December i, 1910.J 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



107 



Anttuerp. 



L. & W. Van de V'elde report (November 16] : 



Considering the instability of the market during the last month, the re- 

 sult of our to-day's sales may be considered as satisfactory. Coiipo and 

 sundry grades were well competed for, but prices ruled rather irregular ; 

 out of 435 tons put up for sale, 283 tons were sold at an average slightly 

 under valuations. 



Plantation was in strong demand. The 44 tons offered were cleared 

 at an average advance of 50 centimes per kilogram [= 5 cents per pound]. 

 Our next sale will be held on December 14, and will comprise the rubber 

 cargo of tbt steamer Biuxellesiillf — about 200 tons, and fuither about 50 

 tons plantations and sundry grades. 



Stocks to-day, about 462 tons. 



Quotations November 16 (Fr.\ncs ter Kii-o."! 



Kasai, red, 1 14.00-14.50 



Kasai, red. Loanda II. grade 12.50-13.00 



Kasai, black 1 14.50-15.25 



Equateur, Yengu, Ikelemba, Lulonga, etc 14.50-15.25 



Lopori ( Mariiiga) 7.75- 8.25 



Upper Congo ordinary, Sankuru, Lomaiiii 13.00-13.25 



Mongala laniencs 12.25-13.00 



Aruwimi 12.25-13 00 



Uele 12.25-13.00 



Wamba, red, 1 10.25-10.75 



Straits, cr6pe, 1 16.58-16.88 



Giiavule 6.50- 7.00 



ManiQoba 7.00- 7.50 



Comparative Prices October 31 (Francs per Kii.o). 



[Reported by I.. & W. Van de \'£Lde. .\ntvverp.] 



1908. 1909. 1910. 



Kasai, red, 1 9.00-9.50 14.25-14.37 14.00-14.50 



Kasai Loanda, red, II 7.50-8.00 11.75-12.25 12.50-13.00 



Kasai. black, 1 14.50-15.25 



Equatenr, Yengu, Ikelemba, 



Lulonga, etc 9.00-9.50 14.50-15.00 14.50-15.25 



Lopori II. (Maringa) 5.00-6.00 9.00-9.25 7.75-8.25 



Upper Congo, ordinarv, 



Sankuru, Lomami '. S.SO-8.95 14.00-14.37 13.00-13.25 



Mongala strips 8.50-8.95 14.00-14.37 12.25-13.00 



Arnwimi 8.50-8.95 14.00-14.37 12.25-13.00 



Uele 8.50-8.95 14.00-14.37 12.25-13.00 



Wamba, red, 1 6.00-6.25 11.00-11.25 10.25-10.75 



Sundry Grades. 



Straits crepe 1 24.50-24.90 16.00-16.30 



Guavule 5.50- 6.00 750- 8.00 



Mani(;oba 7.00- 7.50 



Soudan, red 12.50-12.75 12.25-12.50 



Rio Nimez 14.00-14.25 13.75-14.00 



African Rubbers, 



New York Stocks (In Tons). 



Rubber Statistics for October. 



Details. 1910. 



Stocks, Sept. 30.. kilos 580,908 



Arrivals in October.. 275,753 



Congo sorts 175,101 



Other sorts 100,652 



Aggregating 856,661 



Sales in Octobei 257,887 



1909. 



397,454 

 265.185 

 199,664 

 65,521 



662.639 

 197,808 



1908. 

 654.161 

 554.756 

 487,104 



67,652 



1,208,917 

 546,813 



1907. 

 719.005 

 237,963 

 180,366 



57,597 



956,968 

 233,152 



1906. 

 566.683 

 509.727 

 444.829 



64,898 



1,076,410 

 455,329 



Stocks, October 31... 598,774 464,831 662,104 723,816 621,081 



Arrivals since Jan, 

 Congo sorts 

 Other sorts 



Sales since .Tan. 1... 3,247,884 3,967,242 4,562,709 4,236,685 4,876,338 



Rubber Arrivals from the Congo. 

 November 3. — By the steamer Bruxellesville: 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 108,300 



Do (Societe Abir) 180 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 5.600 



Do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 20.000 



Do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 3,600 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haut Congo) 2,800 



Do (Cie. du Lomami) 8.100 



L. & W. Van de Velde (Cie. du Kasai) 59,000 



Do 1.500 



Charles Dethier (.\merican Congo Co.) 2,500 



Rubber Exports From the Congo. 

 Okficiai. statement for the year 1909: 



Production of the Congo State kilos 3, 



In transit through the State 1 



May 1, 1910 125 



June 1 90 



July 1 120 



August 1 



September 1 



October 1 



November 1 



250 

 300 

 375 

 100 



October I, 1909 67 



November 1 134 



December 1 134 



January 1, 1910 228 



Februarv 1 134 



March 'l 161 



April 1 121 



Liverp ool. 



WiLMAM Wright & Co. report [November 1] : 



Fine Para. — The market has been active and subject to violent specula- 

 tive fluctuations; in fact the ordinary rules that govern supply and demand 

 seem er.tirely to have disappeared, and prices are advanced or depressed 

 to suit the convenience of outside speculative manipulation — a most un- 

 healthy state of afliairs. The trade have taken advantage of this decline 

 to buy to some extent and would buy more, only sellers are afraid in the 

 present uncertain slate of the market to otTer far ahead. America still 

 contiues to take a moderate amount from this market, and has also bought 

 more freely in Brazil. Closing value of Upriver, Ss. 9d. [— $1.40], 



Amsterdam. 



F. Joosten reports [November 15] : 



In spite of the general hardening tendency and decidedly increasing 

 demand, prices here remain cheap, and only a small business was reported 

 in wild ramhong (Ficus rubber). Our next sale by private tender will 

 take place about the middle of December. 



Para. 



R. O. .A-HLERS & Co. report [November 11]: 



The heavy fluctuations of both exchange and home markets aiid [he ""• 

 certainty of the near future have paralyzed our market a good deal. Ihe 

 little signs of reanimation have soon disappeared again. 



Neiv York. 



In regard to the financial situation, Albert B. Beers (broker in 

 crude rubber and commercial paper, No. 68 William street. New 

 York) advises as follows: "During November the demand for 

 commercial paper has been rather light, and mostly from out of 

 town banks, the rates for the best known rubber names ruling 

 at SK'@6 per cent., and those not so well known 6y4@6y2 per 

 cent." 



211,580 



PARA EXPORTS, BY GRADES. 



The following analysis of the exports of rubber from the 

 Amazon for the year 1909— by ports, without reference to the 

 countries of production— and also the distribution as between 

 the United States and Europe, is given in a report by the 

 British consul at Para. The figures indicate weight in metric 

 tons: 



America: Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. Total. 



Para ' 4,154 651 4.134 7l6 9.655 



Manao's 5.356 I. .49 1.735 1.898 10,138 



Itacoatiara 4 ^ ■* ^ 



J ., 21 2 8 7a '05 



Iquitos -^3 



rotal 9.337 1.804 5,881 2,688 19.910 



F.ukope: 



Para 5.278 57^ »,869 1.951 9.674 



Manaos 3,67^ 7^0 7^5 =,^40 7,357 



Itacoatiara 7i " 53 i3 '48 



Iquitjos 796 127 326 IA02 jM' 



Total 9.817 1.434 2.973 5,6o6 19,830 



GhAND roTAL 19.354 3.238 8,854 8.294 39,740 



The exports for 1907, according to the same report, were 

 37,514 tons, and for 1908, 37.686 tons. 



750,615 

 550,789 



Total 5,301,404 



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