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satisfactory- COPAL : — was in fair supply and met an improv- 

 ed demand, and about one fourth sold at fully last sales, rates. 

 502 cases, 3,671 baskets and 197 bags Manila, Macassar etc., 

 offered and I, 057 packages sold; Sambas, small to bold pale 

 pinky hard scraped at 63/6d., pale nubbles at 33/- to 36/6d., 

 dull ditto at 28/-. PONTIANAC, pale hard scraped at 70/-, 

 pale and amber scraped at 54/-, bold pale nubbles at 37/-, 

 pale and amber ditto at 33/-, mixed amber at 24/- to 25/-. 

 CHIPS, pale small at 28/-, siftings at 16/-. Macassar, medium 

 and small pale pinky at 43/-, ditto amber at 35/-, fair pipey 

 sorts at 28/6d. to 29/-, rough dark blocky sorts at l2/6d. 

 Nubbles good pale at 33/- to 34/-, pale yellowish at 30/6d. to 

 32/- blocky at 24/-. CHIPS, small at 21/- to 22/6d. Dust at 

 16/-, blocky at i2/6d. KORO, fair pale scraped at 33/- to 

 37/'6d, dark coated at 20/- to 22/-, coated nubbles at 25/-, 

 coated chips at 21/-, dark siftings at 10/-. 



Damar :— The moderate supply of 616 packages was 

 offered which met a better demand, and more than half sold 

 a dearer rates. 



Singapore and Penang : 180 cases, 1 15 baskets and 295 

 bags, offered and 329 packages sold. Singapore, grayish 

 sorts at 45/6d. Penang character, good pale sifted at 56/-, 

 pale grayish sorts at 46/- to 48/-, blocky at 36/- to 38/-, pale 

 siftings at 37/-, specky ditto at 30/-, dusty at 24/6d., blocky 

 at 20/- to 24/-, Dust blocky at 20/-, pickings good gray at 33/- 

 to 34/-, blocky at 26/-, ordinary dark at 18/-. Borneo, black 

 coated chips at 10/-. 



Batavian : 16 cases offered and bought in, pale, small 

 dusty at 65/-. 



India Rubber : — The decline mentioned in our last report 

 was short-lived since when demand has been animated, and 

 well sustained, the sales shewing higher prices. 



On the last occasion Plantation Rubber sold as follows:— 

 Malay and straits (about 100 tons) : Sheet, fine smoked at 8 5d. 

 to 8/6d. fair to fine at 8/o^d. to 8/3d., mixed inferior at ylgd. 

 to 7/ll l Ad. crepe, good to fine pale at 8/1 Vz d. to 8/3 J4d., fair to 

 good palish at 7/7%d. to 7/ilMd., palish mottled at 7/l%d. to 

 7/7- clean brown part dark at 6/6^4d. to 6/1 1 %d., dark brown 

 part specky at 5/6d. to 6 3d., black and soft at 4/4d. Scrap 

 and virgin pieces, fair to fine clean at 5/2%d. to 5/6d., mixed 

 inferior at 4/lOd. Rambdng, crepe at 4/loJid., scrap, good 

 clean at 6/5%d. and black at 5/4%d. 



Ceylon (about 18 tons) : Biscuits and sheet fair to fine at 

 8/oJ4d. to 8 3d. Crepe, good to very fine pale at 8 0%d. to 



