558 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1917. 



PLANTATION RUBBER FROM THE FAR EAST. 



TOTAL EXPORTS FROM MALAYA. 



(From J.inuary 1, 1916, to dates named. cxcliidiiiR all foreisn tranship- 

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

 From 



To— 



lbs. 



United Kingdom 

 The Continent . 



Japan 



Ceylon 



United States 15,97 



Australia , . . 



Totals 



Same period, 1913. . 

 Same period, 1914. . 

 Same period, 1913. . 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS. 

 The export of plantation rubber from Straits Settlements ports in the 

 month of March, as reported officially by cablegram from Singapore, 

 amounted to 8,299 tons, the highest figure yet recorded for one month's 

 shipments. This compares with 6.495 tons in February last and 4,481 tons 

 in March. 1916, and brings the first quarter's shipments up to 18,356 tons 

 compared with 12.283 tons for the corresponding period last year. Of the 

 March tot.il. 954 tons were transhipments from adjacent countries. Appended 

 are the comparative statistics for three years: 



1915. 



January tons 2.576 



February 2.741 



March 2.477 



Totals 



,794 



12,283 



18.356 



The above figures include transhipments of rubber from various places 

 in the neighborhood of the Straits Settlements, such as Borneo, Java, 

 Sumatra and the Malay States other than the Federated Malay States. 



EXPORTS OF RUBBER FROM PENANG. 



To— 

 North America: 

 United States- 

 New York I'OKnds 



Akron 



Seattle 



Canada — 



Vancouver 



Ontario (Torouto) 



March, 1917 



Para 



Rubber. 



2,055,066 



465,200 



46,933 



17,866 

 11,200 



India 

 Rubber, 



Borneo 

 Rubber. 



Total 2.596,265 



Europe: 



United Kingdom — - 

 England — 



London 785,899 



Liverpool 99,066 



Total 



884,965 



EXPORTS OF CEYLON GROWN RUBBER, 



(From January 1 to .Xpril 2, 1916 and 1917. Compiled by the Ceylon 



To- 



Chamber of Commerce.) 



1916. 

 5,803,943 

 429,850 

 78,400 



United Kingdom pounds 



France 



Russia 



Italy 



Western Australia 



Victoria 



New South Wales 



United States 8,841,721 



Canada and Newfoundland 2,240 



India 550 



Japan 45,396 



10, 



56 



201,616 



27,628 



1917, 

 122,294 

 881,082 

 123,130 

 33,600 



i07',96i 



39.400 



5,171,988 



239,694 



' 22,368 



Totals 15,431,400 16,741,567 



fSame period 1915. 11,099,434 pounds; same period 1914, 8,790.185.) 

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

 imports reexported. (These amount to 752,936 pounds from the Straits 

 Settlements and 248,110 i)ounds 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, 



FEDERATED, MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS. 



The export of rubber from the Federated Malay States in the month ot 

 April, as reported by official cablegram from Kuala Lumpur, amounted to 

 5.955 tons, as against 7,084 tons in March and 3,914 tons in the correspond- 

 ing month last year. For four months, the total export was 26,284 tons, 

 compared with 18,021 tons in 1916 and 13,079 tons in 1915. Comparative 

 statistics are appended; 



1915. 1916. 1917. 



lanuary tons 3.473 4,471 5,995 



February 3,411 5,207 7.250 



March 3,418 4,429 7,084 



April 2.777 3,914 5.955 



Totals 



13.079 



18,021 



26.284 



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 Weight in Pounds.'] 

 PARAS. 

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

 M.\RCH 7. — By tlie Stephen — Para : 



General Rubber Co 400,000 34.800 "8,400 77,900=591,100 



March 10 — By the Minas Geraes— Pari. 



General Rubber Co 100.000 6,800 4,900 = 111,700 



March 30. — Bv the Citthhert — Manaos : 



General Rubber Co 155.100 11,900 42,200 =209,200 



ApiRL 3. — Bv the Sao Paulo — Para : 

 General Rubber'Co 215,100 2.600 2,200 =219,900 



April 13. — By the Guajara — Manaos : 

 General Rubber Co 5,900 13.800 58,400 = 78,100 



April 25. — By the Tela — Para: 



Henderson & Korn 10Q.2O0 13,900 98.800 32,200 =254,100 



General Rubber Co 156,800 10,100 138.400 397.900 221,500=924.700 



Mever & Brown 39,200 2.240 47,020 



H. A. Astlett & Co 138.880 42,560 164,640 



May 6. — Bv the Maumee. — Buenos Aires 



Miiller, Schall & Co 42,000 6,800 



May 10. — By the Ptirus — Para : 



Henderson & Korn 32.000 12,500 



-Mdens' Successors, Ltd.. .^00 



Miiller. Schall & Co 110.288 



Genera! Rubber Co 125.000 



Meyer & Brown 9.000 



H. A. Astlett & Co 103,040 



W. R. Grace & Co 8.580 



May 15. — By the Panama — Colon : 



Miiller, Schall & Co 11,080 



96,300 = 184.760 



89,600 =435,680 



.= 48,800 



22,600 47,200 = 114,300 



13,300 11,000= 25,100 



46,882 130.905 *1, 764=301,673 



45,000 113,000 = 297,000 



8,700 28,100= 47,300 



29.120 147.840 175,840 14,560=470,400 



7,359 21,223 20,108 = 57,270 



1,500 

 11,834 

 14,000 



1,500 



980 



12,060 



*Weak Fine. 



PLANTATIONS. 



The following statistics are not complete, due 

 to Government orders prohibiting access to the 

 records: 



Pounds, 



March 10. — By the St. (7corgi'=London: 

 General Rubber Co 342,000 



March 10. — By the Port Napier=\.onAon: 

 General Rubber Co 113,600 



March 18. — By the 5n.ro)n'(' = LonfIon : 

 General Rubber Co 59.-10O 



March 18. — By the Pannonia = \. onion: 

 General Rubber Co 59,400 



March 24. — By the .Siberia Jl/anf = Yokohama; 



Fred Stern & Co 89,600 



Rubber Trading Co 22,400 



March 27. — By the Philadclfiiia^l-ondon: 

 General Rubbei Co 62,700 



March 27. — By tlie £i/rv£ja/c.j = Singapore: 

 Oeneral Rubber Co 307,900 



Pounds. 



March 29.— By the Mcsaba=l.ondon: 

 General Rubber Co 146.000 



April 1. — By the Car;>at/iia = London: 

 General Rubber Co 226.900 



April 1. — By the /3icaiim= London : 

 General Rubber Co 1 96,400 



April 3 —By the Merauke=B3.Xa\-m: 

 General Rubber Co 489,600 



.\PRIL 3. — By the Empress of Rnii:a = Hongkong: 

 General Rubber Co 67,200 



.April 9. — By the M(i)i/MiHnii = London: 

 General Rubber Co 114.300 



April 9. — By the ^Hrowia = London; 

 General Rubber Co 230,100 



.April 10. — By the Car«wHi'a=Liverpool : 

 General Rubber Co 78,000 



April 11. — By the Bankoku JWaru^Singapore; 



General Rubber Co 105,300 



Fred. Stern & Co 17,920 



Pounds. 



April 16. — By the Lanfa.?/natt=London; 



Meyer & Brown 10.400 



General Rubber Co 113 900 



L. Littlejohn & Co 239,680 



.April 16. — By the Saikai MarH=SinKapore: 



Mever & Brown 112.000 



General Rubber Co 201.600 



Fred. Stern & Co 24.640 



-April 16. — By the /l^a/>c«ar=East; 

 Hagemeyer Trading Co 2,850 



.April 21. — By the Hw/rrcj^ of 7a^aH=Hongkong: 



Henderson & Korn 11,200 



General Rubber Co 248,600 



April 22.— By the ra/(;ij'6iMi=East; 



Fred, Stern & Co 11.200 



Hagemeyer Trading Co 29,581 



.April 22. — By the Mo/io/'ac=London: 



Meyer & Brown 44.800 



General Rubber Co 101,800 



Hagemeyer Trading Co 33,429 



April 23. — By the 7?emfcra«d(= Singapore: 



Meyer & Brown 78,400 



General Rubber Co 302,400 



