a2/3i 



2/6J t«2/9| 



Bolivian No sales. 



1900. 



4/if@4/3 

 2/4J@2/5 



@3/a 



@4/3 



1899. 



4/23 @4/5 

 2/jO 



3/55 

 4/3"'4/5 



Hamburg. 



The tone of the Hamburg market for the past week was 

 quiet generally, though prices were well maintained. This con- 

 dition was caused by the inactivity of consumers on account of 

 the near approach of the Antwerp inscription. Offers for for- 

 ward delivery were few, though in good demand, and transac- 

 tions moved within narrow bounds. Sales of Fme Para and 

 Bolivian spot were of minor importance, at 8.5o@8.6o marks 

 per kilogram, while Fine Mollendo was in better favor, owing 

 to small receipts. Prices moved between 8.i5@8.25 marks, 

 with more orders than ofTers. A small lot of Fine Mattagrosso 

 Virgin found ready sale at 7.40 marks. In the middle sorts the 

 Africans received special attention, mainly Kassai, which was 

 in great demand. All other sorts were dormant and partly un- 



marketable, so much so as to exclude the necessity of detail. 



Sales during the week included : 



MARKS I'ER KILOGRAM. 



Mozambique balls, prime @M 7.35@7.40 



Mozambique balls, white. . . 5.25@5.30 



HIack Congo Thimbles 5.20@S.25 



Red Congo, second grade 3-35@5.40 



Kassai niggers, prime red 5.8005.85 



Kassai, mixed red and white 5.50@5.6o 



Kassai, second, sandy, damp 400 



Sierra Leone niggers, prime, damp 5 00 



Batanza balls, prime 4.2C@4.25 



Ecuador scraps, fine 5.90 



Guatemala slabs, good 3.QO 



H.Tmburg, May 14, I901. 



Anhuerp. 



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

 lowing sales by tender have taken place in this market: On 

 May 9 a small sale when only 13 out of 60 tons were sold at 

 about 3 per cent. lower prices than estimations, only a small 

 number of buyers having made bids. On May 14, 254 tons, 

 mostly Congo sorts, were exposed for sale, of which about 224 

 tons were sold. This relatively satisfactory result may be at- 

 tributed to the buying orders sent by the United States, which 

 bought the largest part of the catalogue. The sorts most in 

 demand in the United States — such as Loporis, Haut Congo 

 ordinaire, Uele, etc., sold at estimations and in some instances 

 2 and 3 per cent, lower. For instance, Loporis sold at 7-47^^ 

 francs (estimated 7.75). Haut-Congo ordinaire at 6.80 francs 

 (estimated 7), and at 7.15 francs (average estimated 7.35). 

 Other sorts not desired for the United States were 5 and 6 per 

 cent, lower. On the whole prices are 4^ per cent, below the 

 April sale. The next sale will lake place on June 10 and will 

 amount to about 322 tons. The next steamer awaited from the 

 Congo in a few days, brings about 300 tons. c. .schmid d CO. 



Antwerp, May 14, 1901. 



Emile Grisar reports May 14 : Stocks, 290,846 kilos ; arriv- 

 ing by the steamer Stanleyville, 282,978; total, 573,824 kilos. 



ANTWERP rubber STATISTICS FOR APRL. 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



April 25. — By the Stanleyville, from the Congo: 



Bunge & Co. (Domaine prive Etat du Congo)., .kilos 199,000 



Bunge & Co. (Socicte Anveisoise) 1 15,000 



Bunge & Co. (Plantations Lacourt) 3,000 



Bunge & Co (la Djuma) 7,000 



Ch. Dethier (la Loanjc) 2,000 



Ch. Dethier (Societe Belgika) i6,oco 



M. S. Cols (Centrale Africaine) 2,000 



M. S. Cols (Ikelemba) .... 3,200 



M. S. Cols (Produits Vegctaux du Kassai) 4,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haut Congo). 3,700 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Slid Kamerun) 750 



Soc. An. pour le Commerce Colonial (Est Kwango).. 10,500 



L. & W. Van de Velde (Comptoirs Congolais Velde).. 5,000 



Societe A B I R 38,500 



Comptoir Commercial Congolais 9,000 



J. P. Best & Co 9,000 



427,650 



