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2. Prices of different vareties see above . 
The values given represent an average of the last two years: 
j. Fluctuations in price during the last five years : 
We saw very high prices in 1900 especially for better grades 
from Cotie (Borneo), the drop in Exchange during the last years 
and as a consequence the low value of the Straits Dollars as com- 
pared with Dutch guilders has the effect that prices generally went 
up and just at present we may say that owing to a more limited 
demand for the United States of America and for Europe the quota- 
tions for Rattans have given way, although not at all to the same 
extent as prices went up some two or three years ago. 
3, Is the supply diminishing ? 
No, not at all, supplies are heavy and have been heavy all the 
years, at any rate we cannot say that the article on the whole has 
lost aily ground whatever. 
5. Destination . — By far the most of all Singapore Rattans are 
exported to the Continent, Hamburg and Bremen are the principal 
places for the export, besides Havre, Amsterdam, Marseilles and 
Genoa. The United Kingdom too is one of the importers of Rattans, 
Liverpool and London being the centres for this trade. The United 
States of America do also an important Rattan business, mostly 
in/the very best grades obtainable. The United States factories buy 
these Rattans in nearly always prepared qualities (washed, smoked, 
measured) while Europe receives by far the bulk of the imported 
rattans in original quality. 
6. Uses . — Manufacturers use rattans for making whips, baskets, 
chairs, corsets, mats, mattresses, bentwood furniture, fancy rattans 
furniture. 
The better the colour of any rattans, the better the quality and 
more expensive is the Cane. Hard material is wanted with a good 
rattan and the length is worth a good deal. Thinner grades are 
all round better paid than thicker ones. A yellowish looking rat- 
tan with a medium measurement and good length and strength is 
always sure to fetch good prices. 
Rattan Exhort 1897 TG l 9 02 - 
( United Kingdom. 
United States. 
! Continent. 
1 Total. 
Weights in 
piculs of 133^ 
1 lbs. a.d. 
36U59 1 
1897 
56,264 
56,454 
248,873 
1898 
3 1 >582 
61,002 
203,478 
296,062 
1899 
61,089 
46,225 
217,124 
324,438 
1900 
73,3<>3 
100,938 
23I.5 2 5 
405,766 
1901 
46,332 
101,969 
190,355 
338,656 
1902 
41,274 
69,752 
170,939 
281,965 
Total 
! 1 
2,008,478 
Behn Meyer & Co., 
A. JAHNS, 
Rattan Department . 
Singapore, 2S. 5. 03. 
