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85 packages offered and 78 sold : Long Leaf, fair 

 and good pale 5/- to 5/9d; middling 4/7 to 4/lld; 

 reddish part small 3/lld to 4/6d; rough and small 

 3/ld to 3/3d Round Leaf, fair and good pale 4/2 to 

 4/4; middling 3/5 to 3/10d: part rough and thin 

 2/5 to 3/2; pickings 2/2 to 2/3; tails palish 1/5 to 

 l/8d per lb. 



Penang : — In good demand at steady prices. 98 

 packages offered and 67 sold : Round Leaf, fair to 

 good palish 3 11 to 4/3; middling 3/4 to 3/8d; part 

 thin and rough 2/4d to 2/8d ; good pickings l/7d to 

 2/-; Tongue, fair to good pale 3 9 to 3/lld; pale 

 and reddish 3/ld to 3/3; dark and reddish 2/6d; 

 pickings Hid to 1/- ; long, fair pale 2 7d; small and 

 thin 2/2 to 2/'3d ; Purse ordinary to fair pale 8^d to 

 to 1/ld; floats, fair to good bold 14d to l/9d per lb. 



Black — Singapore has been in quiet request and 

 with heavy supplies prices have been downward. 



Fornarrival January/ March shipment sold down to 

 2fd c.i.f. delivered weights. 



White Pepper also has shown an easier tendency 

 November December closing sellers at 3 ifd per lb. 



Business to arrive has been comparatively speaking 

 small ranging from 9/9d, to 9/6d per cwt c.i.f. 



On the spot, small, fair quality is worth 11/-, medium 

 dull 12 6d, good 13 - per cwt. 



M.O.P. The next sales take place on November 

 19th. There was a good attendance of buyers at the 

 last sales, Macassar sold at 10/- to 20/- advance and 

 Mergui at firm prices. Green Snail Shells sold well. 



Macassar and Aroe: — 969 cases offered and 707 

 sold at 10/-to 20/- advance. Bold and medium £9 to 

 £10.7.6; small and chicken £8.15 to £9.10 pickings 

 £5.5 to £10., peces £5 to £7.2.6. 



Island Sorted: AA, chicken £8.5. to £8.10., A, 

 small medium £8.10 to £9«7.6., B, stout medium 

 £8.5.0 to £9.5.0., C, bold heavy £9 to £10.17.6, D, 

 more or less wormy £6.10, to £7.2.6, E. pickings 

 £4.5.0 to £5.2,6. W. P. C, part defective £7.10 to 

 £7.15.0. 



Mergui: — 201 packages offered and 154 sold at 

 rather. 



Dearer rates. Bold and medium £7.2.6 to £7.7.6., 

 medium and chicken £6.2.6 to £6.10., pickings £4.15. 

 to £6.10. pieces 90/-. 



Green Snail :— 581 packages offered and 422 sold at 

 firm prices. 



New Guinea: bold 24/- to 36/-, defective 14/-. 



