June 1, 1917.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



557 



COMPARATIVE NEW YORK PRICES FOR MAY. 



In regard to the financial situation, .\lbert B. Beers (broker 

 in crude rubber and commercial paper, No. 6S \\'illiam street, 

 New York) advises as follows: 



"As reported at the end of April, a considerable change came over the 

 general money marl<el, and the demand for paper fell off materially with 

 an advance in rates, and these conditions have continued through May, the 

 general demand for paper being light, with 5 to 5'/2 per cent quoted for 

 the best rubber names and 6 per cent frr tho«e not so well known." 



1917.* 1916. 1915. 



Upriver, fine 75^77 67@72 59@61 



Upriver, coarse Sl(fi'o4 50@54 45@46 



Island, fine 72^73 61@67 52@54 



Island, coarse 34(.735 30(537 29@31 



Cameta 36@37 33(B3S 32@34 



* Figured only to May 25. 



MARKET CABLE SERVICE FROM SINGAPORE. 



Crepe Smoked 



price sheet price Tons 



Date. per lb. per lb. sold. 



April 28 cents 66.72 67.15 536 



May 5 66.72 66.30 462 



Mav 11 65.45 65.45 483 



Mav 18 63.32 63.32 454 



Ma'v J.i 64,60 64.60 683 



Market. 

 Dull market. 

 Very dull. 

 Market continues 



dull. 



Weaker; less demand. 



Tlicre is more demand. 



MARKET CABLE SERVICE FROM LONDON. 



The following market report has been cabled from .Mdens' Successors, 

 Limited, London. 



Standard Ribbed 

 Crepe. Smoked Sheets, 



April 24 3SHd- 353irf. 



April 30 37 d. 37 d. 



Mav 7 36'Ad. 36'/2d. 



May 14 36"/<d. ie'Ad. 



Mav 21 36^^rf. 36'/iJ. 



Market. 

 Buyers. 

 Buyers. 

 Buyers. 

 Buyers. 

 Buyers. 



WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT. 



GCTHRIE & CO., LIMITED, Singapore, report [April 3, 1917]: 

 At the weekly rubber auction which commenced yesterday, there was a 

 good demand for all grades, at about last week's prices for first latex rubber 

 and slightly improved prices for lower grades. At the continuation of the 

 sale today, prices for the leading grades advanced by $4 per picul in the 

 case of ribbed smoked sheet and $1 in the case of fine pale crepe, and the 

 prices of lower grades also shared an improvement- The top price of the 

 sale for ribbed smoked sheet was $164 per picul. p.Tid for one lot only, 

 this being $3 above last week's best. Fine pale crene fetched up to $162, 

 an advance of $2. Unsmoked sheet received more attention than usual, 

 and brown and good dark crepes w-ere a strong market. Of 762 tons cata- 

 logued, 567 tons were 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 $155f«a64 3/ 05^03/ 2M 65.87@69.70 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked !40(S15S 2/ 94^@3 /IVs 59.50(367.15 



Sheet, plain smoked 125(ii 139 2/6'4@2/9^ 53.12(5)59.07 



Sheet, ribbed unsmoked 130(5144 2./ 7^1(3)2/10!^ 55.25@61.20 



Sheet, plain unsmoked 108(?B134 2/ 2H&2/ Sli 45.90(856.95 



Crepe, fine pale 158(ai62 i/i'i®3/2 67.15(368.85 



Crepe, good pale i53(ffil60 3/ '4 (5)3/ 15^ 65.02(2:68.00 



Crepe, fine brown 136(5152 2/ 8!^(S'2/11?| 57.80(5)64.60 



Crepe, good brown 120(.T135 2/ 5'4cg'2/ 8H 51.00(3)57.37 



Crepe, dark 90(3123 \/\aH@2/ SH 38.25(352.27 



Crepe, bark 68(5)103 1/ 6Vi(5>2/ 1-5^ 28.90(»43.77 



Scrap, virgin and pressed 70(5)89 1/ 6.14 (5: 1 /lOH 29.75(337.82 



Scrap, loose 70(3 80 1 / 6.'4 (2 1/ 844 29.75(i 34.00 



* Picul =^ 133''i pounds. 



Quoted in ?. S. dollars — 2/4 [56.7 certsl. 



COMPARATIVE SINGAPORE RUBBER PRICES. 



Prices ijer .Found. 

 United States Currency. 



1916. 



Plantation. 1913. 



Sheet smoked fine ribbed $1.06 



Sheet smoked good ribbed 1.06 



Sheet smoked fine plain 1.06 



Sheet smoked good plain 1.06 



Sheet unsmoked fine ribbed 1.01 



Sheet unsmoked good ribbed 1.01 



Sheet unsmoked fine plain 1.01 



Sheet unsmoked good plain 1.01 



Crepe fine pale thin 1.04 



Crepe good pale thin 1.04 



Crepe good pale blanket 



Crepe good brown blanket 



Crepe fine brown 0.94 



Crepe good bro\\n 0.94 



Crepe good dark 0.81 



Crepe barky 0.765 



Scrap, virgin and pressed D.8S 



Scrap, loose 0.79 



^Compiled by the Sin^at^ore Chamber of 



1914. 



1915. 



First 

 Half. 



Second 

 Half. 



$0.60 $0.87 $0.86 $0.70 



0.57 

 0.56 

 0.54 



oiss 



0.55 

 0.54 

 0.62 

 0.59 



0.56 

 0.53 

 0.52 

 0.47 

 0.46 

 0.41 



0.80 



0.79 



0.78 



0.77 



0.76 



0.765 



0.72 



0.89 



0.84 



0.83 



0.78 



0.81 



0.76 



0.73 



0.67 



0.51 



0.54 



0.82 

 0.82 

 O.SO 

 0.81 

 0.71 

 0.81 

 0.79 

 0.89 

 0.87 

 0.84 

 0.82 

 0.84 

 0.80 

 0.76 

 0.73 

 0.47 

 0.47 



0.67 

 0.62 

 0.59 

 0.62 

 0.58 

 0.59 

 0.56 

 0.70 

 0.55 

 0.62 

 0.62 

 0.62 

 0.59 

 0.55 

 0.52 

 0.53 

 0.48 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF RUBBER AND GUTTA 

 AT SINGAPORE. 



IMPORTS. 



March, 1917. 



Port Swettenham lbs. 2,983.066 



Teluk Anson 1,790,799 



Muar 1,028.000 



Penang 972.9i2 



Malacca 706, n3 



Port Dickson 



Kebntan 



Kuantan 



Rengat 



Mersing 



S. Pandjang 



Tringganu 



1,106.133 



6.666 



*26,i33 



Totals , 7,890,793 1,138,93J 



Borneo — 



Sarawak 



Pontianak . . . , 

 Bandjerniassin 



Sambas 



Tesselton 



Sibu 



Labuan 



Sandakan . . . . 

 Singkawang . , 

 Samarinda . . . 



Kudat 



Passir 



Sampit 



933 



2,000 173.332 



Totals 

 Sumatra — 

 Djambi . . 



Deli 



Palembang 

 ludraeiri . 



Siak "; 



Belawan . . 

 Bengkaiis 

 Murtok . . . 

 Asahan . . . 



650,961 267,999 18,130 99.234 1.165.332 



340,666 



63,733 



53.466 



37.690 



12,933 



6,666 



3.733 



3.600 



465,066 



"6,990 



'51,666 



109.733 



533 



85.066 

 8,000 



Totals 522,487 632,855 



Java — 



Sourabaya 

 Batavia . . 

 Sauiarang 



Total 



Burma — 



Rangoon 



Siam — 



Patani 



Bangkok 



Totals 



Other port? 



Grand Totals 



To— 

 XoRTH America: 



122,770 



533 93.066 



7,600 



7,600 



4,932 168,266 192.000 



9,500,638 2,162.556 23.062 277,766 1,450.398 



EXPORTS. 



March, 1917. 



Para Rubber 



Para Trans- Borneo 



Rubber, shipped. Rubber. 



Gutta 

 Percha. 



Gutta 

 Jelutong. 



Conituerce Rubber Association.) 



I'nited States — 



Xew York />07()i(f5 4,006.933 



Akron 817,733 



Seattle 1,153,200 



San Francisco 202.266 



Boston 157,866 



Canada — 



\'ancouv»r 2,008,666 



Toronto 442.533 



Montreal 168,133 



Totals 8,857,530 



Europe: 

 United Kingdom — • 

 England — 



London 533.532 



Liverpool 308,666 



Russia (Vladivostok) 3,384.537 



France (Marseilles) 223.733 



Totals 4,450,468 



Grand Totals 



691,866 

 82,933 



122,000 

 77.333 



974,132 



287,200 

 11.200 



59,800 



298,400 59.800 



583,199 106,133 



159,066 22,400 



742.265 



2.266 

 2.266 



128.533 



.13.307.998 1.716.397 



266 426.933 54.800 



