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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June i, 1904. 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Sud Kamerun) 7,000 



Charles Dethier (La Haut Sangha) 6,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Cie. de Lomami) 30,000 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux (Messageries fluv- 



iales du Congo) 1,500 



W. Mallinckrodt & Co (Alimaienne) 3,100 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haut Congo) 500 



L. & \V. Van de Velde (Cie. du Kasai) 80,000 



Bordeaux. 



PRICES MAY 2 — FRANCS PER KILOGRAM. 



Conakry niggers, red. 10 50@10.75 



Soudan niggers g95@10.25 



Soudan twists 9.40® 965 



Cassamance, A 7-40@ 7.75 



Cassamance, AM... 6.70® 6.80 



Lahou cakes 8.35® 855 



[10 francs per Kilo = S7j4 cents per Pound.] 

 STOCKS SAME DATE. 



333,600 



9 .15 



Lahou niggers 9. 



Madagascar : 



Tamatave 8.25@ 8.90 



Majunga 7. @ 7-7° 



Niggers 4-5°<3 5-25 



New Caledonian.... 8.50(a) 925 



Soudan twists kilos. 4000 



Ivory Coast 5°0 



Senegal 800 



Cassamance 800 



Congo 1 300 



Lahou kilos 1900 



Java and Sumatra. 1800 



Balata 2000 



Total kilos 13,100 



kilos, 3,300 



Cassamance , 8,930 



Rufisque 860 



Balata 100 



ARRIVALS DURING APRIL. 



Soudan twists kilos. 54,358 Congo 



Soudan niggers 20,280 



Java and Sumatra 1,900 



Conakry niggers 19,900 



Lahou twists 11,250 



Lahou niggers 650 Total £1/01.121,528 



Arrivals January I to April 30, 1904 437,561 kilos 



Arrivals same months, 1903 37°,79 2 " 



R. HENRY. 



London. 



Edward Till & Co. [May 2] report stocks: 



1904. 



f Para sorts tons — 



. J Borneo 9 



London ■( Assam and Rangoon _ . 5 



[Othersorts 225 



Total 239 



Liverpool 



Para. 



495 



Other sorts 910 



Total. United Kingdom 1644 



Total, April 1 1367 



PRICES PAID DURING APRIL. 

 1904. 1903. 



Para fine, hard 4/ °^@4/ 9 3/ 9K@3/loM" 



Do soft 4/ 5?4@4/ l l 4 3/io @3/l°% 



Negroheads, scrappy ..3/ 6^@3/ &}£ 3/ 0)<@3/ 1': 



Do Cameta.. 2/10 ©2/11^ 2/ 1%@2/ 9 

 Bolivian 4/7 @4/ 9 



MAY 13. — The market for Para has been firm, and a good business 

 has been done at dearer rates. Fine hard on the spot and distant de- 

 livery has been sold at 4.1. I0i/.@4i. ioji./., and fine soft cure, which is 

 scarce, at 4^. 91/ @4.f. q%d. for near delivery. Negroheads: Manaos 

 scrappy in good demand, with fair sales on spot and forward at 3s. qd.@ 

 3*. 9)4" J. Cameta and Islands scarce ; the former sold at is. lid. and 

 the latter quoted 2s. lo'/id. Peruvian in good demand and dearer ; fair 

 sales of ball, spot and near, 3*. 50'. and July-August delivery 3s. s%d. 

 Mollendo dearer ; sales fineat 4-r. 8%</ @4s. g</. spot and 4^. 8}j</. for- 

 ward. 



At to-day's auction Colombian good clean sheet fold at 3*. 3 J 4 </. ; 

 rather mixed, 3/. id.@3s. \\^d. ; fair gray sheet, 3.5. l'Jd. Central 

 American : Good clean black roll and brown scrap, 3s. 4'/id. Manga- 

 beira : Fair to good Rio sheet 2s. &%d. Manitoba : Good clean Bahia, 

 3-f. 0%d. Madagascar : Majunga, 2.t. 4 1 4 </.@2.r id. Mozambique : 

 Fair Lamu ball, 3*. 6J4V. ; Uganda strips, 3s. 4%d. 



Ceylon. — Thirty cases offered and sold, fine thin biscuits from Para 

 seed at 5* @Ss. 2%d. [=$1.26^] ; good to fine clean scrap at 4-r. Od.@ 

 4*. 7</.==Straits Settlements : Fine packages offered and sold, fine 

 thin large biscuits from Pari seed at 5J-. 3%d. ; scrap at 4s. id. 



Liverpool. 



William Wright & Co. report [May 2] : 



Fine Pard. — At the beginning of the month [April] there was a sharp 

 decline of i%d. per pound, but since then prices have advanced 2%d. 

 per pound, closing at \s. qd. for hard and 4s. Sd. for soft. This reac- 

 tion has been partly caused by " bear covering," and also by a reduced 

 estimate of receipts. The demand on the whole has been dull, doubt- 

 less due to the high prices ruling, which are higher than they have been 

 for twenty years. Manufacturers continue to buy sparingly, which is 

 the only safe policy to pursue. Stocks are light (although including 

 Continental ports they were under-declared last month by about 400 

 tons) and are well held. For the present we cannot see any chance 

 of a serious break in prices. 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During April and the first ten months of the crop sea- 

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



April. 

 1904. 1903. 



Rio Purtls — Acre Ions 



Rio Madeira 



Rio Jurua 



Rio Javary — Iquitos 



Rio SolimOes 



Rio Negro 



360 

 84 



348 

 23 

 73 

 38 



452 

 86 



238 

 58 

 37 

 96 



I902. 



399 



115 



257 



3 



58 

 39 



July-April. 

 1904. 1903. 1903. 



5525 5492 



2528 2160 



3459 3393 



2206 1473 



808 1305 



422 635 



6313 

 2694 

 3451 

 1 21 3 

 1508 

 356 



Total 926 967 871 14,948 M>458 15,535 



Caucho 408 619 394 3168 2758 2787 



Total : 1334 1586 1265 18,11617,21618,322 



Gutta-Tercha. 

 Weiss & Co. (Rotterdam) repovt exports from Singapore for the first 



three months of five years : 

 1902 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 19C4. 



— Tons 1627 1443 1180 883 607 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[The Figures Indicate Weights in Pounds.] 

 May 3. — By the steamer Polycarp, from Manaos and Para : 

 Importers. Fine. 



United States Rubber Co. 117,800 



Poel & Arnold 46,000 



New York Commercial Co. 44,200 



A. T.Morse & Co 27,000 



Lawrence Johnson & Co. 18,800 

 William Wright & Co. .. . 25000 



Edmund Reeks & Co 



G. Amsinck & Co 6,300 



Czarnikow,McDougal& Co. 19,400 



Lionel Hagenaers & Co. . 3,700 1,600 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 3.400 700 200 



Medium. 

 14,400 

 17,900 



7,400 

 18,500 

 14.700 



2,200 



4,000 



Coarse. 

 47.500 

 38,600 

 44.900 

 18,100 

 IO.00O 

 14,800 



800 



60 



Caucho. 

 61,400= 



1,300= 

 19,100 = 



2,900= 

 14.700= 



Total 311,600 79,800 177,100 99,400= 



May 14. — By the steamer Ceareitse, from Manaos and Para : 

 United States Rubber Co. 74,700 17,200 37,50088,300= 



A. T. Morse & Co 111,600 



Poel & Arnold 83,800 



William Wright & Co 28,800 



New York Commercial Co. 11,100 



7,200 



6,800 



800 



4,100 



Total. 

 241,100 

 102,500 

 96,500 

 64,900 

 62,600 

 44,900 

 14,700 



7,100 



24,000 

 5.30O 

 4,300 



667,900 



Hagemeyer & Brunn . 

 Czarnikow,McDougal& Co. 



Edmund Reeks & Co 



Lionel Hagenaers & Co.. 



11,200 

 12.500 

 3,000 

 2,500 

 1,000 

 3,200 



67 400 

 61,700 

 28,900 

 18,100 

 2,200 

 300 



800= 



900= 

 6,800— 



2,400 



Total 328,900 50,600218,500 g6,Soo= 



May 24. — By the steamer Gregory, from Manaos and Para 

 300 14,400 



217,700 



190,200 



158,800 



60, 700 



31,700 



1 1 ,300 



10,300 



7,600 



6,500 



694,800 



6,900 



10.300 



3,600 



2,200 



34,100 = 

 52,000= 

 600= 



1,700= 



162,200 



152,000 



69,900 



31,300 



= 29,600 



r 6,800 



= 5.300 



= 5.100 



Total 175,900 38,400 159.50088,400=: 462,200 



[Note. — The steamer Dominic, from Para, due at New York on June 4, carries 

 100 ton» of Rubber and 45 tons of Caucho.) 



Poel & Arnold 6 



A. T. Morse & Co 31,400 



United States Rubber Co. 45,300 



William Wright & Co 16,800 



New York Commercial Co. 10,400 



Thomsen & Co 4,400 



L. Hagenaers & Co 3,900 1,400 



Hagemeyer & Brunn ... . 2,400 1,000 1,700 



52,400 

 61,700 

 13,700 

 10,900 

 15.300 

 2,400 



