February 1, 1917. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



305 



COMPARATIVE NEW YORK PRICES FOR JANUARY. 



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: 



"During January the market for commercial paper in tlie rubber line has 

 continued steady, the best names selling freely at 4(»4^ per cent, and 

 those not so well known 4H@5 per cent, with some small names at i'A 



f" ""'•" 1917.* 1916. 1915. 



Upriver, fine $0.76@0.79 $0.77@0.99 $0.61@0.7S 



Uoriver, coarse 50@ .53 .60(8 .76 45@ .58 



Islands fine .67®. 70 .75®. 90 .53®. 70 



Islands coarse .32® .36 .35® .53 -29® -37 



•Cameta 33® .35 .39® .54 .31® .41 



•Figured oiJy to January 27. 



Russia 332,200 248,874 



Italy 164,640 



United Kingdom 21,856,189 20,113.766 



Australia 791,277 783,651 



India 1.530 1,358 



Straits SeUlements 119,933 43.680 



Japan 260,421 315,529 



Totals 40,956,988 47,459,709 



(Same period 1914, 32,205,528 pounds; same period 1913, 23,387,980.) 

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

 imports reexported. (These amount to 2,686,710 pounds from the Straits 

 Settlements and 714,637 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. 



MARKET CABLE SERVICE FROM LONDON. 



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



Limited, London: „., , , 



Ribbed 



Standard Smoked 



Date Crepe. Sheet. Market. 



December 27 cents 70 70 Quiet 



January 2 73 73 Hrm 



January 8 73 73 Firm 



January 15 72 72 Firm 



January 22 71.5 72 Steady 



MARKET CABLE SERVICE FROM SINGAPORE. 



The following reports of I he weekly auctions held at Singapore have been 

 ■cabled by The Waterhouse Co., Limited: 



Smoked 

 Crepe. Sheet. 



Price Price Tons 



Date. per lb. per lb. Sold. 



December 29 cents 61.63 57.8 368 



January 6, 1917. 



64.18 



January 13 64.6 



January 19 62.05 



64.6 



64.6 

 62.48 



494 



425 

 367 



Market. 

 Fair demand for best 



grades. 

 Good demand for all 



descriptions. 

 Market dull. 

 Market dull. Supplies 



are large. 



WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT. 



GUTHRIE & CO., LIMITED, Singapore, report [December 13, 1916): 

 There was a very poor demand at the auction held today, and of a total 

 of 960 tons catalogued for sale only 181 tons changed hands. Bidding 

 throughout was very* slow and owing to the absence of competition the 

 majority of parcels were withdrawn. At the opening $165 was paid for 

 <tne lot each of Standard Crepe and Standard Sheet, but as the sale pro- 

 gressed the falling off in the demand for these grades was most marked, 

 a good number of lots not even eliciting bids. The lower grades are about 

 $4 lower on the week. There was no scrap sold. The following was the 

 ■course of values: 



Sterling equivalent Equivalent 

 In Singapore per pound per pound 



per picul.* in London. in cents. 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked $155@165 3/ @3/2J^ 72.98@85.39 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked 155@157 3/ @3/ '/z 72.98@73.99 



Sheet, plain smoked 142@147 2/9K@2/10?^ 68.41@70.18 



Sheet, plain unsmoked 137@143 2/S'A@2/ 9'A 65.37@67.91 



Crepe, fine pale 161@!65 3/l'^@3/2J^ 75.S1@77.28 



Crepe, fine brown 137@146 2/8'/i@2/\0'A 65.37®69.17 



Crepe, good brown 116®130 2/3J|@2/634 56.51@62.33 



Crepe, dark 108@I29 2/2!^®2/6M 52.95@62.08 



Crepe, bark 86@I13 l/9K@2/3^j 43.58@55.24 



•Picul = ISVA pounds. 



Quoted 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, excluding all foreign tranship- 



Reported by Barlow & Co., 

 From 



Singapore.) 



To— 



Port Swet- 



Singapore. Malacca. Penang. tenham. 



October October October November 



31,1916. 31.1916. 31,1916. 30,1916. 



United Kingdom. ./fc.t. 26,854,241 6,376,557 21,416,167 27,983,933 



The Continent 9.366,270 55,733 



Japan 3,508,344 



Ceylon 604,283 563,600 1,615,073 



United States 69,509,518 9,105,067 1,716,875 



Australia 268,302 



Totals 



Same period, 1915. . 

 S«me period, 1914. . 

 Same period, 1913.. 



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 

 November as 5,247 tons, against 5,233 tons in October last and 4,292 tons 

 in the corresponding month last year. This_ gives a total of 45,431 tons 

 for eleven months of the current year, against 31,886 tons in 1915 and 

 17,393 tons in 1914. Appended 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 



.\pril 1,548 1,978 4,219 



^Uy 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 



November 2,370 4,292 5,247 



Totals 17,393 31,886 45,431 



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. 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF RUBBER AND GUTTA 

 AT SINGAPORE. 



November, 1916. 



From- 

 Malay Peninsula — 



Para 

 Rubber. 

 Port Swettcr.ham. pounds 1,654,666 



Teluk Anson 1,191,866 



Muar 878,266 



Penang 480,266 



Para Rubber 



for 

 Treatment. 



385,466 



145,466 



119,600 



38,933 



10,800 



9,466 



Totals 4,914,795 



Borneo — 



Sarawak HS.iOO 



Bandjermassin 111,466 



Malacca 

 Kelantan . . . . 

 Port Dickson 

 Kuantan . . . . 



Rengat 



Mersing 



34,933 



i6'6.933 



671,866 



9,886 



Borneo 

 Rubber. 



Gutta 

 Percha. 



Gufta 

 Jelutong. 



Pontianak 

 Labuan . . . . 

 Jesselton . . . 

 Sambas . . . . 



Kudat 



Sandakan 



Passir 



Singkawang 

 Samarinda . 

 Sampit .... 

 Sibu 



93.200 



37,866 



32,800 



32,133 



31,200 



27,200 



13,200 



6,133 



4.133 



2,666 



800 



323,618 



56,133 



19,200 



4,400 



10,133 



273,733 



27,866 

 27,733 



4,533 

 '3,266 



1,866 



1,333 



1,333 



1,066 



1,066 



12,133 1,240,000 

 69,466 218,266 



1,333 



4,533 



533 



'"266 



33,200 

 62,533 



16,000 

 " "266 



4,000 3,466 



256,000 

 92,133 



Totals. 



82,630,898 



9,422,003 



3,508,344 



2,782,956 



80,331,460 



268,302 



.110,110,958 6,376.557 31,140,567 31,315,881 178,943,963 



. 66,782,158 6.617,032 24,322,531 26,116,143 123,837,864 

 . 32,919,222 4,108,376 20,009,367 29,316,677 86,353,642 

 . 21,830,702 12,925,467 25,540,448 60,296,617 



Totals 

 Sumatra — 

 Djambi . . . 



Deli 



Eelawan . . 

 Palembang 

 Indraghiri 

 Asahan . . , 



Siak 



Bengkalis , 

 Muntok . . . 



557,997 419,198 



262,800 



128,533 



42,666 



20,9,?3 



13.333 



8,666 



6,000 



3,200 



933 



540,800 

 314,933 



'i 7,666 

 65,066 



14,132 91,730 1,918,398 

 4,666 



Totals 

 Java — 



Sourabaya 

 Batavia . . 



487,064 937,865 



97,866 

 63,166 



EXPORTS OF CEYLON GROWN RUBBER. 



<From January 1 to November 27, 1915 and 1916. Compiled by the Ceylon 



Chamber of Commerce.) 



To— 1915. 1916. 



United States pounds 16,705,051 24,193,954 



Canada and Newfoundland 392,495 6,720 



France 497,892 1,587,537 



Totals 

 Siara — _ 

 Pat'aui . . . 

 Bangkok . 



Total 

 Burma — 

 Rangoon 



161,032 



1,733 

 1,066 



2,799 

 4,266 



Other ports 336,533 154,800 



279,333 

 11.466 



4,666 290,799 



6,133 



6,533 120,666 



Grand Totals 6,464,486 1,835,481 20,265 104,262 2,330,929 



