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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December i, 1903. 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 

 Nov. 16. — By the Anversville, from the Congo : 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generate Africaine) kilos 187,000 



Do (Chemins de fer des Grand Lacs) 17.000 



Do (Societe Anversoise) 20,000 



Do Societe Isangi) 4,000 



Do (Cie. du Kasai) 44.000 



Society ABIR 41 ,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise ( Beige du Haut Congo) 20,000 



Do (Societe La Lulonga) 17,000 



Charles Dethier (La Haut Sangha) 7,000 



Cie. Commerciale des Colonies 400 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux 4,000 



Do 600 



Do (Cie. de la N'Goko) 8,000 



Th. De Bruyne (Cie. du Kouango) 7,000 



Evrard Havenith (Societe Andrea) 1,000 378,000 



Liverpool. 

 William Wright & Co. report [November 2] : 

 Fine Pard. — The market, generally, has had a downward tendency. 

 In the early part of the month spot prices for Upriverwere forced down 

 from 4*. I^d. to 4s. 3]id. ; then a sharp reaction of 4-r. 5}4d. followed 

 by an equally sharp decline to 4s, 2%d. — a drop during the month of 

 3d. per poind. Manufacturers, generally, have held aloof, watching 

 the manipulation of ' ' bear operators " who advanced or depressed prices 

 i./. to 2d. per pound a day, by simply frightening second hand opera- 

 tors. The statistical position is still sound, with no superabundance of 

 raw material, but naturally one cannot expect in face of the heavy re- 

 ceipts due next year for prices to remain at their late high level, but the 

 extraordinary sudden fluctuations of this month simply disorganize 

 trade, and the sooner a proper level of prices is reached the Jjetter. 

 Edmund SchlOter & Co. report Liverpool stocks: 



Sept. 30. Oct. 31. Sept 30. Oct. 31. 



Para — 1st hands. . 82 271 tons. Peruvians 31 51 tons. 



Fine 43 179 " Africans 217 235 " 



Medium . 19 29 Mollendo 420 323 pkg. 



Negroheads 29 63 Mantraheira „, %X " 



Pari— 2d hands.. 161 164 " Mangabeira 122 70 



„ Pernambuco m no 



Medium ;•::..•.• ^ '1 •• Manitoba 1023 1626 " 



Negroheads si 39 " Ceara 174 349 " 



Total Para 243 435 " Assare 152 122 " 



London. 

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



London 



1903. 



Para sorts tons — 



Borneo 20 



Assam and Rangoon ... 4 



(, Other sorts 199 



Total 223 



Liverpool U" 4 '--; 435 



( Other sorts 527 



Total, United Kingdom. . . 1185 



Total, October 1 866 



Total, September 1 1364 



Total, August I 17S1 



Total, July 1 22S5 



Total, June 1 2248 



Total, May 1 2539 



PRICES PAID DURING OCTOBER. 



I9°3* 1902. 1901. 



Para fine, hard 4/ 2^(84/8 3/i^@3/3^ i/VA@i/t% 



Do soft 4/ 0^(84/7^ 3/o^@3/'^ S/tyim/lX 



Negroheads, scrappy ..3/ 5^@3/8 2/7 @2/8^ 2/8 



Do Islands 2/6 @2/S 2/7 @2/8}^ No sales. 



Bolivian No sales. 3/3 ©3/4 3/7 ©3/8 



November 13,-cThe market for Para sorts has shown increased 

 weakness, with a decline during the past week of 1 \' 2 d. to 2d. per pound. 

 Considerable business has been done at 3i. lod. for soft cure Fine for 

 spot and near delivery, and hard cure Fine at y. lid. Hard Enlrefine 

 sold down to 3*. qJ. Small sales of scrappy Negroheads forward at y. 

 3}id , and Cametis down to 2s. 3 n 4 V. Peruvians quiet ; ball sold at 3s. 

 3'/id. for forward delivery; slab quoted at 2s. b'/id., and fine at 3s. 

 lO'/id. Medium grades [Africans and Centrals], in sympathy with 



1902. 



115 



4 



319 



438 



1237 

 662 



2337 

 2464 

 2731 

 3053 

 3595 

 3687 

 3788 



190 1. 



137 



77 



477 



691 



876 

 1035 



2602 



2802 

 2736 



2944 

 3128 

 3502 

 3597 



Paras, are rather easier and in good demand. At today's auctions all 

 desirable lots found buyers at about steady rates. Colombian fair to 

 good white scrap and sheet at 2s. gd.@3s. ; white scrap softish 2s. Sd.@ 

 2s. &%d. Ecuador scrap and brown ball 3^. oy^ei. Madagascar : Fair 

 Majunga 2s 4}±d. ; fair to good dark coated 2s. 2d.@2s. 3d. Mozam- 

 bique : Good clean stickless sausage, 3s. (>%d. ; fair to good Beira ball 

 and sausage, 3s. sd.@3s. S%d. ; fair to good Lamu ball 3s. i}£d.@3s. 

 2%d. Nyassa small red ball slightly heated 3-r. 3%d. Borneo mixed 

 part fair and inferior is. iod.@is. I0%d. 



Batata. — Sixty seven bales Block sold, mixed at is. 7%d.@ls, id. ; 

 loaded inferior at is. 2d. 



Rubber Receipts at Manaos. 



During October and the first four months of the crop sea- 

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



_ October. July-October. 



From— 



1903. 1902. 1901. '903. 1902. 1901. 



Rio Purus tons 215 431 494 1 101 1199 1374 



Rio Madeira 254 160 470 1009 894 1064 



Rio Jurua 158 38 277 414 269 581 



Rio Javary — Iquitos 581 153 320 766 308 475 



Rio Solimoes 99 282 247 183 445 504 



Rio Negro 2 4 1 17 69 17 



Total 1309 1068 1S09 



Caucho 87 62 123 



3490 3184 4015 

 428 321 514 



Total 1396 1130 1932 3918 3505 4529 



Bordeaux. 



R. Henry favors The India Rubber World with details 

 of arrivals of rubber for 1903 which permit the record to be 



brought down to November 1, as follows [weights in kilo- 

 grams] : 



Grades. Jan.-June. Jul.-Sepi. Oct. Total. 



Soudan twists ) 



Soudan niggers V 356,200 266,700 64,500 687,400 



Conakry niggers ) 



Gambia 77, 000 9,400 — 86,400 



Bassam 25,500 2,550 2000 30,050 



Lahou — 2,466 — 2,466 



Madagascar.... — 2,100 — 2,100 



Java — 1,500 — 1,500 



Congo sorts. 18,000 18,000 6,000 42,000 



Mexican 1,500 — — 1,500 



Other sorts 600 — — 600 



Totals 478,800 302,716 72,500 854,016 



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

 in the preceding year only 235.380 kilos. The figure for 1900 

 was 239,522 kilos and for 1899 only 175,589. 



PRICKS NOVEMBER 1 7 IN FRANCS PER KILOGRAM. 



Sierra Leone sorts: Bassam lumps 5. @ 6. 



Niggers, red I.. 9.50^10.10 Gold Coast 6. @ 6.10 



Niggers, black, I. g.lo@ 9.50 Madagascar sorts: 



Niggers, II, III. 6.50® 8.50 Majunga 5-75® 725 



Twists, fine .. 9.30(31 9.40 Tamatave 7. @ 8.50 



Twists, ordinary 8.75® 9. Niggers 4.50@ 7.50 



Cassamance 4.10® 8.10 Mexican scrap 8. @ 9. 



[10 Francs per Kilo — 87^ cents per Pound.] 



Gutta-Percha. 



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

 nine months of five years past as follows : 



1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 



Tons 5650 4753 4533 3283 2603 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



I The Figures Indicate Weights in Pounds.\ 

 October 31. — By the steamer Nederlandcr, from La Guayra : 



Importers. Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. Total 



Middleton & Co 5,300 = 5, 300 



November 4. — By the steamer Ceannse, from Manaos and Para: 

 United States Rubber Co. 218,800 40,000 65,600 700= 325,100 

 New York Commercial Co. 126,000 35,400 40,600 300= 202,300 



