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SAGO Quiet. The offerings in Public Auction have all 



been bought in, a small business only closing Sellers to 

 arrive for small at 10/3d per cwt c.i.f. 



tapioca Market has been quiet but steady. A small business 



has been done in flake from lifd to lrVd according to 

 position and fair Singapore, medium, from 12/9tol3/3d 

 per cwt. 



vanilloes At these the last auctions of the year the larger 



supply of 1016 tins was offered, and with a good all-round 

 demand about 920 tins sold at dearer rates. The princi- 

 pal advance was for common brown and foxy beans, 

 which averaged an advance of about 2/- per lb. Black 

 beans of good flavor in moderate supply were about 1/- 

 dearer, crinkly and leanish "firsts" very irregular, but 

 . also show an average advance of 6d per lb. 



Seychelles :— Of 926 tins about 136 sold : Fair, 7 to 

 9 inch at 11/- to 13/-, 7* to 8£ inch at 9/- to 12/6, 7 to 

 8 inch at 8/3d to 12/-, 5 to 7 inch at 6/6 to 9/6 2i to 6i 

 inch at 6/2d to 9/-, common foxy and split 1/6 to 7/9. 



Bourbon : — 15 tins sold : Fair to good, 8^ to 9 inch 

 at 14/-, 8i inch at 13/-, 7i to 8 inch at 11/6 to 12/-, 5 to 

 7 inch at 7/9 to 10/6d. 



Mauritius : — 39 tins sold : Fair to good, 7i to 8| inch 

 at 9/6 to 11/-, 5 to 7 inch at 7/3d to 8/9d. 



Ceylon :— 9 tins sold : 4/- to 7/3d, various 2/- to 2/3d 



Fiji :— 20 tins sold, fair at 5/3d to 7/6. 



Madagascar:—-! tin sold ; 8 to 9 inch at 11-. 



