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Cocaine. — Hydrochloride is very firm, business having been done 
at makers' prices. Crude continues scarce, the Hamburg mar- 
ket having been cleared. 
Dragon’s Blood.— Eleven cases good quality have arrived this 
week. 
Cubebs. — At the Pharmaceutical Society’s evening meeting this 
week the Curator of the Museum exhibited a sample of false 
cubebs recently imported into Liverpool. They are the old 
thing, very like true cubebs, but do not give the characteristic 
crimson reaction with sulphuric acid. 
Gambier. — A parcel of cubes just landed has been sold at 36^. 
per cwt. for fair No. 1. 
Ipecacuanha. — Since the sales some twenty bales of Brazilian 
have changed hands at about the auction prices. In Cartagena 
no business appears to have been done, holders of good clean 
stuff asking 6v. 3 d. to 6s. g d. 
Oil, Castor. — The quotation for Calcutta seconds is ^\d. per lb. 
Hull make for December delivery is quoted £28 for firsts and 
£27 for seconds, ex wharf, London. 
Oil, Citronella. — Is unaltered at 10 d: per lb. in cases, and gkd 
in drums. 
Oil, Lemongrass. — Is coining to hand more freely, but the 
quotation is unaltered at Sd. per oz. To arrive, ^d. to 7 \d. 
c. i. f., is wanted. 
Quinine. — As a consequence of the 7 per cent, decline in bark at 
the Amsterdam auction, makers of German quinine reduced 
their quotation by \d. per oz. now Ii - ., 2d. with the intimation 
that “until further notice the falling clause will be given for 
contracts.” A larger reduction had been anticipated by out- 
side holders, so this was considered satisfactory, and the week 
closed with sales of about 40,000 oz. at is. of d. for December 
delivery, and is. 1 \d. for March. Early this week, however, 
prices slightly receded again, December selling at iv. o\d. 
and March at is. id, subsequently becor lg rather firmer, 
with a small business at is. of d. for Decemoer, and is. l^d. 
for March. To-day the market is quiet, and the above prices 
are unchanged. Whiffen's price has also been reduced to is 
2d. for l,ooo oz. lots. The result of to-day’s quinine-sale at 
Batavia is as follows: Of 6,600 kilos. Ed. 1 1 . offered, 5,200 
kilos, sold at an average of 20 fil. per kilo, (about equal to 7fc. 
Amsterdam) against 20^ fl. at the October sale. The next 
auction to be held at Batavia will take place on December 18. 
In response to a petition the Board of Trade have consented 
to publish the imports and exports of “ quinine and quinine- 
salts n monthly in the Board of Trade returns commencing 
January next. 
Spices.— There is a better tone in this market and more business 
is apparent, especially in pepper, at improving prices. The 
auctions on Wednesday were unimportant, the principal 
feature being a fair show of Jamaica Ginger, mostly second- 
hand parcels. The bidding was slack, and the holders with- 
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