March 1. 19! 4. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



333 



STATISTICS PARA INDIA RUBBER (IN TONS) 

 (INCLUDING CAUCHO). 



STATISTICS FOR THL MO.NTII OV JANUARY. 



Para. Caucho. 1914. 



Receipts at Para tons 3,690 740 



Shipments to Liverpool. . . 1,120 280 

 Shipments to Continental 



Ports 290 



Shipments to .America... 1,810 



== 4,430 against 

 = 1,400 



American Imports 1,350 



American Deliveries .... 1,280 



Liverpool Imports 930 



Liverpool Deliveries .... 1,110 



Continental Imports .... 160 



Continental Deliveries.... 160 



20 = 

 230 = 

 230 = 

 200 = 

 235 = 

 305 = 



30 = 

 ISO - 



310 

 2,040 

 1,580 

 1,480 

 1,165 

 1,415 

 190 

 310 



1913. 

 5,130 

 2,060 



400 

 2,090 

 2,090 

 2,030 

 1,852 

 1,602 

 440 

 440 



1912. 1911. 

 4,860 4,130 

 1,730 1,040 



\ISIlU.r: SUPPLY— 1st February, 1914. 



-1914.- 



Stock in England, Para, 1st hands. . ./omj 410 



Para, 2nd hands 110 



Caucho 



Stock in Par,i, 1st hands 530 



2nd hands 800 



Syndicate 810 



Stock in America 230 



Stock on Continent 50 



Afloat — Europe 770 



Afloat — America 880 



4,590 



Para. Caucho. 



,1913. 1912. 1911. 



165 

 90 



270 



"60 



'iso 



100 

 865 



■ 390 



200 



740 



630 



810 



410 



20 



1,790 



1,350 



i 2,230 



Total Visible Supply, including Caucho. 5.455 6,340 7,900 7,105 



CROP STATISTICS— 30TI1 June, 1913. 31st .Tanvary, 1914. 



Para. Caucho. 1913/14. 1912/13. 1911/12. 1910/11. 

 Par.i Receipts. (o.ii J 19}^ 20'4I0 3*780 } ^''■'"' ^''••9" 20,870 19,910 

 Pari Shipments to Europe 8.310 l',930 10,2'' 12,770 10,830 10,070 

 Para Shipments to America 8,500 1.370 9,870 12,390 10,830 8,340 



England Landings, net 6,95.? 8,755 7,372 7,375 



England Deliveries, net 8,085 9,535 10,712 7,854 



America Landings, net 9,460 11,420 12,505 8,210 



America Deliveries, net 9,350 11,180 12,155 8,130 



Continental Imports, net 2,040 2,600 1,730 1,800 



Continental Deliveries, net 2.240 2.680 1,760 1,780 



POSITION— 1st Feuriarv, 1914. 



Decrease in Receipts during Tanuarv, 1914. against January, 1913... 700 

 Decrease in Receipts— Crop, July/January. 1913/14, against 1912/13. '3,280 

 Decrease in Deliveries — Crop, luly/Tanuarv. 1913/14, England and 



Continent, against 1912/13 1,890 



Decrease in Deliveries — Crop, July/Januarv, 1913/14, America, 



against 1912/13 1,830 



Decrease in Visible Supply Para Grades, against 1st February last 



year ■. 885 



Increase in Stock, England, Tanuarv 31st. 1914. against Januarv 31st, 



191 3 ' 95 



\VM. WRIGHT S: CO., Brokers, 



London, 2nd I'Y'bruary, 1914. 21, Mincing Lane, London, E.C. 



During the morth 220 tons, including 135 tons Caucho. have been shipped 

 from Europe to America. 



*A decrease of 2,870 tons Rubber, and 410 tons Caucho. 



Amsterdam. 



JoosTEN & Janssen report [February 5] : 



The general animation of demand allowed the importers to sell the 

 92 tons offered today, chiefly plantation, at an advance of 10 to 12 per cent. 



Rotterdam. 



Havelaar & De Vries report [February 9] : 



On February 6 the sale prices realized were about 10 per cent, above 

 valuations for Congo, while plantation displayed an advance of about 

 9 per cent. 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



Late New York Quotation's. — Price.s paid by consuiners for 

 carload lots, per pound : 



Feb. 27, '14. 



Old rubber boots and shoes — doinestic 7^@ 8 



Old rubber boots and shoes — foreign 7]/2(q) 7^ 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 4^(S> 4^ 



Automobile tires 5^@ 5H 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires S^@ 5^4 



White trimmed rubber 10 (SllO'/i 



Heavy black rubber 334 fq^ 4 



Air brake hose SJ/j® 4 



Garden hose 1 (S) 1 54 



Fire and large hose 2 @ 2% 



Matting Vi® }i 



No. 1 white auto tires 5j/^(S) 5^4 



Foreign auto tires 5!4@ Sj4 



Plantation Rubber from the Far East. 



Exports of Cevlon-Growx Ribber. 



Ilriin J.nnnary 1 to January 26, 1913 and 1914. Compiled by the Ceylon 

 Chamber of Commerce.] 



1913. 1914. 



Great Britain l>oiiiids 731.051 565,396 



United States 165.779 174,358 



Belgium 116.241 159,639 



.■\ustralia 11,688 



To 

 To 

 To 

 To 

 To 

 'l"o 



Italy. 



Germany 



To Japan 



To Russia 



To Straits Settlements. 

 To France 



8.108 

 4.621 

 4,600 



53,843 

 32,752 

 42,317 

 35,815 

 5,196 



Total 1.042,088 1,069.316 



(Same period 1912, 439.250 pounds; same period 1911, 332,615.) 



The e.\port figures of rubber given in the above table include the im- 

 liorls re-e.xported. (These amount to 180,201 pounds— 1 10.002 pounds from 

 Ihc Straits and 70.199 pounds from India.) To arrive at the approximate 

 (inantity of Ceylon rubber exiinrted to date, deduct the quantity of imports 

 ^Iiown in the import table from the total e.\ports. 



Total Exports from Malava. 



U'rom January 1 to dates named. Reported by Barlow & Co., Singapore. 

 These figures include the production of the Federated Malay 



Sirii.s ).iit not of Ceylon.] 



Port Swct- 



I o — .Singapore, 



(ireat Britain /•ok/k/.j 20,980,086 



Continent 373.194 



Japan 1,063,147 



Ceylon 147,585 



United States 5,755,897 



.\nstralia 109,851 



Penang, 

 Nov. 30. 

 13,838,133 

 157,333 



tcnham. 

 Doc. 31. 



24,331.405 

 3,129.639 



316,267 

 247.867 



1.416.730 



Total. 

 59,149,624 

 3.660,166 

 1,063,147 

 1,880,582 

 6,003,764 

 109,851 



Total 28,429,760 



Same period, 1912. . . 14,649.707 

 Same period, 1911... 6,589,425 

 Same period, 1910. . . 3.764,877 



14.559,600 2H.Si.77.774 71,867,134 



8,655,764 20,254,269 43,559.740 



4.547,062 12,109,7&'< 23,246,275 



2.234,569 8.349,523 14,348,969 



Ne'w York. 



In regard to the financial situation. .•Mliert R. 

 in crude rubber and commercial paper, Xo. 68 

 New York) advises as follows: "During February 

 a good demand for paper, both by city and out- 

 and rates have ruled easy at 4'/,Ca4^4 per cent, for 

 names, and 5(??5J4 per cent, for those not so well 

 New York Prices for January (New Rubb 

 1914. 1913 



Upriver, fine $0.73(g)0.77 $1.02@1 



L^priver, coarse 44&> .47 .78@ 



Islands, fine 59ffl .65 .97 (SI 



Islands, coarse 27 (» .31 .52(S 



Camcta 35(3 -37 .52(S 



lied'-. ( liroker 

 William street, 



there has been 

 of-town banks, 

 tlie best rubber 



known." 



ER). 



1912. 

 $1.03 (SI. 11 

 .9001 .94 

 . 97 @ 1.07 

 .62@ .64 

 .634 .66 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[77i<' Fisiiirs huiiraU- li'ei.^lit in f'otnuis.^ 



J.vNUARY 28. — By the steamer Christofhcr irom Para and 

 Manaos. 



Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. Total. 



.\rnold & Zeiss 338,700 64,100 144.900 77,500= 625.200 



(General Rubber Co 132.500 31,900 19.000 26,000= 209.400 



Mever & Brown 72.700 25,400 101,900 27,400= 227.400 



Henderson & Korn 50,700 7,100 58.000 6.200= 122.000 



H. A. Astlett & Co 16.700 7,100 19.100 8,400= 51.300 



lohnstone, Whitworth & Co. . 27.100 6,800 = 33,900 



llagemevcr & lirunn 12,100 11.200 = 23.300 



G. Amsinck & Co 3,200 400 4,000 600= 8,200 



.American Express Co 65,000 = 65,000 



Robinson & Co 48,700 27,400 9,000 1,200= 86,300 



Total 767,400 170,200 367,100 147.300=1.452,000 



February 16. — By the steamer Benedict from Para and Manaos. 



Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. Total. 



Arnold & Zeiss 338,100 68,700 270,000 59,800= 736,600 



General Rubber Co 134,300 15,400 24,100 42.800= 216,600 



Mever & Brown 102,300 23,800 102.700 9.000= 237,800 



G. Amsinck & Co 79,400 2,700 14.200= 96,300 



Henderson & Korn 33,900 19.900 63,600 40.800= 158,200 



Tohnstone. VVhitworth & Co.. 39.800 1,100 2,800= 43.700 



W. R. Grace & Co 5.500 11.200 20,700= 37,400 



Ilagemever & Brunn 18,500 = 18,500 



11. A. Astlett & Co 21,000 10.300 81,000 16,600= 128.900 



Robinson & Co 131,100 45,700 31,100 3,400= 211.300 



American Express Co 22,200 = 22.200 



Total 902.100 190.400 604.900 210.100 = 1.907,500 



