September i, 1904.J 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



433 



same easy condition of the past three months, call loans ruling 

 at about 1 per cent., and rubber paper being taken at 4}^ @ s'A 

 according to grade." 



Following is a statement of prices of Para' grades, one year 

 ago, one month ago, and on August 30 — the current date. 



PARA. Sept. 1, 'oj. 



Islands, fine, new 96® 97 



Islands, fine, old ioo@ioi 



Upriver, fine, new 99@I00 



Upriver, fine, old ioi@io2 



Islands, coarse, new 59® 60 



Islands, coarse, old @ 



Upriver, coarse, new 78@ 79 



Upriver, coarse, old @ 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 6i@ 62 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 74@ 75 



We have no change to report, since the first of the month, 

 in other sorts at New York : 



AFRICAN. 



®95 

 @95 

 @75 

 ©65 



@34 

 @94 

 @go 

 @95 



@8 3 



CENTRALS. 

 Esmeralda, sausage. . .74 



Guayaquil, strip 64 



Nicaragua, scrap ... .74 



Panama, slab 57 



Mexican, scrap 72 



Mexican, slab 57 



Mangabeira, sheet. . . .49 

 EAST INDIAN. 



Assam 86 



Borneo 



@75 

 @6 5 



@75 

 @ 5 8 



@73 

 @ 5 8 



@57 

 @87 



Sierra Leone, istquality94 



Massai, red 94 



Benguella .74 



Cameroon ball 64 



Accra flake 33 



Lopori ball, prime.... 93 

 Lopori strip, prime. . . .89 



Ikelemba 94 



Madagascar, pinky.... 82 



Late Para cables quote: 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 7$ioo 



Islands, coarse 3$5oo 



Exchange, I2^ t d. 

 Last Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 7$S50 Upriver, coarse 5$25° 



Exchange, I2jg</. 



NEW YORK RUBBER PRICES FOR JULY (NEW RUBBER). 



Upriver, fine. . . 

 Upriver, coarse. 



Per Kilo. 

 8$200 

 6$oco 



Upriver, fine I.i2@i.ig 



Upriver, coarse 87(a) 91 



Islands, fine 1.09@_1.15 



Islands, coarse (>3@ 66 



Cameta, coarse 64® 66 



1903. 

 94@g6 

 74@76 

 8g@g2 

 56® 5 8 

 5b(a>6o 



70 



55 

 67 

 44 

 46 



1902. 

 @72 

 @ 5 6 

 @6g 

 @4& 

 @ 4 8 



Statistics of Para Rubber (Excluding Caucho) , 



NEW YORK. 



Fine and Total 



Medium. Coarse. 1904. 



Stocks, June 30 tons 112 25 = 137 



Arrivals. July ... 218 260 = 478 



Aggregating. 

 Deliveries, July. . 



330 

 273 



285 = 615 

 276 = 54g 



Stocks, July 30. 



_5_7 



PAR A. 

 1904. 1903. 1902 

 Stocks. June 30. . .Ions 175 115 65 



Arrivals, July 1010 1050 1060 



g = 66 



Total 

 ■ 903. 



367 

 942 



I30g 



1085 



224 



Total 

 1902. 



413 



518 



93' 

 569 



362 



ENGLAND. 

 1904. 1903. 1902. 

 585 1320 1406 

 595 33° 369 



Aggregating 1185 1165 1125 



Deliveries, July 370 1030 1085 



[180 



745 



1650 

 675 



1775 

 750 



ber in the principal markets on that date, placing side by side 

 with them their estimates for former years, as previously pub- 

 lished. It will be seen from the totals given that a steady de- 

 cline has prevailed, the total for June 30 last being 44.2 per 

 cent, less than in 1900. It must be understood that wholly ac- 

 curate statistics in such a case are not attainable; at the same 

 time there is a striking agreement between the statements of 

 approximate figures prepared by different statisticians, and the 

 firm above named bear a high reputation for the trustworthi- 

 ness of their estimates. The comparison follows : 



June 30. 

 STOCKS. 1900. 



Pard Grades: 



Liverpool tons 2,137 



Havre g5 



New York 60 r 



Para 195 



Afloat 1,099 



June 30. 

 1901. 



1,407 

 70 



875 

 28 



995 



June 30. 

 1 902. 



2,448 

 30 



392 

 60 



900 



June 30. 

 1903. 



1,601 



65 



383 



129 



1. 185 



June 30. 

 1904. 



905 



25 



102 



174 



878 



Total 4,127 



Mtdium Grades : 



Liverpool tons 1,082 



London 646 



Antwerp 726 



Lisbon 717 



Rotterdam 



New York 571 



3,435 3.830 3,303 2,084 



946 

 742 



954 

 544 



320 



585 

 560 

 681 



505 

 80 



575 



456 

 224 

 488 

 220 

 56 

 246 



715 

 306 

 68g 

 290 

 66 

 238 



Total 3,742 3.506 2,986 1,690 



2,304 



Total All Kinds 7,869 6,941 6,816 5,053 4,388 

 There are comparatively unimportant stocks in certain other 

 European ports — for example, 260 tons (estimated) of Para 

 sorts. Besides, the table does not indicate the amounts afloat 

 of other than Para grades. But as these estimates have been 

 prepared each year on the same basis, the table may be relied 

 upon as indicating correctly the declining tendency in the size 

 of stocks. " Medium grades " in the above table include Cau- 

 cho, or Peruvian rubber, for New York, while European statis- 

 ticians include this grade with " Para." 



United States Crude Rubber Imports. 



OFFICIAL STATEMENT— BY. FISCAL YEARS. 



1902-03. 



9.714,597 



2,916,814 



8,078,629 



1,083,351 



251,770 



15,609 



3i.Il9.486 



1,363,832 



454.594 



11,883 



From — iQor-02. 



United Kingdom pounds 6,114,107 



Germany 1,653,678 



Other Europe 7.779.574 



Central America 1,121,399 



Mexico 263, gog 



West Indies 63,og4 



Brazil 31,532,700 



Other South America i,28s,7g2 



East Indies 55S.621 



Other countries 40,607 



1903-04. 



7,711,910 



2,458,568 



11,206,264 



1,264,210 



366,104 



17,910 



33,109,112 



1,794,492 



1,084,689 



2,292 



Stocks, July 30.. . 315 135 



40 



435 



075 1025 



World's visible supply, July 30 tons 



Para receipts, July 1 to July 30 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 



Afloat from Para to United States, July 30 . . 

 Afloat from Para to Europe, July 30 



The World's Rubber Stocks. 



The important house of Hecht, Levis & Kahn (Liverpool, 

 London, Paris, and Hamburg) have issued their annual India- 

 rubber statistical chart for the year ending June 30, 1904, from 

 which we extract their estimate of the visible supplies of rub- 



Total .pounds 50,413,481 55.010,571 59.oi5.55i 



Value $25.i5t,559 $30,436,710 $40,444,250 



Average per pound 49. S9 cents. 55 3 cents. 68.5 cents. 



Exports of Rubber 2,378,353 2,911,538 3,942,002 



Net Imports .pounds 48,035,128 52,099,033 55.073.549 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for car- 

 load lots— in cents per pound— show practically no change 

 from last month : 



Old Rubber Boots and Shoes— Domestic S'A @ 5 l A 



Do —Foreign 4 3 A @ 4% 



Pneumatic Bicycle Tires 3^@ 4 



Solid Rubber Wagon and Carriage Tires 6 



White Trimmed Rubber 8J£ @ 8^ 



Heavy Black Rubber 4 



Air Brake Hose 2# @ 2% 



Fire and Large Hose itf @ '% 



Garden Hose i?i & 1% 



Matting £ @ 1 



