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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February i, 1908. 



Plantation Rubber. 



The fir;t London auction for the year occurred on January 

 10, when the quantity of plantation sorts ofTeied was the largest 

 yet recorded. The quantity was ii>< tons from Ceylon and 41^4 

 tons from ^Malaya — total, ssVi tons. Plantation kinds have de- 

 clined recently at about the same proportion as Para sorts, 

 though for a few especially fine lots higher prices were realized. 

 Hard fine Para was quoted at 3.J. 41/. and fine plantation sold 

 at 3J. 8rf. to 4s. 3d. At the corresponding sale last year planta- 

 tion sold up to 5i. OVid. During 1907, 814 tons of plantation 

 rubber were oflfercd at the London auctions, against SaS'/z tons in 

 1906. 



Gow, Wilson & Stanton, Limited, report : 



A feature that has lately been noticeable, and which was further em- 

 phasizeci at to-day's sale, was that the medium and lower grades of crepe 

 were in more request than has been the case of late, and. compared with 

 other grades, prices of these kinds showed some improvement. Unwashed 

 scrap, where clean and free f r< m bark, was also well competed for. 



The exports of cultivated rubber from the Federated Malay 

 States for the first eleven months of 1907 are officially reported : 



From Perak I^ouiids 224,746 



From Selangor 1,072,472 



From Xegri Sembilan 461,942 



Total i,7S9,i6o 



The exports of Para rubber from the ports of Singapore and 

 Penang from January i to November 30, which, by the way, do 

 not correspond exactly with the above figures, were as follows : 



POUNDS. POUNDS. 



To Great Britain ... 1.367,334 To .\ustralia 22,248 



To Europe 154,000 To Ceylon 169,556 



To United States... 4.134 



To Japan 13,059 Total 1,730,331 



[From Singapore, r. 268.330; from Penang. 462,001.] 



At the above rate- the complete shipments from the two Straits 

 ports would reach 1,887,634 pounds, or about 800 English tons. 



The latest advices from Ceylon permit the record of exports 

 of cultivated rubber from that colony for 1907 to be brought 

 down to December 23, which practically closes the year. A 

 comparative statement by years would stand as follows: 



1907 (to December 23) p.'iinds $06,373 



1906 327,024 



1905 168.247 



1904 72,040 



1903 41,684 



Destination of Exports, 1907. 



Great Britain .^01,096 France 1.748 



United States 170.974 Holland 151 



Germany 15.S01 India 112 



Australia 11.034 Denmark 90 



Belgium 5,634 Japan 33 



The total shipment of Ceylon grown rubber for 1907 would 

 appear to be about 226 English tons; the total including Malay 

 States rubber was about 1,026 tons. 



Para. 



R. O. .\hlf.rs & Co. reported [December 31] news from the 

 Madeira and Jurua rivers that rubber gathering had been stopped 

 on some seriiigacs and that the shipments of rubber from those 

 regions were being withheld. "It is generally believed," they 

 wrote, "that supplies will fall off considerably during the coming 

 three months." Para arrivals (including Caucho) for the crop 

 season up to December 31 had totaled 14,240 tons, against 14.720 

 tons for the same period of last year and 14,699 tons for the 

 six months ending December 31, 1905. 



Messrs. Ahlers & Co. reported later [January 11] : "The feel- 

 ing of anxiety about the near future of the rubber market during 

 our months of principal receipts has been deepened still more 

 by the fact that nearly all buyers for scrtao (Upriver) have with- 

 drawn their offers, thus apparently preparing a new drop in 

 prices. Only small orders were filled at lower quotations, prob- 

 ably only to complete some previous orders for future delivery." 



1907. 



. . . kilos 



P.\R.\ Exports, July-December, 



From Para kilos 6.-178.741 



From Itacoatiara. direct 68.526 



From jNIanaos, direct 5,912,120 



From Iquitos, direct 1,489,267 



Total 13,948,654 



Manaosi 



DiRixG November and five months of the crop season (in- 

 cluding caucho), reported by Sociedade Anonyma .\rma7ens 

 Andresen : 



From — 1907. 



Rio Pun'is tons 502 



Rio Jurua 288 



Rio Madeira 283 



Rio Solimoes 335 



Rio Negro 25 



From Iquitos 366 



■November. — 

 1906. 

 666 

 346 

 364 

 342 

 45 

 426 



— July-November.— 



1905. 

 483 

 380 

 339 

 433 

 40 

 279 



1907. 

 3006 



832 



1363 



1557 



29 



880 



1906. 

 2368 

 938 

 1601 

 1229 

 60 

 1071 



1905. 

 2524 

 1078 

 1349 

 1208 

 50 

 1047 



Total 1799 



2189 



1954 7667 



7267 



7256 



M.\N.\os Exports of Rubber, 1907. 



New York. 



Fi;;e kil 's 4,339.265 



Medium 1,049.064 



Coarse 1.33-2.653 



Cauchf) 1,087.336 



Liverpool. 



3.508,746 



705.626 



r. 035,960 



2,394,126 



Continent. 



2,514,470 

 201,033 

 665,128 



1,121,262 



Total. 

 10.332,481 



1.955.72.? 

 3.033,741 

 4,602,724 



Tcta 



■.778.318 7,644,458 4,501,893 19024,669 



Direct from Manaos to Hamburg. 



1902 tons 104 1905 



1903 266 1906 



1904 403 1907 



.tons 858 



1.053 



I.57I 



New York. 



X'liw York Rubber Prices for December (New 



1906. 



I.22@1.24 



.96(g .98 



!.l8@1.20 



•7i@ -73 

 ■72®. .74 



Rt 



1907. 



U pri ver, fine 82@ .86 



Upriver, coarse 66@ .^2 



Islands, fine 72@. .79 



Islands, coarse AA@ -50 



Cameta 43@ .48 



eber). 

 1905. 



I.23@1.29 



.go@ .97 



I.20@1.26 



■7i@ -77 

 .72® .78 



SUM.M-\RV 

 UPHIVCR. 



OF Prices for 1907. 



ISI..\NDS. 



Fine. Co.\rse. Fine. Co.\rse. C.\met.-\. 



January ....121(0)124 96(3: 98 Ii7(a:'i20 7i@ 73 72@ 74 



February . . . II9@I23 95(8)98 Ii7(a;ii9 6g@ 72 71® 73 



March Ii6@i2i 92® 96 114(33119 66@ 70 7l@ 73 



.-\pril ii5@ii8 91(5:94 ii4rr?ii6 66(g 68 71® 72 



May ii2@ii6 88(5' 92 iiofaii5 62® 67 70® 72 



June io8(a'ii2 86@ 88 104(0!! 10 6i@ 63 70® 71 



July io8@ii5 86@ 90 io4(o'to8 6i@ 64 70® 71 



August io8@ii5 89® 92 i04@i()9 60® 62 66® 69 



September ..io6@iio 88® 90 99@io5 58® 60 62® 66 



October 98@io6 84® 88 91® 99 56® 59 55® 62 



November . . 83® 99 68@ 85 72® 92 44® 56 42® 56 



December . . 82® 86 66® 72 72® 79 44® 50 43® 48 



Ax'erage Prices. 



1907 10914 88 104^ 61M ■ 65V2 



igo6 T2454 931/2 121 70 72}^ 



1905 I28y2 931/2 I2sy2 72 74 



1904 "3'4 87^4 no 65H 65 J4 



1903 94^4 76'4 91^ 57M 59'/4 



1902 76 6oJi 73 47fi 5054 



Liverpool! 



\Vili.i.\m Wright & Co. report [January 2] : 



Fjti^ Para. — Taking into account the strained financial situation, the 

 market has on the whole been steady. Prices naturally have fluctuated, 

 but only to a moderate extent, closing about y2d. per pound down from last 

 month's final price. That financial conditions are improving in America 

 is without doubt, but at the san-e time trade over there has had a severe 

 "set back." and muFt take time to recover to normal requirements. If. as 

 we are informed, .\nierican consumption is likely to be on a considerably 

 reduced scale, then in view of the prospective heavy receipts up to March 

 ne.xt, a further decline in values is more than likely. On the other hand, 

 \merica has such wonderful recuperative powers that, once given financial 

 confidence, a substantial increase in prices might easily accrue. The posi- 

 tion is most uncertain, and consequently sellers arc chary of selling far 

 ahead, but on balance we are inclined to think that present rates are worth 

 some attention bv manufacturers. 



