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GOW, WILSON & STANTON, LIMITED— 
India Rubber Market Report,, 
13, Rood Lane, London, E. C. 
October 12 th, 1906. 
At to-day’s auction, 407 packages of Ceylon and Straits Settle- 
ments Plantation grown rubber were under offer, of which about 232 
were sold. The total weight amounted to about 23 tons, Ceylon 
contributing about 5! and Straits Settlements nearly 
There was a good market for all descriptions and competition 
was fairly general, though in a few cases sellers’ ideas were not 
quite realized. Fine Plantation showed little change in price, al- 
though bidding was hardly as brisk. 
A fine parcel of Crepe from the Bukit Rajah Estate realized up to 
3/8 per lb. Best Sheet and Biscuits sold at from 5/6 to 5 jy\, whilst 
Good Scrap generally made very firm prices. 
Quotations. — F ine sheet, 5/7^ 
Fine biscuits, 5 )j. 
Good biscuits, 5/6 
r C Fine pale, 5/75 to 5/8. 
Crepe < Palish to darkish, 4/6 to 4/iof. 
(Dark, 4/2 to 4/6. 
f Fine, 4/6 
Scrap } Fair to medium, 3/9 to 4/4. 
(Low, i/ioj to 2/6. 
Plantation Fine To-day. — 5/6 to 5/7$, same period last year, 
6/2. 
Do. Scrap, 3/- to 4/6L same period last year, 3/10 to 
5 M- 
Fine Hard Para (South American) 5/1T same period last year, 
5 / 5 - 
AVERAGE PRICE OF CEYLON AND STRAITS SETTLE- 
MENTS PLANTATION RUBBER. 
232 packages at 5/ 1 ^ per lb., against 259 packages at 5/5^ per lb. 
at last auction. 
Particulars and prices as follows: — 
Mark. 
Doranakande 
Tallagalla 
Taldua 
Sirigalla 
Ceylon. 
Quantity, Description and Price per lb. 
5- cases good darkish biscuits, 5/7, 7 cases gocd palish to 
darkish scrap, 4 57. 3 cases black scrap, 4/2. 
2 cases fine large palish to darkish biscuits, 5/74. 1 case good 
palish pressed scrap, 4/64 
2 cases good darkish biscuits, 5/7. 
1 case fine pale to darkish biscuits, bought in. 1 case good 
palish scrap, 4 5. 
