Septembe» 1, 1916.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



695 



SINGAPOSE. 

 GfTHRIE & CO., LIMITED, report [July 6, 1916]: 

 The weekly auction finished to-ilay with a good demand but 

 tendency. Fine pale crepe and ribbed smoked sheet sold at $1 

 per picul respectively. Brown crepe and the lower grades v 

 average about $4 lower than last week. There was a fair 

 scran rubber. Of the 383 tons cataloged 325 tons found buyers 

 The following was the course of values: 



Sterling equivalent 

 In Singapore per pound 



per picul.* in London. 



Sheet, fine ribbed sni.-<ked. . . .$118@122 2/ 4J4@2/ 5% 

 Sheet, good ribbed smoked... I10@117 2/ 2M@2/ 4'/l 



Sheet, plain smoked lOSCfllS 2/ 2!-J@2/ 3H 



Sheet, ribbed, unsmoked lOOca'106 2/ OV5@2/ IM 



Sheet, plain unsmoked 104^108 2/lW@2/2!l 



Crene, fine pale I17(»il23 2/ 'i'A(s32/ SH 



Crepe, good pale 10<),»120 2/ 2H@2/ 4M 



Creiie. fine brown 102iitll9 2/ 2K@2/ 4!4 



Crepe, good brown 80(»100 1/ S'4@2/ OY, 



Crepe, dark 55@90 1/3 @1/10M 



Crepe, bark 40^ 80 ../11J^@1/ 8"4 



Scrap, virgin 72@ 85 1/ 6W@1/ 9^ 



Scrap, i.ressed 70® .. \/6]4@ 



Scrap, loose 55:^82 1/3 @1/8J^ 



Ticul = 133'A pounds. 



tFigured at standard rate of exchange. Is. — 24.3 cents. 



Quoted in S. S. dollars - 2/4 156.7 cents]. 



demand for 



57.27@59.04 

 53.97@57.01 

 S2.95@56.00 

 49.66@52.20 

 51.43@52.95 

 57.01 @59.S4 

 53.46(gi 58.28 

 54.47@57.77 

 41.05@49.66 

 30.41@45.35 

 23.00 @ 4 1.05 

 37.75@43.33 



36.99@ 



30.41@41.81 



PLANTATION RUBBER FROM THE FAR EAST. 



TOTAI. EXPORTS FROM MALAYA. 

 (From January 1, 1916, lo dates named. Reported by Barlow & Co., Singa- 

 pore. These figures include the production of the Federated 

 Malay States, but not of Ceylon.) 



From From From Port Swet- 



Sinpapore. Malacca. Penang. tenham. 

 May April May June 



To— 31, 1916. 30, 1916. 31, 1916. 30, 1916. Totals. 



United Kingdom... /fcj.r, 664.933 1,538,534 8,955,767 11,156,968 33,316,202 



The Continent 5.224,266 46,667 '5,260,933 



Japan 1.767,746 1,767,746 



Ceylon 131,961 277,333 771,219 1,180,513 



Cnited States 32,984,267 3,919,600 36,903,867 



Australia 142,314 142,314 



Totals 51,915,487 1,538,534 13,199,367 11,928,187 78,571,575 



For same period, 1915 28.800.301 3,276,002 10,692.663 14,671,501 57,440,467 

 For same period. 1914 15,195.659 1,772.527 8,614,533 13,959,414 39,542,133 

 For same period, 1913 9,564,859 5,863,467 13,226,350 28,654,676 



EXPORTS OF CEYION GROWN RUBBER. 



(From Jaruary 1 to July 17, 1915 and 1916. Compiled hy the Ceylon 



Chamber of Commerce.) 



To— 1915. 1916. 



United St.ites /■o««rfi 7,033,921 14,276.005 



Canada and Newfoundland 340,140 2.240 



France 223.072 854.320 



Russia 332,200 248,874 



United Kingdom 12,992,554 10,038.573 



Australia 346,457 489,231 



India 500 678 



Straits Settlements 119.933 



Japan 208,089 159,669 



Totals 21,596,866 26,069,590 



(Same period 1914, 17,368.591 pounds; same period 1913, 11,741.234.) The 

 export figures of rubber, given in the above table for 1914. include the 

 imports re-exported. (These amount to 1.784,515 pounds from the Straits 

 Settlements and 367,511 pounds from India.) To arrive at the total quan- 

 tity of Ceylon rubber exported for that year deduct these imports from the 

 total exports. The figures for 1915 and 1916 are for Ceylcn rubber only. 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS. 



An official cablegram from Kuala Lumpur gives the figures of the export 

 of plantation rubber from the Federated Malay States during the month 

 of July as 5.053 tons against 5,114 tons in June last and 3,687 tons in the 

 corresponding month last year. The total export for seven months of the 

 current year amounted to 32,144 ton? against 22,877 tons in 1915 and 

 16.821 tons in 1914. Appended are the comparative statistics: 



1914. 1915. 1916. 



Januarv tons 2,542 3.473 4.471 



February 2,364 3,411 5,207 



March 2,418 3,418 4,429 



April 2,151 2,777 3,914 



May 2,069 2,708 3,956 



June 2,306 3,403 5,114 



July 2.971 3,687 5,053 



Totals 16.8.'l 22.877 32.144 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS, 



.\n official cablegram from Singapore gives the figures of the export 

 of plantation rubber from Straits Settlements ports for the month of June 

 as 3.836 tons against 3,274 tons in May and 2,249 tons in the corresponding 

 month last year. The total export for the six months of the current year 

 amounted to 23.612 tons against 15.609 tons in 1915 and 8,506 tons in 1914. 

 Appended are the comparative figures: 



1914. 1915. 1916. 



Tanuary tons 1.181 2.576 4.443 



February 1,703 2,741 3.359 



March 1.285 2,477 4,481 



April 1,548 1,978 4,219 



May 1,309 3,588 3,274 



June 1,480 2,249 3,836 



Totals 8,506 15,609 23,612 



These figures include transhipments of rubber from various places in the 

 neighborhood of the Straits Settlements such as Borneo, Java, Sumatra 

 and the non-Federated Malay States as well as rubber actually exported 

 from the Colony, but do not include rubber exports from the Federated 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF RUBBER ANE 



IMPORTS. 



GUTTA AT SINGAPORE. 



Fort Swettenham./'OMflifi 1,130,333 



Teluk Anson 806,000 



Muar 543,466 



Port Dickson 75.596 



Kelantan 





Para Rubber 

 Para for Borneo Gutta Gutta 



Uubbt-r. Treatment. Rubber. Percha. Jelutong 



Jesselto 

 Sibu 



Bandjermassin 



Labuan 



Sambas 



Kudat 



Sandakan . . . 



Singkawang 



Djambi . . . 

 Belawan .. 

 Palembang 



Deli 



Indraghiri 



Sill ""..:;: 



Muntok .. 

 Bengkalis . 

 Port Bon . 



Totals 



:s Settlements- 



Totals 

 Burma— 



134,133 99,333 8,266 15,733 



nd Totals 



4,701,751 1,903,663 24,397 

 EXPORTS. 



165.186 1,278,160 



1916. 



North Ameb 



United States — 



New York.... 



Seattle 



flntario (Toi 

 Totals . 

 Europe: 

 'nited Kingdo 



Liverpool 



Scotland (Glasgow) 

 Russia (Vladivostok) 

 France (Marseilles) . 

 Italy (Genoa) 



Para Rubber 



Para Tran- Borneo 



Rubber, shipped. Rubber. 



3.802.133 859,200 



967.333 38,266 



94,133 17,866 • 



86.266 



4.533 



Gutta Gutta 

 Percha. Jelutong. 

 476.400 2,635,200 

 126,933 1,175,200 



5,021,064 915,332 603,333 3,837.866 



274,133 22,933 

 56,400 78,133 

 4,400 



1,428,399 1,364,399 

 6,449,463 2,279,731 



346,399 101,066 

 949,732 3,938,932 



