42 
REPORT ON THE CAOUTCHOUC OE COMMERCE. 
2. THE ACCLIMATION OE OTHEE PLANTS YIELDING 
C AOHTCHOU C. 
The acclimation, or acclimatization, as it is also called, leads us 
first to the consideration of the relative values of the different 
varies of Caoutchouc, and no better criterion can be taken than 
that of the actual market value. The following tables give the 
prices, together with the imports or actual sales of the same, in 
London and Liverpool, during the period from June 1871 to 
June 1872. The prices quoted are those actually paid for the best 
descriptions of each variety irnless otherwise stated. The average 
price is taken from the total of the various prices paid during the 
12 months, and not from the highest or lowest prices alone. 
Table 1 . — Imports and Prices 
June 1871 to June 1872 
of Messrs. Jackson & Till, 
London) : — 
Description. 
East Indian 
Para and W. Indian 
of Caoutchouc in London from 
(based on the Monthly Eeports 
Colonial Brokers, Mincing Lane, 
Imports for 12 Months, 
ending June 1872. 
- 1,347 tons. 
721 tons. 
Prices paid, at per lb. during the same period, for the best parcels 
only : — 
Description. 
Highest Price 
paid. 
Lowest Price. 
Average for 
the year. 
s. d. 
s. d. 
s. d . 
Para - 
3 1 
' 2 8 
2 10 
Singapore - - - 
2 3 
1 101 
2 0 
Penang - 
1 10 
1 9 
1 91* 
Borneo - - - 
1 lOf 
1 ?l 
1 9 
Assam - 
2 31 
1 4* 
1 8| 
West India - - - 
2 31 
1 111 
2 0 
Guatemala - 
1 11 
1 51 
1 7 
Guayaquil (pressed) - - 
2 3 
1 71 
2 Of 
Carthagena - 
2 3 
1 111 
* 2 1 
African ----- 
— 

1 5 
Madasgascar - 
2 41 
1 ioj 
. 2 3 
* Few parcels. f The highest price paid was for a parcel of great purity, 
t This was early in the year, before it became so appreciated. 
