April 1, 1914. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



393 



STATISTICS PARA INDIA RUBBER (IN TONS). 



(Including: Cauclio) 

 ST.ATI.STICS rOR Tlin MONTH OI" FERRIWUV. 



1914. 1913. 1912. 1911. 



Para. Caucho. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. 



Receipts at Para 3,2.10 1,370 = 4,600 against 4.980 4,840 .';,790 



Shipments to Liverpool.. 1,670 810 = 2,480 " 2,410 1,990 2,290 

 Shipments to Continental 



Ports 730 150= 880 " 370 JOO 330 



Shipments to America 1,300 540 = 1,840 " 1,790 2,640 1,.S00 



.•\merican Imports 830 220 = 1,050 • " 2,320 2,670 1,460 



.■\merican ndiveries 900 110 = 1,010 " 1,910 2,790 1,520 



Liverpool Imports 1,380 470 = 1,850 " 2,029 1,745 1,586 



Liverpool Deliveries 1,175 415 =: 1,590 " 1,439 1.625 1,385 



Continental Imports 140 10 = 150 " 390 520 350 



Continental Deliveries 170 10 = 180 " 390 540 320 



VISini.F, SliPPI.Y— 1st March, 1914. 



Stock in England, Para, 1st hands.... 



Para, 2nd hands 125 



Cancho 



Stock in Par.l, 1st hands 400 



2nd hands 460 



Syndicate 810 



Stock in America 160 



Stock on Continent 20 



Afloat — Europe 1,540 



.■\float — .Vmerica 1,300 



, 1914. — ^ 



Para. Cancho. 

 600 



1913. 1912. 1911. 



220 

 100 

 130 



170 



640 



530 



585 ) 



115 ( 



480 

 1,010 



780 



810 



820 



20 



1.940 



770 



1,600' 



280 

 290 

 910 



2,240 



130 



60 



1.680 

 690 



2.156 

 364 

 490 

 790 

 440 



2,450 

 160 

 100 



1,700 

 590 



5,415 1,790 



Total Visihle Snpply. inclnding Canchn. 7,205 7,330 7.880 9,240 



CROP STATISTICS— 30tm .TfNE. 1913. 2»tu FEBKrABv, 1914. 



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



_ . -, ., (1913/14 20.770 4,740) ,, ,,. ,„,.. ,,.,. ,, ... 

 Para Receipts ) 1912/13 24,200 4,970 f -5.510 29.1/0 25, /lO 25,700 



Para Shipments to Europe 10.710 2.S90 13,600 15.550 13,320 12,690 



Para Shipments to America 9,800 1.910 11,710 14. ISO 13.470 9,840 



England Landings, net 8,805 10.784 9,117 8.961 



England Deliveries, net 9.675 10,974 12,337 9,239 



America Landings, net 10,510 1,1.740 15.175 9,670 



.•\merica Deliveries, net 10,360 13,090 14,945 9.650 



Continental Imports, net 2,190 2,990 2,250 2,150 



Continental Deliveries, net 2,420 3,070 2,300 2.100 



POSITION 1st Mahcii. 1914. 



Decrease iti Receipts during Fehrnary, 1914, against Fchruary, 1913.. 380 



Decrease in Receipts— Crop, July/February, 1913/14, against 1912/13 . '3,660 



Decrease in Deliveries — Cron, Tulv/Fehmary, 1913/14, England and 



Continert, against 1912/13..;..'. 1,950 



Decrease in Deliveries — Crop, Tuly/Februarv, 1913/14, America, 



against 1912/13 ". 2,730 



Decrease in Visible Supply Para Grades, against 1st March last year. 125 

 Decrease in Stock, England, February 28th. 1914, against February 



28'h, 1913 235 



WM. WRICiIIT & CO., Rrokers, 

 London, 3rd March, 1914. 21, Mincing Lane, London, E.C. 



iHiring the mnntli 50 tons Par.a have been shipped from Europe In 

 America. 



*.\ decrease of 3.430 Ions Rubber, and 230 tons Caucho. 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



L.\TE New York Quotation.s. — Prices paid by consumers for 

 carlo.iH lots, per pound : 



March 30, '14. 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic 7-54 f'^ 8 



Old rubber boots and shoes — foreign 7^@ 7-)4 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 4 J/^@ 4^4 



AutcniKibile tires 5}i@ S-)4 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires S'/t® 5f^ 



White trimmed rubber 10 @10J4 



Heavy black rubber iii® 4 



Air brake hose 3'A@ 4 



Garden hose 1 ® \% 



Fire and large hose 2 @ lYn 



Matting 5^@ Va 



No. 1 white auto tires S^@ 5^ 



Foreign auto tires 5J4@ 5^ 



PUntathn Rubber from the Far East. 



E.XPORTS OF Cevlon-Grown Rubber. 



I h'rom January 1 to February 16, 1913 and 1914. Compiled by the Ceylon 

 Chamber of Commerce.l 



1913. 1914. 



To Great liritain I^ouiids 1,351,670 2,148,867 



To liclgium 209,354 717.777 



lo United States 183,694 379.243 



I'o .\ustralia 32.079 13,440 



To Japan 25,524 75,608 



To Germany : 16,232 173.122 



To Austria 12,860 



To Italy 8,108 



To Russia 42,317 



To France 36,816 



To Straits Settlements. 

 To India 



35.815 

 500 



Total 1,839,521 3,623,505 



(Same period, 1912—1,400.779 pounds; same period, 1911 — 

 697,165 pounds.) 



The export figures of rubber given in the above table include 

 the imports re-exported. (These amount to 359,101 pounds — 

 248.568 pounds from the Straits and 110,.S33 pounds from India.) 

 To arrive at the approximate quantity of Ceylon rubber exported 

 lo date, deduct the quantity of imports shown in the import table 

 froin the total exports. 



ToT.M. F.XrORTS I-RCIM M.M.AYA. 



I h'lnm Januaiy 1 to d;!tes named. Reported by Barlow & Co., Singapore. 



Thoc figures include the production of the Federated Malay 



.States, but not of Ceylon. I 



Port Swct- 

 Singa- Malacca, Penang, tenham. 

 To— pore. Feb. IS. Jan. 31. Feb. 12. Total 



Great Britain. .. /^i. 1.942.325 6.58,600 1..S04.9.33 2.903,286 7.009.144 



Continent 199.076 55,600 365,855 620..53! 



Japan 111,288 111.288 



Ceylon 4.3,888 90,000 191,192 325,080 



rnitc.l States 1,160,380 95,733 l,2.Sii,l!3 



Total .14.56.957 658.600 1,746.266 3,460..333 9,322.1.56 



Same period. 1913.2.413.903 1.027,7.13 4.218.179 7.6.S9.815 



Same period. 1912.. <573.006 699.106 3.233.2.36 4.905..34S 



Snrne luriod. 1911 fi64995 263.3.34 1.99.5.674 2.924,003 



NeTu York. 



In regard to the financial situation, .Mbert R. Beers (broker 

 in crude rubl)er and commercial paper. No. 68 William streeti 

 New York) advises as follows: "The general conditions as 

 regards Commercial Paper in the rubber line have ruled the 

 same during March as in February, the demand continuing good 

 at 4^ to 4>4 per cent, for the best names, and 5 to ^Yz per cent. 

 for those not so well known." 



Amsterdam. 



JoosTKN &' Janssens report [March 5] : 



Our sale today was not lacking in animation; holders hav- 

 ing been able to sell the bulk of their offerings at relatively 

 good prices. 



Rotterdam. 



Havei.aar & De Vrie.s report [March 11] : 

 At yesterday's sale the whole quantity was sold at rela- 

 tively favorable prices, though below valuations. 



