618 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 1, 1917. 



COMPARATIVE NEW YORK PRICES FOB JUNE. 



In rtgaril to ihc financial situation. .Mlicrt 1'.. Dct-rs (broker in crude 

 rubber and commercial paper, No. 68 William street, New York), advises 

 as follows; . ... , t xt 



"The demand for paper has continued very liRht through June, New 

 York City banks being almost entirely out of the market, and out-of-town 

 ones buying lightly. The best rubber names have been quoted at 5'A®6 

 per cent, and even higher for those not so well known." 



1917.* 1916. 1915. 



Upriver. fine ■69@;6 62@68 61@63 



Upriver, coarse 48@54 42@50 45@47 



Islands, fine 68@73 57@62 52@55 



Islands, coarse 29@34 27@31 29@31 



Caroeta 33(2.37 33@35 31@33 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF RUBBER AND GUTTA 

 AT SINGAPORE 



IMPORTS. 



April 1-19, 1917. 



•Figured only to June 26. 



MARKET CABLE SERVICE FROM 



Crepe Smoked 



price sheet price Tons 



Date. per lb. per lb. sold. 



June 1 cen/.f 63.75 64.17 477 



June 9 61.39 61.39 320 



June 16 58.02 58.87 309 



June 23 55.67 56.34 443 



SINGAPORE. 



Market. 

 Quiet. 



Little demand. 

 Weaker and 



tendency. 

 Dull. 



downward 



MARKET CABLE SERVICE FROM LONDON. 



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

 Limited, London. 



Standard Ribbed 



Crepe. Smoked Sheets. Market. 



May 28 Holiday Holiday Holiday 



lune 4 iS'/id. 35'Ad. Quiet. 



June 11 34 d. 34 d. Quiet. 



tune 19 33 d. 33 d. Quiet. 



June 25 29i^d. 29 d. Dull. 



WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT. 



GUTHRIE & CO., LIMITED. Sinuaporr, report [May 10, 1917]: 

 The weekly rubber auction opened yesterday with a steady demand at 

 prices, for the leading grades, averaging about $2 per picul below last 

 week's. Ribbed smoked sheet and fine pale crepe both sold up to $154 

 per picul. Prices fell away a little during the day, but revived at the 

 continuation ot the sale this morning, when $155 was paid for two lots 

 of ribbed smoked sheet. The top prices were lower than those of last 

 week's auction by $1 in the case of sheet and $3 in the case of crepe. 

 Of unsmoked sheet there w-as only a small quantity on offer, and prices 

 were about $8 down. Brow-n and dark crepes met with a brisk demand at 

 good prices, but the demand fell away towards the end of the sale. 

 Oi 985 tons catalogued, 476 tons changed hands. 

 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 $150(ffil35 3/ @3/l 63.75@65.87 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked 135(al49 2/8?^@2/1134 57.37@63.32 



Sheet, plain smoked 115@139 2/ 4.^J@2/ 9H 48.87@S9.07 



Sheet, ribbed unsmoked 127 (a 130 2/ 7}^@2/ 9 53.97 @ 57.80 



Sheet, plain unsmoked 110®132 2/ 35^@2/ 8!4 46.75@56.10 



Crepe, fine pale 150(ii'154 3/0 @3/0~A 63.75@65.45 



Crepe, good pale 142a-149 2/I0H@2/im 60.35@63.32 



Crepe, fine brown 129@142 2/7W@2/10H 54.82@60.35 



Crepe, good brown 119('i>129 2/5'/5@2/7H 50.57@54.82 



Crepe, dark 90 (S 125 l/ll.H@2/6}i 38.2S@53.12 



Crepe, bark 83(3101 1/9^(82/1^ 35.27@42.92 



Scrap, virgin and pressed.... SO® 101 1/ 9'A(iii2/ 1 }4 34.00@42.92 



Scrap, loose 90(S . . . l/llH@ 38.25@ 



• Picul z= 133^'j pounds. 

 Quoted in S. S. dollars = 



!'4 r56.7 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 

 A 



Port-Swet- 



Singapore. Malacca. Penang. tenham. 



March March March .\pril 



To— 31, 1917. 31, 1917. 31, 1917. 24, 1917. Totals. 



United Kingdom.. ;fci. 14,259,890 1,345,342 8,494,267 13,699,063 37,798,562 



The Continent 4,222,448 .... 47,067 .... 4,269,515 



Japan 911.670 .... 911,670 



Ceylon 152,334 .... 159,466 454,727 766,527 



United States 29,504,756 4,851,200 553,264 34,909,220 



Australia 56,000 .... 56,000 



China (Hong Kong) «.052 47,052 



Totals 49,107,098 1.345,342 13,552,000 14,754,106 78,758,546 



Same period, 1916... 33,937.601 1,200,267 

 Same period, 1915... 15,518.077 2,100,150 

 Same period, 1914... 8,757,515 1,267,175 



8,214,834 

 7,311,197 

 5,398,000 



7.611,104 50,963,806 

 9.836,103 34,765,527 

 8,733,149 24,155,839 



From — 

 Malay Peninsula — 



Port Swctterham Ihs. 904,133 



Muar 516,266 



Teluk Anson 483,200 



Penang 305,066 



Malacca 205,466 



Kelantan 78,800 



Port Dickson 74,800 



Kuantan 16,933 



Rengat 12,366 



-S. Pandjang 1,866 



Tringganu 266 



Para Rubber 



Para for Borneo 



Rubber. Treatment. Rubber. 



Gutta Gutta 

 Percha. Jelutong. 



692,690 

 7,466 



6,800 



400 



Totals 2,599,162 706,956 



Borneo — 



Sarawak 61,600 



Pontianak 57,866 



Labuan 55,733 



Sambas 40,533 



Tesselton 35,600 



Sibu 31,066 



10,133 



Passir 

 Sandakan . . . . 

 Bandjermassin 

 Singkawang . . 



Kudat 



Samarinda . . . 



18.400 

 13,066 

 9.866 

 4,266 

 3,600 

 2,666 



Totals 334,262 



Sumatra — 



Diambi 146,266 



Palenibang 11,466 



Deli -. 9,333 



Siak 5,466 



Munt.,k 3,466 



Bengkalis 533 



Asahan 



Indragiri 



Totals . 

 Java— 



Sourabaya 

 Samarang 



Total 

 Siam — 

 Bangkok . 

 Patani . . . 



176.550 



6,133 



1,200 



7,333 



666 



133 



1S,000 

 156,933 



19,200 

 20,933 



'i3,333 



238,532 



24,666 

 24,666 



400 



4,000 

 2,266 



133 



6,532 



5,066 

 4,400 

 8,933 

 1,066 

 4,133 

 1,733 



666 



2,400 



205,466 



3.733 



43.600 



14,000 



110,800 



28,397 377,599 

 400 



88,800 



6,266 



400 95,066 



Totals i . . . 799 



Other [jorts 108,400 



106,666 



266 



266 

 4,133 



12,800 



Grand Totals 3,226,486 1,076,820 11,331 41,597 472,665 



April 1-19, 1917. 



Para 

 To— Rubber. 



North America: 

 United States — 



Akron 1.420.400 



New York 1,159,066 



San Francisco 314,800 



Seattle 225,733 



Boston 89,600 



Canada — 



Vancouver 1,017,466 



Para Rubber 



Trans- 

 shipped. 



? 1.733 



Borneo 

 Rubber. 



Gutta Gutta 

 Percha. Jelutong. 



273,866 

 345,599 



Totals 4,227,065 



El-rope: 

 I'nited Kingdom — 



England (London) 684,666 1,744,400 



France (Marseilles) 92,133 



79,333 63,333 



79,333 63,333 



Totals 776,799 1,744,400 



64,400 



64,400 



Grand Totals 5,003,864 2.089,999 143,733 63,333 



EXPORTS OF CEYLON GROWN RUBBER. 



(From January 1 to April 23. 1916 and 1917. Compiled by 

 Chamber of Commerce.) 

 To- 



I nited Kingdom pounds 



France 



Italy 



Russia -. . ■ 



Western Australia 



South Australia 



Victoria 



New South Wales :. 



United States 9,662,784 



Canada and Newfoundland 



India 550 



Japan 71,156 



the Ceylon 



26,848 



Totals 16,851,058 18.908,807 



(Same period 1915. 12.818,952 pounds; same period 1914, 10,057,264.) 

 The export figure" of rubber, given in the above table for 1914. include 

 the imports reexported. (These amount to 1,221,497 — 255,164 pounds from 

 the Straits Settlements and 956,207 pounds from India.) To arrive at 

 the total quantitv 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. 



