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Straits Settlements. 



Quantity, Description and Price Per lb. 

 I case red Rambong lump, bought in. 



I case palish amber sheet, 6 l\. I bag pale pressed sheet, 6 -. 

 i case thick rejected biscuits, 5/6. I case rough biscuits and 

 sheet, 5/6. 1 bag rejected biscuits 5 -. 1 bag scrap, $J%\. 



6 cases fine pale washed ribbon, bought in. 1 case fine washed 

 ribbon, darker, 5/7. 1 case fine pale washed ribbon, mixed 5 7. 

 1 case fine pale washed ribbon, palish to darkish, 6'-. 1 case 

 fine washed ribbon, darker, 5 3! . 



1 case dark rejected sheet, 5/1 1. 



I bag darkish scrappy sheet, 4/ 10. 



1 pkge. darkish Rambong biscuits and ball scrap, 4 9. 



2 cases palish to darkish scrap, 4/1 1. 1 case rejected biscuits and 

 scrap, 4/1. 1 bag rejected sheet, 5/3. 



3 cases fine palish rolled sheet, 6/if. 



2 cases dark scrap, bought in. 

 I case dark scrap, bought in, 



3 cases very fine large biscuits, 6 2. 1 case very fine large bis- 

 cuits, darker, 6/if. 



JAVA. 



3 cases fine red Rambong, 4/1-?. 1 case fine red Rambong , 

 darker, 4/.. 



13, Rood Lane, London, E. C. 

 March 16th, 1906. 



At to-day's auction, 124 packages of Ceylon and Straits Settle- 

 ments Plantation grown rubber were under offer, of which all but 

 3 were sold. The total weight amounted to about 6\ tons, Ceylon 

 contributing less than f ton and the Straits Settlements rather more 

 than 5$ tons. 



These small supplies met with good competition, everything of 

 importance changing hands at rate's showing an advance on last sale 

 of from \d. \\d. per lb. Fine sheet was again in much request, 9 

 cases from the Highland Estate realising 6/3 \. Vallambrosa was 

 also represented by a large invoice amounting to just over 2 tons 

 which sold at an average of 6/2 per lb. 



QUOTATIONS. — Fine sheet, 6/3 to 6/34 ; fine pale crape, 6/3 ; 

 darker, 6/2, and dark from 5/1 J to 5/4^ : fine biscuits, from 6/2 to 

 6/3; rejected biscuits, from 5/6 to 6/-; good to fine scrap, 4/ 11 to 



5/3*. 



Plantation Biscuit and Sheet To-day. — 6/2 to 6/3J, same 



period last year, 6/4 to 6/9. Scrap, 4/ 1 1 to 5/3 J, same period last 

 year, 4/2 to 4/8 per lb. 



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