330 
ISINGLASS 
PEPPER 
SHELL 
TAPIOCA 
VAN1LLOES 
5/5id. Crepe, good to fiue pale 5/5d to 5/7d, fair grey 
and brown 5/2d to 5/43, dark and black 4/9d to 5/-. 
Scrap, fair and good pale 4/6d to 4/9 ^d. Rambong, good 
clean crepe 4/8d to 5/ -per lb. Penang and Singapore, 
good to fine red clean 3/ Id to3/2£d, red and white, part 
soft 2/od to 2/6d, white, part soft and barky 1/43 to 
l/7d. Java and Sumatra, fair to fine Rambong 4/ -to 
4 63 per lb. 
The offerings of Penang sold well. Long leaf, thin at 
3/4d, fair palish 4/23 to 4/ 3d, red and yellow 3/6d to 
3/lOd, reddish 2/63 to 3/ 4d, red 2/- to 2/33. Tongue, 
fair yellow 4/23 to 4/53, red and yellow 3/9d to 4/-, red 
3/od to 3/7d, red and dark 2/8d to 3 -, dark 2/2d. 
Purse, red and yellow lid to 1 /-, red 6d to 9sd, tails 
l/8d. 
Por awhile a good business was done in black Sing- 
apore for near positions to America, Singapore, March 
was done up to 3 5-16d, and March/ April up to 3£d, 
closing tellers and buyers to New York at 2 29-323, 
March/ May shipment, and buyers for Jupe/ August 
Steamer at 2|d c.i.f. delivered weights. 
White Pepper; — has declined about 5-16d per lb. 
April shipment closiug at 4fd c.i.f. and June/August 
shipment offers at 4 ll-32d and August, Octobei at 4 
5-163 c.i.f. delivered weights. 
M. O. P. Macassar — The offerings were all with- 
drawn : Manila, Penang, Ceram etc. 250 Cases sold, 
odium and bold lair to good substance and yellow £7 to 
£9.5.0. thin, medium and chicken £5.12.6 to £6.2.6 
heavy shells part only slight grubby £5.7.6. to £6.12.6. 
grubby pickings badly coated and inferior 8 Oi -to £o.7«b. 
broken pieces 72 6d to 85/ -. 
Green Snail, Mergui and Penang, bold good color 44/- 
to 47/-, medium 41 -to 43/, small 28/ -to 31/63, grubby 
pickings 20/ 6d to 23/ -per cwfc. 
Tortoise : — Nothing offered from Singapore and 
Macassar. We value heavy sorts, good mottle 23/ -to 
30/-per lb. sorts on the string, small to bold, part 
chicken 10/-to 20/ -per lb. / 
The market has been very dull with only a small 
business, sellers of flake at 1 13-323. A few sales of 
medium Pearl at 12/- c.i.f. New York for fair quality 
Singapore, and for Liverpool at ll/6d c.i.f. Penang Seed 
nearest value 10/93 c.i.f. 
The moderate supply consisted of 436 tins-chiefly 
sold. Pine firsts were in small supply, realised fully 
last sales’ rates, inferior firsts and doubtful flavour, were 
again slow of sale. The bulk of offerings being brown 
foxy and split beans which sold readily, and considering 
quality, prices obtained were steady. 
