202 



Great Britain U. S. A. 



1901 ... 15 ... 66 



1900 ... 50 ... 119 



^99 ••• 192 ... 124 



^98 ... 214 ... 95 



^97 ... 226 ... no 



1896 ... n8 ... 15 



Gum Arabic. — In East Indian gums sales privately have been 

 made at 23s. 6d. per cwt. for good palish unsifted brown Amrad, 

 middling Ghatti at i$s. 6d. and ordinary to good ditto iij. to 133-. 



Spices. — The market is quite, and there is very little business 

 to note this week. The auction on Wednesday were small, and 

 nearly everything was bought in, the exception being Nyassaland 

 Chillies, which sold with good competition, but at easier prices, 

 good to fine bringing 445-. to 4js. 6d.. and little mixed 40?. to 42s, 

 6d. per cwt., common dark stalky Zanzibar were bought in at 35^. 

 per cwt. Nyassaland Capsicum sold at 245. per cwt. for cherries, at 

 28j. for medium pods, and at 50s. for long pods. All the parcels 

 of Ginger were bought in, small rough Cochin at djos. good washed 

 rough at 52^., and rough limed Japan at 45^. per cwt. Pimento 

 firm, but quiet ; only one lot sold at 3§</. per lb. for clean grey. 

 Dull thin Singapore Mace was bought in at is. 6d. per lb. Zanzi- 

 bar Cloves are rather easier at 4^ Y d. per lb. for March-May deli- 

 very ; fair Penang were bought in at 8£</. per lb. Pepper is quiet, 

 and lower for black since our report last week, Singapore having 

 been sold at 6\d. per lb. for January-March shipment. The 

 market, however, now shows a firmer tendency. At auction Pe- 

 nang was bought in at ^d. and greyish Malabar at 6\d. per lb. 

 Singapore white was withdrawn at \o^d. per 1. 



The CHEMIST & DRUGGIST, 



London. 



The Weather. 



The Returns for December shew that it was a fairly average 

 month, there were no extremes, except, perhaps, in the case of 

 the Rainfall at Pekan, where 24*46 inches of rain fell. Singapore 

 was about the average with 8*77. Penang was comparatively dry 

 3*33 only being recorded. Malacca slightly under the average 

 with 6*25. In Perak, the greatest amount fell at Tapah 1 1 02, and 

 the lowest at Parit Buntar 3*42. Selangor recorded the highest 

 at Kajang8"47 and the lowest at Kuala Langat 4*90; whilst Pahang 

 shewed the enormous difference between 24*46 at Pekan and 9*81 

 at Temerloh. 



