February r, 1910.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



193 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



THE essential feature of the month just past is the advance 

 in prices above those quoted by this paper on January 1. 

 The advance appears with regard to every grade, and in 

 evei '. market. 



Following are the quotations at New York for Para grades, 

 one year ago, one month ago, and January 31, the current date: 



Para. Feb. 1, '09. 



Islands, fine, new 114(11115; 



Islands, line, old none here 



Upriver, fine, new I2I@I22 



Upriver, fine, old i2,v«u| 



Islands, coarse, new 5o@ 57 



islands, coarse, old none here 



Upriver, coarse, new 92(0 93 



Upriver, coarse, old none here 



eta 62 a 63 



Caucho 1 Permian), ball.... 83(1/ 84 

 Caucho (Peruvian), sheet... 72(3 73 



ylon, fine, sheet 128(2.120 



Ceylon, crepe 



Afric \x. 



Lopori, ball, prime lor/Wim 



Aruwimi 



I pper Congo, ball, red 



Sierra Leone, 1st quality.... gb(n 97 



Massai, red g(>(n 97 



Soudan niggers 8-'' •■ 83 



Cameroon, ball 60-1 6] 



Benguela 6l(S 62 



Madagascar, pinky .. 91(11 92 



Accra Hake 20(8 2 1 



Centrals. 



Esmeralda, sausage 8o@ 8t 



Guayaquil, strip 6o@ 70 



Nicaragua, scrap 78® 80 



Mexican, scrap 79 



Mexican, slab 56(8 57 



Mangabeira, sheet 53" ■ 54 



duayule 30'a 31 



East Ixdiax. 



Assam 92@ 93 



Pontianak 



Borneo 3501 45 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 9$20C 



Islands, coarse 3$400 



Per Kilo 



Upriver, fine io$20o 



Upriver, coarse 5$6oo 



Exchange 15 3/i6rf. 



Exchange 15 3/16 d. 



1 atest Manaos advices : 



1 irner, fine I0$4SO 



L'priver, coarse 5$950 



Statistics of Para Rubber (Excluding Caucho^ 

 New York. 

 Fine and 

 Medium. Coarse 



Stocks, November 30. .tons 181 37 



Arrivals. December 2004 671 



Aggregating 



Deliveries, December 



Stocks, December 31.. 



. .. 2185 708 

 . . . 201 1 675 



174 33 = 



Para. 



1909. 1908. 1907. 



Stocks, November 30. .tons 1385 475 140 



Arrivals, December 3140 3015 2285 



Aggregating 



Deliveries, December . 



4525 3490 2425 

 4375 2795 2177 



1460 [575 1655 

 1075 800 825 



Stocks, December 31 150 695 248 385 775 830 



1909. 1908. 1907. 

 World's visible supply, December 31.. tons 2,358 2,314 2,484 



Para receipts, July 1 to December 31 '4,97° r 4.075 12,900 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 1,840 1,665 1.34° 



1907 



= 1908 1909 



Our Quotations In Diagram are for Island Fine Para, Scot. 



CHART SHOWING FLUCTUATIONS IN ISLANDS SPOT FINE 



PARA RUBBER AT NEW YORK, FOR THREE YEARS. 



[Copyright, igio, by Henry A. Gould.] 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. [January i] : 



Fine Para. — The market has been active but subject to sudden fluctuations; 

 the tendency, however, has been to a lower level of values. Prices for 

 December at one time declined to 7^. 3 l Ad. [= $1.76] and the more dis- 

 tant positions to 7^. 2^(/„ but have since reacted and closed spots ys. yd., 

 January 7^. dYzd., January to April ys. $d.\ there has been steady buying 

 for these distant positions at market rates. America continues to take 

 large supplies from Brazil, as well as buying in this market; as shipments 

 to Europe are comparatively small, any trade orders would naturally stiffen 

 prices. Receipts continue plentiful, but so far this does not seem to affect 

 prices to any great extent. 



William Wright & Co. report [January 7] : 



Fine Para. — An undreamt record in price has to be recorded for 1909, 

 cs. 2d. [=$2.23] being paid for hard fine Para in September last, and 

 the year closed with prices 2^. 5J. per pound higher than they were in 

 January a year ago, with every indication of a continuance of a very high 

 level of values. January opened with price of hard fine 55. 1 yid., and 

 gradually advanced to 55. 3d. in March, and, with practically little 

 variation from this, advanced in June to 6s. ; July opened at 6s. A^/id., 

 and during the month there was a record jump of over 2s. per pound, 

 Ss. 6d. being paid; in August a sharp reaction to ys. lid., followed by an 

 extraordinary advance in September to gs. 2d. (the record price) ; October 

 declined to 8s. iod., and back to 9.?. id., since which time there has been 

 a gradual decline in values, closing in December at "J. 6Y*d\ 



London. 



Wm. Jas. & Hy. Thompson report [January 7] : 



Para. — Since our last, the leading feature in the Para market has been 

 the large and continuous buying in Brazil for American account at steadily 

 advancing rates. This has left the European market still rather short for 

 the whole of January, and European manufacturers who have been wait- 

 ing for a decline have now been compelled to come into the market with 

 the result of further strengthening the position. This situation appears 



