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, 1/6V 2 ; No. 2 Grade, 1/4; No. 3 Grade, 1/2; Inferior, lOVad. to 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-April.

Mid-May.

Mid-June.

Emperor Mines . .. bll/bll/bll/- Loloma .. sl9/3 bl9/4V 2 bl8/6 Mt. Kasl s2/bl/3 bl/3 Bulolo G.D

New Guinea

b90/- b90/b90/- Guinea Gold .- slO/slO/6 blO/3 N.G.G.. Ltd .. bl/11 s2/3 b2/lV 2 Oil Search b4/3 b4/3 Placer Dev .. b66/3 b66/3 b66/3 Sandy Creek . .. .. bl/3 bl/6 sl/6 Sunshine Gold ., ,. b5/6 b5/9 b6/- Cuthbert’s

Papua

.. bl2/2 bl2/&* bl2/9 Mandated Alluvials b4/b4/s4/3 Oriomo Oil bl/6 bl/6 Papuan Aplnaipi . b4/b4/b4/- ■''ortdn Goldfields . bl/9 bl/9 bl/9

Rubber

Plantation London Para.

Smoked.

Price on— per lb. per lb.

January 6, 1933 2.43d July 7 3.71d December 8 .. . 4.0*/ad January 5, 1934 . 4V 4 d 4.28d July 6 7.06d December 28 .. . 5d 6 Vad January 4, 1935 . 5d 6%d July 5 7 Vad December 6 .. . 6 3 /» d January 3. 1936 6 3 Ad 6 3 /ad June 5 7V*d December 4 . . . . , 9 l-16d; January 8, 1937 . 10 Vad June 4 9 s /ad December 3 .. . 7 Vad January 7, 1938 . 7d July 1 7 Vad December 2 .. . 8d January 6, 1939 . 7d 8 Vad July 7 8‘Ad December 1 .. . 12d 11 Vad January 5, 19.40 . 13d 11.6 7 /ad July 5 12 3 Ad December 6 .. .. 12d January 3, 1941 . 12.47Vad February 7 12.5*4d March 7 13^ad April 4 14 Vad May 2 14.0%d June 6 13.5 s /ad July 4 13 7-16d August 1 17d 13Vfed September 5 .. ., 13%d October 6 13 ll-16d October 10—Price officially fixed at 13%d