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purity and careful preparation, and if planters will continue to aim 
for super-excellence in these respects, and keep their working costs 
as low as possible, it looks as if many years of prosperity were in 
store for the industry. 
Revised Table showing Total Quantity and Average 
Prices of Plantation Rubber offered at Auction 
during the last two years. 
V 
No, OF 
Pkgs. 
Offeree. < 
Quantity in Tons. 
No. OF 
Pkgs. 
Sold. 
Average 
Price 
Paid. 
Ceylon. 
Malaya™ 
Total. 
1907 ... ,J 
1 *5>38o 
1 
192* 
62 1 i 
814 
7,38S 
4/9! 
Same period 1906 
j 6,462 
98i 
250 * 
3481 
4,r3o 
5/61 
NoTE.--This cancels the table given in our Market Report of the 20th instant. 
TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS. 
Sheet, etc. 
Fine Block 
Good to Fine Sheet 
Very Fine Biscuits 
Good to Fine Biscuits... 
none sold 
4/- to 4/4J 
4/3 
3/ 1 1 t0 4/2j 
Crepe. 
Very Pale 
Palish to Mottled 
Dark and Blocked 
4/1 to 4/2! 
3/6 to 4/- 
3/- to 3/4* 
Unwashed Scrap. 
Good 
Low & Barky 
1 
2/9 to 3/of 
1/6 to 2/5 
SHIPMENTS. 
Exports from 1st January to 19th October, 1907; — 
Erom Singapore ... ... ... i,i 16,330 lbs. 
From Penang ... ... ... 313,228 lbs. 
Total ... 1,429,558 lbs. 
