362 



There was more enquiry for clean Scrap, most of which sold at 

 firm rates, but the lower grades of Crepe were in some cases rather 

 neglected. 







Quantity in 

 Tons. 



Average 

 Price of 

 Plantation 

 Rubber. 



Comparative Prices. 



Number of 

 Packages Adver- 

 tised. 

























w 

 <D 

 be 



a 

 M 





ine Para. 



Plantation. 



A 







Ceylon. 



Malaya 



Totals. 



No. of 1 

 Sold. 



Price. 



Hard F 



Fine. 



Scrap. 



Today .. 



1157 



H 



54 



63J 



593 



3/8| 



3/9 



4/- to/46 



2/91 to 3/OJ 



Corresponding) 

 Sale Last Year > 



748 



H 



35i 



39| 



192 



4/10| 



4/7 



5/- to 5/8 



3/ 101 



To-Day's Quotations. 



Sheet and 

 Biscuits. 





Crepe and 

 Block. 





Unwashed 

 Scrap. 





V ery line pale 



Biscuits. 

 Good to Fine 



Biscuits. 

 Good to Fine 



Sheet. 



4/5 to 4/0 

 4/- to 4/0J 

 4/- to 4 1 \ 



Fine Pale ... 



Medium and 



Palish. 

 Dark 



4/~ to 4/21 

 3/4| to 3/10 

 2/9 1 to 3/21 



Good to Fine 



Low and Me- 

 dium. 



2/9| to 3/0£ 

 16 



1908. 

 3,210 tons .. 



Para Statistics. 

 Keceipts at Para for May. 

 1907. 1906. 

 2,620 tons 2,320 tons . 



1906. 



2,220 tons 



Total Crop Keceipts— 11 months— July to May. 



1907-08. 1906-07. 1905-06. 1904-U5. 



35, 250 tons ... 36,570 tons ... 32,840 tons ... 3 1, P00 tons 



Plantation Exports. 



CEYLON.— 1st JANUARY r 

 18th MAY. 



1908 

 1907 

 1906 

 1905 



106^ tons 



74 tons 



43 tons 



17 J tons 



MALAYA. — 1st JANUARY to 

 30th APRIL. 

 Singapore. Penang. Total. 



1908 ...291.', tons... 155 tons ... 446. 1 , tons 

 1907 ...184| tons... 21 tons ,..205|ion* 



