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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 



1904. 



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

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

 as follows : 



" During April money has ruled very easy, and there has 

 been most of the time a good demand for paper at 5@6 per 

 cent, according to grade, and in some instances as low as 4>£ 

 per cent, for prime notes." 



Statistics of Para Rubber {Excluding Caucho). 



Stocks, February 29. . . . tons 

 Arrivals. March 1654 



Aggregating 1756 



Deliveries, March 



Stocks, March 31 . 



PAR A. 

 1904. 1903. 1902. 

 Stocks. Feb. 29.'.. tons 435 30 1030 



Arrivals, March 3970 4030 3115 



ENGLAND. 

 1904. 1903. 1902. 

 380 1 145 1610 

 875 1455 "9° 



Aggregating 4405 4060 4145 



Deliveries, March 3800 3305 3585 



1255 

 775 



2600 2800 

 1050 975 



Stocks, Mar. 31.. 605 255 560 



480 1550 1825 



1904 



World's visible supply, March 31 tons 2506 



Para receipts, July 1 to March 31 22,345 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 3129 



Afloat from Pari to United States, March 31. 392 

 Afloat from Pari to Europe, March 3t 783 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During March and the first nine months of the crop sea- 

 son for three years [courtesy of Messrs. Witt & Co.] : 



From— 



Rio Partis — Acre tons 



Rio Madeira 



Rio Jurua 



Rio Javary — Iquitos 



Rio Solimoes 



Rio Negro .... 



1904. 



234 

 356 

 329 

 H5 

 46 

 26 



1903- 



567 

 206 



384 

 85 



103 

 90 



IC)02. 



795 

 29S 

 505 

 198 

 58 

 58 



July-March. 



i-,"j. >903. IgOa. 



5165 5040 5914 

 2444 2074 2579 

 3'" 3155 

 2183 1415 

 1268 

 539 



735 

 384 



3194 



1210 



1450 



317 



Total 1 106 



Caucho 630 



1435 

 372 



1912 

 567 



14,022 13,491 14.664 

 2760 2139 2393 



Total 1736 1807 2479 16,78215,63017,057 



Antwerp. 



To the Editor of The India Rubber World : The easier 

 tone for Pard sorts made itself felt at our inscription sale of 

 April 15. Some fine grades sold at unchanged prices, but less 

 well conditioned lots were cheaper. The average decline may 

 be calculated at about 2}£ per cent., or 22 to 25 centimes per 

 kilogram. The principal lots sold as follows: 



Valuation. Sold at. 



Uele strips francs 970 g.57j£@ 9.70 



Aruwimi 9.90 9.65 (§9.90 



Upper Congo ball 10.85 10.50 @io.6o 



Mongalla s'.rips 10.50 10.15 



Uele strips 10.15 10 15 



Lomami pieces n. 10.70 



Katanga red 10.65 10.50 



The next monthly sale will take place on May 10 when about 

 400 tons will be catalogued. Actual stock now about 450 tons. 



C. SCHMID & CO., SUCCESSEURS. 



Antwerp, Belgium, April IS, 1904. 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



March 23. — By the Anversville, from the Congo : 



Bunge & Co (Societe Gene'rale Africaine) kilos 127,000 



Do (Chemins de fer des Grand Lacs) 1,000 



Do (Societe Isangi) 10,000 



Bunge & Co (Societe Anversoise) 



Do (Societe " La Kotto") 



Do (Sultanats du Haut Obangi) 



Societe ABfR 



W. Mallinckrodt & Co (La Lobay) 



Charles Dethier (La Uaut Sangha) 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise ( Sud Kamerun ) 



Do (La Lulonga) 



Do ( Beige du Uaut Congo) 



Do (Cie. du Kasai) 



Do (Cie. de Lomami) 



M. S. Cols (Societe Baniembe) 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux (Cie. de la N'Goko) 

 Do (Produits de la Sangha) 



April. 12. — By the Philippevillt, from the Co 



Bunge & Co (Societe Gene'rale Africaine) kilos 



Do (Societe Anversoise) 



Do Comite Special Katanga) 



Do (Sultanats du Haut Obangi) 



Societe A B I R 



Societe Equatoriale Congolaise 



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



W. Mallinckrodt & Co (Alimaienne) 



Do (La Lobay) 



M. S. Cols (Societe L'lkelemba) 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise, (Beige du Haut Congo) 



Do (Cie. de Lomami) 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux 



Do 



Charles Dethier (La M'Poko) 



Comptoir Commerciale Anversois.j. .(Societe Ibenga) 

 Cie. Commercial des Colonies 



28,000 

 3.000 

 2,000 



76,000 

 5.000 

 3,000 

 7,000 

 3,000 

 7,000 



35,000 



15,000 

 6,000 

 4,000 

 1,000 



ngo: 



43,000 



6,000 



19,000 



11,000 



21,000 



5,000 



15,000 



4,000 



4,000 



1,000 



8,000 



1,000 



6,000 



2,700 



7,000 



500 



3.000 



333,000 



157,200 



London. 



Edward Till & Co. [April 1] report stocks : 



1904. 

 f Para sorts tons — 



LONDON ^° rne0 ---p i 



I Assam and Rangoon, . . 6 



(Other sorts 206 



Total 216 



1902 



Liverpool 



Para. 



483 



Other sorts 668 



Total, United Kingdom 1367 2525 



PRICES PAID DURING MARCH. 



3326 



1904. 



1903. 



Para fine, hard 4/6 ©4/9 3/8 ©3/10*4 *3/ 0}{@3/i 1 4 



Do soft 4/5 @ 4 / 8 3/8 @ 3 /io +3/1 @3/3M 



Negroheads, scrappy. .3/ 6^@3/ 9 3/o><@3/ l}4 2/ 5%@2/7 

 Do Cameta..2/io^@2/u>^ 2/5^@2/ 6 2/ 2K@ 2 /3 



Bolivian 4/ 6^@4/ 8 3/1 @3/2 



[•Spot, t Forward.) 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report [March 31] : 



The receipts during March have been larger than were expected, but 

 as the deliveries, especially in America, are larger in proportion, there is 

 no accumulation of unsold Paia rubber at the consuming centtrs. Re- 

 ports from the trade would appear to indicate that although the demand 

 will absorb what Para rubber may arrive during the next few months. 



