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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May I, igioS. 



Statistics of Para Rubber (Excluding Caucho). 



Xew York. 



Fine and Total Total Total 



Medium. Coarse. 1908. 1907. 1906. 



Stocks, February 29 tons 119 33= 152 196 358 



Arrivals, March 1165 485^1650 1969 1415 



Aggregating 1284 



Deliveries, March 1022 



518= 1802 

 460 = 1482 



2165 

 2040 



1773 

 1378 



Stocks, March 31 262 



1908. 



Stocks, February 29 tons 1365 



Arrivals, March 3220 



58= 320 125 395 



Par.\. England. 



1907. 1906. 1908. 1907. 1906. 



48s 737 1365 449 875 



4675 2795 1685 1 186 866 



Aggregating 4585 5160 3532 3050 1635 1741 



Deliveries, March 3610 4175 3396 1075 825 836 



905 

 1906. 

 3.269 

 '4,264 

 3.705 



757 

 1,076 



Stocks, March 31 975 985 . 136 1975 810 



1908. 1907. 



World's visible supply, March 31 tons 4.912 3,894 



Para receipts, July I to March 31 24,415 25,435 



Para receipts of caucho, same dates 4.275 .'^.975 



Afloat from Para to United States, March 31 287 748 



Afloat from Para to Europe, March 31, .. , 1.355 1,226 



Liverpool. 



Ed.mund Schluter & Co. report [March 31] : 



Para grades were again very active and prices show heavy fluctuations. 

 On the 12th of the month bull speculation caused an advance to 35-. 8d. 

 for fine. 2S. 6d. for scrappy negroheads, and 2s. 6d. for ball. It was fol- 

 lowed by the inevitable relapse, and at the close quotations were no better 

 than 35. 2',id. for hard and soft fine; 2S. 3d. for Manaos negroheads, and 

 2S. 2^d.(g: 2S. 3d. for caucho ball. 



The visible supply remains larger than any recorded in previous years, 

 in spite of the reduction of the Amazon crop, and if any proof had been 

 wanted of reduced consumption, the figures given below would clearly ex- 

 press the saiTie. Although the opinion prevails that trade conditions show 

 some slight improvement, there are nowhere any clear indications of in- 

 creased orders to manufacturers. The view expressed in our circular of 

 February 29, therefore, will hold good for the near future, while the esti- 

 mated further reduction of receipts during April, with a possibly more pro- 

 nounced trade improvement, may make for better markets later' on. 



Tons 



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

 1908. 1907. 1906. 1905. 1904. 



7188 5255 4689 4385 2986 



1903. 

 4995 

 3/9^ 



S13 

 862 

 663 



Prices, hard fine. _ 3Mi 4/1114 5/5 5/6 4/8;/, 

 Lbtrpool Stocks of African Rubber, March 31. 



1908 385 1905 364 igo2 



1907 373 1904 402 1901 



1906 344 1903 387 1900 



William Wright & Co. report [April i] : 



Fine Para. — ^The market, during the month, has been characterized by 

 more or less vnolent fluctuations due entirely to speculation — in fact, a 

 pure gamble. Manufacturers have bought sparingly and in doing so have 

 we thing acted wisely; until there is more "daylight" in the situation, 

 caution is necessary. Stocks declared and undeclared are heavy, but manu- 

 facturers must not forget that prijces are lower than they have been for a 

 decade, that money is cheap, and that every month brings nearer a return 

 of normal trade condition in America, and that a return to these condi- 

 tions means an improved demand and an increased price. In our opinion 

 3S. sd. ought to prove a fairly safe basis for a manufacturer to operate on. 

 To form any opinion of the quantity sold and fluctuations in prices during 

 this month would be futile. Considerably more than half the quantity re- 

 ported sold are only sales and resales — in other words, "paper contracts" — 

 but at the same time there is a possibilitv that the receipts of the remaining 

 three months of the crop will not equal those of last season. 



Aatwerp, 



Rubber Arrivals at Antwerp. 



March 9. — By the Leopold-i-ilte, from the Congo: 



Bungc & Co. (Socicle Generale .'\fricaine) kilos iii.ooo 



r)o 151,000 



Po (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 9.500 



Do (Anversoise) 19,600 



Do (Comite Special Katanga) 2,700 



Do CComptoir Commercial Congolais) 1,200 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haul Congo).... 3.400 



Do (Cie du Lornami) 6,700 



L. & W. \"an de \'elde (Cie. du Kasai) gi.ooo 



Do ^,...., 1,500 



G. & C. Kreglinger (Soeiete La Lobay) 5,000 402,600 



Rubber Arrivals -\t Antwerp. 

 March 30. — By the Bntxellesville, from the Congo : 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generale Africaine) kilos 54,200 



do 64,500 



do (Chemins de fer Grands Lacs) 500 



do (Comite Special Katanga) 360 



do ^ (.\nversoise) 66,800 



do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 22,200 



do ( Cie. du Kasai) 38,000 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise (Beige du Haut Congo) 700 



do (Slid Cameroon) 10,800 



Societe (jenerale de Commerce (Societe La Lobay) 12,900 



M. S. Cols ( Alima) 3,300 



L. & W. Van de Velde 3,500 277,760 



Antwerp Rubber Statistics for February. 



Details. 190S. 



Stocks. Jan. 31 .. .kilos 1,260,009 

 ArrivaU in February. . 277,443 



Congo sorts 255,000 



Other sorts 



Aggregating . , . 

 Sales in February. 



22,443 



1. 537.452 

 630.348 



1,216,982 

 613,121 



933»594 

 318.906 



921,294 

 363.894 



790,631 



455.541 



Stocks, February 29. . 907,104 603,861 614,688 557.400 335.090 



Arrivals since Jan. i . 



Congo sorts 



Other sorts 



825,411 



759.451 



65,960 



916,024 1,019,928 

 792,669 753.518 

 123,355 266,410 



947,027 

 736.027 

 21 1,000 



886,72s 

 676,682 

 210,043 



Sales since Jan. i.... 925,201 970,347 1,140,427 930,988 1,162,535 

 rubber statistics for march. 



Details. 1908. 1907- 1906. 



Stocks, Feb. 29 . . kilos 907. 1 04 603,86 1 6 1 4. 688 



Arrivals in March 692,398 416,734 659,562 



Congo sorts 587,972 358,496 521,264 



Other sorts 1 04,426 58,238 138,298 



Aggregating 1.599,503 1,020,595 1,274,250 



Sales in March 462,610 295,057 632,600 



1905. 

 557,400 

 334,000 

 266,097 



67,903 



891,400 



567,455 



1904. 

 335,090 

 751,077 

 646,124 

 104,953 



;, 086, 167 

 385.432 



Stocks, March 31 . . 



Arrivals since Jan. 



Congo sorts 



Other sorts 



i,i36,i 



725.538 641,650 323.945 700,735 



1.517,809 



1,347.423 



170.3S6 



1.332.758 



1,151.165 



181,593 



1.679,490 



1,274,782 



404,708 



1.281,027 1,637,802 



1,002,124 1,322,806 



278,903 314.996 



Sales since Jan. i . . 



1.387.811 1.265,404 1.773.027 1,498,443 1,547.967 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[Th^ Figures Indicate Weights in Pounds.] 

 March 27. — By the Atnasonense from Manaos and Para: 



Importers. Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. 



A. T. Morse & Co 425.300 



Poel & Arnold 225.900 



New York Commercial Co.. 106,500 



Ciiencral Rubber Co 69,300 



William E. Peck & Co 12,900 



C. P. dos Santos 



E,dmund Reeks & Co 6,100 



Hegemeyer S: Brunn 2,800 



95.800 

 41,600 

 17,800 

 15,000 



1,300 

 5.900 



84.800 

 86.800 

 45.800 

 72,800 

 16,500 

 29.700 

 8.400 



26,100: 

 39,600 = 

 8,900^ 

 200^: 



Total. 



632,000 



393.900 



179,000 



157,300 



29,400 



29,700 



16,500 



8,700 



Total 848,800 171,500 350,700 75,500= 1,446,500 



April 



-Bv the steamer Obidense from Manaos and Para: 



Poel S: Arnold 142.000 



General Rubber Co 38,800 



New York Commercial Co.. 63,000 



C. P. dos Santos 26,300 



William E. Peck & Co 14,400 



Edmund Reeks & Co 5.000 



Hasemever & Brunn 2.800 



A. T. M'orse & Co 1.700 



76.400 

 6,600 

 7,700 



2,500 



700 



700 



69,000 

 76,800 

 25,200 

 29,200 

 11,300 

 13.900 

 5,900 



80,000^ 

 700^ 



23,100 = 

 700=: 



3,600 = 



Total 297,600 94-900 233,300 



.April 14. — By the steamer Maranhense from Manaos 



General Rubber Co 93,300 



New York Commercial Co.. 24,400 



A. T. Morse & Co 30,300 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 24,100 



C. P. dos Santos 23,200 



G. Amsinck & Co 6,300 



Poel & Arnold 



Edmund Reeks & Co 5. 700 



Crossman & Van Sicklen 



18.000 



38,600 



8,500 



700 

 10,000 



600 



700 



99.500 

 16,700 

 32.500 

 36,400 

 12.500 

 6.400 



6,000 



108. 



and 



8. 



69, 



7i 



100=^ 



Para: 



,700 = 



,600 = 



300 = 

 ,500 = 



1,500^ 

 1,100 = 



367,400 



122,900 



119,000 



58,700 



26,400 



14.300 



8,700 



5,600 



733.900 



219,500 



149.300 



78.600 



62.700 



45.700 



15.800 



18,100 



6,400 



6.000 



Total 207,300 77,100 



April 18. — Bv the steamer Acre, from Para: 

 G. Amsinck &- Co 28,000 7,000 



210,000 107,700^^ 602,100 



15,000 



. = 50,000 



PARA RUBBER VIA EUROPE. March 28.— By the .l/flKrc/flHia^ Liverpool: 



New York Commercial Co. 



March 26. — By the CflrHw»ia = Liverpool: (Coarse) 5,000 



New York Commercial Co. (Fine) 25,000 April 4. — By the L'»ii»rta = Liverpool: 



March 28.— Bv the f flfnVia = HamBurg: Jf"V Y^''^ Commercial Co. (Fine) 76.000 



T>ic* iJ*/i--\ o roel « .Arnold. (I'ine) 27,000 



Poel & .\rnold. (1- me).... ... 28,000 W. L. Gough Co. (Fine) 2,000.05.000 



^ew York Commerc.al Co. (Fine) 30.000 ,Vps„. 8._Hv the /'.cf.„„i = Hamburg: 



New York Commercial Co. jj^„. y^rk Conimereial Co. (Fine) 11.500 



(Coarse) 11,000 6g,ooo \V. L Cough Co. (Fine) 6,500 



New York Commercial Co. 



(Coarse) 6,500 24,500 



April 15. — By the Fodfr/oiid = .\ntwcrp : 

 W. L. Gough Co. (Fine) 6,500 



.\PRIL 16. — By the EfrMria^r Liverpool: 

 Xew York Commercial Co. (Fine) 3S.000 



.\PRIL 17. — By the .l/oHrr/tfriifl^Liverpool: 

 Xew York Commercial Co. (Fine) 33. soo 



