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Oil, Camphor. — Is very scarce, one holder quoting 45s. per cwt. 
e, i. f. 
Oil, Castor. — Is slow of sale with a small business in Calcutta 
seconds at 2§ d. per lb. 
Benzoin. — Sumatra was neglected in auction, only 2 cases selling 
at £ r j. 2s . 6 d. per cwt. for good seconds, with small to bold 
almonds and rather false packed. For a case of small to bold 
palish free Siam almonds of good flavour £19. per cwt. was 
refused, £22. being wanted, and for partly blocky, pea and 
bean size, £j. 15 s. was refused. 
Cardamoms. — Sold at very irregular prices, bold being steady, 
and medium and small sizes easier. Decorticated seeds were 
in good demand, and sold at firm rates, is. 6 d. to is. 'jd. being 
paid. The following prices were paid for Ceylon-Mysores : 
Good bold pale bright, 2 s. 1 id. to 3s. bold and medium pale, 
2s. 7 d. to 2 s. I id., bold medium pale, 2s. 2d. to 2s. 3d . ; small 
and medium palish, is. 8*/. to 2 s. small pale, is. to is. id., 
splits, medium, is. id., brown split and pickings, is. id. to is. 
4 d. Ceylon-Maiabar pickings, 4 d. per lb. subject, and broken 
decorticated Malabar seed, is. 2d. of 7 cases native wild long- 
offered j case of small to bold sold at 2s. 9 d. and 5 cases me- 
dium and leaner ditto at 2s. 3 d. to 2 s. 4 d. subject. 
Coca-Leaves. — A case of good green Ceylon realised is. id. fair 
greenish, 9 d. and slightly damaged, 6^d. per lb. Privately, 
green Truxillo-leaves are quoted 9 d. per lb. spot. 
Ipecacuanha. — Holders wereralher firmer in their ideas of value 
for Cartagena, 4 s. 3d. being the “stand-out '' prices; but no 
business was done publicly at this figure, and bids of 4s. were 
to be submitted for a few bales. Rio root was slightly easier. 
9s. 6 d. to 9s. 9 d. per lb. being paid for fair lean to bold root ; 
for good bright natural 9s. 10^. was wanted. Five bales of 
sea-damaged sold at from 8s. 7 d. up togs. 4 d. per lb. according 
to damage. Cultivated Rio was held at 9s. gd. 
Kola. — A barrel of small, partly shrivelled, West Indian sold at 
2d. per lb., 3d. was refused for medium to bold bright West 
Indian, 3W. being wanted. 
Oil, Lemongrass. — Privately 6 d. per oz. is quoted on the spot, 
and c. i. f. 
Oil, Lime. — Sold at unchanged rates, is. 6d, per lb. (no allowance 
for draft or trett) being paid for 4 eases of West Indian dis- 
tilled. 
Spices. — Continue remarkably slow, and business is of only a re- 
tail character. At auction on Wednesday all the parcels of 
Cochin Ginger offered were bought in ; cuttings and small 
rough at 40s", washed rough at 40s. to 42s., Calicut brown rough 
at 42s., bold rough slightly limed at 50s., unassorted native cut 
at 60s., and bold roughly cut at 70s. per cwt. Japan is selling 
privately at 32s. 6d. per cwt for ordinary rough limed. Penang 
Cloves were bought in at Sd. per lb. for fair red. ' Zanzibar are 
very quiet, but steady at 3-f-grf. per lb. for June-August deli- 
very. Stems were bought in at I \d. per lb. Chillies were 
