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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March i, 1904. 



Statistics of Para Rubber {Excluding Caucho) . 



NEW YORK. 

 Fine and Total 



Medium. Coarse. 1904. 



Stocks, January I tons 56 o = 56 



Arrivals, January 948 470 = 1418 



Aggregating 1004 



Deliveries, January 941 



Stocks, January 31 



63 



470 = 1474 

 469 = 1410 



I = 64 



Total 

 1903. 



72 

 1624 



1696 



'443 



PARA. 



1904. 1903. 1902. 



Stocks. Jan. I tons 370 365 150 



Arrivals, January. . . . 3760 2500 3S25 



Aggregating 4130 2865 3975 



Deliveries, January. . . 3565 2710 3465 



253 

 ENGLAND. 



Total 

 1902, 



1 139 

 1330 



2469 

 1 130 



1339 



1904. 



545 

 "45 



1903. 1902. 



885 1299 



1190 1156 



1690 2075 2455 

 1100 1025 1225 



Stocks, Jan. 31... 565 15s 



5io 



5qo 1050 1230 



1904 1903 1902. 



World's visible supply, January 31 tons 3717 2783 5329 



Para receipts, July I to January 31 16,235 13.846 16,079 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 15 19 924 1 381 



Afloat from Para to United States, Jan. 31.. 1478 740 930 



Afloat from Para to Europe, January 31 1020 585 1320 



Antwerp. 



To the Editor of The India Rubber World: At the 

 first large sale of the year, on January 29, when about 715 tons 

 of rubber were offered and 687 tons found buyers, the prices 

 averaged about 6 l /i per cent, higher than at the large sale in 

 December. Some sorts as Lopori and Aruwimi advanced as 

 much as 8@io per cent. Considerable of the buying was at- 

 tributed to the United States. The principal lots realized 

 prices as follows : 



Estimation. Sold at. 



31 tons Lopori I francs 9.10 9-92/^t 



26 " Lopori II 7. 8. 



72 " Uele Strips 8.50 9.05 



22 " Aruwimi Strips 8.15 9. 



24 " Mongalla strips 915 9.75 



24 " Batouri 865 9-12% 



20 " Upper Congo Red 945 10.05 



45 " Upper Congo ordinary 10.02^ 9.40 



At a small sale of 21 tons on February 5 prices were practi- 

 cally unchanged. At the next regular monthly sale, on Feb- 

 ruary 26, about 370 tons of Congo sorts will be offered. 



C. SCHMID & CO., SUCCESSEURS. 

 Antwerp, Februaiy 17, 1904. 



ANTWERP RUBBER STATISTICS FOR JANUARY. 



RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ANTWERP. 



Feb. 9.— By the Philippeville, from the Congo: 



Bunge & Co (Socie'te Generate Africaine) kilo* 103,000 



Do (Socie'te Anversoise) 33,000 



Do 1,300 



Societe A B I R g6, 500 



Socie'te Equatoriale Congolaise. .(Societe L'Ikelemba) 1J800 

 Comptoir Commercial Congolais 6,000 



Charles Dethier (La Haut Sangha) 16,900 



Do (La M ' Poko) 5 ,000 



Comptoir des Produits Coloniaux 



(Messageries fluviales du Senegal) 6,600 



Do (Renard) 3,000 



Socie'te Coloniale Anversoise. (Beige du Haut Congo) 12,600 



Do (Cie. de Lomami) 6,500 



L. & V. Van de Velde (Cie. du Kasai) 67,000 



W. Mallinckrodt & Co (Alimaienne) 2,000 



Comptoir Commerciale Anversois 600 



M. S. Cols (Societe Baniembe) 700 



Do (Alima) 3,800 366,300 



Liverpool. 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report that the statistical posi- 

 tion would hardly appear to justify the quick advance in rubber 

 which has been maintained during the month. Yet, taking into 

 consideration the small increase in the visible supply of Para 

 sorts, after the large receipts since January 1, and the small es- 

 timates of receipts during the remaining months of the season, 

 the higher prices, with fluctuations, have probably come to 

 stay. Their circular embraces the following statistics: 



Para receipts in January, 1904, were 4,250 tons 



" " 1903. " 2,490" 



Increase in 1904 1,760 



Pari receipts in July-January, 1903-04, were 17,830 



" " " 1902-03, " 14.740 



Increase in 1903-4 3,090 " 



The visible supply on January 31 was: 



1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 

 Tons 3896 5272 3008 4342 



William Wright & Co. report [February i] : 



Fine Para. — The market has been exceedingly active, prices having 

 advanced 4J. per pound. In spite of the fact that crop receipts are 2930 

 Ions, or about 20 per cent, in excess of last season, the demand in Para 

 has been exceptionally strong, all supplies being eagerly competed for at 

 advancing rates. We cannot help thinking that a good deal of the ad- 

 vance has been owing to the necessity to cover forward sales. Undoubt- 

 edly the demand is very good, but at this stage of the crop we think an 

 advance of 4J. per pound is not justified, the market closing very firm 

 with sellers firm at 4s. 4</. Stocks are small and well held. Forward: 

 a good business done at advancing rates closing with no sellers under 4s. 

 Ad. 



Africans have been in active request and a large business done at ad- 

 vancing rates. Sierra Leone has advanced from y. S/(d. @ 3.V. §%d. \ 

 Cape Coast lump is. li%d. @ 2s. 2d. ; Cameroon 2s. bd. @ 2s. yd., 

 and other grades in proportion. 



On account of advancing years Edward Till has retired from the firm 

 of Edward Till & Co , brokers, Mincing lane, London, which in future 

 will be continued under the same style by Geoffrey Hoare and Charles 

 Bower. 



Bordeaux. 



PRICES FEBRUARY 1 5— FRANCS PER KILO. 



Conakry niggers. . . 10 30@to.45 



Soudan twists 8.75© 940 



Soudan niggers 9 8o@io. 



Cassamance, A 7 .50® 7.55 



Cassamance, A. M.. 6.75® 6.85 



Cassamance, B 585® 5.95 



Madagascar : 



Ceylon Rubber Exports. 



Tamatave 8.25(0) S.60 



Majunga 7. @ 7.60 



Niggers ... 4-50(3 5.25 



Lahou cakes 7 50® 8 20 



Lahou lumps 5.6o@ 6.25 



Mexican scraps 8.50® 9. 



Mexican slabs 7-50@ 8.50 



FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR I9O3. 



To Great Britain .founds 39,456 



" Germany 1,672 



" Belgium 156 



" United States 400 



Total, 1903 founds 41,684 



Total, 1902 21,168 



Total, 1901 7,392 



