RUBBER MANUFACTURES. 
I. United Kingdom. 
The Board of Trade Journal for March 3rd, 1927, contained a Preliminary Report on the output of the Rubber Manufacturing Industry of Great 
Britain in 1924, from which the following particulars are extracted. Particulars of the corresponding exports and imports are also given :— 
Production, 1924. 
Exports, 1924. 
Retained Imports, 1924. 
Kind of Goods. 
Rubber Trades :— 
Pneumatic Tyres & Tubes : 
Outer Covers : 
Motor Car ne _ 
Motor Cycle ... ee 
Cycle ... wie ne 
inner Tubes  ... wie 
Rubber Tyres, Solid oe 
Boots and Shoes ... wr 
Heels and Soles ... wn 
Piping and Tubing: Hose... 
Piping and Tubing : 
Mechanicals ... wo 
Machinery Belting _— 
Overcoats, etc.,, Rubber: 
proofed. 
Sports Requisites ... i. 
Toys vee ane ree 
Hot Water, Medical, ete., 
Goods. 
Vulcanite and Ebonite ... 
Rubber Compounds and 
Solutions. 
Rubber Sheet, Threads, ete. 
Total carried forward ... 
Quantity. 
No. 
,927,100 
632,100 
3,609,800 
7,237,400 
397,700 
904,900 doz. prs. 
3,600 tons 
3,268,000 yards 
3,600 tons 
1,485 tons 
1.907.500 
1,130 tons | 
3.700 tons 
Value. 
£000. 
4,913 
616 
1,231 
1,218 
2,404 
1,255 
808 
720 
1,043 
568 
1,610 
1,056 
45 
566 
736 
136 
a07 
{9.832 
Percentag: 
of Total 
Vahie. 
22-89 
2-87 
5-73 
5-67 
11-20 
5-85 
3-76 
2.95 
1-86 
2-65 
7:50 
4-92 
0-21 
2-64 
3-43 
0-64 
0-63 (a) 
Quantity. 
No. 
550,245 
160,683 
L,622,868 
1,935,270 
77,084 
259,409 doz. prs. 
262 tons 
672 tons 
(b) 
(d) 
564 tons 
Value. 
£000. 
1.379 
177 
422 
400 
351 
412 
121 
1R%7 
©) 
(d) 
510 ! 
22 
1.789 
307 
8.077 
Percentage 
of Pro- 
duction. 
28-6 
25-4 
29-5 
26-8 
19-4 
28-7 
7-3 
11-0 (c) 
(8) 
@ 
98-0 (&) 
Quantity. 
No. 
842,820 
19,787 
724,099 
2,039,053 
71,921 
225,446 doz. prs. 
93 tons 
485 tons 
® 
(d) 
975 tons 
Value. 
£2000. 
1,803 
21 
89 
370 
289 
617 
15 
9] 
(0) 
(d) 
88 
84. 
907 
(3; 
4.411 
Percentage 
of Pro- 
duction. 
' 43-7 
3:1 
13-1 
28-2 
18-1 
24-9 
2.86 
8:0 (c) 
(6) 
@ 
L 9.0) 
04 
ne