January i, 1904.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



141 



Ikelemba 82 



Madagascar, pinky 78 



CENTRALS. 



(§83 Panama, slab 52 @53 



@79 Mexican, scrap 68 @6g 



Mexican, slab 50 @5i 



Mangabeira, sheet. .. .55 (856 

 EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 78 (879 



Borneo @ 



@70 

 @59 

 @6 9 



Esmeralda, sausage. . ,6g 



Guayaquil, strip 58 



Nicaragua, scrap ... .63 

 Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



islands, fine 5$6oo 

 stands, coarse 2$6oo 



Exchange, ilj-fi/. 

 Last Manaos advices (December 28): 



Upriver, fine 6$45o/4$30o Upriver, coarse. 



Exchange, Uji</. 



Per Kilo- 



Upriver, fine 6J525 



Upriver, coarse 4I625 



4$350 



NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR NOVEMBER (NEW RUBBER). 



Upriver, fine g2@i.02 



Upriver, coarse ... 78® 83 



Islands, fine go@ g8 



Islands, coarse 54@ 58 



Cameta, coarse 53@ 58 



190a. 

 78@82 

 63@68 



73®76 

 4 8@ 5 i 



48@52 



1901. 

 84@87 

 63@66 

 7&@8o 

 46(0)50 

 48@5i 



Statistics of Para Rubber (Excluding Caucho) . 



NEW YORK. 

 Fine and Total 



Medium. Coarse. 1903. 



Stocks, October 31 tons 75 7 = 82 



Arrivals. November 782 384 = 1166 



Total Toul 



1909. foot. 



170 345 



1463 1405 



Aggregating 



Deliveries, November. 



Stocks, November 30.. 



Stocks. Oct. 31 tons 345 



Arrivals, November. . . 2890 



857 

 825 



32 



3gt = 1248 

 3gi = 1216 



o = 32 



1633 

 1462 



171 



1750 

 1215 



535 



parA. 



1902. 1901. 



145 375 



2650 2645 



ENGLAND. 

 1903. 190a. 1901. 

 435 1250 880 

 1035 1000 1055 



Aggregating 3235 27g5 3020 



Deliveries, November. 3040 2640 2610 



1470 

 1 100 



2250 

 1050 



1935 

 1050 



Stocks, Nov. 30.. 195 ISS 410 



370 



885 



1903, 1902. igoi. 



World's visible supply, November 30. .. .tons 2648 3082 3080 



Para receipts, July 1 to November 30 9290 8734 9327 



Pira receipts of Caucho, same dates 594 556 763 



Afloat from Pari to United States, Nov. 30. . 1017 710 325 



Afloat from Para to Europe, November 30,. . 1034 846 925 



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

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

 as follows : 



" During December the money market has ruled firm, with 

 some easing at the end of the month. The demand for paper 

 has been light, with 6@7 per cent, the ruling rate." 



Liverpool. 

 William Wright & Co. report [December i] : 



Fine Pard.— Prices have, generally, declined throughout the month. 

 Fluctuations have been of an exceptionally puzzling character, prices 

 dropping as much as id. per pound during a day, for no apparent rea- 

 son ; consequently the market has been nervous, buyers not knowing how 

 to act. On the whole, the demand has been good, and with little or no 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for car- 

 load lots — in cents per pound ; again no change of importance 

 to be noted : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes — Domestic b% @ 7 



Do —Foreign b% @ 6% 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 4 @ 4^ 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 7 



White Trimmed Rubber. ... 8% @ 9 



Heavy Black Rubber 4^ 



Air Brake Hose 2% @ 2% 



Fire and Large Hose 2 



Garden Hose 1 yi 



Matting I 



reserve of stock, either here or in America. The tendency at the close 

 is towards an improvement in prices, which is not to be wondered at, 

 when we take into account small stocks, moderate supplies, a good de- 

 mand, and a drop of fully lod. per pound. 

 London. 



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



1 , >9«3- 



Para sorts tons — 

 Borneo.. 20 

 Assam and Rangoon 4 

 Other sorts 250 



Total 274 



1902. 



Liverpool 



Para. 



374 



Other sorts 537 



Total, United Kingdom. 1185 2083 2525 



Total, November 1 866 2464 2802 



Total, September 1 1364 2731 2736 



Total, August I 1 78 1 3053 2944 



Total, July 1 2285 3595 3128 



Total, June 1 2248 3687 3502 



PRICES PAID DURING NOVEMBER. 



1903. 1902. 1901. 



Para fine, hard 3/10 ©4/2 3/4'A@3/ (> 3/sX@3/lH 



Do soft 3/ g @ 4 /- 3/oM"@3/ '^ 3/ 3U@3/i]4 



Negroheads, Islands. . .2/ 3^(82/5 2/i^@2/ 2 1/11 @2/i 



Do scrappy 3/3 @3/\Y* 2/8J£@2/io 2/8 



Bolivian 4/- @4/' 3/4#@3/ 6 3/6^@3/7# 



December ii. — Renewed depression has prevailed, and prices of fine 

 Para have declined fully 2d. since the auctions a fortnight ago, but to- 

 day more steadiness has prevailed, with a slight recovery. Sales of hard 

 cure fine Para forward down to 3*. 10%d. ; soft cure ditto nominal at 

 3s. io%d. ; Negroheads scrappy, small sales, at 3* 41/. ; Peruvian fine 

 3-r. lo%d. ; ball good quality 3*. 4%d. ; slab 2s. T%d. A fair quantity 

 offered in auction to-day ; Africans and Central American steady to 

 rather cheaper. Madagascar mixed niggers and brown biscuit, part 

 dirty. 2s. ; Mozambique fair red ball, 3s. 6d. ; Lanu ball. 3s. id. Mol- 

 endo : 28 packages sold without reserve for account of underwriters, 

 fine 3s. lod. ; entrefine part coarse, 3.1. 5J2V. ; Negrohead mixed 

 dirty 2s. ll%d. 



Ceylon. — Thirtyfour packages sold ; fine thin biscuits 4^. 6J4V. ; 

 ditto dark 4/. 4)4d. ; mixed to good clean scrap 3s. 2%d.%3s.% $d., 

 dirty dark scrap, is. "jd. 



cAnbxverp. 



To the Editor of The India Rubber World: At the 

 sale of November 18, of 501 tons exposed 495 tons were sold. 

 Prices were very irregular, and below valuation, as had been 

 anticipated, on account of the decline in Para sorts. The high 

 grades— in dry condition — were only 5@6 per cent, below val- 

 uations, whereas many of the Upper Congo grades — partly 

 very sticky — sold at a decline io@i2 per cent. Between the 

 October and the November sales fine Para had declined 13 per 

 cent. 



The last large sale of the year took place on December 16 

 when 671 tons out of 675 offered found buyers, showing that 

 there were very urgent wants to be covered. In consideration 

 of the weakness of the Para market, influenced by heavy re- 

 ceipts at Pard, this sale also showed some weakness, prices 

 averaging about 1% per cent, below valuations based upon the 

 results of the November sale. The fine Kasai sorts maintained 

 their former value, whereas Upper Congo sorts, of which some 

 were partly sticky, sold at 2@3 per cent, below the November 

 sale. Among the more important lots sold were the following, 

 with the valuations and price obtained : 



Valuation. Sold at. 



70 tons Lopori I g 30 g. io@g.40 



22 " Lopori I g.35 g 07% 



33 " Lopori II 7.15 7- @7-»7# 



32 " Aruwimi 8.60 8.4c @8 60 



23 " Uele strips 8.25 8.30(^845 



24 " Lake Leopold g 25 g. @g.l2} 2 ' 



(10 francs per Kilo=8rM cents per Pound.) 



