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Cocaine. — Hydrochloride is very firm, business having been done 

 at makers' prices. Crude continues scarce, the Hamburg mar- 

 ket having been cleared. 



Dragon's Blood. — Eleven cases good quality have arrived this 

 week. 



CubebS. — At the Pharmaceutical Society's evening meeting this 

 week the Curator of the Museum exhibited a sample of false 

 cubebs recently imported into Liverpool. They are the old 

 thing, very like true cubebs, but do not give the characteristic 

 crimson reaction with sulphuric acid. 



Gambier. — A parcel of cubes just landed has been sold at 36s. 

 per cwt. for fair No. 1. 



Ipecacuanha. — Since the sales some twenty bales of Brazilian 

 have changed hands at about the auction prices. In Cartagena 

 no business appears to have been done, holders of good clean 

 stuff asking 6^. $d. to 6.s\ gd. 



Oil, Castor. — The quotation for Calcutta seconds is 3^. per lb. 

 Hull make for December delivery is quoted £28 for firsts and 

 £27 for seconds, ex wharf, London. 



Oil, Citronella. — Is unaltered at lod. per lb. in cases, and g\d 

 in drums. 



Oil, Lemongrass. — Is coming to hand more freely, but the 

 quotation is unaltered at Sd. per oz. To arrive, jd. to i\d. 

 c. i. f., is wanted. 



Quinine. — As a consequence of the 7 per cent, decline in bark at 

 the Amsterdam auction, makers of German quinine reduced 

 their quotation by \d. per oz. now is., 2d. with the intimation 

 that "until further notice the falling clause will be given for 

 contracts." A larger reduction had been anticipated by out- 

 side holders, so this was considered satisfactory, and the week 

 closed with sales of about 40,000 oz. at is. 6\d. for December 

 delivery, and is. i\d. for March. Early this week, however, 

 prices slightly receded again, December selling at is. o^d. 

 and March at is. id. subsequently becoming rather firmer, 

 with a small business at is. o'^d. for December, and is. \\d. 

 for March. To-day the market is quiet, and the above prices 

 are unchanged. Whiffen's price has also been reduced to is 

 2d. for 1,000 oz lots. The result of to-day's quinine-sale at 

 Batavia is as follows: Of 6,600 kilos. Ed. 11. offered, 5,200 

 kilos, sold at an average of 20 fil. per kilo, (about equal to j'ic. 

 Amsterdam) against 20^ fl. at the October sale. The next 

 auction to be held at Batavia will take place on December 18. 

 In response to a petition the Board of Trade have consented 

 to publish the imports and exports of " 'quinine and quinine- 

 salts " monthly in the Board of Trade returns commencing 

 January next. 



Spices. — There is a better tone in this market and more business 

 is apparent, especially in pepper, at improving prices. The 

 auctions on Wednesday were unimportant, the principal 

 feature being a fair show of Jamaica Ginger, mostly second- 

 hand parcels. The bidding was slack, and the holders with- 



