Pepper. — Black, the market is very quiet, and for arrival the only 
sale reported is a little lot of 25 tons Singapore, June-August 
shipment (s.) at 5^/. On the spot, sales of fair Singapore have 
been made at 5-f^/. to 
At public sale on Wednesday 48 bags Singapore bought in 
in at 5^. tobd., 226 bags Penang at 5^., and 101 bags Aleppy 
at $$d. 200 bags Malabar sold — fine bold heavy brown $%d. 
to fid., good ditto 5f*/. to 5^., good heavy shot small, Aleppy 
character 5^, per lb. 1 bag Ceylon, good brown, sold at 5 \d. 
per lb. White is dull and easier. Sales of fair Singapore at 
fair Siam at 9‘id. and fair Penang at qd. For arrival no 
business reported. 
At auction on the 28th instant of 214 bags Singapore cata- 
logued 22 bags “ Gabis” sold — good bold 10^., mixed shrivel- 
led 9 d., common shrivelled 5!^. per lb. 138 bags Siam retired 
at g$d. to g\d. Of 237 bags Penang 160 bags sold (mostly 
without reserve), ordinary to fair limed S%d. to 9 d. per lb. 32 
bags Ceylon taken out. 
Ginger. — Cochin, we are still unable to report any improvement 
in the demand for this article, and of the 21 cases 758 bags 
offered only 20 bags fair medium and small washed rough sold 
at 39^. per cwt. Bold cut bought in at 80.?. to 95s., medium 
at 655. to 75.?., small at 55^. and cuttings at 37 s. 6 d. per cwt. 
japan— 93 bags fair medium and small limed bought in at 
35s. per cwt. 
Jamaica.- — Buyers views of value did not come up to those 
of sellers, and, as a consequence, barely 100 barrels sold out of 
the 721 barrels brought forward. Middling washed sold at 
47s., common to ordinary at 37^. 6d. to 40s. and Rhatoon at 
34s. 6 d. to 365-. 6 d. per cwt. or is. below valuations. 
Cardamoms. — The tone was distinctly better than of late, and 
prices showed an advance of id in some instances, while de- 
corticated seed was id. to 2d. dearer. The following prices 
were paid Ceylon-Mysores, good medium sized pale, bright 
smoth 2s. id. to 2 s. 2d ; medium and bold pale long, is. 8 d . ; 
small and medium bright pale ijs\ 6 d., small and medium pale 
is. 2d. to is.4d., very small pale is. to is. id.; brown and split 
is. to is. id. Ceylon-Malabar, light shelly pale, lod. to 11 d t , 
bold and medium pale were held at 2s. per lb. Decorticated 
seed sold at from is. 6d. to is. gd. per lb. Several parcels of 
Cardamoms were held at high limits, and were not pressed for 
sale. 
India Rubber. — With continued pressure to sell spot and near 
delivery prices have again declined. Receipts large, about 
2,000 tons this month, increasing the visible supply. A large 
business has been done here, spot and for delivery up to 
August-September, hard fine spot down to 2 s. ir^., entrefine 
2^. iod,, forward delivery higher. Negroheads easier, to hd. 
per lb. lower; Cameta at 2s. id. per lb. Peruvian ball sold, 
fair spot and afloat at 2s. 4^., slab neglected. 
