Quotations For Mining

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July, 1943. —Papuan rubber under Australian Government control. Fixed prices, payable on plantation, where no coastal shipment is in volved, or at port of shipment: No. 1 Grade, 1/5; No. 2 Grade, 1/4; No. 3 Grade, 1/2 per lb. These prices subject to circumstantial considerations.

In September, 1943, prices were revised as follows: No. 1 Grade, 1/6V 2 ; No. 2 Grade, 1/4; No. 3 Grade, 1/2; Inferior, 10y 2 d. to l/2y 2 per lb. Tentative thereafter.

Government selling prices; No. 1 Grade, 1/11; No. 2 Grade, 1/10; No. 3 Grade, 1/8; Inferior, 1/3 to 1/7 per lb., “Ex-Bond” in Australia.

Fiji

Mid-Jan.

Mid-Feb.

Mid-March.

Emperor Mines . .. bll/bll/bll/- Loloma .. si9/6 s20/s20/- Mt. Kasl s2/- S2/3 b2/2 Bulolo G D ...

New Guinea

b&'O/- b90/b90/- Guinea Gold ... blO/3 sll/- N.G G., Ltd .. b2/2 s2/3 bl/11 Oil Search .. b4/3 b4/3 b4/4 Placer Dev ,.. b66/3 b66/3 b66/3 Sandy Creek ... .. bl/bl/2 bl/3 Sunshine Gold . .. s7/- S7/s7/- Cuthbert’s

Papua

.. S12/6 S12/3 bll/6 Mandated Alluvials b4/b4/b4/- Oriomo Oil ... s2/sl/9 sl/8 Papuan Aplnaipi . b3/4 b3/6 b3/9 Vodda Goldfields . bl/7 bl/9 bl/6

RUBBER Plantation

London Para.

Smoked.

Price on— per lb. per lb.

January 6, 1933 . 43/ 4 d .. 2.43d July 7 3.71d December 8 .. . 4.0 s /sd January 5, 1934 . 4»Ad .. 4.28d July 6 7.06d December 28 .. . 5d .. 6V 4 d January 4, 1935 . 6%d July 5 7 7 /ad December 6 .. . 6%d January 3, 1936 . 6%d June 5 7>/ 4 d December 4 . . . 9 l-16d January 8, 1937 . 1/2 .. lOVad June 4 9%d December 3 .. . 7*/ad January 7, 1938 . 7d July 1 7V 4 d December 2 .. . 8d January 6, 1939 . 7d ..’ sy 8 d July 7 sy 4 d December 1 .. . 12d .. ny 2 d January 5, 1940 . 13d .. 11.6 7 /sd July 5 12 3 / 4 d December 6 .. .. 12d January 3, 1941 . 12.47Y8<I February 7 12.5%d March 7 13 5 /sd April 4 14y e d May 2 14,oy«d June 6 13.5%d July 4 13 7-16d August 1 13ted September 5 .. ., 13%d October 6 13 11-lSd October 10—Price officially fixed at .. 13%d