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Capsicums: — Market firm. Very fine Beans from 

 Natal have sold at 75/- to 79/- per cwt., but common 

 East Indians are slow pf sale at 25/- to 35/- per cwt. 



Copra : — The market during the past month has 

 been quiet and prices ruled rather in buyers, favor, but 

 we close firm. F. M. Straits at £20.2.6 ; Sundried 

 £22.15.0; Java £21.12.0; Manila £19.10.0; Ceylon 

 £22.10.0; Malabar £23.15.0 per ton c.i.f. 



The tendency of market for near future is strong. 



Gums, Copal : — Privately a fair business has been 

 done at steady prices. 



The auctions held contained fair supplies, but 

 buyers were rather slow and a little was sold but until 

 afterwards. 



551 cases 4509 baskets and 15 bags Manila, Macassar, 

 etc., were offered, and about 1000 packages sold at nda 

 since the sales. Macassar, fair scraped yellowish at 47/6, 

 bold pale and amber fluted at 38-, fair fluted sorts at 

 29/-, small ditto at 26/6d. Nubbles, fair pale at 30/-. 

 chips, bold pale, at 25/6d, rough blocky at 17/6 to 19/-. 

 Pontianac, amber and pale well scraped at 67/6, mixed 

 colours fair scraped, without reserve at 58/-. 



Nubbles, bright hard at 38/6d., fair part coated at 

 35/- ; chips, clean pale small at 26/-, common mixed at 

 i7-6d. to 18/-. Sambas, pale pinky scraped at 69/-, pale 

 bold chips at 34/6d. 



Benguela : 58 packages offered and sold, fair clean 

 sorts part rough at 63 - to 65 /-, palish part rough coated 

 at 52/-, small clean at 47/-, part blocky at 39/-, rough 

 pickings at 7 ; 6d. to 12 6d. 



Damar has been a very quiet market, privately 

 the trade has been small, but quite sufficient, for in the 

 public sales when 129 packages were offered there was 

 no demand, and all was bought in. 



India Rubber : — Prices during the month have con- 

 tinued to advance until record figures have been reached, 

 far beyond even the greatest Bull's anticipation. At the 

 beginning of this week the extreme rates received a 



