December 1, 1916.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



175 



COMPARATIVE NEW YOBK PRICES FOR OCTOBEll. 



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

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

 New York) advises as follows : 



There is practically no change to report in the Commercial Paper market 

 for November from the conditions jirevailing in October, the demand 

 having continued good, with the best rubber names selling at 4@4J/^ per 

 cent, and those nut so well known 4H@5 per cent, and some Syi per cent. 



1916.* 1915. 1914. 



TJpriver, fine $0.79@0.83 $0.37(g0.76 $O.63@0.7I 



Upriver, coarse 45(3 .47 .44® .62 .46@ .53 



Islands, fine 69@ .72 .54® .67 .50@ .61 



Islands, coarse 3Ci(a .32 .11 (si .34 .27(3 .32 



Cameta 32(3 .31 .29@ .36 .29® .34 



•Figured only to November 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS. 

 -An official cablegram from Ktinla l.iniipur gives the figures of the export 

 uf plantation rubber from the Federated Malay States during the month 

 of October as 5,968 tons against (i,31^ tons in the previous month and 

 4,120 tons in the corresponding month last year. This gives a total of 

 50,270 tons for ten months of the current year against 34,777 tons in 1915 

 and 24,447 tons in 1914. .\ppciided are the comparative figures: 



1914. 



January tons 2,542 



February 2,364 



March ■ 2,418 



April 2,151 



May 2,069 



June 2.306 



July 2.971 



.August 1,850 



September 2,879 



October 2,897 



Totals 24.447 34,777 50,270 



SINGAPORE. 

 GUTHRIE & CO., LIMITED, Singapore, report lOctober 5, 1916]: 

 A strong demand was again experienced when the sale was resumed 

 this morning. Standard sheet sold up to $124, an increase of $1 from 

 yesterday's best. Standard crepe was unchanged. Medii:m and lower 

 grade crepes were if anything slightly liigher and all parcels sold readily. 

 Of 654 tons ot¥ered 456 toni changed hands. The following was the 

 course of values: 



In Singajjore 

 per picul.* 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked ... .$120(3 124 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked... 116^120 



Sheet, plain smoked lOSft'llS 



Sheet, ribbed unsmoked 109f3^11.^ 



Sheet, plain unsmoked 105(3110 



Crepe, fine pale 124^3 125 



Crepe, good pale 117^124 



Crepe, fine brown n6((V119 



Crepe, good brown 107@115 



Crepe, dark 90SillO 



Crepe, bark 57@104 



Scrap, virgin 13(d> 94 



Scrap, pressed 82(3 .. . 



Scrap, loose 50(3 ?>^ 



Sterling equivalent 

 per pound 

 in London. 

 2/ 4^ #2/ 5/i 

 2/ 3J^@2/ 4M 

 2/ 1!^@2/ 4H 

 2/ 2H(»2/ ZVa 

 2/ l/2@2/ 2H 

 2/ 5^5(32/ 5H 

 21 AVt,@2f S'A 

 2/ 3y's@2/ 4^ 

 2/ 2 @2/ 3H 

 l/t01^@2/ 2^ 

 1/ 3'/j(32/ IH 

 1/ 6%@1/W4 



1/ 8H«r 



1/ 2 (al/10?-8 



Equivalent 

 per pound 

 in cents. t 

 58.28(3 59.80 

 56.500158.28 

 51.70(357.27 

 53.46(355.24 

 51.70@S3.97 

 59.80@60.31 

 57.01@59.80 

 56.50(357.77 

 52.70(3 56.00 

 45.35(353.46 

 31.42@51.43 

 38.26(347.13 



42.06® 



28.38@46.37 



* Picul = 133^ pounds. 



t Figured at standard rate of exchange, 1.5. =: 24.3 cents. 



Quoted in S. S. dollars = 2/4 [56.7 cents]. 



PLANTATION RUBBER FROM THE FAR EAST. 



TOTAL EXPORTS FROM MALAYA. 



(From January I, 1916, to dates named. Reported by Barlow & Co., Singa 



pore. These figures include the production of tlie Federated 



Malay States, but not of Cevlon.) 



From 

 FVom From Port Swet- 



Malacca. Penang. tenham. 

 -August. .August September 

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



From 

 Singapore. 

 August 

 To— 31, 1916. 



United Kingdom. ;fci. 20, 358,178 



The Continent 7,584,882 



Tapan 2,607,293 



Ceylon 581.619 



United States 54,263.194 



Australia 233.081 



4,639,630 15,494.701 20,679,766 

 51,200 



413,733 

 7,428,133 



1,178,941 

 1.301,867 



Totals. 



61.172,273 

 7,636.082 

 2.607,293 

 2,174,293 



62,993.194 

 233.081 



Totals. 



.85.628,247 4.639,630 23,387,767 23,160.574 136,816,218 



For same period. 1915 48.334.291 

 For same period. 1914 25.420,119 

 For same peril. 1, 19'. 3 16,353,430 



5,345,805 18,184,930 21.276.328 93.142,354 



3,234,581 13,801,332 20,637,311 63,093,343 



9.939.467 19,946.488 46.239.385 



EXPORTS OF CEYLON GROWN RUBBER. 



(From J.-inuary 1 to October 9, 1915 and 1916. Compiled by the Ceylon 

 Chamber of Commerce.) 



To— 1915. 1916. 



United States poKuds 11.736.404 20,200,638 



t'anada and Newfoundland 384.940 6.720 



France 379,872 1,299,994 



Hussia 332,200 248.874 



Italy 15,680 



United Kingdom 18,561.024 16,404,892 



Australia 621,977 756,361 



India 1,000 1.358 



Straits Settlements 119.933 43.680 



.Tapan 245,211 256,789 



Totals 32,382,561 39,234,976 



^(Same period 1914, 25,744,812 pounds; same period 1913, 19,161.808.) 

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

 imports re-exported. CThese amount to 2.410,071 pounds from the Straits 

 Settlements and 572.684 pounds from Iiniia.) To arrive at the total quan- 

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

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



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS. 



-An official cablegram from Singapore gives the figures of the export 

 of plantation rubber from Straits Settlements ports (luring the month of 

 September as 2.987 tons against 3.246 tons in August last and 4,725 tons in 

 the corresponding month last year. This gives a total of 34,951 tons for 

 nine months of the current year against 24,953 tons in 1915 and 13,017 tons 

 in 1914. The following are the comparative figures: 



1914. 1915. 1916. 



January 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 



July 1,584 2,324 5.106 



-August 1,325 2,295 3,246 



September , ,.. 1,602 4,725 2,987 



Totals 13,017 24,953 34,951 



These figures include transhipments of rubber from various places in the 

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

 ihe non-Federated Malay States as well as rubber actually exported from 

 ihe Colony, lint do not include rubber exports from the Federated Malay 

 States. 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF RUBBER AND GUTTA 

 AT SINGAPORE 



IMPORTS. 



September. 1916. 



From — 

 Malay Peninsula- 



Para Rubber 

 Para for Borneo 



Rubber. Treatment. Rubber. 



Gutta Gutta 

 Percha. Jelutong. 



Port Swettenham./'oiillrfj 1,680,266 



Teluk .\nson 1.063,866 



Penang 685,733 



Mua 

 Malacca .... 

 Port Dickson 

 Kelantan 

 Kuantan . . ., 



Reueat 



S. Pandjang 

 Mersing .... 

 Trin>;ganu . . . 



669,936 



411,566 



130,133 



123,866 



.39.200 



34.533 



3.200 



533 



133 



1.866 



4,533 



734,133 



'13,066 



27,333 



Totals 4,842,965 780,931 



Borneo — 



Sarawak . . . . 



Pontianak 



Bandjermassin 



Sambas 



Labiian 



Jesselloii 



Sandakan . . .. 



Sibu 



Passir 



Kudat 



.Singkawang . . 



Sampit 



Samarinda . . . 



Totals 506,519 432,799 16,531 34,741 961.398 



Sumatra - 

 Djambi 



Deli 



-Asahan . . 

 Belawan . , 

 Indraghiri 

 Palembang 

 Siak ...."., 

 Muiitok 

 Port Bon . 

 Bcngkalis . 



330,133 



84,666 



62,666 



16,000 



14.366 



7.733 



6.930 



5,466 



2,666 



2,133 



370,266 



ii6,933 

 8,133 



266 328.666 



2,666 "4,266 66,66(5 



Totals 532,659 515,332 



2,932 4,266 395.332 



