November 1, 1916. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



111 



COMPARATHTE NEW YOKK PRICES FOR OCTOBER. 



In regard to the financial situation, Albert B. Beers (broker 

 in crude rubber and commercial paper, No. 68 William street. 

 New York) advises as follows : 



"There has been but little change this month in the general market for 

 Commercial Paper, although not so many city banks are buying as recently, 

 but the best rubber names have gone freely at 4@4J.> per cent., and those 

 not so well known 5@5J4 per cent. 



1916.* 1915. 1914. 



Upriver, fine $0.71@0.80 $0.55(<ii0.5; $0.64@0.66 



Upriver, coarse .42@ .46 .42® .45 .43@ .47 



Islands, fine 60@ .71 .50® .54 .49® .53 



Islands, coarse 29@ .33 .26@ .28 .26® .28 



Cameta 31 @ .35 .28® .29 .29® .32 



* Figured only to October 2'. 



AUNUAL EtrSBER PRODUCTION AND COMPARATIVE PRICES. 



I'^ine Para. 



First Latex. 



Year. 



1900 26.727 



1901 30,296 



1902 28,668 



1903 31,079 



1904 29,984 



1905 33,913 



1906 35,251 



1907 37,321 



1908 38.848 



1909 39,287 



1910 37.954 



1911 35.936 



1912 43,467 



1913 39,223 



1914 37,215 



1915 37.220 



•1916 37,000 



•Estimated. 



Comparative 

 Prices. 



Production, Comparative 

 Tons. Prices. 



$0.83 @1 



.76® 



.66® 



.78@1 



.89@1 



1.13@1 



1.16@1 



.69® 1 



.65@1 



1.13@2 



I.16(S2 



.90 ®1 



.93 @1 



.59® 1 



.49®1 



.75® 



.UK 



95 



92 

 .13 



32 

 .35 



,28 



24 



30 



15 

 .90 



67 



22 

 .10 



15 



91 



4 



5 



8 



21 



43 



145 



510 



1,000 



1,800 



3.600 



8,200 



14,419 



28,518 



47,618 



71.380 



107,867 



150,000 



$0.86® 1.50 



.93@1.38 



.75@1.05 



1.29®2.20 



1.40@2.25 



1.14@1.68 



I.03@1.38 



.53®l.n 



.55® .80 



.59@1.00 



PLANTATION RUBBER FROM THE FAR EAST. 



TOTAL EXPORTS FROM MALAYA. 



<Frora January 1, 1916, to 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- 

 Malacca. Penang. tenham. 

 July July September 

 31. 1916. 31, 1916. 11. 1916. 

 3,967,630 13,174,434 20,679,766 

 51,200 



From 

 Singapore. 

 July 

 To— 31, 1916. 



United Kingdom. /6j.17.765,687 



The Continent 7,256,905 



Japan 2.572,014 



Ceylon 267,963 



United States 47,692,888 



Australia 184,314 



Totals. 



55,587,517 



7,308,014 



2,572,014 



809,837 



53,704,221 



184,314 



Totals 75,739,771 3.967.630 19,599,900 21,858,707 120,166,008 



362,933 

 6,011,333 



1,178,941 



For same period, 1915 40,042,540 5,346,805 15,031,996 21,276.328 71,697,669 

 For same period, 1914 24,175,230 3,234,581 11,521,466 20,637,311 59,568.588 

 For same period, 1913 13,938,262 8,222,533 19,946,488 42,107,283 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS. 

 .\n official cablegram from Kuala Lumpur gives the figu;es of the export 

 of plantation rubber from tlie Federated Malay States during the month of 

 September as 6,376 tons, against 5,782 tons in August last, and 3,984 tons 

 in the corresponding month last year. This gives a total of 44,302 tons 

 for nine months of the current year, against 30,657 tons in 1915 and 21,550 

 tons in 1914. This constitutes a record export from the Federated Malay 

 States, eclipsing the previous month's export (which was also a record) by 

 594 tons. The following are the comparative figures: 



1914. 1915. 1916. 



January 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 



August 1,850 3.796 5,782 



September 2,879 3.984 6,376 



Totals 21.550 30.657 44.302 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS. 



An official cablegram from Singapore gives the figures of the export 

 of plantation rubber from Straits Settlements ports during the month of 

 August as 3,246 tons against 5.106 tons in July and 2.295 tons in the cor- 

 responding month last year. This gives a total of 31,964 tons for eight 

 months of the current year against 20,228 tons in 1915 and 11,415 tons in 

 1914. Appended are the comparative statistics: 



1914. 1915. 1916. 



January tans 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 



July 1,584 2,324 5,106 



August 1,325 2.295 3,246 



Totals 11,415 20,228 31,964 



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 

 Malay States. 



EXPORTS OF CEYLON GROWN RUBBER. 



(From January 1 to September 11, 1915 and 1916. Compiled by the Ceylon 

 Chamber of Commerce.) 



To— 1915. 1916. 



United States /'oioiiii 10,623,497 17,450,389 



Canada and Newfoundland 384,940 6 7'0 



France 301,472 1,073,754 



Russia 332,200 248,874 



I'^'ly /••:•■• 15,680 



United Kingdom 16,837,653 14,690,012 



Australia 518,937 697,551 



India 1,000 728 



Straits Settlements 119,933 43,680 



Japan 236,251 218,189 



Totals 29,355,883 34,445,577 



(Same period 1914, 22,948,053 pounds: same period 1913, 16,477,894.) 

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

 imports re-exported. (These amount to 2,174,979 pounds from the Straits 

 Settlements and 525,213 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 Ceylon rubber only 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF RAW RUBBER AT CEYLON. 



IMPORTS. 

 Fbom August 1-28, 1916. 



From — Pounds. 

 Malay Peninsula — 



Port Swettenham 144,073 



Penang 60,868 



Port Dickson 23,585 



Singapore 19,138 



Total 247,664 



India — 



Tutcorin 49,628 



Cochin 27,692 



Alleppy 1,900 



Total 79,220 



Burma — 

 Rangoon 1,097 



Grand total 327,981 



EXPORTS. 

 From August 1-31, 1916. 

 To- 

 North America: 

 L^nited States — 



iN'ew York 1,960,518 



Pounds. 



Seattle 73,100 



San Francisco 3,701 



Total 2,037,319 



I'-urope: 

 United Kingdom — 

 England — 



London 2,660,280 



Liverpool 72,538 



France (Marseilles) 92,436 



Italy (Genoa) 8,960 



Total 2,834,214 



.\sia: 



lapan — 



Kobe 12,320 



Yokohama 11.480 



Singapore 43,680 



Total 67,480 



Oceania: 

 -\ustralia 91,980 



Grand total 5,030,993 



RUBBER AND GUTTA EXPORTS FROM JAVA 



June 



Pl.^.mtation, to — 



Holland Ficus . . . .pounds 



Hevea 



Hevea (to order) 

 Manihot (Ceara) 

 Castilloa 



Totals 



Great Britain Ficus 



Ilevea 



Manihot (Ceara) 

 Castilloa 



1915. 



330 

 250,800 



1916. 



Totals 



Singapore Ficus . . 



Hevea 



United States. 



Other countries. 



Manihot (Ceara) 

 Castilloa 



Totals 



. Ficus 



Hevea 



Manihot (Ceara) 



1,760 



252,890 

 499 



371,800 

 1.998 

 9,088 



383.385 



6,037 



77.000 



83,037 



5'72',6o6 



10,305 



950.400 



31,264 



9,775 



1.001,744 



3,520 



301,400 



2,090 



880 



307,890 



9y2',866 



Totals 

 . Ficus . . 

 Hevea . 



Totals 



572,000 



433 



15,400 



15.833 



932.800 

 61,666 

 61,600 



Grand Totals. 1 



GUTTA PeBCHA, to — 



Singapore 



GuTTA TeH.TONG, to — 



United States 



Singapore 



,307,145 2,304,034 

 13,486 39,290 

 295 



Totals 



295 



AND MADURA. 



Six Months Ending 



June 

 ^ ___^ 



1915. 1916. 



22,359 



1,084,600 211 



4 



11,048 



2,288 



1,373,189 211 



12.705 18.775 



2,246,200 3,339.600 



9,788 48,792 



56,190 28,607 



2,324,883 3.435.774 



9,299 24.240 



294,800 2,041,600 



20,106 



3,245 



304,099 2,089,191 



32 087 



3,r6l',466 7,411,800 



11,114 



3,161.400 7.455,001 



433 2.792 



279,400 268,400 



279,833 271,192 



7,443,403 13,251,369 



313,214 265,767 



295 



1,584 14,373 



1,584 14,668 



