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dium pale, 2s. gd. to 2s. nd., medium pale, 2s. $d. to 2s, yd., 

 long pale lean, 2s. $d., medium brownish, is. gd., bold splits, 

 15". gd., small pale, is. jd. to is. gd., very small ditto, is. ^d. 

 to is. $d , small splits, Is. 2d. to is 4^., and brown splits and 

 pickings, is. ^d. to is. $d. Ceylon-Malabar, small and medium, 

 is. ^d. Six cases of medium brown Tellicherry sold without 

 reserve at is. lod. per lb. Decorticated seeds brought from 

 is. lod. to 2s. 4d. per lb. 

 India Rubber. — A considerable business has been done through- 

 out the week, and prices are \d. to \d. per lb. higher for fine, 

 closing quiet. Hard fine Para at 3s. 7^., soft fine at 3s. 6\d. 

 Negroheads are steady; scrappy 2s. Sd. to 2s. 8^d. Island is. 

 lid. to 2s. } Cameta 2s. id. per lb. Peruvian, ball 2s. $\d. to 

 2s t 6d., and large sales of slab at 2s. id. per lb. There have 

 been sales of medium qualities at about steady prices. No 

 auctions to-day. 



Spices. — There has been more speculative business in Zanzibar 

 Cloves than for some time past, otherwise there is not much 

 requiring notice. Cochin Ginger is steady; at auction on 

 Wednesday medium cut sold at jos. to J2s. 6d. per cwt., but 

 the other descriptions were bought in bold rough at $os., tips 

 at 46s., washed rough at 41s. to 44s. for slightly mouldy and 

 wormy to fair, and at 42s. for Callicut brown rough. Sales 

 have been made privately at 43s. for washed rough Cochin, 

 and at 40^. for Calicut brown rough. Jamaica sold at 40s. to 

 40s. 6d. per cwt. for ordinary dull, and at 44s. to 46s. bd. for 

 dull washed. Penang Cloves partly sold at 7}^. per lb. for 

 good fair picked. A large speculative business has been done 

 in Zanzibar Cloves at prices rising from 3$d. to 4d. per lb., 

 but on Wednesday the market was easier, and the prices de- 

 clined to l^d. Japan Chillies were partly sold at 44s. per cwt. 

 per cwt. for good red, slightly mouldy. Pimento steady, 

 ordinary to fair sold at %\d. to $\d. per lb. 



Nutmegs quiet, Penang 8o's. sold at is. 4d. per lb. Mace 

 slow, Penang pickings were bought in at is.^\d. and thin red 

 Singapore at is. $d. per lb. Cinnamon sold at i\d. to 8\d. 

 per lb. for quillings, cuttings and pieces, and at 3f<^. to 3^. 

 for bold chips, ordinary small being brought in at ^d. per lb. 

 Pepper quiet, Singapore black is quoted 6d. per lb. on the spot. 

 Singapore white is worth g^d. and Penang 8%d. per lb. 



The Weather. 



The rainfall throughout the Colony and Federated Malay States 

 varied a good deal. Thus while in Singapore we had a fall under 

 the average (7.51.) Penang considerably exceeded the average 

 with 26*53. Malacca recorded 7.16 only. In Perak the greatest 

 fall was at Parit Buntar, 13.77. ar >d tne lowest at Batu Gajah 5.23. 

 In Selangor and Pahang there was about the same difference as in 

 Perak. Rawang having a fall of 13.96. and Kuala Selangor J. 52. 

 Kuantan [5.37 and Bentong 8.02. 



