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Saps and Exudations, 



London, October 26th.— At to-day's auction, 266 packages of Ceylon and 

 Straits Settlements plantation-grown rubber were under offer, of which about 131 

 were sold. The total weight amounted to about ISA tons, Ceylon contributing about 

 5 and Straits Settlements over 10$. The quantity of plantation rubber brought 

 forward was considerably less than during the last few auctions. Bidding generally 

 was strong and prices showed a slight improvement. The highest figure was 5s. 9|d. 

 for an exceptionally fine parcel of crepe from the Jebong Estate. Among the 

 Ceylons some particularly good biscuits from Heatherly Estate realised 5s. 7|d. 

 Scrap also was well competed for and brought full prices. Plantation fine to-day 

 5s. 6d. to 5s. 7-fd., same period last year, 6s. 0|d. Plantation scrap 3s. to 4s. 10|d., 

 same period last year, 3s. to 5s. Okl. Pine hard Para (South American) 5s. 3d., same 

 period last year, 5s. 4d. Average price of Ceylon and Straits Settlements plantation 

 rubber.— 131 packages at 5s. 2]d. per lb., against 232 packages at 5s. ljd. per lb. at 

 last auction. Particulars and prices as follows : — 



CEYLON. 



QUANTITY, DESCRIPTION AND PRICE PER LB. 



1 case fine darkish biscuits, 5s. 7d.; 1 case good palish block 



scrap, 4s. 9d.; 1 case inferior mixed scrap, 3s. lOd. 

 1 do good palish to darkish biscuits, 5s. 7d.; 1 case darker, 

 5 s. 7d.; lease good palish scrap, 4s. 10id ; 1 case darker 

 and inferior, 4s. 



1 do good pale biscuits, 5s. 7d.; 1 case fine palish biscuits, 

 5s. 6|d-; 1 case somewhat darker, 5s. 6|d.; 1 case darkish 

 biscuits, 5s. 5d.; 1 case good palish pressed scrap, 4s. lOd. 

 1 do very fine pale and palish amber biscuits, 5s. 7fd.; lease 

 darkish pressed crepe, 5s. 2d.; 1 case black, 4s. 5d.; 3 cases 

 very fine pale and palish amber biscuits, 5s. 7Ad. 

 fine palish to darkish pressed crepe, 5s. 7£d.; 8 cases 

 darker, 5s. 3d.; 1 case dark, 4s. 10$d.; 1 case black, 4s. 8d. 

 palish to darkish biscuits and rejections, 5s. 4d. 



MARK 



Tallagalla 

 Ambatenne 



Warriapolla 



Heatherley 



Culloden 



M.A.K.(in diamond) 1 

 C. R. (R. W. & Co. in 

 triangle) E. 9 



do 

 do 

 do 



O.B.E.O(indiamond) 



fine large darkish sheet, 5s. 6id.; 2 cases palish pressed 

 scrap, 4s. 6^d.; 2 cases dark scrap and rejections, 4s, 2d. 

 1 bag darkish pressed scrap, 4s. 3|d. 



Kondesalle 

 Clontarf 



Aberdeen 



F.B. 



Wevekellie 



9 



MARK. 



B.R.R. Co., Ltd 

 R.M.P.Ltd.(in cross) 7 



A. (M.C.I, in diamond) 



S.D. P.S.T. 1 



B. do P.S.P. 1 



C. do P.S.T. 1 



D. do P.S.P. 1 



5 do fine darkish sheet, 5s. 6|d.; 1 case pressed rejections, 4s. 5d. 

 2 do good darkish biscuits, 5s. 6d.; 1 case darkish and dark 

 crepe, 4s. lid. 



2 do fine palish to darkish biscuits, 5s. 6|d.; 2 cases darker, 

 5s. 6|d.; 1 case fine pressed scrap, 4s. 7|d.; 1 case thick 

 rejections, 4s. 4d. 



2 do pale to dark biscuits, 5s. 2M.; 1 case rejections from sheet, 

 etc., 3s. lid. 



1 do palish biscuits, 5s. 7d. 



STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 



QUANTITY, DESCRIPTION AND PRICE PER LB. 



do darkish crepe, 5s. Id.; 2 cases darkish mixed crepe, 4s. 9|d. 

 do good darkish to dark crepe, 5s. 



E. do P.S.T. 1 

 CD. (M.C.I. 2 in dia- 



mond) P.B. 



CD. do P.S.P. 



G.K.K.B. (in dia- 

 mond) 



62 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



do 



do 



do 



good palish sheet, 5s. 5Ad. 

 darkish cut scrap, 4s. 5fd. 

 fine pale sheet, 5s. 7d. 

 darkish rejected sheet, 3s. 9d.; 

 4s. 3|d. 



palish to darkish sheet, 5s. 6|d. 



1 case darkish cut scrap, 



good darkish biscuits, 5s. 6d. 



palish scrap, 4s. 4M.; 1 bag rejections from biscuits, 4s. 4d. 



1 do fine pale sheet, 5s. 

 ball scrap, 4s. 2d. 

 scrap, 4s, 4-Jd. 



7|d. 



1 case similar, 5s. 7|d.; 1 case cut 

 1 case rejections from biscuits and 



