Jink I, 1915. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Plantation Rubber From the Far East. 



Exports of Ceylon Grown Rubber. 



i Man ind 1915. Compili 



Chamber of Conimei 



I 1914. 



| In al Britain rfj 1,214,688 



1, 



m 1,559,032 





I >■ i many 



Japan 



Russia 







Straits Settlements 



Australia 



Ind 



i Newfoundland 



427.(105 

 111.253 

 98,482 

 60,336 

 35,815 

 20,160 



137,259 

 35,840 



43.486 



340,140 



I ota! 



8,123,655 9,90 



5,692,636 pounds; same period 1912, 



( Same pel i< "I 1913, 

 I o 1 146.) 



The export figures <<i rubber given in the above tabli 



tilt: in I pounds.] 1 



these 



■ii tin- total exports. I foi 1 91 5 and 1912 are foi 



I n rubber only. 



i ■ i- Exports from M vlaya. 



Report i : & Co., Sin 



ederatcd Malay 



1 



Mala* 



: 



i : itain 



Continent 



I 



Ceylon 



United Stat< s 



Australia 



•■' 



Total : 



\! 



I, 







HE. 



31. 



thrie & Co., Ltd., report I.March 31 



There was a good inquiry 

 although last week's price of §131 per picul for ril ed -licet was 



not reached the average of values generally 



Crepes were in particularly strong demai - met with a 



ready sale at good prices. 



Fine ribbed smoked sheet sold up to $130, a decline of $1, while good 

 sheet fetched $125. Unsmoked sheet touched $118, an advance of $2 on 

 the week. Fine pale crepe was $1 higher at $129, while amen. 

 grades of crepe some substantial improvem. recorded. 



rubbers were very firm. 



Of 155 tons offered, 105 tons changed ham! 

 quickly withdrawn from the sale. 



The following was the course 



Sterling equivalent 



' . ul.* 



smoked SI- 1 ' 



n 



ii' 



125 



brown 1 i : 



I -.n 113 



1" : 







I ondoll. 



I 



Equivalent 

 und 



l TltS. 



57.77 



j 54.73 



j .= 9.04 



• Picul 



- 



THE RUBBER SCRAP MARKET. 



Tl\lL New York market showed 'Ii during 



■n May, with auto tires, inner tubes an.! 

 and shoes leading For standard mixed tires the mills paid 5 to 



d, while special tires were selling 

 in- i. ... I. \' n 'ii B iots .11.' 

 close i" 7 ■ : cents, delivered. \ tendency toward weakness de- 

 veloped bj the middle of the month, due to the ampl 

 ottered to the reclaimers. This has resulted in prices fallii 



of a enl nake delii 



at the new figures, lun tew mills cared to take advantage of the 



price. Mixed tire- were very dull, tin only interest noticed be- 

 ing in special brands. It is evident that the mills are well stocked, 

 having the past three or four w< 



!i mixed tires developed weal 

 1 brands the mills. 



I lure were rumor- being sold i. o. 1>. mills. 



nts iier pound. 



i VNADIAN MARK1 



Scrap rubber can now he exported from Canada to the United 

 Statu- and -hipped direct to tin American consumer. Special 

 license, however, mus red from the Commis Cus- 



toms at Ottawa, Canada. 'I' d -tmr.il.i-. is no 



doubt then k available for this purpose. Auto 

 tires are moving in large quantities, particularly the - 

 , such a- Gi ii "h i ar and < i Inch. 



II R -. R ' ■.!• < ARLOAD 











Trillin:. 



d 



















Bicycle tires I 



Irony tires 















White wringi 



Xo. 1 red scrap 



-crap 











03 











THE MARKET FOR COTTON AND COTTON 

 FABRICS. 



' I ' 1 ' market was greatly disturbed during the 



*■ week of May by reason of various war rumors and in sym- 

 pathy with the weak Liverpool market. The tendency of | 

 was downward and the selling pressure continued until it re- 

 sult! d ni i nsiderable demoralization. Prices recovered - 

 what and conditions appeared more promising, when fresh liqui- 

 dation based on more war rumors sent prices off again. 

 Duri d third weeks of the month dulli 



tiled, but during the last week buying was renewed and 

 prices again hardened. 



Thi nd market is quiet. 



follows: Fancy. J5 

 cuts: CI 

 ds and tire fabrics are firm in 

 buyer* he market in the hope of lower : 



later on. 



ounce Comli- 



Combed Eg} | .45 



.ince Carded Egypti .4.? 



unce Carded Peeler- 



wing is the mai 

 sheetii 



■ 



5-ounce 40-inch . 



