April i, 1904.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Arrivals at Pari, of all grades, including Caucho, (or the 

 past four seasons, have been as follows, in tons: 



1900-01- 1901-02. 1902-03. 1903-04. 



To December 31 11.300 13,630 12,250 13,470 



" March 31 21,820 24,530 23,540 324,990 



la — To March 29, 1904.] 



Following is a statement of prices 

 ago, one month ago, and on March 3] 



PARA. Apr. i. '03. 



Islands, fine, new 87@88 



Islands, fine, old @ 



Upriver, fine, new 90@9i 



Upriver, fine, old 95@g6 



Islands, coarse, new 5&@57 



' Islands, coarse, old @ 



Upriver, coarse, new 72@73 



Upriver, coarse, old (3 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 54@55 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball bj@b% 



of Para grades, one year 

 — the current date : 



Mar. 1, '04. 



io2<a>io3 

 @ 



io6@io7 

 io8@iot) 

 66@ 67 

 None here 

 83® 84 

 85® 86 

 66@ 67 

 76@ 77 



Mar. 31. 

 107(8108 



@ 

 logtBiio 



IIO@UI 



67@ 68 

 None here 



86@ 87 

 None here 



6g(3 70 



77@ 78 



The market for other sorts in New York on which the ad- 

 vance has also been very material, is as follows : 



CENTRALS. 

 Esmeralda, sausage. . .76 



Guayaquil, strip 67 



Nicaragua, scrap ... .76 



Panama, slab 57 



Mexican, scrap 73 



Mexican, slab 54 



Mangabeira, sheet. . . .57 

 EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 81 



Borneo 



@77 

 @68 



@77 

 @ 5 8 

 @74 

 @55 

 @ 5 8 



@82 



AFRICAN. 



SierraLeone, istquality95 (S96 



Massai, red 95 (896 



Benguella 75 ©76 



Cameroon ball 65 @66 



Accra flake 36 ©37 



Accra buttons 54 @55 



Lopori ball, prime. .. .96 @97 



Lopori strip, prime 91 @92 



Ikelemba 96 ©97 



Madagascar, pinky 84 (885 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 6$700 Upriver, fine. . . 



Islands, coarse 3$7oo Upriver, coarse. 



Exchange, 1 2 ,',,</. 



Last Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 7$8oo Upriver, coarse 



Exchange, 12 ^d. 

 NEW YORK. RUBBER PRICES FOR FEBRUARY (NEW RUBBER). 



Per Kilo 

 7*900 

 6$ooo 



5$7oo 



Upriver, fine I.0l@i.07 



Upriver, coarse 82@ 86 



Islands, fine 99@i.04 



Islands, coarse 64® 67 



Cameta, coarse. 64® 67 



1903. 

 84@go 

 70©73 

 82(887 

 50@54 

 52@57 



190a. 

 72@79 



6o@63 

 69@76 



45@4S 

 4S©50 



Statistics of Para 'Rubber (Excluding Caucho) . 



NEW YORK. 



Stocks, January 31 . 

 Arrivals, February. 



. . tons 



Fine and 

 Medium. 



63 

 I83O 



Aggregating 1893 



Deliveries, February 1791 



Stocks, February 29. . . 102 



Toial 

 Coarse. 1904. 



I = 64 



697 = 2527 



698 = 2591 

 685 = 2476 



13 



"5 



Total 

 1903. 



253 

 1609 



1862 

 1563 



299 



Total 

 1002. 



1339 

 1381 



2720 

 2016 



704 



Stocks. Jan. 31 tons 565 



Arrivals, February. . . . 3680 



PARA. 

 1903. 1902. 

 155 510 

 4740 3075 



ENGLAND. 



I904. 19O3. IQC2 



5go 1050 1230 

 765 mo 1105 



Aggregating 4245 4S95 3585 



Deliveries, February.. 3810 4865 2535 



Stocks, Feb. 29.. 435 30 1050 



1355 

 975 



2160 

 1025 



2335 

 725 



380 1 135 i6to 



1904. 1903. 1902. 



World's visible supply, February 29 tons 2867 3945 5327 



Para receipts, July t to February 29 19,200 17,801 iS,83g 



P4ra receipts of Caucho, same dates 2304 1709 1696 



Afloat from Pari to United States, Feb. 29.. 903 1188 1073 



Afloat rom Para to Europe, February 2g 1024 1283 gio 



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

 in India-rubber, No. 58 William street. New York) advises us: 



"There has been a fair demand for paper through March, 

 mostly from out-of-town banks, rates being 5J^@6}< per cent, 

 during the early part of the month, and dropping to 5 @ 6 per 

 cent, later, these rates being for the best rubber names, and 

 those not so well known going rather higher in some in- 

 stances." 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [March i] : 



Fine Pard. — The market has been active and advancing, and pTices 

 are again 2d. per pound dearer. This advance has been largely due to 

 the very heavy buying in Manios and Para for American account. Ac- 

 cording to our advices the shoe trade is now pretty well supplied with 

 stock, and the mechanical trade is dull, which may have some effect later 

 on. We still repeat there is nothing in the statistical position of this ar- 

 ticle to justify an advance, at this stage of the crop, of bd. per pound in 

 two months. Market closes barely steady, with sellers hard fine spot at 

 4s. bd., Islands 4s. $d. Forward : A good business done at full rates, 

 closing with sellers at 4.r. l^d. 



London. 



March iS. — Market for Pari continues strong ; fair business done at 

 firm to dearer rates, including fine hard on spot and forward delivery at 

 4*. l^d. (d> 4s. id. and sellers, and hard entre fine up to 4s. bd. Fine 

 soft cure sold at 4*. b%d. @4s. yd. for spot and near delivery and buyers. 

 Negroheadsin small supply ; Scrappy sold at 3*. 7?{d. (3 3* Sd. for near 

 delivery ; Islands 2s. iojj 1 ''- Peruvian ball on spot at 3r. 4%d. ; slab 

 score, with buyers at 2s. led. Mollendo fine quoted at 4s. b%d. 



At to-day's auctions Mattogrosso virgin sheet sold at 4s. ; mixed vir- 

 gin and negroheads part dirty 3*. H^d. ; fair negroheads 3s. 4%d. 

 Colombian good to fine brown scrap, 3*. 4^. @ 3*. 50'. Madagascar 

 fair to good pinky 2s. yd. @ 3*, 2}{d. Majunga part dark coated 2s. 

 bd. @ 2s. 8%d. Mozambique 3*. g)^d. ; unripe ball is. n%d. <§> 2s. 

 Lamu ball, good, 3-r. 7>2'/. : fair, little sandy, 3*. 5 JjV. 



Ceylon. — Forty packages offered and sold, good to fine biscuits from 

 Para seed at 5-f. @ S s -JiUd- small mixed rough, 4*. bd., fine pale scrap 

 3.1. ii\id.@-\s. \id., fair ditto 3*. gd. @ 3*. 9I4V., inferior sandy 

 mixed ditto 2s. 2d. @ 2s. 4%.d. [The highest price named above is 

 equivalent to $i.2g L 4 per pound. J 



Batata. — Thirteen bags Sheet offered and sold, mixed thin and thick 

 at 2s. 2 'it. 50 bales Block were bought in. 



Antwerp. 



To the Editor of The India Rubber World: The sale 

 which took place on February 24 and for which 370 tons were 

 catalogued, passed off with a firm tone. The prices averaged 

 about 3 per cent, higher than the prices paid at the January 

 sale. A good deal of the buying was again attributed to the 

 United States. The principal lots realized prices as follows : 



Valuation. Sold at. 



70 tons Upper Congo balls firsts francs 10.05 10-47 J^ 



21 " Lopori firsts 10. 10.47^ 



11 " Lopori seconds 875 S.go 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for car- 

 load lots— in cents per pound— show a slight decline from the 

 last published prices, as follows : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes — Domestic bft @ 



Do — Foreign 6 @ 61 g 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 4 @ 4% 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 7 



White Trimmed Rubber S% @ &% 



Heavy Black Rubber 4 



Air Brake Hose , 2% @ aft 



Fire and Large Hose 1 ^ @ 1% 



Garden Hose i?s <S 1% 



Matting £@l 



