488 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May 1, 1917. 



COMPARATIVE NEW YORK PRICES FOR APRIL. 



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 llic early part of April the demand for commercial paper contin- 

 ued fairly good, the best riihljer names selling at 4K'<"'5 per cent, and those 

 not so well known 5w5f/- per cent, but since the middle of the month the 

 demand has fallen oA considerably and rates arc rather hiRher." 



„ , , 1917.* 1916. 1915. 



Uprivcr, fine 75@77 72@74 57@60 



Upriver, coarse .SIM 52 55@57 'I6(!S48 



Islands, fine "2@>74 65(i?69 52®55 



Islands, coarse 35(a'36 36<a'40 30@33 



Camcta 37@39 38@40 33@37 



•Figured only to .\pril 27. 



MARKET CABLE SERVICE FROM LONDON. 



The followinK market report has been cabled from Aldens 

 Limited, London. 



Standard Ribbed 



Crepe. Smoked Sheets. 



March 26 l/'Ad. }7yid. 



April 2 37'Ad. Sy'AJ. 



April to }7Hd. 37Hd. 



April 16 i7'Ad. ZT/id. 



April 23 ib'/id. 36 d. 



Successors, 



Market. 

 Quiet. 

 Steady. 

 Buyers. 

 Buyers. 

 Very Firm. 



MARKET CABLE SERVICE FROM SINGAPORE. 



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

 cabled by The W'aterhouse Co., Limited: 

 Crepe Smoked 

 price sheet price Tons 

 Date. per lb. per lb. sold. Market. 



March 30 cents 68.00 68.42 575 There is more demand. 



.•\pril 6 68.85 69.70 562 Firm with an upward 



tendency. 

 April 14 69.70 69.70 530 Good demand for all de- 



scriptions. 



April 21 68.00 68.00 438 ' Dull with a downward 



tendency. 



■WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT. 



Guthrie & Co., Limited, Singapore reriort, March 8, 1917. 



At the weekly rubber auction held yesterday and today a further advance 

 in the prices of standard grades was registered. Fine ribbed smoked sheet 

 fetched up to $175 per picul for one lot. being $3 above last week's best. 

 The highest paid for fine pale crepe was $174, an advance of $4. Of un- 

 smoked sheet only the better quality lots were in demand, and a consider- 

 able quantity was bought in. Erovvn crepes sold well, at about last week's 

 prices, but dark and barky crepes were neglected, and suffered a decline 

 in values. Demand throughout was somewhat erratic, and eased off towards 

 the end of the sale. The quantity sold was 580 tons, out of a total of 864 

 tons catalogued. 



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 $168@175 3/ 254@3/ 4;i 71.40074.37 



Sheet, sood ribbed smoked 140@167 2/ 8M@3/ 2-5^ 59.50@70.97 



Sheet, plain smoked 132wl46 2/ 7 !4 ©2/10^8 56.10(562 05 



Sheet, ribbed unsmoked 133@135 2/7Ji(a2/7J^ 56.52@57.37 



Sheet, plain unsmoked 105@135 2/ 1H@2/ 7% 44.62@57.37 



Crepe, fine pale 170@174 3/3K@3/4 72.25@73.95 



Crepe, good pale 154@170 2/llH@3/3>4 65.45@72.25 



Crepe, fine brown 140(3153 2/8?i@2/llH 59.50(365.02 



Crepe, good brown 122(3141 2/ S'A@2/ 9'A 51.85(359.92 



Crepe, dark 101(3126 2/0)4@2/6 42.92(353.55 



Crepe, bark 77(3114 1/ 7U@2/ 3'A 32.72(g>4S.45 



Scrap, virgin and pressed 86(3 1/ 9^(3 36.55(3 



Scrap, loose 65(3 93 1/ 5'A@l/llii 27.62(339.52 



* Picul ^3 133'/i pounds. 



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



PLANTATION RUBBER FROM THE FAR EAST. 



TOTAL EXPORTS FROM MALAYA. 



(From January 1, 



ments. 



1916, to dates named, excluding all foreign tranship- 

 Reported by Barlow iS; Co., Singapore.) 

 From 



To- 

 United Kingdom ..lbs. 



The Continent 



Japan 



Ceylon 



Singapore. Malacca. 

 January January 



31, 1917. 



3,251,880 



108.121 



427,535 



131,009 



United States 6,110,552 



31, 1917. 

 659,475 



Penang. 



January 



31, 1917. 



2,591,600 



47,067 



Port Swet- 



tenham. 



January 



2'7, 1917. 



2,966,128 



109,867 

 1,456,533 



87,368 

 523,024 



Totals. 



9,469,083 

 155,188 

 427,535 

 328,244 



8,090,109 



Totals 10,029,097 659,475 4,205,067 3,676,520 18,460.159 



Same period, 1915 

 Same period, 1914 

 Same periad, 1913 



11,494,667 408.800 5,946,267 

 4.408.928 537,281 4,135,865 

 2,771,704 3,717,200 



2,529.553 20,379,287 

 3,188,608 11,265,682 

 2,594,807 9,083,711 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF RUBBER AND GUTTA 

 AT SINGAPORE.* 



IMPORTS. 



February, 1917. 



I'vom — 



Para Rubber 

 Para for Borneo 



Rubber. Treatment. Rubber. 

 Malay Peninsula — 



Port Swcttenham 1,295,200 



Teluk .-Vnson 905,999 



Muar 649,999 



Malacca 611,733 



Penang 504,332 



Port Dickson 161,999 



Kelantan 101,870 



Kuantan 2o'l23 



Kengat 15*600 



Mersing 6,533 



S. Pandjang i,066 



Gutta 



Percha. 



Gutta 

 Jelutong. 



592,798 

 38,533 



i 7,606 



'i6,799 



Totals 4,274.454 665,730 



Borneo — 



Sarawak 



Pontianak . . . . 



Jesselton 



Bandjennassin 



Labuan 



Sibu 



Snndakan . . . . 



Sambas 



Passir 



Kudat 



Singkawang . . 

 Samarinda . . . 



72,133 



59,866 



47.332 



42,266 



37.866 



31.866 



12,532 



10.533 



9.066 



S.5.^3 



533 



400 



30,000 



2,000 



187,430 



46,400 



25.066 



10,133 



800 

 2,800 



4,000 



133 



10,133 



1,999 



400 



102,933 



1.866 



16,533 



1,733 



218,666 

 14,800 



'24.666 



62,933 



84,400 



1,066 



400 



Totals 332,966 



Sumatra — 



Djambi 219,600 



Deli 39,866 



Palembang 17,733 



Indragiri 5,866 



Bengkalis 2,666 



Muntok 1,200 



-•\sahan 



Belawan 



301,029 



626,266 



67,199 

 86,399 



9,466 134,264 405.865 



Totals 286,931 



Java — 



Eatavia 188,666 



Sourabaya 152,800 



Samarang 7,966 



Totals 348,432 



Burma — 



Mergiii 12,933 



Rangoon 6,266 



779,864 



Total 

 iam — 



Bangkok 

 Patani , , , 



19,199 



1,199 

 133 



Total 



1,33 



45,999 



45.999 



1.466 

 1,466 



Other ports 117,066 205,600 



Grand Totals 5.380,380 1.952,223 



7,733 



'Not complete; 6 days missing. 



EXPORTS, 



February, 1917 



Para Rubber 

 Para Trans- Borneo Gutta Gutta 

 Rubber, shipped. Rubber. Peicha. Jelutong. 



To- 

 North America: 

 United States — 



New York pounds 3,912,S00 482.933 114.533 629,466 



-^kron 1,422,399 18,000 



Seattle 772,666 99.866 



Boston 122.333 



San Francisco 82,933 ,' ! 



Denver 33,600 '.'.'.'.'.'.'. '.'.'.'.'.'.'. 



Canada — 



Vancouver 522,266 53,733 



Totals 6,869,997 654,532 114,533 



Europe: 

 United Kingdom — 

 England — 



London 980,531 1,876,999 22,800 



Liverpool 587,733 260,999 



Scotland — 



Glasgow 



France (Marseilles) 176.933 



Russia (Vladivostok) 4,266 



Totals 1,749,463 2,137,998 



Grand Totals , . 



11,466 



629,466 



56,53.3 



34,266 56,533 

 8,619,460 2,792,530 .148,799 685,999 



