1, 1916.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



The Middledeutsche Gummiwarenfabrik Louis Peter, A.G., 

 Frankfort-on-the-Main, and the Xorddeutsche Gummi und 

 Gutta-l'erchawarenfabrik ( formerly ranrobert & Reinmann, 

 A.G.), Berlin, each declared a 4 per cent dividend. 



A dividend amounting to 6 per cent and one amounting to 

 11 per cent were declared by the Gummiwerke Elbe, A.G., Klein- 

 Wittenberg, and by the Mannheimer Gummi, Gutta Percha und 

 Asbest Fabrik, A.G., Mannheim, respectively. 



The Norddeutsche Jutespinnerei und VVeberei, Hamljurg. 

 spinners and weavers of jute for the rubber and other indus- 

 tries, have declared 8 per cent dividend. 



RUBBER COMPANIES SUBSCRIBE TO FOURTH W.\R LO.\N. 



The Continental Caoutchouc und Gutta- Percha Compagnie. 

 Hanover, together with its employes, have subscribed over 5,000.- 

 000 marks [$1,190,000] to the fourth war loan, making the total 

 contributions of this organization to war loans more than 

 15,000,000 marks [$3,570,000], 



Felten & Guilleaume Carlswerk, A.G., Cologne-Miilheim, have 

 subscribed 3.000.000 marks [$714,000] to the fourth war loan. 

 The Guilleaume family, privately, has subscribed 5,000,000 marks 

 [$1,190,000] to this same loan. 



The Excelsior Rubber Works, Hanover-Linden, has sub- 

 scribed 1,000,000 marks [$238,000] to the new war loan. 



Gebriider Feisenberger, wholesale dealers in rubber footwear, 

 Frankfort-on-the-.Main, and the Liga Gummiwerke, Frankfort- 

 on-the-Main-Hausen, subscribed 300,000 [$71,400] and 100,000 

 marks [$23,800], respectively. 



AUSTRLA.-HUNGARY. 



Austrian and Hungarian rubber manufacturers have added 

 150 per cent to their prices for mechanical rubber goods and 

 placed another 50 per cent advance on their last prices of 

 asbestos goods. 



The Hungarian Government has suspended its order requir- 

 ing the registration of all supplies of crude rubber and auto- 

 mobile tires. 



g district of Sumatra includes plantation sorts 

 hiiKs ) . and also wild rubber of the Ficus elastica 



SIAMS IMPORTS OF AMERICAN AUTOMOBILES. 



Siam imported 76 American automobiles in the fiscal year 1913- 

 1914, and only 25 during the fiscal year 1914-1915. These im- 

 ports formed 40 per cent of the total number of automobiles im- 

 ported in 1913-1914, and 33 per cent in 1914-1915. In value, im- 

 ports of British and German automobiles e.xceeded those of 

 American cars. The total value of the 101 American machines 

 imported during the two fiscal years referred to amounted to 

 $73,945, the average value per car being $728. During 1913- 

 1914 and 1914-1915 Siam imported, from all sources, of auto- 

 mobile parts to the value of $53,526. 



PERUVIAN IMPORT DUTY ON TRANSMISSION BELTS. 



The Peruvian (jovcrnnuiit has placed an import duty of 10 

 per cent ad valorem on transmission belts of cotton or hemp, of 

 leather or of rubber. Hitherto such belts have been exempt from 

 import duty. 



RUBBER ON THE EAST COAST OF SUMATRA. 



The growth of the rubber plantation industry on the East 

 Coast of Sumatra in the past 10 years has been remarkably rapid. 

 From 3,305 acres in 1905, rubber plantations grew to cover 73,826 

 acres in 1910, and 245,000 acres in 1914, when the last census 

 was taken. 



In the Tamiang district of Sumatra rubber plantations only 

 date back to the boom in 1909, when a start was made with 

 2,250 acres. Today the plantations cover more than 14,000 acres. 



The crude rubber exported from the East Coast and from 



DIAGRAM SHOWING THE WEEKLY RISE AND FALL IN THE PRICES 



AND QUANTITIES OF RUBBER (ALL GRADES) OFFERED AT 



LOCAL AUCTIONS, HELD IN CEYLON DURING 1915. 



Compiled by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. 



The LIGHT LUXE DENOTES THE QUANTITY OFFERED FOR SALE. ThE 

 K.WV LINE DENOTES THE AVERAGE PRICE PER POUND REALIZED. 



SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTIONS. 



At the annual general meeting of the Singapore Chamber of 

 Commerce, which was held in February, it was stated that SI 

 rubber auctions had been held during the year 1915, and, of a 

 total of 27,010 tons of rubber exported from Singapore in that 

 year, 7,322 tons were sold at these weekly auctions. The amount 

 of rubber disposed of at private sale was still considerable, but 

 the proportion of the total business embraced by the auction sales 

 showed steady increase. Prices obtained at the auctions were 

 reported most satisfactory, and in the great majority of cases 

 compared favorably with London values ruling at the same dates. 

 The highest prices realized were : 204 Straits Settlements dollars 

 per picul (about 87 cents per pound) for ribbed smoked sheet, 

 and 209 Straits Settlements dollars per picul (about 90 cents per 

 pound) for fine crepe, as compared with 141 and 146 Straits 

 Settlements dollars per picul (about 58 and 61 cents per pound) 

 respectively, in 1914. 



The Chairman confidently anticipates that in the future Sing- 

 apore would steadily increase its influence in the crude rubber 

 market. 



