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GOW, WILSON & STANTON, LIMITED— 

 India Rubber Market Report, 



13, Rood Lane, London, E. C. 

 October \2th, 1906. 



At to-day's auction, 407 packages of Ceylon and Straits Settle- 

 ments Plantation grown rubber were under offer, of which about 232 

 were sold. The total weight amounted to about 23 tons, Ceylon 

 contributing about 5 J and Straits Settlements nearly 



There was a good market for all descriptions and competition 

 was fairly general, though in a few cases sellers' ideas were not 

 quite realized. Fine Plantation showed little change in price, al- 

 though bidding was hardly as brisk. 



A fine parcel of Crepe from the Bukit Rajah Estate realized up to 

 5/8 per lb. Best Sheet and Biscuits sold at from 5/6 to 5/7?, whilst 

 Good Scrap generally made very firm prices. 



Quotations. — Fine sheet, 5/7J 



Fine biscuits, 5 \j . 

 Good biscuits, 5/6 



f Fine pale, 5/7^ to 5/8. 

 Crepe < Palish to darkish, 4/6 to 4/iof. 



(Dark, 4/2 to 4/6. 



{ Fine, 4/64. 

 Scrap } Fair to medium, 3/9 to 4/4. 



(Low, i/ioi to 2/6. 

 Plantation Fine To-day. — 5/6 to 5/7^, same period last year, 



6/2. 



Do. Scrap, 3/- to 4/6*, same period last year, 3/10 to 



Fine Hard Para (South American) 5/ii, same period last year, 



5/5- 



AVERAGE PRICE OF CEYLON AND STRAITS SETTLE- 

 MENTS PLANTATION RUBBER. 



232 packages at 5/1 J per lb., against 259 packages at 5/5J per lb. 

 at last auction. 



Particulars and prices as follows: — 



Ceylon. 



Mark. Quantity, Description and Price per lb. 



Doranakande 5 cases good darkish biscuits, 5/7. 7 cases go id palish to 



darkish scrap, 4 5 ',. 3 cases black scrap, 4/2. 



Tallagalla 2 cases finp large palish to darkish biscuits, 5/7^. I case good 



palish pressed scrap, 4/6^ 



Taldua 2 cases erood darkish biscuits, 5/7. 



Sirigalla 1 case fine pale to darkish biscuits, bought in. I case good 



palish scrap, 4/5. 



