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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1908. 



Arrivals at the mouth of the Amazon to date are less than 

 for the same period of the last crop season. The arrivals from 

 the various other principal sources also were smaller, though 

 this deficit is being made good by the increased output of planta- 

 tion Para grades from the Far East. 



Following are the quotations of New York for Para grades 

 one year ago, one month ago, and August 29 — the current 

 date: 



Sent. I, '07. Aug. i, '08. Aug. 29. 



io5@io6 83@ 84 Sg(fi: 90 



none here 96® none here 



iiofriiii 92@ 92 9S@ 96 



113(5114 94@ 95 98@ioo 



59@ 60 42@ 43 43@ 44 



none here none here none here 



Sgfg! 90 64® 65 68@ 69 



none her- 65(0? 66 69(0) 70 



70@ yi 49@ so ^0(3 tI 



88@ 89 6o@ 61 61 @ 62 



P.\R.\. 



Islands, fine new 



Islands, fine old 



Upriver, fine, new 



Upriver, fine, old 



Island, coarse, new 



Islands, coarse, old.... 

 Upriver, coarse, new... 

 Upriver, coarse, old.... 

 Cancho ("Peruvian), sheet 

 Caucho (Peruvian), ball 

 Ceylon (plantation), fine 

 sheet 



I33(al34 

 African. 



I04@i05 I03@i04 



Sierra Leone, ist qual- 

 ity 78 



jMassai, red 78 



Benguella 43'/o(a44 



Accra flake 15 (ri 16 



Cameroon ball 48 (S49 



@8o 

 (a So 



, ..8o@8i 



. . 62@63 



■ 64@65 



Lopori ball, prime. 

 Lopori strip, prime. 

 Madagascar, pinky. 



Ikelemba none here 



Soudan niggers 54@55 



Centr.^ls. 



Esmerclda, sausage. .. .6o(a,6i 



Guayaquil, strip 44(^45 



Nicaragua, scrap S9@6o 



Panama 44@45 



Assam 72fa 73 



Late Para cables quote: 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 4$ioo 



Islands, coarse i$8oo 



Latest Manaos advices : 



Upriver, fine 5$250 



Upriver, coarse 3$2S0 



Mexican, scrap 59(060 



Mexican, slab 40(0)41 



Mangabeira, sheet 43@44 



Guayule 2$(a26 



East Indian. 



Borneo 26(0:27 



Per Kilo. 



Upriver, fine 5$I50 



Upriver, coarse 3$20O 



Exchange 15 7/32^. 



Exchange 15 3/i6d. 



New York Rubber Prices for July (New Rubber). 



1908. 



LTpriver. fine QJ(g\g6 



Upriver, coarse 646.67 



Islands, fine 83(5.88 



Islands, coarse 42(8.46 



Cameta 52(g.55 



Statistics of Para Rubber {Excluding Caucho). 



New York. 



1907. 



i.o8(gi.is 

 .86@ .90 



1.04(0)1.08 

 .6i(@ .64 

 ■70@ .71 



1906. 



1.22(0)1.24 

 .89® .gi 



i.i8(S)i.20 

 .64(g .65 

 .69(@ .71 



Total Total 



1907. 190C. 



303 191 



695 980 



Fine and Total 



Medium. Coarse. 1908. 



Stocks. June 30 tons 260 87 = 347 



Arrivals, July 903 447 — 1350 



.\ggrcgating 1 163 534 = 1697 



Deliveries, July 965 446=1411 



Stocks, July 31 igS 88= 286 290 147 



Para. Encland. 



1908. 1907. 1906. ,1908. 1907. 1906. 



Stocks, June 30 tons 373 170 30 1235 950 905 



Arrivals, July 1080 IC90 1300 376 525 400 



Aggregating 1453 1260 1330 i6n 147, 1305 



Deliveries, July 1203 1095 954 141 1 Soo 515 



Stocks, July 31 250 165 



World's visible supply, July 31 tons 



Para receipts, July i to July 31 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates 



Afloat from Para to United States, July 31 

 Afloat from Para to Europe. July 31 35 



United States Crude Kukber Imports. 



[Fiscal Years Ended June 30.] 



1906. 1907. 1908. 



United Kingdom pounds 8.918,288 9.893.471 6,809,622 



Germany 3.469.084 4,730.257 2,821,194 



Other Europe 8.910,897 9.381,326 6,883,473 



Central American States and 



British Honduras 1.282,647 1,194,249 992,198 



^^exico 1-/05,915 7.175^097 9.269.443 



Brazil 29,497.148 40.286.751 3-2,645.173 



Other South America 1,816,742 2.036.962 1,537,887 



East Indies 2,095,981 2,234.654 1,237.487 



Other Countries 147.643 31,071 36,683 



Total 57.884,345 76,963-838 62,233.160 



Value $45,114,450 $58,919,981 $36,613,185 



Average per pound 77.9 cents. 76.5 cents. 58.8 cents. 



Exports: same period 3.829,533 4,215.350 4,110.397 



Excess of imports 54,054.812 72,748,488 58,122,763 



Aatwerp. 



Antwerp Rubber Statistics for July. 



Details. 1908. 1907. 1906. 1905. 1904. 



Stocks, June 30.. kilos 684,866 671.793 618.834 582,986 689,515 



Arrivals, in July .... 227,202 613.064 328,799 449,085 639,157 



Congo sorts 172,828 559,144 247,197 324.963 530,i59 



Other sorts 54.374 53»920 81,602 124,122 108,998 



Aggregating 912,068 1.284,857 947,623 1,032,071 1,328,672 



Sales in July 216.517 353.501 416,192 212,512 455,926 



Stocks, July 31 695,551 931.356 531,441 819,559 872,746 



Arrivals since Jan. 1. 2,833.027 3,191,798 3.3S5,6o5 3,210,284 3,464,917 



Congo sorts 2,430,364 2,753,722 2,560.838 2,536,030 2,847.591 



Other scrts 402,663 438,076 794,767 674,254 617,326 



Sales since Jan. i. . 3.144,370 2,918,626 3.559.351 2,932,086 3.203,071 



Rubber Arrival.? from the Congo. 

 August 4.— By the steamer Bnt.vcUesriUc: 



Bunge & Co (Societe Generate Africaine) kilos 61,300 



Do 86,200 



Do (Comptoir Commercial Congolais) 30,800 



Do (Societe Abir) 8,100 



Do ( Anverstise) 9.300 



Do (Cheniins de fer Grands Lacs) 4,000 



Do (Coniite Special Katanga) 4,000 



Do (Cie du Kasai) 66,500 



Societe Coloniale Anversoise. . . . (Beige du Haut Congo) 6.000 



Do (Cie. du Lomami) 2,800 



Do {Societe Ikelemba) 3,100 



Do 6,700 



Societe Generale de Coraerce (Lobay) 21,000 



L. &: W. Van de Velde 2,500 312,300 



IMPORTS FROM PARA AT NEW YORK. 



[The Figures Indicate JVeiglits in Pounds.] 



August 6. — By the steamer Ccareiisc. from Manaos and^Para: 



I M PORTERS. Fine. - - ■ ■ " ^ . 



General Rubber Co 88,500 



New York Commercial Co. . . 29,900 



A. T. Morse & Co 52,500 



Poel & Arnold 33.200 



C. P. dos Santos 30,700 



Hagcmeyer & Brunn 20,000 



Edmund Reeks & Co 12,900 



Lawrence Johnson & Co 13.900 



Total 281.600 



General Rubber Co 96.600 



A. T. Morse & Co 77,600 



Poel & Arnold 28,600 



C. P. Santos 23,600 



New York Commercial Co.... 14,300 



William E. Peck & Co 8,900 



Edmund Reeks & Co 3,200 



Hagemeyer & Brunn S.goo 



Total 261,700 68,300 388,600 7,000= 725,600 



Note. — The Maratihcnse. from Manaos and Para, is due a) New Yurk on 

 September 7, with 440 tons of rubl)er and 30 tons of caucho. 



PARA RUBBER VIA EUROPE. 



Pounds. 

 July 25.— By the Luca>iia^= Liverpool: 



New York Commercial Co (Fine). 



July 27. — By the Touraine = llavTe: 

 Poel & Arnold (Fine) 



27.000 



