Market Quotations

Miss Eve Barker, formerly of the staff of Messrs. Burns, Philp & Co., Samarai, has arrived in Australia and shortly will be married to JMr. Gordon Hawe, chief officer of M.V. “Malaita”.

Mr. Alec Cooney, mining at Edie Creek, New Guinea, met with an accident in December from which he died, at Wau, on December 18. He served in the last war with the 20th Battalion, AIF.

Feb. 3 . . £9 10 0 £9 12 6 £10 10 0 Feb. 24 . £9 17 € £10 2 6 £11 0 0 Mar. 3 . . £10 0 C £10 2 6 £11 0 0 Mar. 24 . £9 15 0 £9 17 6 £10 17 6 Apr. 6 . . £9’ 12 6 £9 15 0 £10 12 6 Apr. 28 . £9 17 6 £10 0 0 £11 0 0 May 5 . . £10 0 C £10 5 0 £11 0 0 May 12 . £10 5 C £10 10 0 £11 5 0 May 19 . £10 5 C £10 7 6 £11 2 6 May 26 . £10 7 6 £10 10 0 £11 7 6 June 2 . . £10 7 e £10 10 0 £11 7 6 June 9 . . £10 5 C £ 10 10 0 £11 7 6 June. 16 . £9 15 C £10 0 0 £10 17 6 June 23 . £9 10 C £9 15 0 £10 15 0 June 30 . £9 5 C £9 7 6 £10 7 6 July 7 . . £9 2 £9 7 6 £10 5 0 July 14 . £9 0 C £9 5 0 £10 0 0 July 21 . £8 15 ( £8 17 6 £9 12 6 July 28 . £9 0 C £9 2 6 £10 0 0 Aug. 4 . £9 2 £9 5 0 £10 5 0 Aug. 11 . £9 2 £9 5 0 £10 5 0 Aug. 18 . £900 £926 £10 5 0 Aug. 25 . £9 5 C £9 7 6 £10 7 6 Sept. 1 . . £9 10 £9 12 6 £10 12 6 Sept. 8. —Not quoted—outbreak of war.

Sept. 15 to 29.—Not quoted.

Oct. 6 . . £11 15 0 [unquoted] £12 15 0 Oct. 12. —Fixed price based on £12/7/6 per ton, c.i.f., London, for plantation hot -air dried.

Jan. 8. 1940. —April 20, 1940.—Fixed price, for plantation, hot-air dried, £13/5/- per ton, c.i.f., London.

April 20, 1940. —Fixed price for plantation, hotair dried, £12/17/6 per ton, c.i.f., London.

Since then, quotations nominal, as above.

Rubber

Plantation London Para.

Smoked.

Price on per lb. per lb.

January 6, 1933 .. . 43/4 d . 2.43d July 7 .. 53/ 8 d . ,. 3.71d December 8 .. .. 4%d . 4.0 5 /ad January 5, 1934 .. . 4V 4 d . ,. 4.28d July 6 . . .. .. 5V:d . . 7.06d December 28 . . .. ... 5d ey 4 d January 4, 1935 .. ... 5d . . 6%d July 5 .. ... 5d . . 7 7 /ad December 6 .. .. .. .. 6 3 / 4 d . . 6 3 /ad January 3, 1936 .. .. 63/ 4 d . . ey 2 d June 5 ,. ... 9d . . 7y 4 d December 4 .. :. ., ... 1/- . 9 l-16d January 8, 1937 .. ., 1/2 . . ioy 2 d June 4 .. ... lid . 9 5-8d December 3 .. .. 7V 2 d . ,. 7y 2 d January 7, 1938 .. . 7V 4 d . 7d July 1 .. .. .. 6 3 / 4 d . . ?y 4 d December 2 .. .. 7V 2 d . 8d January 6, 1939 .. . 7d 8y a d July 7 ., . . .. 7%d . sy 4 d December 1 .. .. .. . . 12d . ny 2 d January 5. 1940 .. . 13d . . 11.6 7 /ad February : 1 ... 13d . . ll 3 / 4 d March 1 .. .. 12 3 / 4 d . . 12V 2 d April 5 .. .. .. 12 3 /4d . . 10 7 /ad May 3 .. ... 14d . . ny 4 d June 7 .. ., .. 15V 2 d . . 12y 4 d July 5 .. ... 15d . . 12%d July 19 .. .. .. 14>/ 2 d . . 12y a d July 26 .. .. .. 14y a d . . 12%d August 2 , . 13d August 9 13y 2 d . . 13 l-16d August 16 .. .. 13y 2 d . . 13 l-16d August 23 .. .. 13y 2 d . . 12.625d August 30 ... 13d . . i2y 4 d September 6 ... 12d . . 12 3-16d September 13 . . . . ... 12d . . 12 3-16d September 20 . . . . ... 12d . . llYad September 27 . . . . ... 12d . ll-9-16d October 4 ... 12d . ll 7 /ad October 11 ... 12d . 11 %d October 18 ... 12d . 11 13-16d October 25 ... 12d . . 11 13-16d November 1 ... 12d . 11 13-16d November 8 ... 12d . . ll 3 / 4 d November 15 .. .. ... 13d . . 12d November 22 . . .. ... 13d . . ll 7 /ad November 29 .. .. ... 13d . . ll 7 /ad December 6 ... 13d . . 12d December 13 . . . . ... 13d . . 12.09d December 20 . . . . ... 13d . . 12d December 27 . . . . ... 13d . , 12d January 3 ... 13d . . 12.47% January 10 ... 13d . . 12y 2 d

London Price January 1 on— 1932

Copra

South Sea, Plantation, Sun-dried Hot-air Dried, to London Rabaul Per ton. c.i.f. Per ton c.i.f. £14 0 0 £14 15 0 June 17 . £13 2 6 £13 5 0 December 16 .. £14 2 6 £14 5 0 January 6 1933 . . . . £13 0 0 £13 12 6 June 30 . £10 17 6 £11 0 0 December 1 . . £8 12 6 £9 0 0 January 5 1934 £8 0 0 £8 7 6 Tune 15 . £8 0 0 £8 12 6 December 28 . . £9 0 0 £9 12 6 January 4 1935 . , £9 5 0 £10 5 0 March 1 £12 2 6 £12 15 0 June 7 . £11 15 0 £12 7 6 September 6 .. £9 17 6 £10 17 6 December 6 . £12 17 6 £14 0 0 South Sea South Sea Plantation Smoked to Genoa Sun-Dried Hot-air Dried.

London and Marseilles, to L"^ TV -OpVv "111.

Price on— Per ton, c.i.f.

Per ton. c.i .f.

Per ton . c.i f.

Jan. 3, ’36 £13 2 6 £13 15 0 £14 0 0 Mar. 6 . . £11 15 0 £12 15 0 £13 0 0 June 5 . . £11 10 0 £12 0 0 £12 17 6

Sept. 4 . .

£13 2 6 £13 10 0 £14 12 6 Dec. 4 . . £19 7 6 £19 7 6 £20 7 6 Jan. 8. '37 £22 12 6 £22 12 6 £23 12 6 Mar. 5 . . £19 0 0 £19 5 0 £20 0 0 June 4 . . £15 15 0 £15 12 6 £16 12 6 Sept. 3 . . £13 5 0 £13 5 0 £14 0 0 Dec. 3 . . £12 10 0 £12 12 6 £13 7 6 Jan. 7. ’38 £12 12 6 £12 15 0 £13 12 6 Feb. 4 . . £11 2 6 £11 10 0 £12 7 6 Mar. 4 . . £10 17 6 £11 0 0 £12 0 0 Apr. 1 . . £10 10 0 £10 12 6 £11 10 0 May 6 . . £10 17 6 £10 17 6 £11 17 6 June 3 . . £9 15 0 £9 15 0 £10 12 6 July 1 . . £9 17 6 £9 17 6 £10 17 6 Aug. 5 . . £9 15 0 £9 15 0 £10 15 0 Sept. 2 . . £9 10 0 £9 10 0 £10 10 0 Oct. 7 . . £9 2 6 £9 2 6 £10 2 6 Nov. 4 . . £8 12 6 £8 12 6 £9 10 0 Dec. 2 . . £9 5 0 £9 5 0 £10 2 6 Jan. 6, ’39 £9 12 6 £9 15 0 £10 10 0