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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February. I, 1904. 



EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 80 @8l 



Borneo @ 



Per Kilo- 



Upriver, fine. . . 7$I50 



Upriver, coarse 5^250 



Mexican, scrap 71 @72 



Mexican, slab 52 @53 



Mangabeira, sheet. . . .57 ©58 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 6$ioo 



Islands, coarse 3$30O 



Exchange, I2j£<r\ 



Last Manaos advices (January 28): 



Upriver, fine 7$2oo Upriver, coarse 5$ioo 



Exchange, l2/4</. 



NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR DECEMBER (NEW RUBBER). 



1903. 1902. 1901. 



Upriver, fine 93(898 8o@gl 85(887 



Upriver, coarse 76(881 65@73 65@66 



Islands, fine 88(894 74@88 79@8l 



Islands, coarse 54@57 49(860 48@5I 



Cameta, coarse 54@57 54@6i 5o@5i 



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

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



" During January the money market has eased very much, 

 and the demand for commercial paper has improved, rates hav- 

 ing dropped from 7 per cent, for the best rubber paper to 5^ 

 @ 6 per cent, for such, and 6 (S) 6% per cent, for the names not 

 so well known." 



Statistics of Para Rubber {Excluding Caucho) . 



NEW YORK. 



Fine and Toial 



Medium. Coarse. 1003. 

 Stocks, November 30. .tons 32 o = 32 



Arrivals. December 1032 470 = 1502 



Aggregating 



Deliveries, Desember. 



Stocks, December 31. . 



:o64 

 1008 



56 



470 = 1534 

 470 = 1478 



o = 56 



Total 



IQ02. 



171 



1322 



1493 

 1421 



72 



Tot«l 

 1901. 



535 

 1019 



1554 

 1070 



484 



PARA. 

 1903. 1902. 

 Stocks. Nov. jo.. .tons 195 155 

 Arrivals, December... 3185 2990 



ENGLAND. 

 1901. z 9°3- 1902. 1QC.1. 



4IO 370 1200 88j 



3545 1100 785 1241 



Aggregating 3380 3145 3955 



Deliveries, December. 3010 2780 3805 



Stocks, Dec. 31.. 370 365 



150 



1470 

 925 



545 



1985 

 1 100 



2126 



S27 



I2Q9 



^os- 

 World's visible supply, December 31.... tons 2079 



Para receipts, July 1 to December 31 12,540 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 960 



Afloat from Pari to United States, Dec. 31. . 908 

 Afloat from Para to Europe, December 31... 1 100 



United States Crude Rubber Imports. 

 [official statement.] 



From— 1901. 



United Kingdom pounds 6,802,372 



Germany 1,832,558 



Other Europe 9,400, r27 



Central America 1,247.517 



Mexico 267,565 



West Indies and Bermuda... 42.S44 



Brazil 33, 719, 709 



Other South America 1,336,131 



East Indies 455,870 



Other countries 38,117 



1902. 



3188 



n.576 



694 



855 

 1011 



IQOT. 



4432 



12.689 



946 



1078 



1 1 20 



Total pounds 55,142,810 



Value $28,120,218 



Average Value per pound 50.9 cents. 



Gutta-Percha. 



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

 eleven months of five years past as follows : 



1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903 



Tons 6568 5740 5214 3898 3018* 



Bordeaux. 



R. Henry favors us with details from which has been com- 

 piled the statements following : 



caoutchouc arrivals for 1903. 



Soudan kilos 679,455 



Twists 78 £ Niggers 22 £ 



Cassamance 149,972 



45 X AM 30 % 



20 % 



A 



B 



Conakry 



Lahou and Bassam 



Lumps 40 % 



Twists \ofc 



Congo 



Mayumba 20 2 



Other sorts 40:0 



Mexico and Colombia 



Java 



Madagascar 



New Caledonia 



Si 



Cakes 40 % 



Niggers to 



Nyanza 40 jf 



Total Hhs 



Total, 1902 



Total, igot 



arrivals by months, 1903 (in kilos) 



147,010 

 60,980 



; 1,200 



3,070 



2.250 



3,7'0 



350 



1.097,997 

 664,900 

 348,000 



January 63,142 



February . . 94.950 



March 121,300 



April 97,300 



May 103,820 



June 63,200 



July 49.965 



August 150.400 



September 103,500 



October 68,300 



November.... 97.470 

 December . . . 84,650 



prices FOR 1903- 



Maximum. 

 10.50(810 70 

 9 50@IO.i5 

 9 50@ 9.75 

 7.8o@ 7.90 

 7. @ 7.10 

 6. to(8 6.30 

 6.50(8 6.65 

 730© 8 45 

 9- @ 9-5° 

 6.75® 7-75 

 5.25(8 6.25 

 6.70 



-francs per kilo. 



Minimum. 



Conakry niggers, red, prime 8. 25(0)8.50 



Soudan niggers, prime 8. ©8.25 



Soudan twists 7- 55@7-75 



Cassamance, A 6.90(87. 



Cassamance, A. M 6. 3c@6-40 



Cassamance, B 5.50(85.60 



Bassam lumps 4-Q5@5- 



Bassam — Lahou cakes 4.85(^6.90 



Madagascar — Tamatave 



Madagascar — Majungs 



Madagascar — niggers 



Mayumba 4.25(84.50 



London and Liverpool. 



S. Figgis & Co. (London) favor us with their annual review of the 

 rubber market for 1903. In their last annual report they noted the 

 falling off in Medium sorts — i.e., other than Para grades. The past 

 year has shown increased arrivals of these, but the increase in consump- 

 tion still leaves reduced stocks. 



They estimate a total output of Africans of 11,920 tons, against 9839 

 tons in 1902. Benguela shows 1450 tons against 560 ; Loanda, 980 

 tons against 705 ; Congo sorts, 5600 tons against 5300. Considerable 

 increase from Gold Coast, Accra. Lagos, etc., with only fair receipts 

 from Camcroons, Sierra Leon', Gaboon, etc., and very small receipts 

 from Senegal. Greatly increased supplies from Soudan ; East Coast 

 Africa about average ; Nyassaland rather more ; Lamu fair supply. 

 More from Madagascar, 



Ceylon sent much more ; very nice thin sheet from Para seed sold 

 well, also scrap negrohead sold readily, and clean soft Ceara strips. 

 Cultivation should be encouraged, as we can consume what can be pro- 

 duced. We have seen small lots grown from Para seed in Malay States 



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 6Jg @ 7 



Do —Foreign b% @ 6% 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 4 (8 4J5 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 7 



White Trimmed Rubber 8% @ 9 



Heavy Black Rubber 4'^' 



Air Brake Hose z }4 @ 2 H 



Fire and Large Hose 2 



Garden Hose l}£ 



Matting 1 



