May 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



489 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS. 



An official cablegram from Singapore gives the export of plantation rubber 

 from tiie Straits Settlements for the month of February as 6.495 tons (of 

 which 1,079 tons represent transhipments) compared with 3,562 tons in 

 January and 3,359 tons in the corresponding month last year. The follow- 

 ing are the comparative figures: 



1915. 1916. 1917. 



Tanuarv tons 2,576 4,443 3.562 



FebruiVy 2,741 3,359 6,495 



Total 5,317 



7,802 



RUBBER EXPORTS FROM JAVA. 



10,057 



January. 



Plantations to — 



Great Britain Ficus ... 



Hevea . . 

 Ceara . , . 

 Castilloa 



.pounds 



1.364 

 463,680 



5,685 



Totals 470,729 



1917. 

 515 



250,880 

 2.158 

 2,638 



256,191 



2.578 



United States Ficus 3,439 



Hevea 884,800 2,260,160 



Ceara 4,554 



Totals 



Singapore Ficus 



Hevea 



Ceara 



Castilloa 



892,793 2,262,733 



2,053 



210,560 



1,168 



2,398 



486,080 



1,784 



Totals 



216,036 490,262 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF RAW RUBBER AT CEYLON. 



Imports. 



Port of Shipment. 



Port Swettenbam pouwis 



Port Dickson 



Penang 



Tuticorin 



Cochin 



AUeppy 



February 12 to M, 



arch 12. 1917 



Totals 



Exports. 

 Port of Destination. 



United States — 



New York 1 , 



Seattle 



Boston 



Akron 



Canada — 



Vaftcouver 



Toronto 



Straits 

 Settle- 

 ments. 

 40.119 

 21,325 

 7.837 



69,281 



North 

 America. 



340,203 



44,740 



13,440 



4,480 



44,814 

 31,360 



Indi; 



Burma 

 and other 

 countries. 



33,335 



19,161 



1.540 



Europe. Oceania. .\^ia. 



England — 



London 



Liverpool . . 



Manchester 



Russia (Vladivostok) 

 France (Marseilles) . 



Australia — 



Melbourne 



Sydney 



Japan (Yokohama) . . 



2,993.777 

 184,816 



10,467 

 123,180 



80,557 



18,340 

 2.240 



'4,448 



Totals 1 ,479,037 3,292,797 



EXPORTS OF CEYLON GROWN RUBBER. 



(From January i to March 12, 1916 and 1917. Compiled by the Ceylon 

 Chamber of Commerce.) 



To— 1916. 1917. 



United Kingdom pounds 4,360.745 7,157,797 



France 398.050 639,577 



Italy 33,600 



Russia 18,695 123,180 



Victoria 145,616 63,161 



New South W.nles 16,428 7,840 



United States _. 6,020,090 3,523,662 



Canada and Newfoundland 212 814 



India 550 ....'... 



Japan 36,436 11,168 



Totals 10,996,610 11,772,799 



(Same period 1915, 7,853,033 pounds; same period 1914, 7,317.507.) 

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

 imports reexported. (These amount to 246,549 pounds from the Straits 

 Settlements and 633,848 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 1916 and 1917 are for Ceylon rubber only. 



Japan Hevea 33.600 



Other Countries ..Hevea 6,720 



Grand Totals 1.613,158 3,015.911 



EXPORTS OF RAW RUBBER FROM PENANG, 



February, 1917. 



Para 



To— ■ Rubber. 

 North America; 

 United States — 



Seattle pounds 639,733 



New York 179,200 



Akron 22,266 



Canada — ■ 



Vancouver 20,133 



Total 861,332 



Europe: 



United Kingdom — 



England (London) . 4.293,200 



India Borneo 

 Rubber. Rubber. 



MOVEMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF RUBBER IN THE 

 UNITED KINGDOM. 



IMPORTS. 



Two months 



Februarv. ending February 



' '' ^ ' ' V 



From — 1917. 1916. 1915. 1917. 1916. 1915. 



Dutch East Indies tons 666 197 140 1,440 453 423 



French West Africa 79 22 29 93 84 38 



Gold Coast 33 45 8 33 80 22 



Other Countries in .\frica 355 382 35 859 617 431 



Peru 61 122 4 118 248 36 



Brazil 1,690 1,064 1.035 2,596 1,864 1,309 



British India 208 56 155 424 292 372 



Straits Settlements 1,337 1,457 2,342 2,710 3,717 5,792 



Federated Malay States 1,976 489 753 4,908 1,888 1,844 



Ceylon and Dependencies 647 702 1,558 1,672 1,791 3,444 



Other Countries 255 56 132 428 156 227 



Total imports. 7.307 4,592 6,191 15,281 11,190 13,938 



EXPORTS. 



From— 1917. 1916. 1915. 1917. 1916. 1915. 



United Kingdom 6,492 4,429 4,966 12,216 8,267 6,855 



Compiled by Gow. Wilson & Stanton. Ltd. 



CRUDE RUBBER ARRIVALS AT THE PORT OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The following statistics are not complete, due to Government 

 orders prohibiting access to the records. 



[The Figures Indicate U'eigttt in Pounds.] 

 PARAS. 

 Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. Cameta. Totals. 



March 27.— Bv the Allianca=L\ma. : 



Muller, Schall & C. 



128 



2.330 



2,458 

 2,100 



Henderson & Korn 2,100 



March 31.— By the Cuthbcrt—Para and Manaos : 

 Meyer & Brown . 118,000 15,000 77,000 125,000 39,000= 374,000 



Hagemeyer Trading Co, .. 22,400 44,800 



H. A. .\stlett & Co 66.080 10,640 51.520 20,160 



Raw Products Co 15.255 1,238 4,452 



Raw Products Co 23,100 23,310 



April 3.— By the Co/o)iz=Bolivia : 



Muller, Schall & Co 13,758 4,471 



April 4.— By the Ma)idcville='Porto Colombia: 



Muller. Schall & Co 915 



April 4.— By the Sao Patdo — Para. 



17,482 

 22.000 

 33,800 

 22,400 



1,680 105,280 154,560 106,960= 



Muller, Schall & Co 41,255 15,313 55,582 



Meyer & Brown 29,000 5.000 29,000 



Hender.ion & Korn 55,200 3,200 52.400 



Hagemeyer & Brunn 44,800 11,200 



H. A. .\stlett & Co 8,400 



Raw Products Co 8,836 



April 13. — By the Guapira-- 



Muller. Schall & Co 158.625 



Meyer & Brown 200 



Henderson & Korn 2,200 



Ifagemever & Brunn 10,080 



H. A. .\stlett & Co 162,960 



Raw Products Co 14,222 



April 6.— By the Zulia=Ck Bolivar: 

 Yglesias & Co.. Inc 2,871 



April 25.— By the rf/a=Para: 

 Aldens' Successors, Ltd... 2,000 12,000 42,600 27,600 



67,200 



148,400 



20,945 



46,410 



18,229 



14,800 = 



915 



129,632 

 99,800 



144,600 

 79,400 



376.880 

 8,836 



=Manoas and Para : 



11,968 57,622 82.902 

 46,000 187,000 



14,500 61,200 26.200 

 5,200 4,500 



10,080 69,440 94,080 



1.005 6.019 



.= 311,117 



. = 233,000 



.= 104.100 



.= 19,780 



.= 337,560 



.= 21,246 



.= 2.871 



84,200 



