REPORT ON THE CAOUTCHOUC OP COMMERCE. 
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Table 2, — Sales and Prices of Caoutchouc in Liverpool from 
June 1871 to June 1872 (based on the Monthly Reports of 
Messrs. J. H. Itayner & Co., Colonial Brokers, Liverpool) : — 
Description. 
Sales. 
Para 
Carthagena 
Cear& 
Guayaquil 
African 
Honduras 
3,610 tons (imported during the 
1,770 bales sold „ 
year). 
» 
Note . — The actual 
imports may be 
3,320 „ „ 
480 tons 
» 
slightly lower, as at 
"'times a parcel may 
99 
” 
be re-sold for specu- 
905 „ 
A few bales. 
.. J 
lation purposes. 
Mexican 
Prices paid at per lb. for best descriptions only, during the same 
period : — 
Description, 
Highest Price 
paid. 
Lowest Price 
paid. 
Average 
for the Year. 
s. d. 
s. d. 
s. d. 
I 
l 
f 
1 
M 
3 1 
2 8 
2 11 
Ceara - - - - 
2 1 
1 10 
2 0 
Carthagena - 
■ 2 3 
I 10 
2 1 
Guayaquil (pressed) 
2 3 
1 10 
2 1 
African* «... 
2 1 
1 8 
1 11 
Honduras - - - 
One parcel. 
1 Hi 
Mexican 
1 
u . 
1 10* 
* This is for the best kind, which is new to commerce. It is the same description as the other kinds 
of African, but better prepared. The prices for African Caoutchouc for June 1872 are: tongues. 
Is. 8%d., balls, Is. 11 \d., niggers, 2s. 2d., knuckles, Is. 8^1., and flake, Is. 9£d. 
Allowing all the varieties to be equally pure, their relative value 
mav be taken in the following order : — 
Para, Madagascar, Carthagena, Ceara, W. India (sheet), 
Guayaquil (pressed), Singapore, Assam, Penang, Guayaquil (com- 
mon), African, Borneo, and Guatemala. 
