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Copra: — The market has been very Arm during the last month 

 and prices have shown an advance of about £2 per ton. The pre- 

 sent value— F. M. Straits £23.10. 



Dragons Blood: — Market quiet. Singapore reeds, dull to fine bright 

 £9 to £9.10.0, per ton. Lump, ordinary to fine bright £6 to £6.10.0, 

 per cwt. 



Gums Benjamin:— McLrket has been very quiet. Sumatra, good 

 seconds sold at £7 to £7.5.0., ordinary £6.10.0., Broken £6 per cwt. 



Copal : — Market steady. Pontianac, good clean amber scraped 

 sold at 68/-, dark 63/-. Nuts, fair clean 57/6. Macassar, Nuts, fair 

 to good pale 30/- to 32/6d.. amber, dark and drossy 17/-, dark and 

 drossy blocky sorts l5/6d. Chips, small palish specky 20/ to 20/6d., 

 dark 16/- per cwt. 



Damar : — A small trade, but at rather better prices. Singapore, 

 palish pea size selling at 32/6d., siftings 27/6d. to 28/-, amber pickings 

 at 33/" per cwt. 



India Rubber : — The month has been a decline. Fine Para has 

 dropped to 7/5d. 



In Sales Plantation grown Para, Crepe sold at 9/3 /^d. to 7/lld., 

 palish 9/O^d. to 7/7^d., fair to good mottled 8/lo^d. to 6/4d., fair to 

 good brown 8/7 ^^d. to 6/ld., barky 7/6d. to 5/2^d., Biscuits and 

 Sheets 9/ld. to 7/6d., scrab 6/ioHd. to 5/6d., smoked sheets 8/3^d.to 

 8/8d.. closing dull at the lower rates. 



Isinglass : — The Sales have gone well, Saigon, long leaf advancing 

 2d. to 3d., other qualities steady. Long, fair to good selling at 6/- to 

 6/3d., middling 5/5d. to 5/9d., small reddish 4/7d., dark 4/2d., small 

 thin 3/2d. to 3/4d., round, fair to good pale 4/- to 4/3d., middling 3/5d., 

 to 3/8d.j part thin and rough 2/4d. to 2/iod., per lb. 



Penang : — Market firm. Roung leaf, fine pale stout 4/9d., fair 

 to good pale 3/lod. to 4/5d., middling 3/3d. to 3/9d., part thin and 

 rough 2/3d. to 3/ Id., pickings l/2d. to l/6d. Long Leaf, small thin to 

 fair pale 3/7d. to 5/6d. Tongue, long palish 2/8d., dark 2/2d. Floats, 

 fair l/5d. Purse small thin to good pale Sl^d. to l/5d., per lb. 



Pepper : — Business has been fairly steady, the demand has been 

 quiet, values have ranged for Black Singapore, December to January, 

 4 Ad. to 4d., January to March, :4d. to 4 ^Vd., March to May, 

 4 jsd. to 4^d. White Singapore, December to January, 7d. to 

 6 Hd., January to March, y M- to 7d. 



Siam, 6 Md., Penang 6d. to 6^d. per lb. 



Sago : — In better demand at dearer prices. To arrive a small 

 business has been done in medium at l2/9d. to l3/3d., c. i. f. On the 

 spot Pearl at 15/- to l6/6d., medium 14/- to 15/-, small 12/- to i3/6d. 



Flour : — Gook pinky to white 9/- to 10/- per cwt. 



