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before being put in the case, and that they are put into the case 
quite loosely, no weight whatever being placed upon them. The 
dampness of the rubber in my opinion was evident by the sort of 
Mould on it, this of course does not affect the quality, being merely 
external, still, if excessive, it might perhaps do so. 
“To show you the want of care in tne matter of packing, I enclose 
you 2 biscuits exactly as they were taken out of the case, you will 
see that they have lost all appearance of biscuits; one is just a 
little lump, and the other is nearly as bad. No doubt you will be 
able to judge how such an appearance could have been produced, 
were the “biscuits’’ packed in this form, or were they put into the 
case in the usual form? I should think that, if they were packed 
like this, it would have been much wiser to have kept such in a 
separate case, quite apart from the true biscuits. I am writing 
you fully on this matter, because, as you know, I am much interested 
in the success of your operations and because I am fully aware how 
intensely anxious you are to send us home the best article. 
“The price of course, as you know, is extremely high. This is a 
legitimate rise, due to consumption getting ahead of supply, stocks 
are down to an extremely low point, never have they been lower. 
But Para Rubber will be coming in at the beginning of the year 
and this must reduce values, during February, March and April 
more especially later on again, unless the very high prices stimu- 
late production, we should see a return of the present high levels. 
There is however this danger in these high prices they wdl stimu- 
late the search for chemical substitutes to replace India-rubber. 
j. Since writing the above, 1 am able to advise that the 8 
cases of Rubber have fetched 4/9I-, and the Pickings 3/3 per lb. 
f Brokers report and valuation on 8 Cases India-rlbrer. 
2pih September, /pop. 
Per “ S. S. Glengarry. 
M A 
J 
8 Cases India Rubber 
Grown from Para Seech 
■ V 8 Cases Fine thin sl.eet and -biscuits, lather dark colour, very 
slightly sticky : good rubber value per lb. 4/00. abt. 
9 I bag (ex case No. 5) Scrap from do, fairly clean and dry, 
in quantity per lb. 3 / 7 b abt * 
9 P k g s * , . , 
Auctions r riday 
Good demand. 
Fig (.is & Co. 
