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This year's crop was well selected generally. All fine should be 

 cut and carefully selected before shipment. Caucho ball increased 

 greatly again and of useful quality. Bolivia increased considerably. 

 Mollendo sent about as previous year. Venezuela via Orinoco 

 more. Ceara and Manicoba abundant and cheap. Pernambuco 

 and Assare moderate supply but sold cheaply. Mattogrosso crop 

 was much less, and quality not so good. Mangabeira, from Santos 

 and Bahia, fairly abundant and cheap. 



Central America : Values and supplies have declined. Mexico 

 moderate supply. Colombia small lots, and part poor, undesirable 

 quality. Ecuador was fair quality, also Nicaragua. We had a few 

 lots of Plantation from these countries, and estimate 20,000 acres 

 planted there. West Coast African (total in tons about), 17,000 

 (1907); i/,2oo (1906); 17,500 (1905); 18,000 (1904); including 

 Benguela and Mossamedes, 1,700 (1907) ; 1,450 (1906) ; 1,650 



(1905) ; 1,600(1904). Loanda, 900 (1907); 700(1906); 800(1905); 

 950 (i > 04); Congo, French Congo and Soudan, 6,000(1907) ; 5,900 



(1906) ; 5,650 (1905); 5,800 (1904). Qualities have somewhat 

 improved, but prices are rather low for Niger, Gold Coast, Accra 

 and Lagos. Good qualities from the Cameroons, Sierra Leone, 

 Gaboon and Conakry have been in eager demand at high prices 

 relatively. Values declined Sd. to is. 4d. per lb. according to 

 description. The French Congo and Soudan, mostly from Senegal 

 via Bordeaux, sold fairly; about 1,200 tons, against 1,300 tons in 

 1906, 1,250 tons in 1905. Liverpool imports West Coast African 

 3,740 tons, against 4,770 tons in 1906, and 4,700 tons in 1905. 

 Antwerp imports, mostly from Congo, 5,000 tons, against 5,700 tons. 



East Coast African : Zanzibar, etc., has largely increased ; prices 

 show a decline for the year of nearly is. 3d. per lb. ; quality has 

 been fair. Nyassaland was less. Mombassa and Lamu increased. 

 Uganda not a great increase, and prices poor. Abyssinian supply 

 is increasing, quality middling. Madagascar again increased, but 

 shows only about is. per lb. fall. Niggers have continued to come 

 of very poor quality, and sold cheaply. Rangoon more and cheap 

 Assam rather decreased. Penang about the same, and sold steadily 

 until recently. Supply of Java was small, but planting is going on 

 freely, and we may expect increased supplies. Borneo increased 

 and sold well. Tonkin and French Cochin China did not increase, 

 and sold rather badly. New Guinea sent us none. Pontianak has 

 been abundant and fairly high. 



Review of Para Prices for 1907. 



We began 1907 with price for fine hard 5^. 2\d. y soft 5s. o\d., 

 Negrohead scrappy 4.?. 1 \d. y Cameta $s. i\d.> Caucho ball 4.9. 3W. 

 By the end of March the latter had declined to 3^. j^d., Negrohead 

 35. iod., fine hard 4s. 1 id. In June prices were lower again, 4s. yd. 

 fine hard, but there was a large business and activity for American 

 account in July, when hard sold at 4s. u^., Negrohead 3^. i\\d., 

 Cameta 3 s. 2d., ball 3^. io\d. The market became quiet and 

 declined in September to 4*. 5^., 3^. \od., 2s. y\d., and 3$. y\d. 

 relatively. Prices declined a further 4d. per lb. by end of October 



