THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



THE MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL PAPER. 



Uuring March the siluation regarding commercial paper has been ab 



the same as in February, New York banks not doing much, but out-of-to 



banks buying fairly at 5'A to S}i per cent for the best rubber names, t 



6 to 6J'2 per cent for those not so well known. 



WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT. 

 GUTHRIE & CO.. LIMITED. Singapore, report [January 30. 19191 

 The quantity cataloged for this week's rubber auction, was rather 1 

 than usual, amounting to 1,200 tons. Influenced by increased shi| 

 facilities and. lower freights, the sale opened to a str 

 being an unusually large number of buyers in the market^ and, although 

 prices show little change, the tone was distinctly firmer, line pale crepe, 

 of which there was very little on offer, sold up to 75 cents, a drop of 

 54 cent on the week, while ribbed smoked sheet reached 73 J4 cents (one 

 lot sold for 74 cents) a decline of 1 cent. OtI grade sheet was readily 

 taken up .ii prices ranging from 6.S to 70 cents per pound; clean brown 

 and dark crepes were in good demand. The quantity sold was 710 tons. 

 The following was the course of values: 



TH 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked... 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked. 



Sheet, plain smoked 



Sheet, plain unsmokcd 



Crepe, fine ppic 



Crepe, jjOod pr.le 



Crepe, hue b^ov^^l 



Crepe, good brown 



Cre;>e, dark 



Crepe, bark 



Scrap, virgin and pressed... 



Scrap, loose 



Sterling Equivalent 



per Pound in 



London. 



@ 2/ IH 

 @ 2/ 1 

 @ 1/ 9J4 



l/10!,i 

 1/ 9% 



2/ IH 



1/im 



& 1/ 9H 

 (If 1/6^-2 



S. Cur 



EXPORTS OF CEYLON GROWN RUBBER. 



To^ 

 Un.ted Kingdou 



Italy . .'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 



Russia 



Western Austral 

 South .Australia 



New South Wales' 



United States 



Canada and Newfoundland 



Indir .'.'.'.'.'."'.'.'.'.'.'.'..'.'.'.'.'. 



Straits Settlements 



China 



.fomids 34,481,672 



1,001,173 



151,394 



31.991,580 



1,270,751 



33,750 

 363,819 



Totals 71,351,629 



EXPORTS DURING PAST TEN YEARS. 



1918 47,219,128 Totals 1913 



1917 71,351,629 1912 



1916 54,698,729 1911 



1915 46,566,187 1910 



1914 35,318,269 1909 



ese figures include cargoe 

 >t Australia, and dependei 

 mfiilcl by the Ceylon Chamber of Co 



25.433,551 

 15.001,075 

 7.154.658 

 3,586,854 

 1,492,580 



nsshipment to New Zealand, other 



PLANTATION RUBBER EXPORTS FROM JAVA. 



Other count. 



Totals . . . 



From Batavia 



Samarang . . 



Soerabayp. . 



Other ports 



Totals . . . 



70,000 

 26,000 

 5.000 



656,000 



332,000 



5,000 



319,000 



2,193,000 



12,370,000 



1,318,000 



24,000 



15,905,000 



9,284,000 



191,000 



6,191,000 



239,000 



1918. 

 1,659,000 

 5.204,000 

 6,718,000 

 1,287,000 



14,868,000 

 7,839,000 



129,000 

 6,668,000 



232,000 



656,000' 15,905,000 14,868,000 



To England 



United States 

 Singapore . . . . 

 Other countric 



.238.000 



696,000 



9.000 



876,000 



491,000 



2,000 



289,000 



2.192,000 



13,316,000 



1,583,000 



53,000 



17,144,000 



9,980,000 



200,000 



6,723,000 



CRUDE RUBBER ARRIVALS AT THE PORT OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The following statistics arc not complete, due to government orders pro- 

 hibiting .iccess to the records. 

 [The i- inures Indicate Weight in Pounds.] 

 PAHAS, 

 Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. Canieta. Totals. 

 February 19. By the Ubcraba from Manaos. 

 Aldcns' Successors, Lim- 

 ited 6,701 38,991 7,601 53,293 



March 10. By the Josephine from Pari. 



H. A. Astlett & Co 20,000 5,500 67,500 93,000 



March 10. By the Josephine from Manaos. 



Meyer & Brown 44,800 239,100 283,900 



-■ By the Hen 



Altlens, Successors, Ltd.. 24,892 



'Meyer & Brown 78,400 



General Rubber Co 268,800 



March 22. By the Alban from Para 



General Rubber Co 145,600 



H. A. Asllett & Co 724,000 



802 9,068 26,961 

 103,646 '22,466 



72,723 



78,400 



394,240 



56,000 201,600 



^Includes medium also. 



CRUDE RUBBER ARRIVALS AT NEW YORK AND 

 PACIFIC PORTS AS REPORTED. 



PLANTATIONS. 



.•\rrived Shipped 



15,744.000 



8,331,000 



132,000 



6,957,000 



from : 



December 30, 1918, S. S. Hwah Man 



Adolph Hirsch & Co Colon:bo Va 



iANi'ARv 24. 1919, S. S. Shimpo Mam. 



Wm. H. Stiles & Co Singapore Seattle 



Febritary 5, S. S. Soerakarla. 



Wm. H. Stiles & Co Batavia San Fr: 



February 8, S. S. Arabia Martt. 



Wm. H. Stiles & Co Singapore Seattle 



L. Littlejohn & Co., Inc. Far East Tacoma 



New Yo 



I'otal 



ittlejohn & Co., In 



Ltd. 



Ltd..Vokoh: 

 Co., Inc.Fsr Fa 

 Malaysian 



Tacoma 

 Seattle 



New York 

 New York 

 New York 



Total 



February 12. S. S. Koan . 

 Wm. H. Stiles & Co.... Sing 

 Aldens' Successors, Ltd.. Sing 

 L. Littlejohn & Co., Inc. . Far 



ewYork 



Total 



Wm. H. Stiles & Co Singapon 



Aldens' Successors, Ltd. . Singai>or( 

 L. Littlejohn & Co., Inc.. Singapon 

 Fred Stern & Co Singapori 



lARY IS, S. S. irne-iich. 

 Successors, Ltd.. Y'okohama 

 AKv Jl. S. S. Bclleroplio". 



'< Im ,\ ' M.. Inc.. London 



^ --, Oridoiw Man 

 "■'igapore 



.td. 



Co. 



February 25, S. S. Manhattan 

 Aldens' Successors, Ltd..Lh'crpo 



February 27. S. S. Kiyo Mar 

 Aldens* Successors, Ltd 



February 28. S. S. Siht^ria. 

 Aldens" Successors, Ltd..Vokohai 



March 3, S. S. .P.a.!tcrli,:g. Tyi 

 J. T. Johnstone & Co. . . Siv.gapo 



Ma 



New York 



Sar. Francisco 



San Francisco 

 as. Kama Mar. 

 Seattle 



York 

 York 



Total 



March 3, S. S. (VniioMi 

 L. Littlejohn & Co., Inc.. 1 

 Aldens* Successors, Ltd. . I 



Pounds. 

 156.800 

 134,400 

 33,600 



158,600 



,153,600 



38,080 

 143,584 

 179,200 



22,400 



383,264 



22,400 



4,482 



448,000 



474,882 



32,494 

 975,600 

 40,320 



48,800 

 38,200 

 33,600 



299.749 

 344,549 



1,296,355 

 229,679 

 123,372 

 25,650 

 56,000 



