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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[NOVEMUER 1, 1916. 



RESULTS OF AUCTIONS HELD IN SINGAPORE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1916. 



PRICES REALIZED, PER PICUL. 



QUANTITIES OFFERED AND SOLD. r- — ^ ^ 



;, * > SMOKED SHEET. UNSHOKED SHEET. 



Offered. Sold. , — ^ ■ '~ ^ > , f~ 



r ^ ^ f ^ ^ Fine Good Fine Good Fine Good Fine 



1916. 'Piculs. Pounds. 'Piculs. Pounds. Ribbed. Ribbed. Plain. Plain, Ribbed. Ribbed. Plain. 



January 5 5,243.29 699,105 3,342.11 445,614 l?195@203 $l><5(ai94 $190@193 $187@189 tS185@I90 $ — @— $187@190 



12 3,445.69 459,425 1,708.06 227,741 1S0@187 170@I81 175@180 — @ — — @170 — @167 I65@167 



19 5.864.70 781,960 4,277.21 570,294 180^191 170@179 170»183 167@169 150(S170 — c«)156 160@167 



26 6,123.76 816,501 4,510.97 601,462 175@1S4 170@174 166@170 — @— 16Sti.l70 160@164 163@167 



Totals 20,677.44 2,756,991 13,838.35 1,845,111 



February 1 3,534.68 471,290 2,671.19 356,158 146@155 140@I45 143@145 136(3138 138@144 — w— 140(3144 



9 5,018.63 669,150 4,556.01 607,468 165(5^174 160@164 161@166 — @— 1630)167 159(S160 158@166 



16 5,720.87 762.782 3,928.44 523,792 184@197 179@192 I84@I89 — @— —0)175 —0)169 — (0-165 



23 6,923.51 923,134 4,464.14 595,218 171@181 153@170 165(8166 — @156 162(£)165 145(il53 139@150 



Totals 21,197.69 2,826,356 15,619.78 2,082,636 



March 1 8,258.99 1,101,198 4,691.03 625,470 178(is>185 170(»177 170(ai76 !65(ai68 161(9164 — (3- 160@168 



8 8,287.62 1,105,016 6,449.81 859,974 180(a)187 174(5179 170@176 164@166 164(ffil69 —(8163 161@170 



15 6,929.00 923,866 5,869.10 782,546 180(8187 173(3)180 170(3179 164@169 169(al74 161(g)168 168(3171 



22 6,200.11 826,681 3,725.45 496,726 178(3184 169(?>178 170@176 161@166 164(3167 —(3— 159@)163 



29 6,732 04 897,605 5,159.56 687,941 180(3189 175@179 171(3179 -(3— 170(3172 163@167 169@172 



Totals 36,407.76 4,854,366 25,894.95 3,452,657 



April 



5 4.939.76 



12 7,457.16 



19 5,891.12 



27 7,283.32 



658,634 

 994,288 

 785,482 

 971,109 



2,949.85 

 4,796.86 

 3,894.29 

 4,575.69 



393,313 

 639,581 

 518,905 

 610,092 



Totals 



May 3 . . . . 

 '• 10.... 

 " 18.... 

 " 24.... 

 " 31 



Totals 



lune 7. . . . 



■ " IS..., 



" 21 



25,571.36 3,409,513 16,216.69 2,161,891 



5,015.29 

 5,824.34 

 6,085.53 

 6,468.05 

 6,273.26 



668,705 

 776,578 

 811,404 

 862,406 

 836,434 



2.777.77 

 3,142.54 

 4,523.47 

 4,969.26 

 4,961.96 



370,369 

 419,005 

 603,129 

 662,568 

 661,594 



29,666.47 3,955,527 20,375.00 2,716,665 



5,447.50 

 6,722.30 

 6.569.73 

 6,353.72 



726,333 

 896,306 

 875.964 

 833,829 



4.490.13 

 5,036.51 

 4.978.03 

 5,515.01 



598,684 

 671.534 

 663,737 

 735,334 



176(3181 

 175(ii'182 

 168(3174 

 165(3171 



152@162 

 140@149 

 137(3144 

 139@I43 

 131(3134 



134(3138 

 122(3129 

 123 0)127 



n50'i2i 



170(3175 

 168(a'175 

 162(3 167 

 157(3163 



150(3159 

 135(3140 

 132@137 

 133(3138 

 126@130 



130(3133 

 117(3123 

 118(3122 

 112(3114 



Totals 



25,093.25 3,332.432 20,019.68 2,669,289 



Grand Totals. . 158,513.97 21,135,185 111,964.45 14,928,249 



170(3176 

 173(3175 

 164(11 168 

 159@165 



150(3156 

 135(3138 

 135(3139 

 136(3140 

 128@132 



131(3137 

 120@123 

 120(3122 



1I0@114 



CREPE. 



— (3165 

 160(3162 



-@125 



128@130 



118(^119 



— @I17 



107@108 



160C8 164 

 163(g)I68 

 160(3168 

 154(3159 



-(^147 

 1340137 

 131(3138 

 132(9134 

 123(3127 



126(3128 

 120(3124 

 115@116 

 1O6SI110 



159(ffil60 

 157@159 



— @— 



— (3— 

 — @125 



— (3— 

 117@118 

 109@110 



— @— 



1570)162 

 155@165 

 1570)162 

 1560158 



150(3 153 

 129(3135 

 130(3132 

 130(3138 

 125(3131 



129(3132 

 118(3127 

 111(3115 

 105(3109 



Good 

 Plain. 



$16S@186 

 — (g— 

 — @— 

 158(3159 



1470>148 

 — O)— 

 — (^— 



— @153 

 148@156 

 150(3167 

 146(^158 

 154@168 



145@151 

 — @152 



140(^149 

 1170>125 



— (3126 

 120(3130 



— @117 



123(3126 

 115f3I16 

 104(3 110 



Fine Good Pale Brown 



1916. Pale. Pale. Blanket. Blanket. 



January 5 t?205O)210 $202@2O5 $—(3197 $190(3192 



12 184(3186 179(3183 — @183 178@180 



19 188(3195 179@188 —0)189 — (B- 



26 181@185 175(3180 -(3— 165(3172 



February 1 149(3157 142(3147 —(3150 143(3144 



9 169@173 168(3170 —0)163 -(3160 



16 191@)197 187(3194 186(a'190 181(3184 



23 177(3182 173@176 — @— —@ — 



March 1 184(3186 175(3184 176@179 175(3176 



8 184@187 181(3184 180@1S1 167(3180 



15 187@189 185@186 —(3— I76@179 



22 181@184 179(3182 -(3173 160(3169 



29 184(3188 178(3183 — (3— 173(3178 



.Vpril 5 179(3180 177(3178 —(a— 168@177 



'• 12 1780)183 174(3177 170(3176 165(3170 



" 19 173(3178 166(i;il70 162(3166 — @ — 



" 27 175@179 170@il74 — @172 156(^163 



.May 3 1600)161 145@)160 151@)153 — (3 — 



" 10 150(3159 139(3150 -(3— — @ — 



" 18 146(3150 135@144 1340)138 134@137 



" 24 144(3147 137(3143 —(3139 — @il36 



" 31 135@139 131@134 —(3134 — @— 



June 7 1370)140 132@135 130@)132 124@128 



•• 15 128@130 122(3128 — @126 —(3120 



" 2! 125@131 123(3128 122@124 114(3118 



" 28 121(3123 112(3120 114@117 — O'— 



fl First 



Half Year 



Highest Prices Realized: 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 



Sheet, smoked fine ribbed "1 t$141 t$204 t$203 



Sheet, smoked good ribbed 1 i»,,Q 135 188 194 



Sheet, smoked fii)e plain I ' *'-^=' 132 185 193 



Sheet, smoked good pia,. 1 128 183 189 



Sheet, unsmoked fine ribbed....,! ... 182 190 



Sheet, unsmoked good ribbed 1 ,37 129 178 167 



Sheet, unsmoked fine plain | " 130 180 190 



Sheet, unsmoked good plain | 127 170 186 



Crepe, fine pale thin t , 146 209 210 



Crepe, good pale thin J -''■^ 139 198 205 



Crepe, good pale blanket ,,. 195 197 



Crepe, good brown blanket ... 183 192 



Crepe, fine brown ) 133 190 198 



Crepe, good brown '• • . ) 124 179 189 



Crepe, good dark 191 122 171 179 



■ Crepe, barky 180 111 157 171 



Scrap, Tirgin and pressed 201 108 120 111 



Scrap, loose 185 97 127 111 



• Picul = 133J1 pounds. 



t Quote(i in S. S. dollars f$1.00 = 56.7 cents). 



To obtain price per pound. United States currency, multiply price per 

 picul by 42J^ and point off four figures to the left. 



Compiled by the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association. 



Fine Good 



Brown. Brown. 



$190@198 $170(3189 



177(3183 170(3178 



177(3184 1640)177 



171@177 159(gl70 



140(3146 136@143 



1600)169 153@163 



175(3189 170(gl80 



168@175 154@167 



174(3180 150(3173 



170@'180 163@168 



171@180 165@175 



1710>176 161(3170 



1700)178 160(3170 



168(a'176 158@]67 



170(fi'175 1550-169 



157@167 152(3161 



157O'160 1470)157 



1420)152 137(3141 



125@133 115@)I29 



129(3137 114(3127 



1280137 120(3127 



128(3131 120(3125 



130@132 119(3129 



120(3125 n0@119 



116(3120 107(3116 



107@114 97O.'105 



Total Q 



Recapitulation. Pounds. 



1912 1,341,472 



1913 3,797,501 



1914 8,254,594 



1915 24,968,834 



1916 (half yearl 21,135,185 



Good 



Dark. 



$165(3179 



147(3169 



150(3170 



147(3159 



123 @ 141 



142 0159 



160 @> 175 



139®154 



154(3165 



151(3167 



150(3169 



137(3157 



150(3163 



143(3 157 



145(3 159 



140(51 151 



135@145 



125 01 37 



1070125 



100@120 



109(3124 



90@!20 



1030-120 



90(3114 



95(3113 



7S@ 95 



Barky. 



$150(3171 



120(3157 



139@161 



137@156 



116(3136 



136(5)152 



1310)167 



120(3145 



1250>161 



120(^163 



126(3158 



1I5@147 



1310>154 



130(3148 



127(3148 



112@145 



110@139 



90@127 



750)110 



75(3108 



81@118 



76@110 



80(3111 



70 0> 94 



68@105 



55 @ 87 



Virgin and 

 Pressed. 



$109@111 



112@127 



95@134 



101(3130 



90(3 93 



117@138 



110@155 



95@121 



110@137 



114(3140 



90(3118 



-(3137 



118@140 



116@127 



117@132 



104(3110 



103(3121 



108@125 



83 @ 90 



75@110 



85(3110 



80(3 90 



95@103 



55@101 



60@ 91 



81 @ 86 



Loose. 



$ — o>ni 



75@107 

 84(3 89 



111@138 

 — @— 

 94@133 

 750)147 

 80@120 

 -(3137 

 80@146 



111@132 

 85(3110 

 30(3 138 

 — @ 94 



1020>121 

 85(3119 

 -(3 80 

 70(3 93 

 60(3 95 

 — @106 

 86(3108 



—(3 80 

 50(3 94 

 53@ 85 

 —(3 52 

 50(3 77 



uantities Offered. 



Total Quantities Sold. 



*Piculs. 



10,061.04 



28,481.27 



61,909.45 

 187,611.45 11,167 

 158,513.97 9,435 



Tons. 



599 



1,695 



3,685 



Pounds. 



1,169,262 



3,379,168 



5,973,179 



16,401,788 



14,928,249 



•Piculs. 



8,769.47 



25,343.76 



44,798.85 



123,523.44 



111,964.45 



Tons. 

 522 

 1,508 

 2.666 

 7,322 

 6,619 



GUTHRIE & CO., LIMITED, Singapore, report [September 



The following was the course of values: 



Sterling equivalent 

 In Singapore per pound 



per picul.* in London. 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked $116(3120 2/ 3J^(32/ 4)4 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked.. 111(3115 2/ 2)40)2/ 35i 



.'iheet, plain smoked 105(3111 2/ l>/2(32/ 2)1 



Sheet, ribbed unsmoked 107@108 2/ 2 @2/ 2'A 



Sheet, plain unsmoked 100(3106 2/0K@2/l)4 



Crepe, fine pale 117(a)120 2/4^(32/4)4 



Crepe, good pale 114@ill6 2/3J4@2/3J^ 



Crepe, fine brown 112(3114 2/3 (32/354 



Crepe, good brown 106(3111 2/ 1)40)2/ 2)4 



Crepe, dark 90(3107 l/10)^@2/2 



Crepe, bark 57(3 92 1/ 3'/;(31/10)4 



Scrap, virgin 75(3 81 1/754@1/8H 



Scrap, loose 50(3 84 1/2 (31/ 9^^ 



14, 1916]: 



Equivalent 

 per pound 

 in cents. t 

 56.50@5a.28 

 54. 220)56.00 

 51.70@54.22 

 52.70(3 52.95 

 49.660)52.20 

 57.01@58.28 

 55.75(356.50 

 54.73@5S.75 

 52.20(3 54.22 

 45.35(352.70 

 31.42(346.12 

 39.02(341.56 

 28.38(942.82 



