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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January 1, 1917. 



MARKET CABLE SERVICE FROM LONDON. 



The following market report has been cabled from Aldens' Successors, 

 Limited, London: 



Standard Smoked 



Date Crepe. Sheet. Market. 



November 27 cents 67.32 67.32 There were buyen. 



December 4 71.28 71.28 There were buyers. 



December 11 80.70 80.70 There were buyers. 



December 18 68.82 68.82 There were buyers. 



MARKET CABLE SERVICE FROM SINGAPORE. 



The following reports of the weekly auctions held at Singapore have been 

 cabled by The Waterhouse Co., Limited: 



Smoked 

 Crepe. Sheet. Market. 



Price Price Pounds 



r>ate. per lb. per lb. Sold. 



December 1 cents 66.3 63.3 1,093,120 Closed dull with les. 



inquiry. 



December 8 65.8 66.3 1,312,640 Good demand for all 



descriptions. 



December 15 70.1 69.2 244,160 Very depressed; prices 



nominal. 



December 21 :.... 59.5 59.5 374,080 Flat; there is scarcely 



any demand. 

 SINGAPORE. 



GUTHRIE & CO., LIMITED, Singapore, report [November 9, 1916]: 

 The quantity sold at this week's auction amounted to 450 tons out of 

 738 tons offered There was a good demand yesterday, but on the continu- 

 ation this morning it fell away somewhat and closes quiet._ The only 

 grade to show anv change from yesterday was fine pale crepe, one at- 

 tractive parcel fetching $147 per picul. Standard sheet sold up to $145 

 and at this figure is $7 higher on the week. Plain smoked sheet »nd un- 

 smoked sheet were wanted, selling up to $136 and $134 respectively. The 

 lower grades show an average increase of $5 per picul. bcraps were 

 neglected. The following was the course of values: 



Sterling equivalent Equivalent 



In Singapore per pound per pound 



per picul.* in London. in cents. t 



Sheet fine ribbed smoked. ... $139@ 145 2/8M@2/10 64.94(567.40 



Shee good ribbed smoked.... 134@140 2/7H®2/m 62.71@65.16 



Shee n°ain smoked 126@136 2/6 @2/ 8 59.48@63.44 



Ihee: ribbed unsmoked 124@134 2/5K@2/75j 58«@«.7I 



Sheet Dlain unsmoked 119@129 2/4'A@2/ 6% 56.51iffi60.73 



Crlre' fine paFe. ! 140@147 2/8H@2/10Ji 65.16@68.15 



cISe' good pal; 134@139 2/7H@2/8>i 62.71@64.94 



Crioe fine b"own 126@134 2/6 @2/ 7H 59.48&62.71 



aipe' good b?own 120@126 2/4^4(32/6 57.02@59.48 



Cripe' dark . 105@120 2/l/.@2/4^ 5O.57@57.02 



Cripl'bark. 74@115 1/7 @2/ 3^ 37.66@54.79 



Scrap virgin 85(3101 l/9H@2/ OV, 42.37@49.10 



Scrap! pressed 84@ . . . '/'^ @; •,-;•; 



Scrap! loose 75@ 86 \/7'A(S:l/ 9'/, 



• Picul = 133H pounds. 



t Figured at standard rate of exchange. Is. — 23.8 cents. 



(>oted in S. S. dollars = 2/4 [56.7 cents]. 



PLANTATION RUBBER FROM THE FAR EAST. 



TOTAL EXPORTS FROM MALAYA. 



(From 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 From Port Swet- 



Singapore. Malacca. Penang. tenham. 

 October September September October 

 31,1916. 30,1916. 30,1916. 23,1916. Totalj. 



Unit°ed Kingdom. (bs.26,854. 241 5,165,761 17,862,434 24,772,164 74,654,600 



The Continent 9,366,270 55,733 ''^22,003 



Japan 3,508,344 3,508,344 



Cevlon . .. 604,283 476,000 1,410,064 2,490,347 



United States 69,509,518 7,644,267 1,301,867 78,455,652 



.\ustralia 268,302 .^- -^ 268,302 



Totals 110,110,958 5,165,761 26,038,434 27,484,095 168,799,248 



41.87(31. 

 38.16@42.61 



Same period, 1915 66,782,158 6,159,464 21,338.264 24,988.802 119.268,688 

 Same period, 1914 32,919.222 3,579,164 15.948.133 24,840,136 7/, 286,655 

 Same period, 1913 21,830,702 11,334,533 22,244,550 55,409,785 



EXPORTS OF OEYLON GROWN RUBBER. 



(From January 1 to November 13, 1915 and 1916. Compiled by tie Ceylon 

 Oiamber of Commerce.) 



To- 

 United States pounds 



Canada and Newfoundland 



France 



Russia 



Italy 



United Kingdom 21,005,124 



Australia 



India 



Straits Settlements 



Japan 



Totals 



(Same period 1914, 30,339,695 pounds; same period 1913, 21,990,065.) 

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

 imports re-exported. (These amount to 2,614,208 pounds from the Straits 

 Settlements and 691,243 pounds from India.) To arrive at the total (juan- 

 tity of Cevlon rubber exported for that year deduct these imports from 

 the total exports. The figures for 1915 and 1916 are for Ceylon 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 

 November as 6,776 tons, against 5,968 tons in October last and 4,636 tons in 

 the corresponding period last year. This gives a total of 57,046 tons for 

 eleven months of the current year against 39,413 tons in 1915 and 27,336 

 tons in 1914. .Appended 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 



■"^pril 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 



October 2,897 4.120 5,968 



November 2,889 4.636 6,776 



Totals 27,336 39,413 57,046 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS. 



An official cablegram from Singapore states that the export of planta- 

 tion rubber from Straits Settlements ports in the month of October 

 amounted to 5,233 tons. This establishes a new record, the previous 

 best being 5,106 tons in July. The export in September was 2,987 ton* 

 and in October, 1915, 2,641 tons. The total export for ten months of the 

 present year is 40,184 tons as against 27,594 tons for the corresponding 

 period last year and 15,023 tons in 1914. Appended are the comparative 

 statistics : 



1914. 1915. 1916. 



January Ions 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 



October 2,006 2,641 5,233 



Totals 15,023 27,594 40,184 



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 but do not include rubber exports 

 from the Federated Malay States. 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF RUBBER AND GUTTA 

 AT SINGAPORE.* 



IMPORTS. 



October, 1916. 



Para 

 Rubbci 



Malay Peninsula — 



Port Swettenham./'OioiJi 1.188.133 



Muar 622.800 



Teluk Anson '. . . 569,997 



Penang 410,000 



Para Rubber 



for 

 . Treafment. 

 32,000 



Borneo 

 Rubber. 



Gutta Gutta 

 Percha. Jelutong. 



Malacca 



Kelantan ... 

 Port Dickson 

 Kuantan . . . . 



Rengat 



Mersing 



352,400 

 98,933 

 70,533 

 21,066 

 20,000 

 8.000 



43,466 



744,273 



5,733 



11,200 



Totals 3,361,862 836,67 



Borneo — 

 Bandiermassin 



Sarawak 



Pontianak . . . . 



Sambas 



Sibu 



Labuan 



Jesselton 



Passir 



Sandakan . . . . 

 Samarinda . . . 



Sampit 



Singkawang . . 

 Kudat 



95,733 



87,066 



65,466 



41,200 



30.933 



20.933 



19,200 



14.000 



4.933 



3,200 



2.666 



1,866 



666 



20,666 

 22,533 



800 



400 



2.000 



9,333 



10,800 



533 



4.933 



1,066 



4,133 

 4,000 



236,133 



479,600 



2,666 



10,666 

 100,2156 



10.933 



166.666 



Totals 387,862 



310.265 6,132 34,798 1,006,930 



