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chillies A fair business has been clone, but market closes 



rather easier. 



copra A good business has been done at steady prices 



although market closes rather easier. F. M. Straits 

 value £18, Sundried ditto £18.17.6., Java £19.5.0., 

 Ceylon £19.15., Malabar £20.2.6., Southsea £18.5.0., 

 Trinidad £19.2.64 c.i.f. delivered weights. 



gum benjamin Trade has been very quiet, and in recent offerings 

 Sumatra fair almondy sold at £7.5.0., medium to fair 

 brownish £6 to £6.10.0., middling brownish £5.10. to 

 £5.12.6., ordinary £5 percwt. 



We value Sumatra second quality, marbled, fair to 

 fine at £7 to £8, middling to good £5.10. to £6.10., 

 Palembang and thirds, middling to fair part almondy 

 30/-to 50/- Siam, firsts and seconds, fair block to fine 

 clean £7.15. to £27 per cwt. 



gum damar Has been in slow demand, the small business transact- 



ed, only at prices favouring buyers. Penang, good clean 

 grey at 52/-, small grey and dark 42/6, grains 30 -to 

 33/-, fine pickings 40/-, ordinary 20/-to 30/-, siftings 25/- 

 to 27/-, clean block 36/6d, dusty block 15/-, Singapore, 

 pale clean 64/-, grey clean 43/-, brown dusty 25 -per 

 cwt. 



We value Batavia, good to fine pale at 60/ -to 65/-, 

 Singapore, ordinary specky to fine 30/-to 65/ -per cwt. 

 gum copal The recent offerings-only part found buyers at about 



previous rates. Trade privately has been quiet, Ma- 

 cassar, hard pale scraped 51/- to 52/-, hard Amber 

 scraped 45/-to 47/-, pale bold pipey 37/-, pipey, yellow 

 31/-to 32/6, nubbles, good pale 34/6, fair 25/-, dark 

 20/-, glassy block 24/-, chips 16/ -to 20/-, pickings 

 19/-. Pontianac, Amber hard scraped 63/-, coated 40/-, 

 nubbles 30/-to 34/-, chips 22/-. Sambas, pale chips 

 32/6. We value Macassar etc., hard scraped pale at 

 60/-to 67/6, amber 50/-to 57/-, dark 48/-to 52/6, soft 

 scraped, dark to pale 30, -to 45/-, nubbles, pale 28/-to 

 36/-, dark and mixed 19/-to 25/-, chips, pale hard clean 

 25/- to 35/-, ordinary and softy 20/- to 24/ -per cwt. 



cam bier A steady demand has existed .more particularly for 



near positions from the Continent and America. Sales 

 of block up to 22/6, afloat to New York, and 22/-March 

 shipment to the Continent, but we close easier May/June 

 shipment at 21/7?d c.i.f. 



gutta-percha Market quiet. Good to fine genuine red value 4/6d 

 to 7/-, good to fine white l/4d to 2/9d. Cotie, Siak and 

 Sooloo reboiled value 4d to 5d per lb. 



india rubber A good market has existed, and firm to dearer prices 

 have been obtained for Plantation kinds. Block, fine 

 clear pale 5/6d to 5/9d, fine sheets and biscuits 5/4d to 



