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Capsicums : — Market firm. Very fine Beans from 
Natal have sold at 75/- to 79/- per cwt., but common 
East Indians are slow of sale at 25/- to 35/- per cwt. 
Copra \— The market during the past month has 
been quiet and prices ruled rather in buyers, favor, but 
we close firm. F. M. Straits at £20.2.6 ; Sundried 
£22.15.0; Java £21.12.0; Manila £19.10.0; Ceylon 
£22.10.0; Malabar £23.15.0 per ton c.i.f. 
The tendency of market for near future is strong. 
Gums , Copal : — Privately a fair business has been 
done at steady prices. 
The auctions held contained fair supplies, but 
buyers were rather slow and a little was sold but until 
afterwards. 
551 cases 4509 baskets and 15 bags Manila, Macassar, 
etc., were offered, and about 1000 packages sold at nda 
since the sales. Macassar, fair scraped yellowish at 47/6, 
bold pale and amber fluted at 38-, fair fluted sorts at 
29/-, small ditto at 26 6d. Nubbles, fair pale at 30 /-. 
chips, bold pale, at 25 6d, rough blocky at 17/6 to 19/-. 
Pontianac, amber and pale well scraped at 67 6, mixed 
colours fair scraped, without reserve at 58 -. 
Nubbles, bright hard at 38 6d., fair part coated at 
35/- ; chips, clean pale small at 26 common mixed at 
l7-6d. to 18 -. Sambas, pale pinky scraped at 69/-, pale 
bold chips at 34 /6d. 
Benguela : 58 packages offered and sold, fair clean 
sorts part rough at 63 - to 65 palish part rough coated 
at 52/-, small clean at 4 7/- (r part blocky at 39/-, rough 
pickings at 7 '6d. £0 l2/6d. 
Damar has been a very quiet market, privately 
the trade has been small, but quite sufficient, for in the 
public sales when 129 packages were offered there was 
no demand, and all was bought in. 
India Rubber : — Prices during the month have con- 
tinued to advance until record figures have been reached, 
far beyond even the greatest Bull's anticipation. At the 
beginning of this week the extreme rates received a 
