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London, July 27.— The market; closer rather quieter with sellers of forward 

 delivery Hard Pine at 5s. 2jd., after business at 5s. 2£d. and 5s. 2|d. Soft fine, 

 sales at 5s. If d. and 5s. Ihd. afloat, closing with sellers scrappy Negroheads arm, 

 value about 3s. lOld. Oatnetas sales at 3s. 0£i. Island Negrohea Is, buyers 2s. 9id. 

 Oaucho Ball, considerable business has been done, sales of Upriver Ball, August 

 to September delivery at 3s. 9kl. and spot at 3s. 9jd. For medium kinds demand 

 continues rather slow, but crepe plantation has met a better demand. 



S. FIGGIS & Co. 



London, August 3rd.— At to-day's auction, 202 packages of Ceylon and Straits 

 Settlements Plantation grown rubber were under offer, of which about 102 were sold. 

 The total weight amounted to about 11£ tons, Ceylon contributing about 3| and 

 Straits Settlements nearly 8£- Considering the near approach of the holidays and 

 the consequently small attendance, the demand for the fine quality cultivated rubber 

 was fairly satisfactory, though prices were sometimes fractionally lower than rates 

 ruling at the last auction. 



A few parcels of very fine pale bright biscuits and crepe from Ceylon 

 were well competed for and realised up to 5s. 9£d. per lb., the highest price of the 

 Auction. 



Orders for scrap and the lower kinds of crepe were again wanting, but for 

 the better qualities of the latter grade there was more enquiry than at the last 

 Auction. Plantation Fine To-day.— 5s. 8d. to 5s, 9£d., same period last year, 

 6s. Id. to 6s. 3d. 



Plantation Scrap. — About 4s. to 4s. 8d., same period last year, 4s. to 5s. Id. 



Fine Hard Para (South American).— 5s. 2d., same period last year, 5s. 6£d. 



Avei'age pi ice of Ceylon and Straits Settlements Plantation rubber. — 161 

 packages at 5s. 6d. per lb., against 77 packages at 5s. 3id. per lb. at last auction. 

 Particulars and prices as follows :— 



CEYLON. 



MARK. QUANTITY, DESCRIPTION AND PRICE PER LB. 



Talagalla 1 case fine darkish biscuits, 5s. 8|d.; 1 case fine pressed scrap 



4s. 6d. bid. 



Warriapolla 7 do fine pale to darkish biscuits, 5s. 8|d. 



Syston 1 do fine amber sheet, 5s. 8£d; 2 bags darker, 5s. 8£d.; 1 bag 



good pale biscuits, 5s. 8|d-; 2 packages darker, 5s. 8£d.; 



1 case barky scrap, 3s. 6d. 

 Doranakande 4 do dark biscuits, 5d. 8£d.; 1 case dark rough sheet, 5s.; 4 



cases fine palish to darkish scrap, 4s. 4d.; 2 cases dark 



scrap, 4s. 



Palli 3 do fine palish Ceara biscuits, 5s. 8d.; 2 cases little cloudy, 



5s. 8d.; 1 case t ougher, 5s. 7d. 



V. S. (in Estate 



Mark) K. M. 1 do rejected biscuits, 5s.; 2 cases mixed scrap, 3s. 6d.; 1 bag 

 rough Ceara biscuits and rejections, 4s. 3d. 

 Wiharagama 1 do ball scrap, 3s. 6d. 



Culloden 5 do very fine pale biscuits, 5s. 9£d.; 2 cases very fine pale block 



crepe, 5s. 8|d.; 2 cases fine pale pressed crepe, 5s. S£d.; 1 

 case darkish, 5s. 6d.; 5 cases darker, 4s. lOd. bid. 



Ellakande 2 do fine dark biscuits, 5s. 9d. 



Heatherley 2 do fine pale biscuits, 5s. 9£d.; 2 cases darkish pressed crepe, 



4s. 9d. bid. 



Ingoya 1 do fine pale biscuits, part heated, 5s. 7|d.; 9 cases little 



darker, 5s. 8£d,; 3 cases fine palish pressed scrap, 4s. 6d. 

 bid. 



