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before  being  put  in  the  case,  and  that  they  are  put  into  the  case 
(juite  loosely^  no  weight  whatever  being  placed  upon  them.  The 
(lampness  of  the  rubber  in  my  opinion  was  evident  by  the  sort  of 
Mould  on  it,  this  of  cour-^e  does  not  affect  the  qualitv,  being  mcrelv 
external,  still,  if  excessive,  it  might  perhaps  do  so. 
“To  show  you  the  want  of  care  in  the  matter  of  packing,  1 enclose 
you  2 biscuits  exactly  as  they  were  taken  out  of  the  case,  you  will 
sec  that  they  have  lost  all  appearance  of  biscuits;  one  is  just  a 
little  lump,  and  the  other  is  nearly  as  bad.  No  doubt  you  will  be 
able  to  judge  how  such  an  appearance  could  have  been  produced, 
were  the  ‘‘biscuits”  packed  in  this  form,  or  were  they  put  into  the 
case  in  the  usual  form?  1 should  think  that,  if  they  were  packed 
like  this,  it  would  have  been  much  wiser  to  have  kept  such  in  a 
separate  case,  quite  apart  from  the  true  biscuils.  1 am  writing 
you  fully  on  this  matter,  because,  as  you  know,  I am  much  interested 
in  the  success  of  your  operations  and  because  I am  fully  aware  how 
intensely  anxious  you  arc  to  send  us  home  the  best  article. 
“dlie  price  of  course,  as  you  know,  is  extremely  high.  This  is  a 
legitimate  rise,  due  to  consumption  getting  ahead  of  supply,  stocks 
are  down  to  an  extremely  low  point,  never  have  they  been  lower. 
But  Para  Rubber  will  be  coming  in  at  the  beginning  of  the  year, 
and  this  must  reduce  values,  during  February,  March  and  April 
more  especially  later  on  again,  unless  the  very  high  prices  stimu- 
late production,  we  should  see  a return  of  the  present  high  levels. 
There  is  however  this  danger  in  these  high  prices,  they  will  stimu- 
late the' search  for  chemical  substitutes  to  replace  India-rubber. 
t r.  S. — Since  writing  the  above,  1 am  able  to  advise  that  the  8 
cases  of  Rubber  have  fetched  4/9^,  and  the  Pickings  3/3  per  lb.  ” 
■^Brokers  report  and  valuation  on  8 Cases  India-rubrer. 
2gih  September ^ ^9^3' 
Per  “ S.  S.  Glengarrv.  ’’ 
M A ^ 
J 
8 Cases  India  Rubber 
Grown  from  Para  Seed. 
No.  1/8. 
8 Cases  Fine  thin  sheet  and  biscuits,  rather  dark  colour,  ver\‘ 
slightly  sticky : good  rubber  value  per  lb.  4/8^/.  abt. 
9.  I bag  (ex  case  No.  5)  Scrap  from  do.,  fairly  clean  and  dry, 
in  quantity  per  lb.  3/7 J abt. 
9 P^gs. 
Auctions  Friday 
Good  demand. 
Figgis  8c  Co. 
