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UNITED SERDANGS,
Position of Plantation Rubber.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1913.
Iquitos, who, writing on the Per- uvian rubber district, says it is locally figured that the world's production of rubber will not The recent revival of buying in begin to overtake the demand the market for crude rubber has until 1910, despite the rapid in- afforded some consolation to rub-crease in plantation production, ber shareholders, says the "Lon-and so it in caloulated that the don and Chins Express," which price will continue for at least will be further emphasised by four years more at a level that some remarke of Mr A. Lampard, will admit the Amazon rubber to made at the meeting of the United, competition, despite the increas Serdang Company. The estimates ing east of collection, due to high of supply and demand which he labour and high cost of living.
Those views of probable future compiled and made public in
POST OFFICE.
KAILS ARRIVED TO-DAY, Calcutta, s.8. Fooksang." Japan, s.8. Kleist,
Luft London
MAILS VIA SIBERIA.
Due Shanghal Jan. 4 Jan. 6
Dec. 19 Deo. 20
MAILS DUE. Siberian, Liuan, 8th inst. German, Goeben, 9th inst.
July last have been more than output of rubber from plantation The Linan is expected to arrive fulfilled. Figures to the end of sources, and the equally important here to-morrow, with the London October are now available, and point, the probable total demand Mail (via Siberian) of Friday the estimating the last two months of for the product, are two matters 20th ult.
SHIPPING NEWS.
ARRIVED. Wosang Br. B.D., 1,127, G. M. Smith, 6th Jan.-Wubu
WEATHER REPORT,
On the 7th as 10.50.-The an- ticyclone is still central over; that Yellow Sea and Korea. It has weakened slightly.
Pressure has decreased mode-
Mail Steamers
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Gen 1. Bà Đại Pongtong, Ger...s., 998, Potefuhr, 6th Jan.-Bangkok 25th Deo, Rice and Teak. B. & 8. Laomedon, Br, 5.8., 4,268, R. D. Dwen, 6th Jan.-Singa- pore 31st Dec., Gen.-B. & 8,
Vorwaerts, Aust. s., 3,727, K. Donnecker, 6th Jan.- Trieste 12th Dec; Gen —S, W. & Co.
Mitchell, 6th Jan Bingapore 27th Doc.. Gen. -J. & Co.
the year, the world's rubber con- that must naturally appeal very. The Goeben with the German Fooksang, Br. 8.s., 1,987, T, A. sumption for 1912 comes out at closely to the shareholder in rub-Mail left Bingapore on Sunday 108,250 tone, and the world's ber companies. He will, no the 5th inst., at 8 a.m. and may production from all sources at doubt, be cheered by, the pro- Thursday the 9th instant 6 p.m.
be expected to arrive here on 104,700 tona. In a letter to the nouncement of "Ajax" given in Press Mr. Lampard has reduced the Financier, who, although
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the latter figure by 2,000 tons, as optimistio, backs his views with Siam-Per Cheongshing, 8th Jan he says Guayule will be short by logical statements. He assumes
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Hongkong, Fr. 6.8, 743. A. Corne- len, 6th Jan-Haiphong and Pakhoi 4th Jan, Gen.-Marty.
Pakhoi, Br. ss., 1,327, Gibbs, 7th Jan.-Vatow 6th Jan.. Gon.-B. & S. Kleist, Ger. s.s., 5,127, L. Maass, 7th Jan.-Yokohama 28th Dec.. Gen.-M. & Co.
Loongsang, Br. 9.8., 1,093, W. G.
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Temperature
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Barometer.
Manila 4th Jan., Gen-Wostock 7a30.23 -6 86° J., M, & Co.
Nemuro 6a 29.77— Luchow, Br. n.8., 1,216, Meathaal, Hakodate
7th Jan.-Canton
6th Tokio Jan., Rice.-B. & S. Kochi
so much for 1912. He thinks that the normal increase in con- Straite and Ceylon-Per Suma that the production by rubber will sumption will be at the rate of be exceeded by the demand and 12 per cent. per annum, though that such must continue to be the he says if you ask Mincing-laus case, despite the great increase in the experts there will tell the outputs from the plant- you the demand will be much atione. At the same time, he nearer 25 per cent each year. To made it clear that wild-rubber be safe, "Ajax" lakes only the gathering in South America 12.1-2 per cent. basis, and makes is a declining business, owing
the increase in demand 12,500 Shanghai and North China-Por tons during this year, and then- chiefly to the way rates of ex
Hangsang, 8th Jan, 11 change have been made adverse for 1913-14 20,500 tons, for 1914- to the trade by the Brazilian 15 42,000 tons, and so on till Macao-Per Sui Tai, 8th Jan, Government. Since 1809 the 1916-17 when we come to 80,000
1.15 p.m. value of the milreis has fluctuated, tous. Assuming such figures for Straits and India via Calcutta- Per G. Apcar, 8th Jan., and the average rate for five years demand to be correct it would
2 p.m. being an advance of 50 per cent. mean that the average plantation This means that a pound of outputs during the next five
via Kobe-Per Fook-Shuntein, Br, s.s., 1,085, Heppell, Nagasaki. increase rubber worth. da. would have years must
sang, 8th Jan., 3 pm.
7th Jan.-Canton of 18,000 tons. Japan via Moji-Per Taiun-maru, brought 0.42 milreis in 1899, but yearly rate
Dec., Gen. B. & 8. only 2.06 milreis to-day. In- Will the greatest optimist of
8th 5 p.m.. cidentally, he also thinks that plantation outputs state that the
Varg, Nor. Rasmassen. 7th Jan.-Canton 6th Jan, had Straits Exchange been fixed latter will increass "at this rate, at a more reasonable rate than 28. with the object lesson before him
Coal,-B, & Co. 4d. to the dollar, that plantation of so many Eastern plantations
ed States and South Am- rubber would have had a botter having to rest their trees?. Even
merica via San Francisco fime still.
supposing that the figures may (Europevia Siberia)-Per be over-estimated by one or two
Mongolia, 9th Jan, noon. thousand tone thinks that to maintain their own Macao-Per Sui Tai, 9th Jan..
a year, Ajax'
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If you apply the 48, in 1903 and the 48. to-day, the result is as follows: You may take it that an acre of rubber produces 300 lbs., and at 4s. that would mean £60 op would forogo 80 Email
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£80 in 1903 bought $720 at to such an extent and thu
a percentage, and not ship Japan via Yokohama-Per Ful- 18.83., und £60 in 1912 will buy redress the balanes. The Brazi- $514 at 28. 4. That means lian crop is financed and handled that the planters really lose $206 by only a few firms, and it would an sore, owing to the rise in be to their interest to hold off exchange, or £17 38. 4d. per acre. any possible surplus because the This is the loss which the the lesser shipments from Brazil individual proprietore anatuin, would yield more by upholding but it goes into the pockets of the the price rather than by main Macao-Per Sui Tai, 10th Jan, Government, who collect that taining the export. The result
from us. They force us to pay of it all is that the price is not to 28. 4d odd for something which fall below such a figure as will they mint and coin at a little over be highly profitable to all engaged
18. G., and the profit they get in the plantation industry,
in that form they have to hold up
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change. If a country, has the monopoly of a certain product Major M C. Nangle. which the outside world must buy Major M. C. Nangle, 02nd Pun- eventually, the outside world pays fabis, just promoted to that rank, the Government the profit, and is a former officer of the Somerset Straits this is exactly what would have Light Infantry, now at Tientsin. happened if we had not started
the plantation industry in the A London Agency for Sarawak. Middle East. We should have The Rajah of Sarawak, Sir had to pay the whole of the Brazil-Charles Brooke, has issued a pro- ian currency. We saw this comclamation, date November 20, ing in the Middle East, and the 1012, establishing a Sarawak result is that to-day Brazil and the Government Agency in England' Foderated Malay States have no and an Advisory Council to carry monopoly, but the cast of the ex-out such administrative or orther change is really borne by the pro-functions in relation to Sarawak duceru.
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Taishun, for Shanghai. and Burmah-Per Okara, Telemachus, for Saigon.
14th Jan., 10 a.m...
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Lianshing, for Swatow. Mathilde, for Pakhoi.
Returning to the subject of The first members of the Council Swatow, Amoy and Foochow coneumption, the general view are Mr. B. W. D. Brooke (the distinctly seems to be that it will Tuan Mada), Mr. C. A. Bampfylde keep ahead of supply for some and Mr. H. F. Deshon (late re- time. To the opinione available sidents of the first division), and here may be added that of United Mr: 0. H. W. Johnson (legal Philippine States Consul Stuart J. Faller, of adviser of the Raj).
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