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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. Theses prices subject to circumstantial considerations.

In September, 1943, prices were revised as follows: No. 1 Grade, l/eVfe: No. 2 Grade, 1/4; No. 3 Grade, 1/2; Inferior, 10y 2 d. to 1/2 Vb pec 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.

Emperor Mines .

Fiji

Mid-June. .. bll/- Mid-July. bll/- Mid-Aug. bll/- Loloma bl8/6 bl9/6 Mt. Kasi bl/3 bl/3 bl/7 Bulolo G.D

New Guinea

• • b90/- b90/b90 - Guinea Gold Sll/blO/11 N.G.G.. Ltd .. b2/l% b2/4 b2/l Vz Oil Search b4/b4/9 Placer Dev ... b66/3 b66/3 b(j6/3 Sandy Creek ... .. sl/6 bl/2 bl/2 Sunshine Gold . .. b6/b6/9 b7/9 Cuthbert’s

Papua

bl3/5 bl3/g Mandated Alluvials s4/3 b4/6 s5 - Orlomo Oil ... bl/8 b2/- Papuan Aplnaipl . b4/s4/s3/6 Vodda Goldfields bl/9 N.Q.

N.Q.

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%<6 January 5, 1934 . 4‘Ad .. 4.28d July 6 7.06d December 28 .. . 5d .. 6Vid January 4, 1935 . 5d .. 6%d July 5 7 7 /sd December 6 . . . 6%d .. 6%d January 3, 1936 . 6%d .. 6%d June 5 9d .. 7‘Ad December 4 . . . 1/- .. 9 i-i8«a January 8, 1937 . 1/2 .. lOVad June 4 9*Ad December 3 .. . 7*/ad January 7. 1938 . 7‘Ad .. 7d July 1 7Vid, December 2 .. . 7‘/ad .. 8d January 6. 1939 . 7d .. sy«d July 7 sy 4 d December 1 .. . 12d .. livid January 5, 1940 . 13d .. 11.6%<P July 5 12 %d December 6 .. .. 12d January 3, 1941 . 13d .. 12.47 7 A<S February 7 .. .. , 12.5 a /«d March 7 13%d April 4 14V«d May 2 14.0%d June 6 13.5%d July 4 13 7-lfcfc August 1 13‘Ad September 5 .. . 13%d October 6 13 ll-l*d October 10—Price officially fixed at .. 13Kd