■"ebruary 1, 1916.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



263 



DISTRinUTION. 

 The consumption of crude rul)ber of tlie various grades has 

 been estimated as follows : 



1913. 1914. 1915. 



Engl.nnd loits 18,000 18,000 24,000 



Germany, .\ustiia. i-tc 16,600 16,430 3,000 



France 9.000 5,000 7,000 



Russia 11.500 11,610 16,000 



Italy, etc 1,370 4,000 2.500 



Japan and Australia 2.000 2,400 4,000 



America and Canada 47.200 62,940 89,500 



Totals 105,670 120,380 146,000 



It is interesting to note the great increase of the demands made 

 by the United States, England, Russia, Japan and .Australia and 

 the great curtailment in the supply that went to the Teutonic 

 nations. 



[The figures and information used in the above review have been sup- 

 plied by S. Figgis & Co.; Gow, Wilson & Stanton, Limited, and W. H. 

 Rickinson & Son, all of London.] 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS. 



A cablegram from the Govcrnnuni to the .Malay States Information 



Agency gives the exports of planlalion rulilicr from the Federated .Malay 



States for the month of December as 5,111 tons, compared with 4,635 



tons in November and 3,361 tons in the corresponding month last year. 



Appended are the comparative statistics for three years : — 



1913. 1914. 1915. 



January tons 2,131 2,542 3,473 



February 1,757 2,364 3,411 



March 1,737 2,418 3,418 



April 1,626 2,151 2,777 



ilay ...' 1,225 2,069 2,708 



June 2,005 2,306 3,403 



July 1,781 2,971 3,687 



August 2,363 1,850 3,796 



September 2,000 2,879 3,984 



October 2,160 2,897 4,120 



November 2,062 2,889 4,636 



December 2,618 3,361 5,111 



Totals 23,465 30,697 44,524 



From these statistics it will be seen that December establishes a 

 new record for monthly export, eclipsing the November export (the 

 previous best) by no less than 475 tons and being only 341 tons below 

 the total export for the year 1910. The total for the year is also a record, 

 surpassing last year's total by 13,827 tons. For the sake of comparison 

 it is mteresting to record the aggregate export of plantation rubber from 

 the Federated Malay States for the past seven years: — 1909, 2,641 tons • 

 1910, 5,452 tons; 1911, 8,792 tons; 1912, 15,506 tons; 1913, 23,465 tons' 

 1914, 30,697 tons; 1915, 44,524 tons. 



EXPORTS OF INDIA RUBBER AND CAUCHO FROM PARA, MANAOS, IQUITOS AND ITACOATIARA 

 IN 1915, AND FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS. 



[The figures indicate ii-eighls in kilograms. \ 



NEW YORK. 



EUROPE. 



EXPORTERS. Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. 



J. Marques 429,019 339,058 1,147,586 426,531 



Suter & Co 893,797 133,437 875,742 393,448 



Adelbert H. Alden, Limited 71,862 52,588 110,344 26,936 



General Rubber Co. of Brazil 1,848,164 151,295 1,112,541 587,932 



Pires Teixeira & Co 518,208 50,691 990,815 264,965 



Zarges, Berringer & Co 271,879 14,574 34,187 72,970 



Seligraann & Co 336,787 340 28,863 175,605 



Suarez Hermanos & Co 706,827 6,661 105,181 109,778 



Stowell Brothers 2,550 1,320 156 



G, Fradelizi & Co 11.050 510 6,930 



Sundries 462,688 35,122 308,818 226,409 



I xports from Para 5,550.281 786,826 4,722,327 2,284,730: 



Mar.aos 4.127,611 566,840 1,627,351 1,360,960 



Iquitos 464,605 28,448 168,594 770,306 



Itacoatiara 29,780 1,800 15.610 13,200 



Totals, 1915 10,172,277 1,383,914 6,533,882 4,429,196 



1914 9,972,494 1,677,762 5,645,917 4,389,925. 



1913 7,223,363 1,354,794 5,324,881 3,198,077 : 



1912 9,477,888 2,035,278 6,503,631 3,337,6911 



1911 7,686,680 1,571,375 5,173,230 1,669,596: 



1910 7,500,410 1,412,311 4,489,108 1,658,661 : 



1909 9,439,722 1,767,310 5,784.170 2,655,778: 



1908 8.280,768 1,739,505 5,616,549 1,902,620 : 



1907 8,012,592 1,863,775 5,149,312 1,580,657 : 



1906 7,406,171 1,785,315 5,496,419 1,531,399: 



1905 7.173,463 1,518,444 4.921,222 1.647,216: 



1904 8,062,104 1,630,355 5,394,429 1,222,580 



1903 7,248,065 1,621,827 5,029,646 1,133,857 : 



1902 6,583,524 1,614,776 4,523,413 1,133,155 



1901 8,027,727 1,926,505 4.271.456 1.325,290 : 



1900 6,557,277 1,199,611 3.783,279 894,500 1 



1899 7,583.405 1,319,349 4.023,710 951,854 1 



1898 5,399,654 868,982 2,759,714 801,915 



393,610 



541,595 



928,447 



4,026 



18,490 



1,033,037 



13,344,164 



7,682,762 



1,431,953 



60,390 



Fine. Medium. 



1,875,702 41,752 



415,358 46,540 



886,275 72,145 



893,558 96,499 



499,496 46,021 



"18,042 '.'.'.'.'.'.'. 



524,975 



209,569 15,559 



247.'6s8 "ig^iss 



5,570.063 337,671 



4,526,213 669,347 



516.609 60,709 



41,978 1.905 



Coarse. 

 189,453 

 28,596 

 61.730 



476,924 

 469,097 

 117,262 

 21,563 



652,042 

 1,180,817 

 1,097,409 



606,430 



19,344 

 674,566 

 331,272 



362[426 

 7,202,833 

 6,792,346 



11,354,488 

 6,100,881 

 5.060,490 

 9,646,980 

 7,539,442 

 6,606.336 

 6,192,304 

 5,260,345 

 6.309,468 

 5,033,395 

 13,859,868 

 5,550,978 

 2,434,667 



12,570,242 

 11,230,371 

 11.673,302 

 9,832,613 

 10,721,266 

 10,783.787 

 9.289,310 

 10,052,634 

 7,615,817 

 9,156,872 

 8.522,521 

 7,939,010 

 7,798,537 

 6,410,647 

 6.794,541 



1,069,832 

 1,114.999 

 1,591,241 



1,253,574 

 1,291.703 

 993,955 

 1,167,956 

 1,514,521 

 1,556,358 

 1.401,390 

 1,030,459 

 1,125,688 



1,084.846 

 1,461,862 

 2,456,162 

 2,822,694 

 2.504,439 

 3.382,432 

 2,950,626 

 2,854,624 

 3,190.982 

 3,223,944 

 2,498,516 

 2,503,520 

 2,659,748 

 2,595,177 

 2,605.553 

 3,256,969 

 2,527.013 

 2,995,801 



2,376.890 

 4,385,981 

 6,338,207 

 5.200,397 

 4,519,039 

 6.416,842 

 5,649,763 

 5,528,994 

 5,574,783 

 4,799,623 

 4,363,690 

 3,221,376 

 3,076,971 

 2,057,222 

 2,638,599 

 1,857,100 

 1,583,572 

 1,162,712 



16,034,074 

 22,114,618 

 22,007,905 

 19,757,718 

 22,979,328 

 19,805,223 

 20,523,909 

 20,907,816 

 18,575,451 

 18,656,543 

 14.334,668 

 16,061,547 

 15,689,912 

 14,739,520 

 14,313,996 

 11.551,691 

 12,078,742 



TOT.\L. 



4,620,727 

 2,948,466 

 1,442,547 

 4,797,341 

 2,431,109 



393,610 



560,939 

 1,603.013 



335,298 

 18,490 

 1,395,457 

 20,546,997 

 14,475,108 

 2.543,885 



139,710 



37,705,700 

 37,720,172 

 39,215,733 

 43,362,393 

 35,858,599 

 38,039,818 

 39,452,203 

 38,063,351 

 37,514,152 

 34,767,755 

 33,916,888 

 30,644,136 

 31,094,942 

 28,549,780 

 30,290,498 

 26,748,663 

 25,430,009 

 21,909,007 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



NEW YORK. J.\NUARY 29, 1916. 



THE steady advance in crude rubber that commenced in Xo- 

 vcmbcr continued in the beginning of January and recorded 

 prices that had not been equaled since the spectacular ad- 

 vance in AuKiist, 1914. First latex had gained 5 points since 

 December 31 and on January 4 was selling at $1.05 for spot and 

 near by. Futures were quoted at $1.04 for January-June and 

 99 cents for July-December. 



Small stocks were responsible for the firm tone in Upriver 

 fine, which had continued to advance steadily with plantations, 

 and sales were reported at $1 on January 4. 



It was clearly evident that the market was top heavy and 

 fundamentally lacking in permanent support from the large 

 buyers. Local dealers realized the speculative character of the 

 situation caused by the uncertainty of arrivals due to the many 

 difficulties surrounding transport service. The reported sinking 

 of two steamers, rubber laden, from the Far East and damage by 



fire of another, gave added support to the bullish influence that 

 prevailed in the market. 



Despite the artificial support that was given to the already 

 weakening market by speculative interests in London, the de- 

 cline commenced on January 7 and continued steadily downward 

 in a generally quiet market until January 29, when First late.x 

 was quoted at 78 cents and Upriver 76 cents. 



The report that Great Britain had decreed that henceforth 

 all shipments should be routed by the way of London cannot be 

 verified. It is obvious that the best interests of England are 

 greatly concerned in obtaining as little interruption as possible in 

 her advantageous rubber trade with the United States. The 

 imports received at the port of New York for the first 17 days 

 of January would apparently indicate a greater tonnage for this 

 month than that of December. 



The arrivals will be found in detail in the following pages and 

 in round numbers the totals are as follows: Plantation Para, 



