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GOW, WILSON & STANTON, LIMITED. 
India Rubber Market Report. 
13, Rood Lane, London, E. C. 
May 25 thj 1906. 
At to day's auction, 159 packages of Ce>lon and Straits Settle- 
ments Plantation grown rubber were under offer. The total weig 
amounted to nearly 10 tons, Ceylon contributing nearly one an 
Straits Settlements 8£. 
Since the last auction the market has maintained the quiet tone 
then prevailing, and except for fine biscuit and sheet qua lties, 
demand was not very keen, and consequently the scrap grades were 
in many cases somewhat neglected, and here and there showe a 
decline on last rates. 
The bulk of the offerings was from the Straits and included one 
or two large invoices. Amongst these were several parcels of crape, 
and the darker lots prove difficult to quit, buyers being prejudiced 
against the darker colours. For fine pale crape, however, there is 
a strong demand, and a parcel of this to-day realized 4 d . per lb. 
more than fine sheet. A small lot of very fine pressed worm rub- 
ber was also keenly competed for and sold at 6/25 per lb. 
Quotations. — F ine sheet, 6/1. 
f Fine pale, 6/ 1 4. 
Crape < Darker, 5/3 to 5/6I- 
( Dark 5/-. 
Fine pale pressed worm, 6/2^. 
Fine biscuits, 6/1 to 6/1 4- 
Scrappy sheet, 4/7 4 to 4/10. 
C Fine, 5/3. 
Scrap < Medium, 4/- to 4/84, 
L Low, 3/-. 
Plantation Biscuits and Sheet To-day. — 6/1 to 6/1L same 
period last year, 6/5 to 6/9!- 
Plantation Scrap, — 4/- to 5/3, same period last year, 4/6 to 
5/5. 
Fine HARD Para (South American).— 5/3^, same period last 
year, 5/84. 
Average Price of Ceylon and Straits Settlements 
Plantation Rubber. 
106 packages at 5/94 per lb., against 212 packages at 5/9* per lb. 
at last auction. 
Particulars and prices as follows : — 
Ceylon. 
Mark. Quantity, Description and Price per lb. 
Gikiyanikande 2 cases fine palish rolled crape, 5 6 R I case darkish, bought in. 
i case dark, bought in. 
