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Mark. Pkgs. Description. Price. 



I Sheet ... 5/- 



B. & D. 17 Good to dark crepe ... 4/8 to 5/3^ 



3 Sheets ... 4'- to 5 



1 Ham bong ... 3/7 



1 Rejected sheet ... 4/- 



1 Fine pale sheet ... 5/3^ 



BEESWAX 



CAPSICUMS 



CAMPHOR 



CHILLIES 



COPRA 



JOHN* HADDON & CO. SPECIAL 

 PRODUCE LETTER. 



London, November 6th, 1908. 



Straits Report. 



The bleaching season is over, in consequence, yellow 

 Wax has been slow of sale and may be quoted at 2/6d 

 to 5/- per cwt down. 



Have shown a firmness, fine grown beans have sold 

 well, and are wanted, buyers being prepared to pay 

 50/- to 60/- per cwt, but common, badly grown and 

 dried move off slowly. 



After improving has eased off considerably until spot 

 is only worth 147/6 per cwt and early shipment 147/6 

 per cwt. 



Have been a strong market, Mombassa and Zanzibar 

 advancing to 33/- per cwt, fine bright Nyassaland 

 selling at 55/- per cwt. 



A good trade has been done but during the past 

 fortnight prices have been a little irregular, and rather 

 in buyers favour. Closing, F. M. Straits at £17. 2. 6. 

 Java £18. 2. 6. 



gum copal Supplies have been heavy and only a small propor- 



tion sold owing to a very dull market. 



Manila and Macassar : Pale amber scraped at 42/-, 

 amber and brown at 40/-, amber and dark softish at 

 37/- to 38/6, pale pipey scraped at 35/-, ambery ditto 

 at 23/- to 28/6, rough pipey sorts at 20/-, pale block at 

 21/-. Nubbles, good ambery at 24/6d, blocky at 21/6, 

 rough dark at 18/6, blocky at 17/-. Chips, good pale 

 small at 5/-, blocky at 21/6d. Dust, block at 13/-. 



Pontianac : Medium and bold pale and amber scraped 

 at 70/-; Chips, fine bold ambery at 46/6d, ditto small 

 at 42/-; Nubbles, good coated at 39/-. 



Sambas : Medium and bold pale hard scraped at 66/-. 



Amboyna : Medium pipey scraped at 30/-, rough dark 

 blocky sorts at 19/-; Chips, bold dark at 20/-. 



