Feb. 1907.] 39 Saps and Exudations. 



The quality has been good, and nice qualities have brought higher prices. 

 Niger, Gold Coast, Accra, Lagos, etc., sold readily. Carueroons, Sierra Leone, 

 Gaboon and Conakry in great demand and higher. French Congo and Soudan 

 mostly from Senegal via Bordeaux sold well, and quality liked. 1,300 tons in 1906, 

 1,250 tons in 1905, and 1,200 tons in 1904. Liverpool imports W.C.A, 4,770 tons in 

 1906, against 4,700 tons in 1905, and 5,080 tons in 1904. 



East Coast African.— Zanzibar. &c, increased and prices are again 2d 

 higher ; also Nyassaland and Mombassa more. Lamu again higher. Uganda of 

 nice dry quality sold well— pears 4s. Plantation sheet 4s lid to 5s. Madagascar sent 

 greatly increased quantities, and fine cured clean biscuits, &c, realized very high 

 prices, soft and common no dearer. Niggers have been poor quality and sold 

 slowly and cheap— a few nice lots realized high prices, 2s to 2s 3d. Rangoon — 

 moderate supplies sold higher. Assam— prices close 2d lower. Penang decreased, 

 and has sold without much change throughout the year. Mixed lots very difficult 

 to sell. Java sent odd small parcels, but is begiuing " to plant" largely. We had 

 more Borneo which sold dearer ; also Tonkin and French Cochin China good quality 

 in good condition up to 4s Id. Scarcely any from New Guinea. Pontianak sold 

 largely at about previous years value. 



Balata was in much reduced supply, consequently the price gradually 

 advanced, fine sheet closing 2s 2|d to 2s 3d, block ls8d to Is 8|d. 



Gutta Percha still slow of sale at moderate prices for all but the finer 

 qualities, which are scarce. Most of the business done has been in reboiled at 

 about 5d. 



REVIEW OF PARA PRICES FOR 1906. 



The year opened with a quiet market, and sales of fine hard at 5s 4|d, soft 

 5s 4d, negrohead scrappy 4s, Cameta 3s 3d, Island 3s 3d, Caucho ball spot 3s lOd. 

 With few sellers and a powerful bull movement here and in America, hard fine 

 advanced by March to 5s 6d, and soft 5s 4d ; ball was then 3s 8hd to 3s 9d, scrappy 

 3s lid. Cameta 3s 2|d. Island 3s 1^-d. The market became dull, and declined till 

 July, which was about the lowest of the year— fine hard to 5s Id soft 5s 0J. Cameta 

 negrohead 3s Ojd. Island 2s 9d. Prices rallie a little during the succeeding months 

 and in October hard fine was 5s 3d s >- ifd, scrappy 4s 1M, ball 4s l|d. Cameta 

 3s O^-d, Island negrohead 3s. In November hard [fine declined to 5s ljd and soft to 

 4s llfd (the lowest point of the year), but ball was dearer at 4s 3d, and negroheads 

 steady. Closing prices of fine hard 5s 2|d. Soft 5s 0|d, scrappy negrohead 4s Ofd, 

 Cameta 3s 1-gd, Island 3s ; Caucho ball, spot 4s 3d, February-March 4s. There was 

 but little speculation throughout the year. 



INDIA RUBBER STATISTICS FOR 1906. 





Total Imports &c, 



of all sorts were 













ENGLAND. 



STOCK. 







LONDON. 



STOCK. 





Imports. Deliveries, 



31st Dec. 





Imports. 



Deliveries. 31st Dec. 



1906 

 1905 

 1904 

 1903 

 1902 



... 21,269 

 ... 21,700 

 ... 19,883 

 ... 19,464 

 ... 16,932 



21,162 

 21,410 

 20,035 

 19,626 

 18,113 



1,669 tons 

 1,562 „ 

 1,272 „ 

 1,424 „ 

 1,586 „ 



1906 

 1905 

 1904 

 1903 

 1902 



... 2,604 

 ... 2,126 

 ... 1,932 

 ... 1,289 



826 



2,444 

 2,003 

 1,770 

 1,273 

 1,185 



691 tons 

 531 „ 

 408 „ 

 246 „ 

 230 „ 



Imports. Deliveries. Stocks, 31st Dec. Prices, 31st December. 





Para, 

 Manaos. 



Peru, 

 Caucho. 



Para, 

 Manaos. 



Peru, 

 Caucho. 



Para, 

 Manaos. 



Peru, 

 Caucho. 





Fine 

 Para. 



Negro- 

 head 

 Scrapy. 



Negro- 

 head 

 Island. 



C auc 

 Ball. 



1906... 

 1905... 

 1904... 

 1903... 

 1902... 



8728 

 10156 



8568 

 10630 

 10296 



3435 

 3328 

 2584 

 2216 

 1442 



8924 

 9760 

 8938 

 10978 

 10700 



3471 

 3336 

 2545 

 2230 

 1572 



377 

 573 

 177 

 547 

 895 



25 

 61 

 69 

 30 

 44 



1906... 

 1905... 

 1904... 

 1903... 

 1902... 



5/2| 



5/5 



5/1 



3/11 



3/9 



4/0f 

 4/ 



3/10 



3/34 

 3/0| 



3/ 



3/3* 

 2/8* 

 2/4" 

 2/6 



4/3 



3/10| 



3/4 



3/3i 



3/1" 



