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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December i, 1907. 



to fill uncompleted contracts made at higher prices than now 

 obtain on new business. 



Following are the prices at Xew York for Para grades, one 

 year ago, one month ago, and November 2g — the current date. 

 Prices for manj' grades are purely nominal, in the absence of 

 transactions of importance : 



Para. Dec. i, '06. 



Islands, fine, new ll9@ll95/2 



Islands, fine, old none here 



Upriver, fine, new I23@124 



Upriver, fine, old I27@I28 



Islands, coarse, new 7i@ 72 



Islands, coarse, old none here 



Upriver, ocarse, new 97(0) 98 



Upriver, coarse, old none here 



Caucho (Peruvian) sheet 76® 77 



Caucho (Peruvian) ball 95® 96 



Ceylon (Plantation) fine sheet. I36@I37 



African. 

 Sierra Leone, 1st 



quality 76@77 



Massai, red 76@77 



Lopori ball, prime...;. 75®76 



Lopori strip, prime 72@73 



Madagascar, pinky 62@53 



Ikelemba none here 



Soudan niggers 72@73 



Benguella 50®5i 



Accra flake I2@I3 



Cameroon ball 6l®62 



Centrals. 



Esmeralda, sausage .... 62@63 Mexican, scrap 62@63 



Guayaquil, strip 52@53 Mexican, slab ,. . 50@5i 



Nicaragua, scrap 62®63 Mangabeira, sheet 45@46 



Panama, scrap 50@5i Guayule 30@3i 



East Indian. 



Assam 75@76 Borneo 33@34 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 3$40O 



Islands, coarse 2$25o 



Latest Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 4$300 



Upriver, coarse 2$300 



Statistics of Para Rubber {Excluding Caucho). 



New York. 



Fine and Total Total 



Medium. Coarse. 1907. 1906. 



Stocks. September 20... Tons 124 49 = 173 156 



Arrivals, October 933 380 = 1313 1354 



Per Kilo. 



Upriver, fine 4$S50 



Upriver, coarse 3$ooo 



Exchange IS/^''- 



Exchange 15 7-32^. 



Total 



1905. 



317 



1189 



429 = i486 

 378 = 1316 



1510 

 1385 



1506 

 1279 



51 = 



477 

 3350 



38^7 

 3672 



170 125 227 



England. 

 550 485 307 

 895 840 878 



1445 

 850 



1325 1 185 



Aggregating 1057 



Deliveries, October 938 



Stocks, October 31 119 



Para. 

 Stocks, Sept. 30. . Tons 572 1450 

 Arrivals, October .... 2950 2985 



Aggregating 3522 4435 



Deliveries, October . . 3105 4295 



T,r^"?S!^^' October3i.. 417 140 155 595 500 310 



World s visible supply. October 31 Tons 2779 



Para receipts, July to October 31 7670 



Para receipts, Caucho, same dates 880 



Afloat Para to United States, October 31 835 



Afloat Para to Europe, October 31 762 



Liverpool, 



Edmund Schluter & Co. report [October 31] : 



_ Reports at Manaos since July i (although not those at Para) were larger 

 in 1907 than m 1906; dear money and curtailed credit have diminished the 

 buying power of the consuming markets, and with the continuance of these 

 unfavorable circumstances an early improvement of prices does not seem 

 probable. On the other hand, it is probably true that a large "short" amount 

 exists, and any delay in the receipts at Manaos during November-December — 

 especially should America have an early winter — may quickly put a different 

 aspect on the market. There appears to be no serious complaint bv manu- 

 facturers of want of business, with the possible exception of a po'rtinn of 

 the mechanical trade, chiefly in the United States. 



Tons 



The World's Visible Supply of Para, Octodek 31. 

 1907. 1906. 

 3750 2562 



1905. 

 2936 



1904. 

 2207 



IQ03- 

 2457 



igo2. 

 3107 



1907. 

 1906. 

 1905. 



Liverpool Stocks of African Rubber, October 31. 



299 1904 401 



340 



246 



1903. 

 1902. 



•235 

 ■547 



1901. 

 1900. 

 1899. 



■ 673 

 .789 

 .547 



OFFICIAL STATISTICS OF RUBBER (IN POUNDS). 



UNITED STATES. 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



September, 1907 3,231,861 



January-August 50,500,909 



Nine months, 1907.. 53,732,770 

 Nine months, igo6. . 47,242,543 

 Nine months, 1905.. 48,769,898 



EXPORTS. 



293.394 



3,024,797 



3.318,191 

 2.587,413 

 2,356,825 



NET IMPORTS. 



2,938,467 



47,476,112 



50,414,579 

 44,655.130 

 46,413,073 



GERMANY. 



MONTHS. I.MPORTS. 



September, 1907 2,644,620 



January-August 24,224,640 



exports. NET IMPORTS. 



881,100 1,763,520 



8,251,540 15,973,100 



Nine months, 1907. 

 Nine months, 1906. 

 Nine months, 1905. 



26,869,260 

 27,919,320 

 33,791,120 



9,132,640 



8,731.800 



12,538,900 



17,736,620 

 19,187,520 

 21,252,220 



FRANCE.* 



MONTHS. IMPORTS. 



September, 1907 2,391,620 



January- August 22,206,140 



Nine months, 1907. . 

 Nine months, 1906. . 

 Nine months, 1905. . 



24,597,760 

 23,261,700 

 19,182,900 



EXPORTS. 



1,318,020 



13.732,840 



15,050,860 



14,004,540 



12,190,640 



NET IMPORTS. 

 1,073,600 

 8,473.300 



9,546,900 

 9,257,160 

 6,992,260 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



IMPORTS. 



4,757,088 



52,711,008 



57,468,096 

 49,207,648 

 46,466,224 



EXPORTS. NET IMPORTS. 



2,846,144 1,910,944 



27,774,544 24.936,464 



30,620,688 

 26,838,672 

 25,599,392 



26,847.408 

 22,368,976 

 20,866.832 



Prices, hard fine 4/0!^ 5/2!4 5/2'^ 5/- 4/2}^ 2/3J4 



MONTHS. 



September, 1907 



January-August 



Nine months, 1907. 

 Nine months, 1906. 

 Nine months, 1905. 



Note. — German statistics before Jan. i, 1906, include Gutta-percha, Balata, 

 old (waste) rubber, British figures include old rubber. French, Austrian 

 and Italian figures include Gutta-percha. The exports from the United 

 States embrace the supplies for Canadian consumption. 



• General Commerce. 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



Last month's quotations are reported without change, the in- 

 active position of the market being such as to render it impossi- 

 ble to give more exact prices : 



Old rubber boots and shoes — domestic iiJ4@i2 



Old rubber boots and shoes — foreign IIJ4@ll5^ 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 7/4@ 7M 



Automobile tires gJi@lo 



Solid rubber wagon and carriage tires 10 @lo54 



White trimmed rubber I2^@l2j4 



Heavy black rubber 5J4@ 6 



Air brake hose 4^@ 5 



Fire and large hose 3H@ sH 



Garden hose 25^@ 2 J4 



Matting i^^® 1^ 



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 (396) 



SUPERINTENDENT or MANAGER.— Position as superintendent or manager 



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