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, 1/6- 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 foliows: No. 1 Grade. 1/6*; No. 2 Grade, 1/4; J*°- m Grade > 1/2 • Inferior, 10 *d. to 1/2* pex lb. Tentative thereafter.

In September, 1944, the following new prices covering the period October 1, 1943, to June 30 1944, were proclaimed: No. 1 Grade, 1/6*; No. 2 Grade, 1/5 *; No. 3 Grade, 1/3* per lb. Com mencing July 1, 1944, prices were tentatively fixed at; No. 1 Grade. 1/4*; No. 2 Grade, 1/3VST; No. 3 Grade, 1/I*' per lb.

Emperor Mines Loloma

Fiji

Mid-Aug. ... bli/- Mid-Sept. bll/b!9/6 Mid-Oct. bll/9 Mt. Kasl s20/- Bulolo G.D Guinea Gold ...

N.G.G., Ltd. ...

Oil Search Placer Dev. .. • ai/o

New Guinea

.. b90/- b90/- ... blO/11 sll/- ... b2/H/ 2 b2/3 .. b4/9 b5/3 bl/8 b90/bll/b2/5 b5/8 b73/bl/2 s8/^ S14/9 s5/- Sandy Creek bl/2 Sunshine Gold ... hl/S

Papua

Cuthbert’s bl3/9 Mandated Alluvlals s5/- Orlomo Oil v.o/

Uuo/O

bl/3 b7/3 bl4/6 s5/b2/6 b3/9 N.Q.

Papuan Aplnalpl Yodda Goldfields . s3/6 N.Q. b2/6 S4/- ' N.Q.

London Price on— January 6. 1933 July 7

Rubber

Para, per lb.

Plantation Smoked, per lb. 2.43d December 8 .. 3.71d January 5, 1934 4.0%d

A Ooj

July 6 . . ..

December 28 ..

January 4, 1935 5d ! 7.06d 6 Mid A!/j July 5 .. ..

Otbu

m/ a December 6 .. • / '/•a January 3, 1936 6%d ft 3 ' -J June 5 .. . - 0*78 0 December 4 .. 7*/»d January 8, 1937 June 4 ..

December 3 .. . 9 1-16(1 . lOVad » 9 5 /ed *7 1/»H January 7, 1938 . « 72(1 7H July 1 Id n\j. a December 2 ., . / 74a OH January 8, 1939 oa 01/.H July 7 orsa December 1 .. . 8V4d January 5, 1940 .

July 5 ilVaa li.6 7 /gd December 6 .. .

January 3. 1941 . 12%d 12d 1 0 A. n 7/. A February 7 March 7 U.e 1 780 12.5»/,d April 4 .. .. 1 0 780 1 A 1/ /J May 2 1 i n &/_ a June 6 . ift.UTsQ 1 0 e 8 U A J uly 4 1 j. 0 via 17 7 1 dA August 1 1J /-lew 1 'iljLA September 5 .. . /2U October 8 Uvea 17 11.1 Sit' October 10 — Price officially fixed at .. 13%d