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MARKET AND TRADE REPORTS. 



Singapore — October, igoi. 





Quantity 



Highest 



Lowest 





sold. 



price. 



price. 





Tons. 



$ 



$ 



Coffee — Palembang 



47 



30.00 



27.00 



Bali - 



133 



26.50 



23.00 



T *1_ 



Libenan 



268 



20.75 



1 7.00 



Copra - 



2,920 



9-35 



8.25 



iiambier - 



1,802 



13.30 



1 1.424 



Lube (jambier, Nos. I & 2 - 



225 



17.00 



14.50 



Gutta Percha, 1st quality - 



600.00 



475.00 



TV It J' 



Medium 



... 



450.00 



300.00 



Lower 





200.00 



50.00 



Borneo Rubber, 1st, 2nd, 3rd 





128.00 



74.OO 



uutta Jelotong - 



... 



6.8 7 i 



6.50 



Nutmegs, No. 1. 





48.00 



47.00 



No. 2. - 





66.00 



64.00 

 85.00 



\ T T~> J 



Mace, Banda - 





90.00 



Amboyna - 





67.00 



64.00 



Pepper, Black 



157 



31.00 



30.50 



1171 



White - 



257 



47.00 



46.50 



Pearl Sago, Fair 



90 



4.75 



4.00 



Medium 



... 



^.00 



4.80 



Large - ' 





6.20 



5.80 



Sago Flour, No. 1 



1,790 



3.524 



340 



No. 2 



I( >5 



3-i5 



1.85 



Flake Tapioca, Small 



890 



*-37i 



5-25 



Medium 





6.00 



5.25 



Pearl Tapioca, Small 



175 



6 -75 



5.00 



Medium 



960 



7.00 



540 



Bullet 





6 -75 



5.90 



Tin - 



2,440 



66.00 



64.50 



London Markets. 

 October 19th, igoi. 



Areca. — Dearer again at 52s. per cwt. for good clean. 



Camphor.— Crude is dearer, business having been done in Japan- 

 ese at 1655-. per cwt. c. i. f., which figure the monopoly now 

 quote Pressed is 177.5-. bd., c. i. f. 



Cinchona. — !he shipments from Java during the first half of 

 October amounted to 680,000 Amst, tbs., against 364,000 Amst. 

 lbs. last year, and 657,000 in 1899. 



Gambier. — All positions have been firmer recently. Spot has 

 sold at 255-. The market is bare of cubes. 



