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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November i, 1903. 



Total, August I 1781 3053 29.14 



Total, July 1 22S5 3595 3128 



Total, June I 2248 3687 3502 



Total, May 1 2539 3788 3597 



PRICES PAID IN AUGUST. 



1903. 1902. 1901. 



Para fine, hard 4/1 ©4/3 3/0^ ©?/3 lh)i@7,h°M 



Do soft 3/11 @xhM *h°%@3h,i 3'°^@3/ 9# 



Negroheads, scrappy . .3/ 2 @3/3^ 2/ 3^J@2/6 2/9 ©2/9)^ 



Do Islands 2/ s'A@*/ h A — 1/10 @2/oj| 



Bolivian 4/ z l A@i/3A 3/ °#@3/3 3/7 



PRICES PAID IN SEPTEMBER. 



1903. 1902. 1901. 



Para fine, hard 4/2 @4/8# j ,/,,/,*,/, j 3/7 @3/ 8 



Do soft 4/2 @4/7^1 3/ ^® 3/4 (3/7M@3/9X 



Negroheads, scrappy.. 3/3 l A@l/*A 2 /7 2/8 @z/ 9 



Do Islands 2/6 ©2/9 i/»5£ 2/0}^ 



Bolivian 4/4 ©4/8 ^ 3/1^3/4 3/9 ' 



October 16. — A large business has been done in Para sorts during 

 the week, at declining prices, but at the close the market is firmer, with 

 an advance of id. per pound. Fine hard is worth 4s. 4%d. spot and 

 4-f. 4<j'. for forward delivery, and soft 4s. id. spot and buyers of forward 

 deliveiy at 4.1. i%d., but no sellers. Scrappy negroheads quiet ; 

 Cametas lower, and some forced sales at 2s. s'/id @2s. 5%d. Peruvian 

 ball 3s. 4Ad.@3s. 5</. ; slab 2s. <)d. ; scrappy 3*. 6d. At to day's auc- 

 tions Central American, Mozambique, and Madagascar rubbers met an 

 active demand, and extreme rates were obtained for some specially at- 

 tractive lots. Colombian : good clean brown scrap 3*. 4</. ; fair to good 

 black sheet and scrap mixed virgin 3s. i%d.@3s. 2%.d. ; inferior part 

 heated 2s. &d @3'. ; white scrap and sheet 2s. iod @}s. Madagascar 

 (Majunga): fair scrappy 2s. ty 2 d.@2s. %d. ; mixed black coated and 

 spongy 2s 3d.@2s. 5J4V. Mozambique : fine clean red small ball, 3-r. 

 ll%d. ; fair to good 3*. Sd@3s. <)%d. ; rather weak, part sandy 3.5. 

 S}(d. ; stickless sausage rather mixed 3s. Sd. ; fair to good Beira ball 

 and sausage 3s. 7 1 2<*'@3-f. 8<*°. ; Lama ball white part sandy 3-r. 4d. ; 

 sandy reddish ball 2s. yd. 



CULTIVATED RUBBER — " PARA " QUALITY. 



October 2. — Ceylon fine biscuits 4.?. q%d. [=#1-15%]; scrap 3s. 

 6d. Straits Settlements fine 4*. g}id. ; scrap 3s. 3d. 



October 16. — Ceylon fine 4*. sd @4s. bd [ = $i.07@$i,09] ; scrap 

 3s @3s. 3d. 



Bordeaux. 



R. Henry favors The India Rubber World with details 

 of arrivals for 1903 which permit the record to be brought down 

 to October 1, as follows [in kilograms] : 



Grades. Jan.-June. Jul.-Aug. Sept. Total. 



Soudan twists ) 



Soudan niggers, - 356,200 178,100 88,600 622,900 



Conakry niggers 1 



Gambia 77, 000 4,500 4,900 86,400 



Bassam 25,500 2,400 150 28,050 



Lahou — 2,166 300 2,466 



Madagascar.... — " 1,900 200 2,100 



Java — 1,500 — 1,500 



Congo sorts 18,000 8,500 9, 500 36,000 



Mexican 1,500 — — 1,500 



Other sorts 600 — — 600 



Totals 478,800 199,066 103,650 781,516 



Total arriva's for the whole of 1902 were 678,400 kilos and 

 in the preceding year only 235.380 kilos. 



PRICES OCTOBER 10 IN FRANCS PER KILOGRAM. 



Sierra Leone sorts: Bassam lumps 5.90© 6 70 



Niggers, red I. . to 30® 10.45 Bass;.m cakes 7 40® 8.50 



Niggers, white, 1. 10. (810.30 Lahou twists 6.70® 6.95 



Niggers, II 8. lo@ 855 Majunga 7-40® 7 50 



Niggers, III.. .. 5.50® 7.50 Tamaiave 8. @9.I5 



Twists 8.95®(o.lo Madagascar niggers. 4.30® 7.75 



Cassamance 6. @ 8 90 New Caledonia 8. @ 8.50 



Gold Coast lumps. . . 6.70® 6.95 



Liverpool. 

 William Wright & Co. report [October 1] : 



Fine Pard—As anticipated in ours of last month, a further advance 

 has taken place. The statistical position has made itself felt. Strong 



buying from America, with small stocks and supplies, has resulted in an 

 advance of sd. per pound. The position is still extremely strong, the mar- 

 ket being very bare of supplies ; stocks are smaller than they have ever 

 been for years, and supplies due in October are small. Everything 

 points to a further advance next month, as the demand, even though 

 manufacturers are only buying when forced to, has overtaken the supply. 



Africans, in sympathy with Para, are dearer and in good request ; 

 stocks are very small, especially for the better grades. 



Fred. Stern & Co., 1, Harrington street, Liverpool, announce that 

 they are successors to the late firm of Kramrisch & Co., India-rutber 

 merchants in the same city. «• 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report Liverpool stocks : 



Aug. 31. Sept. 30. 



Para — 1st hands. . 349 82 tons. 



Fine 260 43 " 



Medium 43 19 " 



Negroheads ..... 46 29 " 



Para — 2d hands. . 301 161 " 



Fine 346 131 " 



Medium 20 9 " 



Negroheads 35 al " 



Total Para 650 243 " 



Aug. 31. Sept 30. 



Peruvians 150 31 tons. 



Africans 305 217 " 



Mollendo 81 420 pkg. 



Mangabeira 21 122 



Pernambuco 45 11 1 



Manicoba 90 1023 



Ceara — 174 



Assare 21 152 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During September and the first three months of the crop 

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



September. July-September. 



From — 



Rio Puriis ions 



Rio Madeira 



Rio Jurua 



Rio Javary — Iquitos 



Rio SolimOes 



Rio Negro 



Total 



Caucho 



1903. 

 424 

 263 

 254 

 71 

 59 



1902. 

 271 

 188 

 227 



55 

 114 



44 



1901. 

 320 



42 

 244 



40 



177 



I 



1903. 

 886 



755 

 256 

 185 

 -84 

 15 



1902. 

 768 

 734 

 231 

 155 

 163 



65 



1901. 

 880 

 594 

 304 

 155 

 257 

 16 



1076 899 824 

 133 43 150 



21S1 2116 2206 

 341 259 391 



1209 942 974 2522 2375 2597 



Total 



Gutta-Percha. 



Weise & Co. (Rotterdam) report exports from Singapore for the first 

 eight months of five years past as follows : 



1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 



Tons 3757 3708 3756 2744 2353 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[ The Figures Indicate Weights in Pounds.] 

 September 28. — By the steamer Prins Willem, from Orinoco : 

 Importers. Fine. Medium. Coarse. 



Middleton & Co 10,000 



October 3, — By the steamer Polycarp, from Para : 



United States Rubber Co. 31,000 6,600 35,000 



Poel & Arnold 32,100 7,500 31,600 



William Wright & Co. .. . 6,000 700 63,100 



A. T. Morse & Co 31,900 4,800 8,100 



New York Commercial Co. 12,100 3,200 4,800 



L. Hagenaers & Co 2,800 2,100 



Total 115,900 22,800 144,700 3.200= 286,600 



October 14. — By the steamer Gregory, from Manaosand Para: 



United States Rubber Co. 143,700 19.900 73,200 ....= 236,800 



New York Commercial Co. 90000 38,700 15,500 600= 144,800 



William Wright & Co. .. . 79600 6.200 47,900 500= 134,200 



A. T.Morse&Co 30.300 4,200 79.500 3,000= 117,000 



Poel & Arnold 40,000 7,100 23700 1,700= 72,500 



Thomsen & Co 10,700 1.200 6,200 .... = 18,100 



L. Hagenaers & Co 8,500 3, 700 = 12,200 



Total 402,800 77,300 249,700 5,800= 735,600 



October 21. — By the steamer Sobralense, from Manaos and Paia: 



A. T. Morse & Co 74500 11.900 150.500 15,400= 252.300 



Poel & Arnold 58,100 13,300 62,200 4,500= 138,100 



William Wright & Co. .. . 67,900 7,300 41,400 = 116,600 



United States Rubber Co. 10.700 2,400 30,900 = 44,000 



Hagemeyer & Brunn . . . . 33.700 3,100 6,000 .... = 42,800 



L. Hagenaers & Co 17,100 4.600 = 21,700 



New York Commercial Co. 5,100 2,100 i.Soo .... = 9,000 



Total 267,100 40,100297,400 19 goo = 624.500 



[Note.— The steamer Cearense, due at New York on November 4, has on board 

 430 tons of Rubber.] 



