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Oil, Camphor. — Is very scarce, one holder quoting 45^. per cu t. 

 c. i. f. 



Oil, Castor. — Is slow of sale with a small business in Calcutta 



seconds at 2%d. per lb. 

 Benzoin. — Sumatra was neglected in auction, only 2 cases selling 

 at £j. 2s. Gd. per cwt. for good seconds, with small to bold 

 almonds and rather false packed. For a case of small to bold 

 palish free Siam almonds of good flavour £\g. per cwt. was 

 refused, £22. being wanted, and for partly blocky, pea 'and 

 bean size, £j. i$s. was refused. 

 Cardamoms. — Sold at very irregular prices, bold being steady, 

 and medium and small sizes easier. Decorticated seeds were 

 in good demand, and sold at firm rates, is. 6d. to is. jd. being 

 paid. The following prices were paid for Ceylon-Mvsores : 

 Good bold pale bright, 2s. lid. to 3s. bold and medium pale, 

 2s. jd. to 2s. lid., bold medium pale, 2s. 2d. to 2s\ 3d. ; small 

 and medium palish, is, Sd, to 2s. small pale, is, to is. id., 

 splits, medium, is. id., brown split and pickings, is. id. to is. 

 \d. Ceylon-Malabar pickings, 4^. per lb. subject, and broken 

 decorticated Malabar seed, is. 2d. of 7 cases native wild long 

 offered 1 case of small to bold sold at 2s. gd. and 5 cases me- 

 dium and leaner ditto at 2s. 3d. to 2s. ^d. subject. 

 Coca-Leaves. — A case of good green Ceylon realised is. id. fair 

 greenish, gd. and slightly damaged, 6\d, per lb. Privately, 

 green Truxillo-Ieaves are quoted gd. per lb. spot. 

 Ipecacuanha. — Holders were rather firmer in their ideas of value 

 for Cartagena, 4^.3^. being the <( stand-out" prices; but no 

 business was done publicly at this figure, and bids of 4^. were 

 to be submitted for a few bales. Rio root was slightly easier. 

 gs. 6d. to gs. gd. per lb. being paid for fair lean to bold root ; 

 for good bright natural gs. lOd. was wanted. Five bales of 

 sea-damaged sold at from Ss. jd. up to gs. ^d. per lb. according 

 to damage. Cultivated Rio was held at gs. gd. 

 Kola. — A barrel of small, partly shrivelled, West Indian sold at 

 2d. per lb., 3d. was refused for medium to bold bright West 

 Indian, 3\d. being wanted. 

 Oil, LemongrasS. — Privately 6d. per oz. is quoted on the spot, 

 and 5-^. c. i. f. 



Oil, Lime. — Sold at unchanged rates, Is, 6d. per lb. (no allowance 

 for draft or trett) being paid for 4 cases of West Indian dis- 

 _ tilled. 



Spices. — Continue remarkably slow, and business is of only a re- 

 tail character. At auction on Wednesday all the parcels of 

 Cochin Ginger offered were bought in ; cuttings and small 

 rough at 40s., washed rough at 40s'. to 42^., Calicut brown rough 

 at 42^., bold rough slightly limed at 50^., unassorted native cut 

 at Cos., and bold roughly cut at jos, per cwt. Japan is selling 

 privately at 32s. 6d. per cwt for ordinary rough limed. Penang 

 Cloves were bought in at 8d. per lb. for lair red. Zanzibar are 

 very quiet, but steady at 3 j \d. per lb. for June-August deli- 

 very. Stems were bought in at l\d, per lb. Chillies were 



