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5/5id. Crepe, good to fine pale 5/5d to 5/7d, fair grey 

 and brown 5/2d to 5/4d, dark and black 4/9d to 5/-. 

 Scrap, fair and good pale 4/6d to 4/9 ^d. Eambong, good 

 clean crepe 4/8d to 5/-per lb. Penang and Singapore, 

 good to fine red clean 3/ld to3/2id, red and white, part 

 soft 2/3d to 2/6d, white, part soft and barky l/4d to 

 l/7d. Java and Sumatra, fair to fine Eambong 4/-to 

 4/6d per lb. 



isinglass The offerings of Penang sold well. Long leaf, thin at 



3/4d, fair palish 4/2d to 4/3d, red and yellow 3/6d to 

 3/10d, reddish 2/66 to 3/4d, red 2/- to 2/3d. Tongue, 

 fair yellow 4/2d to 4/5d, red and yellow 3/9d to 4/-, red 

 3/5d to 3/7d, red and dark 2/8d to 3/-, dark 2/2d. 

 Purse, red and yellow lid to 1/-, red 6d to 9^d, tails 



i/m. 



pepper For awhile a good business was done in black Sing- 



apore for near positions to America, Singapore, March 

 was done up to 3 5-16d, and March/ April up to 3^d, 

 closing sellers and buyers to New York at 2 29-32d, 

 March/May shipment, and buyers for June/ August 

 Steamer at 2|d c.i.f. delivered weights. 



White Pepper :— has declined about 5-16d per lb. 

 April shipment closing at 4§d c.i.f. and June/ August 

 shipment offers at 4 ll-32d and August/October at 4 

 5-16d c.i.f. delivered weights. 



shell M. O. P. Macassar — The offerings were all with- 



drawn ; Manila, Penang, Ceram etc. — 250 Cases sold, 

 edium and bold fair to good substance and yellow £7 to 

 £9.5.0. thin, medium and chicken £5.12.6 to £6.2.6 

 heavy shells part only slight grubby £5.7.6. to £6.12.6. 

 grubby pickings badly coated and inferior 85/-to £5.7.6. 

 broken pieces 72/6d to 85/-. 



Green Snail, Mergui and Penang, bold good color 44/- 

 to 47/-, medium 41/-to 43/, small 28/-to 31/6d, grubby 

 pickings 20/6d to 23/ -per cwt. 



TORTOISE : — Nothing offered from Singapore and 

 Macassar. We value heavy sorts, good mottle 23/-to 

 30/-per lb. sorts on the string, small to bold, part 

 chicken 10/-to 20/-per lb. 



tapioca The market has been veiy dull with only a small 



business, sellers of flake at 1 13-32d. A few sales of 

 medium Pearl at 12/- c.i.f. New York for fair quality 

 Singapore, and for Liverpool at 11 6d c.i.f. Penang Seed 

 nearest value 10 9d c.i.f. 



vanilloes The moderate supply consisted of 436 tins-chiefly 



sold. Fine firsts were in small supply, realised fully 

 last sales' rates, inferior firsts and doubtful flavour, were 

 again slow of sale. The bulk of offerings being brown 

 foxy and split beans which sold readily, and considering 

 quality, prices obtained were steady. 



