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ordinary ij. 2d. to is. 3 d. per lb. Of 14 cases Penang offered 
2 sold at is. 10 d. for good red, slightly wormy. Nine cases 
Singapore were bought in. 
Oil, Lemon Grass. — From second-hands 4| d. to 5^. per oz. 
c.i.f., is quoted, and 6 d. on the spot. 
Oil, Peppermint.— The spot price of Japanese dementholised 
oil has advanced to 4 s. per lb., and this figure has been paid. 
The arrival quotation is unchanged at 3^. 6d., c.i.f., for 
August-October shipment; 40 per cent, oil has also advanced 
to js . 3 d. and very little can be had ; American H G H is still 
8s. 3 d. to 8s. 6 d. spot from first-hands; and js. gd. in second 
hands. Tin oil is quoted 6s. 6d. spot for finest. 
Pepper. — In auction 170 bags fair Alleppy were bought in at 6\d. 
per lb. Neither black nor white Singapore was offered. Pri- 
vately the market for white Singapore is firm, but quiet, at 
9 Ti,d. for distant shipment, and Penang 8f d. nominally. Black 
Singapore is also firm, with buyers on the spot at 6^. and 
sellers 6 ^d. 
Pimento. — Quiet. In auction, of 430 bags offered 100 sold at 2 \d. 
per lb. for fair. 
Quinine . — The market last week closed fairly active, good brands 
of German sulphate in bulk changing hands for October de- 
livery at is. 1 \d. and is. if^f. for December, but on Monday, 
when it was found the bark shipments from Java for the first 
half of the month were heavier than had been expected, the 
market opened flat and declined quite \d., October selling at 
is. o^d. and December at i.v. id. Subsequently the market 
became firmer, with small sales of October at Ij. o%d. to is. id. 
and December at is. i^d. to is. 1 \d., and the market closes at 
the outside figures. Imperial brand is quoted is. o^d. spot, 
and is. I \d. forward. 
Vanilla. — Arrangements for a mail-service between Marseilles 
and Seychelles have been concluded with the Messageries 
Maritimes Company. The first steamer left Marseilles on 
August 25th. 
The weather. 
The Rainfall during September was on the whole fairly equable, 
except in Singapore which was under the average and which caused 
^ a curtailment of the supply to the town for a short time. The total 
fall was 6.73 inches. Penang had the greatest fall which measured 
14.77 inches. Malacca exceeded the average slightly with a total 
^ fall of 1 1.65. Perak varied greatly. The greatest total fall being 
registered at Selama which was 13.21, the lowest falling at Ipoh 
which was 3.08 inches only. Selangor too shewed difference from 
9.91 which fell at the District Hospital, Kuala Lumpur to 1.81 which 
was the record from Kuala Selangor. Pahang gave fairly equable 
returns from all stations. 
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