June i, 1904.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



325 



Following is a statement of prices of Para grades, one year 

 ago, one month ago, and on May 30— the current date : 



PARA. June 1, '03. 



Islands, fine, new 87@8S 



Islands, fine, old gi@g2 



Upriver, fine, new gi@92 



Upriver, fine, old 97@98 



Islands, coarse, new 56@57 



Islands, coarse, old @ 



Upriver, coarse, new 7 i([i 73 



Upriver, coarse, old 18 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 57@58 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 68@6g 



May 1, '04. May 30 



108(8109 iog@no 



@ none here 



1 1 i@i 12 113(8114 



II2@U3 H4@ri5 



04® 65 64® 65 



@ none here 



86@ 87 88@ 89 



I* none here 



6y@ 70 7c(3) 71 



77@ 78 8o@ 81 



The market for other sorts in New York, changes in which 

 have been about the same, is as follows : 



CENTRALS. 

 Esmeralda, sausage . . . 7 S 



Guayaquil, strip 68 



Nicaragua, scrap .. . .77 



Panama, slab 5g 



Mexican, scrap 75 



Mexican, slab 5g 



Mangabeira, sheet. ... 50 

 EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 85 



Borneo 



@79 

 (869 

 @ 7 8 

 @6o 

 @ 7 6 

 @6o 

 @57 



@86 



AFRICAN. 



SierraLeone, istqualit)95 (8g6 



Massai, red g5 @g6 



Benguella 75 ©76 



Cameroon ball 65 @66 



Accra flake 36 @37 



Lopori ball, prime. .. .94 @g5 



Lopori strip, prime. .. .92 (893 



Ikelemba 96 @97 



Madagascar, pinky.. . .82 (§83 



Late Para cables quote: 



Per Kilo. Per Kilo. 



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



Islands, coarse 3$400 Upriver, coarse 6J200 



Exchange, I2}£«\ 



Last Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 7$S75 Upriver, coarse 5$475 



Exchange, 12 > £</. 



NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR MARCH (NEW RUBBER). 



Upriver, fine i.o6@i.i2 



Upriver, coarse 84® 87 



Islands, fine 1.03(81.08 



Islands, coarse 66(8 70 



Cameta, coarse 66@ 70 



1903- 

 9°@93 

 72@74 

 86@go 

 55@58 

 57@6i 



1902. 

 72@76 

 58@6i 

 70@73 

 46(848 

 4S©53 



NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR APRIL (NEW RUBBER). 

 1904. 1903, 1902. 



Upriver, fine i.o7@i 12 9C@93 73@74 



Upriver, coarse 84(H) 88 72@74 59(860 



Islands, fine l.o5@l.09 87(891 7>@73 



Islands, coarse 64® 69 56(860 47@49 



Cameta, coarse 64® 69 61(863 53(2 54 



Ceylon Rubber Exports. 



The exports of crude rubber (the product of plantations) from Cey- 

 lon, from January 1 to April iS, Ig04, were as follows : 



To Great Britain founds 23,329 



" Germany 2.756 



" Belgium 100 



" United States 63 



Total 26,248 



Total, same dates in 1903 12,452 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for car- 

 load lots — in cents per pound — show only a few changes, and 

 these in the direction of a declining market : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes— Domestic 6 



Do — Foreign 5J4 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 4 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 7 



White Trimmed Rubber. ... 7I.J 



Heavy Black Rubber 4 



Air Brake Hose 2'X (8 2% 



Fire and Large Hose 1 % @ 1% 



Garden Hose 1 % (8 I % 



Matting M @ I 





Stocks, March 31 Ions 



Arrivals. April 



Aggregating . 

 Deliveries, April. 



Stocks, April 30. 



Stocks. March 31.. /Vim/ 605 

 Arrivals, April 1460 



Aggregating 2065 



Deliveries, April '955 



2765 

 2615 



3215 

 975 



1070 



575 



2637 

 962 



3970 

 3800 



Stocks, April 30. . no 150 2240 



495 i°75 170 



1904. 



World's visible supply, April 30 ions 1981 



Para receipts, July 1 to April 30 23.805 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 372g 



Afloat from Para to United States, April 30.. 573 

 Afloat from Para to Europe, April 30 500 



Antwerp. 



To the Editor of The India Rubber World : The re- 

 sult of our inscription sale on May 10 was satisfactory, as 367 

 tons found buyers, out of 428 tons offered. After the sale 39 

 tons more were taken. The prices for fine grades show an ad- 

 vance of i@2 per cent, over valuations based on the prices of 

 the preceding month, whereas lots in ill condition sold at 

 20' '30 centimes per kilogram below valuation. The average 

 results may be calculated at \%\yi per cent, advance. The 

 principal lot sold as follows: 



Valuation. 



32 tons Lopori I francs 10.75 



30 ■' Lopori II (sticky) 8.75 



10 

 20 

 22 

 20 

 22 

 13 

 12 



Aruwimi 1 10 



Aruwimi II 950 



Lake Leopold I. . . . 10 60 



Lake Leopold II 850 



Mongalla 10. 15 



Red Katanga 1020 



Equateur I n. 



The next monthly sale will take place on June 7 when about 

 300 tons will be catalogued. Actual stocks here are about 390 



tons. C. SCHMID & CO., SUCCESSEURS. 



Antwerp, May 14, 1904. 



Sold at. 



10.80@10.go 



8.40® 8.50 



10.25 



9 55 



10. 3o(« 10.55 



8.75@ 8.95 



10. (810.20 



10.25 



11.15 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



May 4.— By the Albertville, from the Congo : 



Bunge & Co (Societe Ge'nerale Africaine) kilos iSg.ooo 



Do Comite Speciale Katanga) 7,000 



Do (Societe " La Kotto") 1.500 



Do (Sultanats du Haut Obangi) 6,000 



M. S. Cols 1,000 



Do 1,000 



