Market Quotations

Copra

Rev. and Mrs. B. Chenoweth, of the Methodist Mission, Kavieng, New Guinea, are at present on furlough in South Australia. They came from Rabaul by the WRC Airline and on arrival at Townsville the plane’s undercarriage became jammed, with the result that after circling above the aerodrome for some two hours while the pilot vainly tried to adjust the landing gear, they were forced to make a crash-landing.

Fortunately, no one was injured and the big aeroplane was only slightly damaged.

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 « 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 Peb. 3 . . £9 10 0 £9 12 6 £10 10 0 Feb. 24 . £9 17 6 £10 2 6 £11 0 0 Mar. 3 , . £10 0 0 £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 0 £10 5 0 £11 0 0 May 12 . £10 5 0 £10 10 0 £11 5 0 June 2 . . £10 7 6 £10 10 0 £11 7 6 June 9 . . £10 5 0 £10 10 0 £11 7 6 July 7 . . £9 2 6 £9 7 6 £10 5 0 July 14 . £9 0 0 £9 5 0 £10 0 0 Aug. 4 . £9 2 6 £9 5 0 £ 10 5 0 Aug. 11 . £9 2 6 £9 5 0 £ 10 5 0 Sept. 1 . . £9 10 0 £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] ft to 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.

London

Copra

Price

Straits copra, sun -dried, was quoted bv “The Economist’ ’ at £12/10/per ton. c.i.: f.. in London, throughout the first quarter of 1941.

Rubber

London Plantation Para.

Smoked.

Price onper lb. per lb.

January 6, 1933 4%d . 2.43d July 7 .. 5%d . 3.71d December 8 . . 43/sd . 4.0%d January 5, 1934 414d . 4.28d July 6 .. 5M>d . 5d . 5d .

December 28 .. 6V 4 d 63/sd January 4, 1935 July 5 .. 5d . 7y s d December 6 .. 6%d . 6%d . 6 3 /ad 6%d January 3, 1936 June 5 .. 9d . 1/- . *71 [/. A December 4 . . 9 l-16d January 8, 1937 1/2 . 10»/ 2 d June 4 .. lid . 9 5-8d December 3 .. 7V 2 d . 7V 2 d January 7, 1938 7V 4 d . 7d July 1 6%d .

IVzd . 7d . 7V 4 d 8d SVad December 2 January 6, 1939 July 7 .. 7%d . 8V 4 d December 1 . . 12d UVad 11.6y 8 d January 5, 1940 13d .

July 5 .. 15d . 13d . 123/ 4 d 12d December 6 ..

January 3, 1941 13d . 12.47 7 /ad February 7 13d 12.5 5 /ad 13 9 /ed March 7 15d .

April 4 . . 15d . 14Vad to 14V*d May 2 . . 14.0%d June 6 .. 16V 2 d . 17d . 13.5%d 13 7-16d July 4 ..

August 1 . 17d .

UVzd August 8 . 17d . 13.6%d August 15 17d . 13.55/ad August 22 17d . 13 5 /ad August 29 17d . 13= /ad September 5 .. — 13 5 /8d September 12 .. — . 133/ 4 d

South Sea, Plantation, Sun-dried Hot-air Dried.

London to London Rabaul Price on— Per ton. c.i.f.

Per ton c i.f.

January 1, 1932 £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 June 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 London.

Rabaul.

Price on— Per ton, i 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 e £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