Quotations For Mining

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, I/6V2 ; No. 2 Grade, 1/4; No. 3 Grade, 1/2; Inferior, lOVad. to I/2V2 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-March.

Mid-April.

Mid-May.

Emperor Mines ... bll/bll/bll/- Loloma s20/- S19/3 bi 9/41/2 Mt. Kasi b2/2 s2/bl/3

New Guinea

Bulolo G.D sll/b90/b90/- Guinea Gold « slO/slO/6 N.G.G., Ltd bl/11 bl/11 s2/3 Oil Search b4/4 b4/4 b4/3 Placer Dev b66/3 b66/3 b66/3 Sandy Creek bl/3 bl/3 bl/6 Sunshine Gold ... s7/b5/6 h5/9 Cuthbert’s

Papua

bll/6 bl2/2 bl2/6 Mandated Alluvials b4/b4/b4/- Orlomo Oil sl/8 sl/7 bl/6 Papuan Apinaipi . b3/9 b4/b4/- Yodda Goldfields . bl/6 bl/9 bl/9

RUBBER Plantation

London Para.

Smoked.

Price on— per lb. per lb.

January 6, 1933 . 4%d .. 2.43d July 7 3.71d December 8 .. .. 4%d .. 4.0 5 /sd January 5, 1934 . 4V 4 d .. 4.28d July 6 7.06d December 28 .. . 5d .. 6y»d January 4, 1935 . 6%d July 5 7 7 /ad December 6 .. .. 6%d .. 6Hd January 3, 1936 . 6%d June 5 7y 4 d December 4 .. .. 1/- .. 9 l-16d January 8, 1937 . 1/2 .. ioy a d June 4 9%d December 3 .. ., 7y*d .. 7»/ a d January 7, 1938 . 7Vad ., 7d July 1 6%d ..

December 2 .. ., 7ttd .. 8d January 6, . 7d ..

SVsd July 7 8*/4d December 1 .. ., 12d ..

ID/ad January 5, 1940 . 13d .. 11.6 7 /ad July 5 15d ., 123/4d December 6 .. .. 13d .. 12d January 3, 1941 . 12.47 7 /ad February 7 .. .. 13d .. 12.5»/ad March 7 13%d April 4 14y a d May 2 16Vsd ..

H.OVad June 6 16y a d .. 13.5 s /ad July 4 17d .. 13 7-16d August 1 17d .. 13%d September 5 ., . 13%d October 6 .. .. 13 11-lSd October 10—Price officially fixed at .. l3%d