750 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September 1, 1917. 



BA..T.- Sept.^l. 



Balata block 50 @ 



Surinam sheet 79 @ 



Kast Indian — 



As«am crepe 38 @ 



Assam onions @ 



PcnanK block scrap @ 



Pontianak pressed S'A® 



Batidjcrmassin ■•• 8 @ 



Gutta Siak 17 @ 



Gutta percha, red Macassar 2.50@ 



COMPARATIVE NEW YORK PRICES FOR AUGUST. 



In regard to the linancial situation, Albert B. Beers (broker in crude 

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

 as follows; 



"The market for commercial paper has continued about the same through 

 August as in July, the demand being spasmodic though rather better, and 

 rates on the best rubber names S^l'A per cent, and those not so well 

 known 6@6!/. per cent." ^^^^ , ^^^^ ^^^^ 



Upriver, fine $0.69@ .70 $0.65@ .68 $0.56@ .59 



Uoriver, course 47@ .48 .39@ .40 .42® .44 



Isfands fine 67@ .68 .57@ .59 .50@ .52 



ands! co"ursc 29@ .30 .27| .28 .27® .28 



Cameta 31® .33 .32® .33 .29® .31 



•Figured only to August 25. 



MARKET CABLE SERVICE FROM SINGAPORE. 

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

 cabled by The Watcrhouse Co., Limited: 



Crepe. Smoked Sheet. Tons 



Date. Price per lb. Price per lb. Sold. Market. 



Tuly 27.. .cents 55.67 55.25 626 Firmer 



XuK 3 55 25 55.67 470 Firm, but not advanced. 



Aug 11 ... 53.55 54.40 328 Dull and declining. 



Aug 18 49.85 52.27 406 Opened and closed weak. 



Au|; 24 52.70 51.85 505 Opened and closed weak. 



MARKET CABLE SERVICE FROM LONDON. 



The following market report has been cabled from London: 



Standard Smoked sheets 



Crepe. Rubber. Market. 



r„iv 30 30<i 2954d Unsettled. 



August 6 .:..... 30d 29%d Dull. 



XuSust 13 29Vid 28yorf Nominal prices. 



^ufSs 20 29 Ka d 28 54 d Irregular. 



Au|^st27 31-4d 29'Ad Quiet. 



WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT. 



GUTHRIE & CO., LIMITED, Singapore, report [July 19. 1917]; 



The weekly rubber auction opened yesterday with rather a poor demand, 

 there being very few buvers in the market, and prices for the leading 

 grades «how a slight decline as compared with last week. The top price 

 for fine pale crepe was $1 down at $132 (paid for one lot only) and that 

 for ribbed smoked sheet $3 down at $128. Of plain sheet, smoked and 

 unsmoked, there was again very little on offer, and only a few lots were 

 sold For brown and dark crepes there was, not much inquiry, and prices 

 show a drop averaging about $5 per picul. The quantity sold was 441 tons, 

 out of a total of 742 tons cataloged. 



The following was the course of values: ,- • , . tt ■ t . 



Sterling Equivalent Equivalent 

 In Singapore per Pound per Pound 



per Picul.* in London. in Cents. 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked $i22@128 2/6H@2/7}| 51.85@54.30 



Sheet good ribbed smoked... 112®121 2/ 4 @2/ SiA 47.60@51.43 



Sheet plain smoked 104(5)117 2/2?^®2/5'^ 44.20@49.73 



Shee!: ribbidTnsraoked 113@115 2/4-/4@2/45^ 48.03@48.88 



Sheet plain unsmoked 112®... 2/4 @ 47.60® 



Cripe fine pale ......... . UMiUl 2/yV,@2/i'A 54.40@56.10 



Crlpe good pale 116®125 2/47^@2/5j4 49.30@53.12 



Crete fine brown llOffiUS 2/35^®2/4H 46.75@48.8S 



Crepe good brown 91®108 1/11^@2/ 3'/4 38.68@45.90 



CrJne dark 75®101 1/ 8M@2/ 154 31.88@42.93 



Crepe bark 60® 81 \/S%(S>\/9A 2S.51@34.43 



Scrap! virgin and pressed 55^90 1/4 lal/lU/g 23.38@38.25 



Scrap, '.ooJe 66® 83 1/ 6H@1/ 9?^ 28.05@35.28 



♦ Picul = 133'/^ pounds. 



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



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF RUBBER AND GUTTA 

 AT SINGAPORE. 



IMPORTS. 



May 25-31, 1917. 



221,434 

 Manaos 142,286 



14,044 115,064 142,801 493,343 

 69,385 50,081 221,839 483,591 



Totals 363,720 83.429 165,145 364,640 976,934 



Froirt — 



Para Rubber 



Para for Borneo 



Rubber. Treatment. Rubber. 



Gutta Gutta 

 Percha. Jelutong. 



Malay Peninsula — 



Penang pounds 544,000 



Port Swettenham 472.000 



Teluk Anson 262.033 



Muar 113,466 



Kelantan 86,533 



Port Dickson 44,933 



Malacca 17,866 



Rengat 12,266 



Kuantan 5,333 



S. Pandjang 1,333 



743,733 

 573,466 



9,600 



111,866 

 7,600 



Totals 1,559.763 1,446.265 



Borneo — - 



Bandjermassin 104,400 



Pontianak 34,933 



Labuan 

 Sandakan . . 

 Sambas . . . . 



Passir 



Jesselton . . . 

 "Sampit . ■ . . 

 Singkawang 

 Kudat 



20,666 



11,466 



11,200 



10.800 



9,466 



1,333 



1,333 



266 



19.066 

 7,333 



4,933 



533 



2,400 



14,800 

 9,200 

 1,333 



78,133 

 8,00n 

 4,400 



69,333 



Totals 205,863 31,332 



Sumatra — 



Diambi 68,400 



Deli 23,066 233,600 



Siak 2,133 



Indragiri 1.066 



Totals 94,665 233,600 



Java — 



Batavia 30,933 



Sourabaya 17.733 



Samarang 4,800 



2,933 25,333 159,866 



53.466 



Totals 



Siam — 

 Bangkok 666 



Burma — 



Mergui 6,800 



Other ports 48,533 



9,733 



266 152,000 



Grand Totals 1,969,756 1,711.197 12,666 25,599 311,866 



EXPORTS. 



May 25-31, 1917. 



Para 

 To — Rubber. 



North America: 



United States — 



New York 183,866 



Akron 80,666 



Totals 264,532 



Europe: 

 United Kingdom — 

 England — 



Liverpool 515,066 



London 120,266 



France (Marseilles) 195,466 



Totals 830,798 



Grand Totals 1,095,330 



Para Rubber 

 Trans- 

 shipped. 



Borneo Gutta 

 Rubber. Percha. 



Gutta 

 Jelutong. 



101.066 34,133 22,400 



309,600 2,133 



410,666 36,266 22,400 



448,566 36,266 22.400 



June 1-28, 1917.* 



From— 



Para Rubber 

 Para for 



Rubber. Treatment. 



Borneo Gutta 

 Rubber. Percha. 



Gutta 

 Jelutong. 



Malay Peninsula — 



Port Swettenham .. .;(>J. . 1.593,600 



Teluk Anson 778,200 



Muar 737.733 



Malacca 722,633 



Penang 561,866 



Port Dickson 158,266 



Kelantan 154,400 



Kuantan 47,066 



Rengat 17.333 



S. P.ind.iang 3,466 



Trengganu 666 



1,134.266 

 133.466 



22,533 



*No exports to Europe. 



Totals 4,775,229 1,290,265 



1,200 



1,200 



