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Pepper. — Black, the market is very quiet, and for arrival the only 

 sale reported is a little lot of 25 tons Singapore, June-August 

 shipment (s.) at $$d. On the spot, sales of fair Singapore have 

 been made at Sjjrd. *° 5iHr^ 



At public sale on Wednesday 48 bags Singapore bought in 

 in at $d. to 6d., 226 bags Penang at 5W., and toi bags Aleppy 

 at 5f</. 200 bags Malabar sold — fine bold heavy brown §\d. 

 to 5fflT., good ditto s$d. to good heavy shot small, Aleppy 

 character 5^. per lb. 1 bag Ceylon, good brown, sold at $\d. 

 per lb. White is dull and easier. Sales of fair Singapore at 

 9{fd., fair Siam at g%d. and fair Penang at gd. For arrival no 

 business reported. 



At auction on the 28th instant of 214 bags Singapore cata- 

 logued 22 bags "Gabis" sold — good bold 10^., mixed shrivel- 

 led gd., common shrivelled 5^/. per lb. 138 bags Siam retired 

 at g\d. to g\d. Of 237 bags Penang 160 bags sold (mostly 

 without reserve), ordinary to fair limed Sid. to gd per lb. 32 

 bags Ceylon taken out. 



Ginger. — Cochin, we are still unable to report any improvement 

 in the demand for this article, and of the 21 cases 758 bags 

 offered only 20 bags fair medium and small washed rough sold 

 at 39$. per cvvt. Bold cut bought in at 80s. to g$s. } medium 

 at 65s. to 75.V., small at 55s. and cuttings at 37$. 6d. per cwt. 



Japan — 93 bags fair medium and small limed bought in at 

 35.9. per cwt. 



Jamaica. — Buyers views of value did not come up to those 

 of sellers, and, as a consequence, barely 100 barrels sold out of 

 the 721 barrels brought forward. Middling washed sold at 

 47^., common to ordinary at 375. 6d. to 40s. and Rhatoon at 

 34s. 6d. to 36.?. 6d. per cwt. or is. below valuations. 



Cardamoms. — The tone was distinctly better than of late, and 

 prices showed an advance of \d in some instances, while de- 

 corticated seed was id. to 2d. dearer. The following prices 

 were paid: — Ceylon-Mysores, good medium sized pale, bright 

 smoth 2s. id. to 2s. 2d ; medium and bold pale long, is. Sd. ; 

 small and medium bright pale is. 6d, } small and medium pale 

 is. 2d. to is. 4d. } very small pale is. to is. id. ; brown and split 

 is. to is. id. Ceylon-Malabar, light shelly pale, lOd. to lid., 

 bold and medium pale were held at 2s. per lb. Decorticated 

 seed sold at from is. 6d. to 1 s. gd. per lb. Several parcels of 

 Cardamoms were held at high limits, and were not pressed for 

 sale. 



India Rubber. — With continued pressure to sell spot and near 

 delivery prices have again declined. Receipts large, about 

 2,000 tons this month, increasing the visible supply. A large 

 business has been done here, spot and for delivery up to 

 August-September, hard fine spot down to 2s. nhd., entrefine 

 2s. iod. } forward delivery higher. Negroheads easier, \d. to \d. 

 per lb. lower; Cameta at 2s. id. per lb. Peruvian ball sold, 

 fair spot and afloat at 2s. 4id., slab neglected. 



