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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[jui.Y 1, 1919. 



COMPARATIVE HIGH AND LOW SPOT RUBBER PRICES. 



J> mc. 



PLANTATIONS— 1919.' 1918. 1917. 



F:.st 1.1UX cr6pc... $0.44J^ @$0.33 $0.63 @$0.63 $0.75 @$0.6S 



Snu.Kcd sheet ribbed .AS'/j® .35 .62 @ .62 .75 @ .65 



PARAS— 



Uprivcr fine 5654@ .55^5 .68 @ .68 .73 @ .68 



Upliver coarse 34 J^ (a .32)4 .40 @ .40 .52 @ .48 



Islands fine 47}i@ .47 .59 @ .59 .69 @ .69 



Islands, coarse 21 J.-; @ .21 K- .27 (&> .27 .33 oi .29 



Caincta 21K'@ ■2M'- .28 (ffi .28 .36 (S> .33 



'Figured only lo June 24. 



THE MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL PAPER. 



In regard lo the financial situation, Albert B. Beers, broker in crude 

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

 advises as follows: , ,. , , , , 



During July the demand for paper lias been light and mostly from 

 out-of-town banks, the best rubber names going at 5J^ per cent lo 5H PC 

 cent, and thost not so well known at 6 iicr cent. 



WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT. 



GUTHRIE & CO., LIMITED, Singapore, report [May 1, 1919]: 

 Following advices of declining values in London and New York, the 

 weekly rubber auction opened yesterday with a slightly weaker tone, and, 

 in the earlier stages of the sale, not more than 7654 cents was paid for fine 

 ribbed smoked sheet. Later in the day, however, dealers came in rather 

 heavily and prices strengthened considerably, the advancement being main- 

 tained to the close. Fine pale crepe sold up to 79 cents (79"/< cents was 

 paid for one lot), showing a decline of J4 cent on the week. The top price 

 for ribbed «moked sheet is yi cent up at 78 cents (78^i cents was paid 

 for one ^maIl lot), but very few lots sold at a higher figure than 77 cents. 

 Clean brown and dark crepes were in strong demand and record advances 

 of 134 10 2 cents. Barky crepes received more attention than usual, and 

 are 2 cents up on the week. Small quantities of plain smoked and un- 

 smoked sheet sold at fairly good prices. The total quantity cataloged was 

 905 tons, of which 623 tons were sold. 

 The following is the course of values: 



Sterling Equivalent 

 In Singapore per Pound in 



per Pound.' London. 



Sheet, fine ribbed smoked 76c @ 78c 2/0 @ 2/ Qi^ 



Sheet, good ribbed smoked 71 la VS'A I/IO'A @ 1/11 J^ 



Sheet, plain smoked 58 @ 1/ 67/i @ 



Sheet, ribbed @ @ 



Sheet, plain, unsmoked S3 (S> 57)4 1/ S'A @ 1/ 654 



Crepe, fine pale 77 @ 79 2/ 0!4 @ 2/1;^ 



Crepe, good pale 73 @ 76!4 1/llH @ 2/054 



Crepe, fine brown 6S'A @ 69 1/9^ @ I/IO'/ 



Crepe, good brown 58 @ 65 1/7!^ @ 1/9"^ 



Crepe, dark 45 @ 59 1/354 @ 1/ 75i 



Crepe, bark 39 @ 47 l/lK @ 1/4 



Scrap, virgin and pressed 35 <a 42J4 1/0^ © 1/ 25^ 



Scrap, loose 29 @ 30 /ll @ /Uy- 



'Quoted in S. S. Currency. 



RUBBER IMPORTS AND EXPORTS FOR CEYLON. 



Crude rubber: 1918. 1919. 



To United Kingdom pounds 4,800,486 10,235,965 



France 285,100 



■Victoria 89.735 



■New South Wales 118,796 62,742 



United States 8,076,147 25,760,401 



Canada and Newfoundland 260,016 1,206,741 



India 659 1,677 



Straits Settlements 424 



Japan 129,858 105,320 



Totals 13,475,697 37,658,370 



■ These figures include cargoes for transshipment to New Zealand, other 

 ports of Australia, and dependencies. 



(Compiled by the Ceylon Ctiamber of Commeree.) 



PLANTATION RUBBER EXPORTS FROM JAVA. 



To Holland kilos 



England 



United States 



Canada 



Singapore 



Australia'!.'. .'. '.'... 



Other countries 



Totals 



From Batavia 



Samarang 



Soerabaya 



Other ports 



Totals 



February. 



1918. 1919. 



120.000 



1,577,000 200,000 



697,000 1,748,000 



i i's'.ooo 393.666 



211.000 39,000 



58.000 



2.000 



2,603,000 2.560,000 



1,236,000 1.620,000 



i.36'7',666 sib'.ood 



120.000 



2,603,000 2.560,000 



Two Months 

 Ended February 28. 



1918. 1919. 



120.000 



1,650.000 846.000 



1,768,000 3,171,000 



20,000 



319,000 932.000 



230,000 66,000 



66.000 



11,000 



3,967,000 5,232.000 



2.009,000 2,952,000 



50,000 23,000 



1,908,000 2,031.000 



226,000 



3,967,000 5,232,000 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS RUBBER EXPORTS. 



An official report from Singapore states that 10.848 tons of rubber (of 

 which 1,772 tons were transhipments), were exported from the Straits 

 Settlements in the month of .^pril, as compared with 20,908 tons in 

 March, and 6,584 tons in the corresponding month last year. The total 

 export for four months of the present year was 61,821 tons, against 22.078 

 tons in 1918, and 24,459 tons in 1917. Appended are the comparative 



1917. 1918. I9l9. 



January tons 3.562 4,302 14,404 



February 6,495 2,334 15.661 



March 8.299 8.858 20.908 



April 6,103 6.584 10,848 



Totals 24,459 22,078 61.821 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES RUBBER EXPORTS. 



An official report from Kuala Lumpur states that 7,664 tons of rubber 

 were exported from the Federated Malay States in the month of April, 

 compared with 10.679 tons in March and 7.428 tons in the corresponding 

 month last year. The total export for four months of the present year was 

 36,315 tons, compared with 29,545 tons in 1918, and 26,288 tons in 1917. 

 Appended are the comparative statistics: ^^^^ ^^^^_ ^^^^ 



January tons 5,995 7,588 7,163 



February 7,250 6,820 10,809 



March 7,088 7,709 10,679 



April 5,955 7,428 7,664 



Totals 26,288 29,545 36,315 



CRUDE RUBBER ARRIVALS AT ATLANTIC AND 



PACIFIC PORTS AS STATED BY SHIPS' 



MANIFESTS. 



PARAS AT NEW YORK. 



Fine. Medium. Coarse. Caucho. 



June 4. By the S. S. Benedict, from Para. 



'Poel & Kelly 53,907 1,583 8,590 120,770 



Alden's Successors, Ltd. ... 58 149 216 



'Alden's Successors 20,260 74.092 71,263 



'Meyer & Brown =4,500 ... 38,100 313,600 



Gaston, Williams & 



Wigmore 7 192 151 



Gaston, Williams & 



Wigmore ... 104 138 



H. A. Astlett S: Co... 129 42 17 



H. A. Astlett & Co... 70 1 43 50 



Herbst .S Bros ... 92 



F. R. Henderson 62 



Paul Bertuch 



G. Amsinck & Co., Ire 



Various 50 ... 87 463 



'Pounds. *482 packages. 



^Caraeta. 'Packages. 

 ^Including medium. 



25.093 

 '61,274 



209,943 

 165,240 

 165,615 

 356,200 



117,260 

 74,131 

 36,940 



24,288 

 24,024 



