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ordinary is. 2d. to is. 3d. per lb. Of 14 cases Penang offered 

 2 sold at is. lod. for good red, slightly wormy. Nine cases 

 Singapore were bought in. 



Oil, Lemon Grass. — From second-hands ^d. to $d. per oz. 

 c.i.f., is quoted, and 6d. on the spot. 



Oil, Peppermint. — The spot price of Japanese dementholised 

 oil has advanced to 4s. per lb., and this figure has been paid. 

 The arrival quotation is unchanged at 3s. 6d., c.i.f., for 

 August-October shipment; 40 per cent, oil has also advanced 

 to js. $d. and very little can be had ; American H G H is still 

 8s. $d. to 8s. 6d. spot from first-hands ; and js. gd. in second 

 hands. Tin oil is quoted 6s. 6d. spot for finest. 



Pepper. — In auction 170 bags fair Alleppy were bought in at 6\d. 

 per lb. Neither black nor white Singapore was offered. Pri- 

 vately the market for white Singapore is firm, but quiet, at 

 9jQd. for distant shipment, and Penang 8Jk/. nominally. Black 

 Singapore is also firm, with buyers on the spot at 6±d. and 

 sellers 6-f^d. 



Pimento. — Quiet. In auction, of 430 bags offered 100 sold at 2\d. 

 per lb. for fair. 



Quinine. — The market last week closed fairly active, good brands 

 of German sulphate in bulk changing hands for October de- 

 livery at is. i^d. and is. i^d. for December, but on Monday, 

 when it was found the bark shipments from Java for the first 

 half of the month were heavier than had been expected, the 

 market opened flat and declined quite \d., October selling at 

 is. o\d. and December at is. id. Subsequently the market 

 became firmer, with small sales of October at is. o'^d. to is. id. 

 and December at is. i^d. to is. i\d., and the market closes at 

 the outside figures. Imperial brand is quoted is. o^d. spot, 

 and is. l\d. forward. 



Vanilla. — Arrangements for a mail-service between Marseilles 

 and Seychelles have been concluded with the Messageries 

 Maritimes Company. The first steamer left Marseilles on 

 August 25th. 



The weather. 



The Rainfall during September was on the whole fairly equable, 

 except in Singapore which was under the average and which caused 

 a curtailment of the supply to the town for a short time. The total 

 fall was 6.73 inches. Penang had the greatest fall which measured 

 14-77 inches. Malacca exceeded the average slightly with a total 

 fall of 11.65. Perak varied greatly. The greatest total fall being 

 registered at Selama which was 13.21, the lowest falling at Ipoh 

 which was 3.08 inches only. Selangor too shewed difference from 

 9.91 which fell at the District Hospital, Kuala Lumpur to 1. 81 which 

 was the record from Kuala Selangor. Pahang gave fairly equable 

 returns from all stations. 



