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London. This defect, say Messrs. Lewis and PEAT, arises from 

 want of care in curing — whether from want of factory space, or 

 from hurrying— and that imperfectly cured lots deteriorate on the 

 voyage home and fermentation goes on, resulting in the resin exud- 

 ing and spoiling both biscuits and sheets. " That this can be avoided 

 is proved by the high standard maintained by such marks as Cullo- 

 den, Heatherley, etc., from Ceylon; Bukit Rajah, Selangor, Pataling, 

 Jebong, etc., from the Straits and F. M. S. " 



Blocks the Best. 

 "Of course, the Lanadron block leaves nothing to be desired; but 

 everyone is not as yet in a position to block their rubber, and as a 

 difference in price varying from id. to 6d. per lb. has often of late 

 been made between fine biscuits, sheets, etc., and the dark discoloured 

 and inferior lots, we venture to suggest that, as manufacturers have 

 more or less got over their prejudice against crepe rubber, planters 

 should send it home in this form, and, we think, they will greatly 

 decrease the evil referred to. In other words, it is much better to 

 send home good crepe than bad biscuits or sheets. Good scrap 

 oy epe is „ also realizing excellent prices and chip crepe up to and 



Important Forecast. 

 Continuing, Messrs. Lewis and Peat say :— Recently, with 

 larger supplies, buyers have been discriminating much more, and we 

 nn d 5*- 6d. @ $ s . sd. being paid for fine pale biscuits and sheet 

 gainst 5*. 2d. @ Ss . 4 d. for inferior dark and mixed lots, while fine 

 Pale crepe has brought 5^. Sd. @ $s. 10W. and fine pale Ceara 

 wscuits up to S s. 7 U Scrap have been very irregular but much 

 aearer than it was formerly, although we do not understand buyers 

 Paying the prices thev have for this kind, whether the quality was 

 good, bad, or indifferent. We do not think this will continue, but a 

 amerence of 6d. @ ls . per lb. will be established later on between 

 common and good. 



Demand Still Enormous. 

 Fi .nally, this eminent firm draw attention to the fact that, as 

 s inevitable with the increase of supplies of plantation, the price 

 cont C ° me n , earer the P rice of fine Amazon smoke-cured Para which 

 «ttt nues firm at 5 s. 2d. per lb., although very fine pale lots of 

 ahm Which have sold for colour, still realize bd. @ Sd. per lb. 



an ] e tne P n 'ce of fine Para. " The Amazon crop promises to show 

 enrJ nCrease this season, but, in spite of this, the demand is so 

 ar,T US u that there is no decline in price, and the heavy supplies 

 absorbed as soon as received. 



p The Market in 1906. 



tha/T \ ? ia g fam issued with the India Rubber Journal it appears 

 6s. A J hl £ h est point reached by plantation rubber in 1906, was 



