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Cocaine. — Has been reduced 2s. 3d. per oz., makers now quoting 

 Hydrochloride at i^s. per oz. for 200 oz. quantities; 14.?. 3d. 

 for 100 oz. lots, and i 4 5\ 6d. for less than 100 oz. Pure is 2s. 

 2d. per oz. more. Four tins of crude (79.55 per cent, pure) 

 were offered at the drug-auctions but withdrawn. 



Gambir. — Small sales of Cubes have been made at 40s. per cwt* 



Benzoin. — Very quiet and unchanged. Fairly good Sumatra 

 Seconds, well packed, with small to medium almonds, sold at 

 £j. 2s. 6d., and medium ditto at £6. $s. per cwt. Of three 

 cases Siam, one sold at £12. 10s. for pea and bean-size in fri- 

 able block; 65s. was wanted for siftings in hard, dark block. 

 For good glassy Palembang 4.0s. was wanted. 



Cannabis Indica. — Is still obtainable at 2s. 6d. for tops, but it is 

 reported that the price will soon be 3s. 



Cardamoms. — The quantity shown to-day was heavy, and the 

 demand being poor, especially for the finer quantities, prices 

 declined from 2d. to 3d. per lb., although in some instances 

 they were very irregular. The following rates were paid : — 

 Ceylon-Mysore, extra fine bold pale smooth, 3s. 2d. } bold split 

 ditto, 2s. $d. to 2s. gd., medium split, is. ]d. to is, 10., small 

 split, is. .2d. to is. 4d., medium and bold pale, Is. gd. to is. lod , 

 small and medium pale, is. 2d. to is. 5^., very small pale, is. 

 id., brown splits and pickings, is. id. to is. 2d. Decorticated 

 seeds sold at full prices, is. gd. to is. lod. per lb. being paid, 



Coca-Leaves — Good greenish Ceylon leaves realised is, 2d. per 

 lb. For 4 bales of sound greenish Truxillo leaves Sd. per lb. 

 was paid. 



Dragon's Blood. — Two cases of thin reed, of fair quality, sold 

 at £8. 10s. per cwt., and for two other cases of lump, of me- 

 dium colour, £g. was paid. For fine block run together £13. 

 1 os. was wanted. 



Galangal. — Is selling privately at 25^, which price was asked 

 for the parcel offered. ' 



Ipecacuanha. — In large supply and quite neglected, no sales 

 being made publicly. For fair Cartagena-root 35-. 6d. per lb. 

 was refused in one instance, the limit being 4s. Rio was held 

 at from gs. 6d. to 9j-. gd. per lb., the latter figure being asked 

 for fine bold bright. Supplies of both descriptions are accumu- 

 lating, and with the apparent increase in the production of 

 "cultivated" Brazilian-root (36 bales of which were offered 

 to-day), the market must gradually ease. 



Kola. — Eleven bags bright washed West Indian realised 2\d. per 

 lb. and the same figure was paid for a mouldy barrel. 



Oil, Lemongrass. — The parcel offered had been sold privately ; 



more was obtainable at ^d. per oz. 

 Oil, Lime.— West Indian distilled sold at is. wd. per lb. 

 Spices. — Continue without animation. At auction on Wednesday 



washed rough Cochin Ginger was bought in at 3gs. to 40^. per 



