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GOW, WILSON Sc STANTON, LTD., 
INDIAN RUBBER MARKET REPORTS. 
13, Rood Lane, London, E.C. 
Septeiifber 14 th, 1906 . 
At to-day’s auction, 328 packages of Ceylon and Stoits 
Settlements Plantation grown rubber were under offer, 
about 163 were sold. The total weight amounted to about i8 r tons, 
Ceylon contributing about 5 * and Straits Settlements nearly ii- t . 
The market was steady for grades of the finest ^trifle 
while for medium and fair kinds the demand was perhaps a tr He 
better, the enquiry for scrap being more P r0 , n ° unc t « l |it th *" 
the last sale. The best sheet and biscuits ruled at about 5/6 to 5 / 7 f* 
Some fine amber coloured crepe offered from the Bulat Rajah Estate, 
the highest offer made for which was 5/7! which was refuse . 
Among Ceylon growths a fine pale crepe from Culloden brought 
Quotations. — 
Fine sheet, 5/7. 
Fine biscuits, 5/7T 
Good biscuits, 5/6. 
(Fine pale, 5/7^. 
Crepe-' Palish to darkish, .4/6 to 4 / 9 * 
(Dark, 3/6 to 3/9. 
(Fine, 4/6. 
Scrap Fair to medium, 3/9 to 4 
(Low, 2/4. 
Plantation Fine To-day.— 5/6 to shb same P eriod last f' ear ’ 
6/3 to 6/4^. 
Do. Scrap.- — 3/- to 4/6, same period last year, 3/6 to 5/2L 
F!ne Hard Para (South American) .—5/2, same period last 
year, 5/7. 
Average Price of Ceylon and Straits Settlements 
Plantation Rubber. 
163 packages at 4/9 per lb., against 152 packages at 5 /*l P er Jb ' 
at last auction. 
Particulars and prices as follows : — 
Ceylon. 
MARK . QUANTITY, DESCRIPTION AND PRICE PER LB 
t-Iattangalla 2 cases good pale and palish to darkish biscuits, bought in. 
1 case darkish pressed crepe, 4/9. 
1 case darkish inferior -biscuits, 4/7*- 1 case darkish pressed 
crepe, 4/8^. 
Ellakande 
