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gum damar Quiet and prices easier. 



Singapore and Penang : Of 324 cases 110 baskets 

 and 315 bags, 370 packages sold, fair grayish sorts at 

 48 - to 48/6, pickings at 36 '6 to 37 -. Sittings, pale 

 bold speck y at 32/6 to 34 -, small dusty syecky at 

 27 - to 28 6d, dust at 17 6 to 21 block at 13 . 



Batavian : 100 Cases offered and mostly sold, pale 

 bold pale sifted at 85/-, medium ditto at 78/-, pea-size 

 at 55/-, and assortment bulked at 70 -. 



isinglass The tone generally has been quiet and prices favour- 



able to buyers. Moderate supplies of Penang brought 

 forward sold, good quality Leaf at 2d to 3d down but 

 other grades about steady. Tongue which is scarce 

 sold well. 



Purse steady ; Saigon met with a fair demand, long 

 leaf barely steady, but round leaf fully 3d down. 



Pe^ANG : — 94 packages offered (about 21,700 lb) and 

 Gl sold : Round leaf, fair to good heavy pale at 3 lid 

 to 4/2d, middling to fair palish at 3/2d to 3/10d, ditto 

 reddish at 2 3d to 2 lid, small part thin and rough, 

 dark at 1 7d to 2 Id, pickings at 9^d to 1 5cl. Tongue, 

 fair to good heavy at 3 4d to 3 lid, middling ditto at 



2 4d to 2/8, small thin at 1 9d ; long, fair to good pale 

 at 2/4 to 3 -, thin pickings at 1 2d. Tails, fair pale at 

 J 5d to 1 6d. Purse, fair heavy at 1 Id, ordinary to 

 middling at 9d to lid. 



SAIGON :— 61 packages offered (about 14,300 lb.) 

 and 35 sold : Long Leaf, good heavy pale at 5'5d to 

 5/'6d, fair ditto at 5 Id to 5 3d, middling at 4 6d to 

 4 9d, reddish and dark at 4/2d to 4 3d, dark rough part 

 small and thin at 3/7(1. Round Leaf, good heavy pale 

 at 1 Id, middling to fair yellow and reddish at 3 6d to 



3 lOd, reddish part rough and thin at 2 4d to 2/8d, 

 small thin at l/8d. 



pepper Little change can be noted here. A fair business 



has taken place in Black Singapore, closing January, 

 March shipment at 2f8 per lb. c.i.f. delivered weights. 



White Pepper :*— is firm closing near at hand at 

 lid per lb. c.i.f. October December at 4iVd c.i.f. 

 delivered weights. 



rubber Has been a strong and advancing market. The 



shipments of Plantation Para selling at improving 

 rates. At the present time fine hard Para is worth 

 1 9d per lb. but may be expected to reach 5 - per lb. 

 before long. 



The last offerings of Malay and Straits amount to 

 about 44 Tons. 



