March 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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smoked sheet spot price to buyers was 80 cents. Trading con- 

 tinued briskly until the American apprehension had subsided, 

 when easier conditions prevailed and prices declined. On Feb- 

 ruary 26, First latex and Ribbed smoked sheet were quoted 775^ 

 cents. 



SINGAPORE. 



For the period from December 29, 1916, to January 4, 1917, 

 inclusive, the value of the highest grade of rubber is fixed at 74 

 cents per pound, and the 2J^ per cent ad valorem duty on culti- 

 vated rubber will be assessed on a price of 68 cents per pound 

 for all grades. 



The average prices obtained at the auctions held February 12, 

 17 and 22, are as follows: First latex crepe, 66.1 cents; Ribbed 

 smoked sheet, 65.6 cents. The total amount sold was 1,356 tons. 



BATAVIA. 



The exports of plantation rubber from the Dutch East Indies 

 for 1915 were 20,100 tons. For the first six months of 1916 the 

 exports were 15,121 tons, forecasting a total of 30,000 tons for 

 1916. 



COMPARATIVi; NEW YORK PRICES FOR FEBRUARY. 



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 : 



"The demand for commercial paper during February has been fairly 

 Sriod on the whole, the best rubber names moving at 4J^@5 per cent, and 

 those not so well known 5^@6 per cent, but during the early part of 

 the montk when the flurry was in the money market there was but little 

 demand." 



1917.* 1916. 1915. 



Upriver, fine cents 75@87 73@80 S7@61 



Upriver, coarse 50(0)57 52@50 44@48 



Islands, fine 67@80 67@74 50(354 



Islands, coarse 31@35 35@38 28@32 



Cameta 34@40 37@40 3l)(g36 



^Figured only to February 24. 



MARKET CABLE SERVICE FROM SINGAPORE. 



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

 cabled by The Waterhouse Co., Limited: 

 Crepe. Smoked Sheet. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS. 



Following are the quotations at New York one year ago, one 

 month ago and the current date : 



Paha. Mar. 1, '16. 



Upriver, fine, new 77 (^78 



Islands, fine, new 70 



Upriver, coarse, new. . 59 



Islands, coarse, new... 37 



Cameta 40 



Caucho, ball, upper.... 61 



Caucho, ball, lower.... 58 



(371 

 @60 

 (3 38 

 (841 

 (362 

 (8 59 



Plantation. 



First latex crepe 93 @94 /Spot..... 75 @75H 



( Apr. -June 72 @ 



Amber crepe, light... . 90 (S 

 Hrown crepe, clean.... 85 (S. 



(Spot 71 (372 



j Futures 



J Spot 70 (»71 



I Futures 



Smoked sheet, ribbed.. 92 <a93 (Spot..... 75 ®75}^ 



I Apr.June 72 (3 

 Fine sheets and biscuits, 



unsmoked 91 @ 



Centrals. 



Corinto 57 (3 59 



Esmeralda, sausage ... 57 @59 



Nicaragua, scrap 56 (^:7 



Mexican plantation, sheet 60 (5- 



Mexican, scrap 53 (o 



Mexican, slab 38 (3 40 



Manicoba SO @52;/, 



Mangabeira, sheet .... 42 @45 



Ciunyule 48 (3 



lialata, sheet 66 (Si 67 



Balata, block 45 @46 



Afbican. 



Lopori, ball, prime 



Lopori, strip, prime. . . 59 ffv 

 Upper Congo, ball, red 62 @ 



Rio Nunez Niggers 72 i373 



Conakry Niggers 74 f3 75 



Massai, red 74 (375 



Soudan, Niggers 



Cameroon, ball, soft... 46 (3» 

 Cameroon, ball, hard.. 50 (3 

 Bengucia, No. 2, Superior 46 @'48 



Benguela, No. 2 



Accra, flake 38 ro 40 



East Indian. 



.•\ssam 58 (3 



Pontianak 10 @10!^ 



Gutta Siak . 15 @I6H 



Gutta red Niger 



Borneo HI 27'Aia 



Gutta Percha, red Macassa 1.50(3 2.00 



49 & 



47 (348 



47 (3 



54 (356 



46 (3 



31 @ 



42 @ 



40 (3 



42 @44 



78 @78!^ 



64 (364K- 



60 (3 62 

 60 @ 



44 @ 

 41 (3 

 30 ® 



50 @ 

 9J4@ 



22 @ 



1.90@ 



Feb. 27, '17. 

 79 @ 

 Nominal 

 5354(3 

 35 @ 

 38 (B 

 55 @ 

 51 (a =12 



85 (3 



83 (gi 



81 (3 



85 (a. 



52 @ 

 51 @ 

 49 (3 



51 

 35 

 32 

 32 

 56 

 78 

 65 



65 

 65 

 57 

 68 

 66 

 65 

 65 

 47 



(Si 52 

 @ 



(S) 



@ 



47 @ 

 44 1^ 

 32 @ 



78 (3 



23 @24 

 1.90@3.S0 



MARKET CABLE SERVICE FROM LONDON. 



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

 Limited, London: 



Ribbed 

 Standard Smoked 

 Date. Crepe. Sheet. Market. 



February 5 cents 74.24 74.24 There were buyers. 



February 13 78.69 78.69 There were buyers. 



February 19 78.69 78.69 There were buyers. 



WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT. 

 GUTHRIE Si CO., LIMITED, Singapore, report [December 29, 1916]: 

 At the weekly auction held yesterday and today bidding was again stifiE 

 and all grades, except fine pale crepe, suffered a decline averaging about 

 $4 per picul. At $146 the top price for fine pale crepe was $4 up, but this 

 figure was e.xceptiunal, the average being $140 per picul. The highest paid 

 for ribbed smoked sheet was $137, being a drop of $5 on the week. For 

 unsmoked sheet there was no demand. The lower grades met with a better 

 demand than last week at the lower level. The quantity sold was 393 tons, 

 out of a total of 1,129 tons offered. 



The following was the course of values; 



Sterling equivalent Equivalent 

 In Singapore per pound pier pound 



per picul.* in London. in cents. 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked.... $130@137 2/ 6}4(32/ 8^ 55.25@58.22 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked. . . 125(3130 2/5K@2/6j4 53.12(355.25 



Sheet, plain smoked 115@123 2/ 3518(32/ 5 J^ 48.87@52.27 



Sheet, ribbed unsmoked @... @ @ 



Sheet, plain unsmoked @... @ @ 



Crepe, fine pale 136(3146 2/8 @2/10^ 57.80(362.05 



Crepe, eood pale 125(3134 2/ 5)^(32/ 7H 53.12(356.95 



Crepe, fine brown 115(3120 2/ 3^(32/ 4J4 48.87(351.00 



Crepe, good brown 109(3115 2/ 2M(32/ 3% 46.32(348.87 



Crepe, dark 85(3110 l/9J^(32/2^ 36.12(346.75 



Crepe, bark 60(3101 l/4'/J@2/OM 25.50@42.92 



Scran, virgin 86@ 1/ 954@ 36.55@ 



Scrap, pressed 84 (a: 1/ 9'A@ 35.70@ 



Scrap, loose 82@ l/8Ji@ 34.85@ 



•Picul = 1335^ 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- 

 ments. Reported by Barlow & Co., Singapore.) 

 From 



To- 

 United Kingdom . 



Singapore. 

 October 

 31. 1916. 



Malacca. 

 October 

 31. 1916. 



Penang. 

 October 

 31, 1916. 



Port Swet- 

 tenham. 

 December 

 26, 1916. 



The Continent 9,366,270 



Japan 3.508,344 



Ceylon 604,283 



United States 69,509,518 



Australia 268,302 



lbs. 26,854,241 6.376,557 21,416,167 28,007,373 



Totals. 



82,654,338 



9,422.003 



3.508,344 



2,782,956 



80,331,460 



268,302 



Totals 110,110,958 6,376,557 31,140,567 31,339,321 179,020,523 



55,733 



3 63. 600 

 9,105,067 



1,615,073 

 1,716,875 



Same period, 1915. . 

 Same period, 1914. . 

 Same period, 1913 . . 



66,782.158 6,617.032 24,322,531 31,286,389 128,708.110 

 32,919,222 4,108,376 20,009,367 28,877,774 85,914,739 

 21.830,702 12.925,467 20,254,269 55,010,438 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS. 



It is reported by official cablegram from Kuala Lumpur that the export 

 of plantation rubber from the Federated Malay .States in the month of 

 January amounted to 5.995 tons, compared with 5,717 tons in December 

 last and 4,471 tons in the corresponding month last year. 



