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Cloves. —Continued. Singapore have been offered from time ot time realis- 

 ing fair rates, value Penang, full to tine bright bold 9d 

 to lid. Amboyna, dull to fine 7|d to 8d. per lb. Ceylon 

 dull to fine 7d to 8d per lb. Zanzibar, fair to tine 

 bright 4d to 4id per lb. 



COPRA The market very quiet and tendency downward. 



Since our last report the value has declined fully 10/- 

 to 15/- per ton, a good business has been done at the 

 declining rates. 



gum copal After an interval of two months an accumulation of 



supplies was brought forward amounting to 5790 pack- 

 ages of all descriptions. 



1130 cases 3973 baskets and 685 bags offered and 

 about 2300 packages sold. Manilla and Macassar, 

 good medium and small pinky scraped at 56/6d to 58/-, 

 dark amber and brown at 51/ to 53/-, medium to bold 

 fluted at 31/ - to 36/- blocky ditto at 30/-, medium pale 

 pipey part small at 27/- to 28/-, rough blocky soft sorts 

 at 21/- to 24/6d. Nubbles, good hard pale at 35/- to 

 36/6d, fair palish at 29/- to 31/-. white small and 

 medium at 35/-, ordinary dark at 20/-, Chips, good 

 palish at 24/- to 25/-, fair at 23/-. Siftings, ordinary to 

 middling palish at 23/-, to 25/-. Dust at 6/- to 13/6d. 

 Pontianac good nubbles at 38/-, mixed softish at 27/-, 

 Sambasi good to fine pale scraped at 70/- to 75/-, good 

 pinky at 67/- to 69/- pale block at 60/- Nubbles, good 

 palish at 36/-. Amboyna, rough dark blocky sorts 

 at 21/- to 2X/6d. Nubbles, mixed part dark and 

 rough at 19/- to 23/6d. Chigs, good bold at 24/- to 

 26/-, small at 21 - 22/-, blocky ditto at 20/- to 20/6d. 

 Pickings, blocky dark at 15/-, Benguela Sorts, fair at 

 60/- to 62/-. ditto part rough and blocky at 45/- to 

 50 ; -, dark pickings at 25/- to 30/-. Angola, fair red 

 £5.5.0. 



gum damar In heavy supply, met a moderate demand, and part 



sold at steady prices. Of 294 cases 64 baskets and 

 535 bags Singapore offered only 72 packages sold, good 

 pale selected at 77/-, fair small dusty palish sorts at 

 53/6d to 54/-. Of 268 bags and 29 baskets Penang 

 275 packages sold, fair gray sorts at 49/- to 49/6d, gray 

 pickings at 37/-, block at 40/-; fair specky. Siftings 

 at 36/-to 37-6, blocky at 33/-, palish dusty at 31/-, 

 blocky dust at 25./-. Batavian : 117 packages offered 

 and sold without reserve, small palish sorts at 44/-; 

 Siftings, good palish part specky at 35 - to 46/-. 

 Dust 23/* to 24/-. Ceylon 9 packages offered and 

 8 sold, good sorts at 72, 6d, dark pickings at 3/- 

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