and Magazine of the Ceylon Agricultural Society. 



201 



(In Tons)— (Including Caucho). 

 Statistics for the Month of December. 



do 1,680 1,090 1,460 

 do 000 1,970 1,540 



Para. Caucho. 1908. 1907. 1000. 1905. 

 Receipts at Para 3,000 300 = 3,300 against 2,560 2,610 3,270 

 Shipments to Eu- 

 rope 630 100 = 730 

 do to America 2,160 120 = 2,280 

 American 



Imports 2,260 80 = 2,340 



do Deliveries 2,350 85 = 2,435 

 Liverpool 



Imports 777 121 = 808 



do Deliveries 791 119 = 910 

 Continent 



Imports 240 50 = 290 do 600 5"0 570 



do Deliveries 240 50 = 290 do 520 490 570 



Visible Supply.— 1st Jan. 1909. 1908. 1907. 1906. 



Stock in England, 

 Para 1st hands 

 „ 2nd „ 

 Caucho 

 ,, in Para 1st hands 



2nd „ 

 ,, in America 

 ,, on Continent 

 Afloat— Europe 

 ,, America 



Para, 



Caucho. 









128 





769 



273 





147 





154 



104 







348 



499 





61 



200 



10 



240 



10 



130 



490 



90 



460 



490 



560 



260 



125 



270 



19J 



250 



10 



10 



210 



70 



50 



370 



80 



880 



530 



590 



850 



70 



240 



470 



660 



2,455 



733 









Total Visible Supply, 

 including Caucho 



Crop Statistics— 30th June, 31st Dec. 



1908. 1907. 1906. 



Para. Caucho. 

 Para Re- /190S 14,060 1 

 ceipts \1907 12,540 1 

 Para Shipments 



Europe 5,710 1 

 America 8,020 

 England Landings net 

 „ Deliveries net 

 America Landings net 

 Deliveries net 

 Continental Imports net 

 ,, Deliveries net 



1905. 



14,240 14,720 11,690 



8,190 6,630 8,324 



5,550 7,8 :0 5,845 



6,748 4,604 0,037 



5,851 5.4S7 6,119 



5,470 7,870 5,330 



5,770 8,230 5,880 



1,805 1,524 1,030 



1,765 2,010 2,100 



Total stock. 



London - 



Para ^ , 



plantation, Ceylon and 



Malaya 

 Rangoon and Assam 

 "enang 

 Borneo 

 Mozambique 

 Madagasc 



W,I. and South Anien 



UaUogroaso 



African 



Various 



Imported. 



Jelivered. 

 Tons. T 



. 1907. 

 'runs. 



1906. 

 Loin. 



121 



Liverpool— 

 Para 

 Peruvian 

 Mollendo 22 

 Manigoba, Ceara, Manga- 



beira, lernambuco, &c. 2 

 Carthagena, etc. 

 African 210 



113: 



Total (England) 



S Figgis & Co., Brokers. 

 Street, 1st January, 1919. 



20 



J 1517 

 London : 



44 & 16, Fenchurch 



REPORT BY GOW WILSON AND 

 STANTON, LIMITED. 



13 & 23, Rood Lane, London, E.C., December 

 31st, 1908. 



The Year's Sales.— The quantity of Plan- 

 tation Rubber brought to auction in London 

 during 1908 was 24,647 packages, amounting to 

 1,2954 tons, compared with 15,380 packages, 

 weighing 814 tons during the previous year. 

 The auction average price for 1908 of all grades 

 was 4s/l£d per lb. 



Market Conditions.— The period under re- 

 view has been one of marked changes. The 

 industry at the beginning of the year was still 

 suffering from the set-back in prices which took 

 place during the latter part of 1907; both stocks 

 and visible supplies greatly exceeded require- 

 ments, and there was little inclination on the 

 part of buyers to operate with any freedom. 



During the summer,' however, a gradual im- 

 provement was steadily taking place, and while 

 in February the price of Fine Hard Para had 

 receded to 2/9 (the lowest quotation for over 

 sixteen years), by the beginning of August it 

 stood at over 4/ per lb., and in the middle of 

 November reached 5/4/,-, which was the highest 

 price recorded for more than two years. 



The statistical position is now on a sounder 

 basis than it has been for some considerable 

 time past, owing not to any marked falling off in 

 supplies, but to the steady and continual im- 

 provement in trade, which has resulted in the 

 absorption of surplus stocks, more especially in 

 America where for some months past stocks in 

 warehouse have been negligible. 



The Position of thk Plantation Rubber 

 Industry — has become more important, owing 

 to the increase in production, and in many in- 

 stances a marked improvement in preparation 

 of the Rubber has been readily appreciated by 

 buyers. It is a gratifying fact that some sam- 

 ples of Plantation Rubber have been pronounced 

 to be equal in all respects to Fine Para, but on 

 the other hand, complaints as to weakness and 

 variation in quality are still too numerous, and 

 it is evident that every effort must be made to 

 raise the standard quality to a higher level. 



Varieties on the Market.— As the quantity 

 of Plantation Rubber produced has been in- 

 creasing, various new forms and methods of pre- 

 paration have been tried and a large number of 

 different varieties have consequently been put 

 on the market. This has led to some confusion, 

 and it is advisable that the number of different 

 forms and grades should be reduced as far as 

 possible consistent with proper sorting. 



Biscuits, Sheet, Crepe and Scrap continue to 

 meet with steady support, but a noticeable 

 feature has been the increase in the proportion 

 of Crepe, owing to more estates having started 

 the use of machinery. Though certain buyers 

 continue to take Sheets and Biscuits in pre- 

 ference to Crepe, the demand for the latter has 

 been well maintained, and very satisfactory 

 prices have been paid for the more carefully 

 prepared samples. 



