202 
Great Britain U. S. A. 
1901 ... 15 66 
* 9 °° ... 50 ... 119 
x $99 ... 192 ... 124 
*898 ... 214 ... 95 
*897 ... 226 ... no 
*896 ... 1 18 ... 1 * 
Gum Arabic.— In East Indian gums sales privately have been 
made at 23s. 6d. per cwt. for good palish unsifted brown Amrad, 
middling Ghatti at r 5^. 6d. and ordinary to good ditto m. to 13J. 
Spices.— The market is quite, and there is very little business 
to note this week. The auction on Wednesday were small, and 
nearly everything was bought in, the exception being Nyassaland 
Chillies, which sold with good competition, but at easier prices, 
good to fine bringing 44 s. to 47 s. 6d.. and little mixed 40.?. to 425-. 
6d. per cwt., common dark stalky Zanzibar were bought in at 35s. 
per cwt. Nyassaland Capsicum sold at 24s. per cwt. for cherries, at 
28^. for medium pods, and at 50s. for long pods. All the parcels 
of Ginger were bought in, small rough Cochin at 46.?. good washed 
rough at 52.V., and rough limed Japan at 45 per cwt. Pimento 
firm, but quiet ; only one lot sold at 3!^. per lb. for clean grey. 
Dull thin Singapore Mace was bought in at is. 6 d. per lb. Zanzi- 
bar Cloves are rather easier at 4 -^d. per lb. for March-May deli- 
very ; fair Penang were bought in at 8^d. per lb. Pepper is quiet, 
and lower for black since our report last week, Singapore having 
been sold at 6%d. per lb. for January-March shipment. The 
market, however, now shows a firmer tendency. At auction Pe- 
nang was bought in at 5 \d. and greyish Malabar at 6 \d. per lb. 
Singapore white was withdrawn at io£d. per 1. 
The CHEMIST & DRUGGIST, 
London . 
The Weather. 
The Returns for December shew that it was a fairly average 
month, there were no extremes, except, perhaps, in the case of 
the Rainfall at Pekan,. where 24^6 inches of rain fell. Singapore 
was about the average with 8*77. Penang was comparatively dry 
3'33 only being recorded. Malacca slightly under the average 
with 6*25. In Perak, the greatest amount fell at Tapah 11*02, and 
the lowest at Parit Buntar 3-42. Selangor recorded the highest 
at KajangS‘47 and the lowest at Kuala Langat 4 90 ; whilst Pahang 
shewed the enormous difference between 24^6 at Pekan and 9-81 
at Temerloh. 
