502 
shell {Continued) AA chicken and thin medium clean, fair color £7.17.6 
to £8.2.6 ; A medium shells, part stout, fair color 
£7.17.6 to £8.10.0; B medium, part bold, part slight grub- 
by, fair color £7.17.6 to £8.12.6; C heavy boldshells 
part grubby and part fine shells £9.15.0; D pickings 
part fair bold, but part badly coated £6to£6.15 ; E ditto 
badly grubby, part very inferior 85, - to 97 6d. per wet. 
Manila, Penang, Ceram &c. Medium and do lb 
medium substance and part very yellow £6 to £7.15, 
thin medium and .chicken 72 6d to £5.10, heavy 
shells, part only slight grubby £5 to £6.2.6. grubby 
pivkings badly coated and inferior 65/- to 75/-, broken, 
pieces 70/- per cwtj. 
tin A good business has been done during the past few 
weeks prices advancing fully £15 per ton brought about 
entirely by artificial manipulation. Taking into 
consideration the position of supply to demand the 
price should not be above £110 to £120 per ton. 
In the early part of July the price dropped within a 
few pounds of this limit so that with Straits cash 
£137.10.0 to £137.15.0 and three months at £138.15, 
to 138.17.6 there is every inducement for Miners to 
push forward their production and sell, for we should 
not be at all surprised to see values at a lower parity. 
CEYLON, STRAITS AND MALAY STATES 
PLANTATION RUBBER REPORT. 
August 21st , 1908. 
The following Lots, comprising about 27 Tons Straits and 6 Tons 
Ceylon, were offered at Auctions to-day and sold as follows ; — 
Straits and Malay States. 
V 
Mark. 
Pkgs. 
Description. 
Price. 
Matang 
34 
Cases Crepe 
... 3/- to 4/3f 
S. & D. 
12 
,, Sheets 
8 sold ... 4/11 
3 
,, Scrap 
... 2/8} 
L. E. D. 
■ 2 
,, Sheets 
.. 4/1* 
McAlister & Co., 
2 
„ Scrap 
... .1/- 
Singapore. 
C. Wood 
2 
,, Biscuits 
... 4/1* 
Ragalla 
1 
,, Sheets 
Pkgs. Crepe 
... 4/2 
18 
1 ... 2/- t 04/2 
B. & D. 
13 
Cases Sheets 
... 3/2 to 3/9* 
22 
„ Biscuits 
... 2/24 to 4/1 
a 
,, Scrap 
... 13to2/{ 
