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terms. Also May /June shipment 4 21-32d, June; August 

 4fd, August/October 4fd, September/November 4fd, 

 delivered weights. 



rubber The market has been strong, Plantation kinds selling 



readily at dearer prices. 



Sheet, good to fine pale 5/4|d 5/6id ; Grepe, very 

 fine pale 5/6 to 5/7d, good to fine pale 5/4id to 5/64d, 

 fair to good palish 5/3d to5/5d, brown and grey 5/1 2d 

 to 5/3 W, clean dark brown 5/0id to 5/2id, dark specky 

 4/lOd to 5/-, black softish 4/54d to 4/6d, scrap, fair to 

 good 4/6id to 4/lld. 



shell M. 0. P. The supplies offered were small, prices 



remained steady. 



Macassar-Green small shells, small and medium 

 good quality sold at 32/6 to 43/-per cwt. 



Trocas Shells- Singapore sold at 17/-per cwt. 



Supplies were small, competition good, and everything 

 sold. Singapore, 43 lbs., of Shell sold at 17/6 per lb., 

 for sorts on string. 



tapioca Little change has taken place. The spot market has 



been very quiet, and business di.acult. 



For arrival only a moderate business closing sellers 

 of Flake, April/June and June, August shipment at ltd 

 c.i.f. and Pearl, medium June/August shipment at ll/6d, 

 July/September ll/4?d, and fair Penang at 10/6d and 

 10/4 Jd per cwt. 



vanilloes Supplies offered in last sales met with good competi- 



tion, prices shewing an advance of l/-to l/6d per lb. 



Mauritius- 123 tins offered and sold. Fair to good, 

 8 to 9 inch at 16/-, 8 to 8i inch at 15/'-, 74 to 8 inch at 

 12/-to 13/-, 7 to 74 inch at ll/6d to 12/6d, 6i to 7 inch 

 at 9/9d to 11/6(1, 44 to 64 inch at 8/3d to 11/-. Fine 

 splits 8/6 to 9/9d, common 7/9 to 10/6d. 



Seychelles-Of 182 tins about 135 sold. Fair to good 

 74 to 84 inch at 13/6d, 7 to 8 inch at 11/- to 13/-, 3 to 

 74 inch at 8/3d to 11/-, common 7/3d to 8/6d. 



Madagascar-34 tins offered and sold. Fair to good 6^ 

 to 7i inch at 10/9d, 64 to 7 inch at 9/9d to 10/6d, 5 to 

 6 inch at 9/-to 9/6d, common 8/3d to 8/6d. 



Mexican- 1 tin sold. Good 7 to 8 inch at 16/6d. 



Australian-6 tins sold. Fair to good 74 to 84 inch at 

 9/6d, 6 to 74 inch at 8/6d, common 8 3d. 



Bourbon-4 tins sold. 4i to 5-i inch at 8 3d. 



Zanzibar-8 tins sold. Common 4^ to 7 inch at 7/'9d 

 to 8/3d. 



Java-7 tins sold. Common 5 to 7 inch at 8, 3d. 

 Ceylon-2 tins sold. Common at 7/-, 



