Quotations For Mining

Shares

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 follows: No. 1 Grade, 1 /6Vz\ No. 2 Grade, 1/4; No, 3 Grade, 1/2; Inferior, 10 Vzd. to 1/2 y 2 per 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 y 2; No. 2 Grade, 1/5 y 2; No. 3 Grade, 1/3 y 2 per lb. Com mencing July 1, 1944, prices were tentatively fixed at; No. 1 Grade, l/4y 2 ; No. 2 Grade, l/3y 2 ; No. ,3 Grade, 1/1 y 2 per lb.

Fiji

Mid-Jan.

Mid-Feb.

Mid-March Emperor Mines . .. bll/9 bll/9 bll/9 Loloma .. bl9/3 bl9/6 bl9/6 Mt. Kasl . sl/8 bl/8 bl/8 Bulolo G.D

New Guinea

., b97/6 b99/b99/- Guinea Gold ... .. blO/9 sll/3 sll/3 N.G.G., Ltd b2/6 b2/6 Oil Search ..., .. b5/4 b5/3 b5/3 Placer Dev b80/b80/- Sandy Creek ... .. sl/6 sl/6 sl/7 Sunshine Gold .. ,. s7/6 s7/6 s7/6 Cuthbert’s

Papua

.. bl2/6 bl2/6 bl2/6 Mandated Alluvials s4/s5/s5/- Orlomo Oil b2/4 b2/4 Papuan Aplnaipl . b3/4 b3/3 b3/3 Yodda Goldfields . N.Q.

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RUBBER Plantatlor

London Para.

Smoked.

Price on— per lb. per lb.

January 6, 1933 2.43d July 7 3.71d December 8 .. . 4.0 5 / o d January 5, 1934 4.28d July 6 7.06d December 28 .. . 5d .. 6y«d January 4. 1935 6%d July 5 .. .. . 7 7 /sd December 0 6 3 /sd January 3. 1936 6 3 /id .. 6%d June 5 7 l /*d December 4 . . . 9 l-16d January 8, 1937 . lOVad June 4 lid .. 9 3 /sd December 3 .. . 7y a d January 7, 1938 . 7d July 1 7y»d December 2 .. . 8d January 6, 1939 . 7d . sy 8 d July 7 8>/4d December 1 .. . iiy 2 d January 5, 1940 . 13d .. 11.6 7 /«d July 5 12 3 /*d December 6 .. .. 12d January 3„ 1941 . 13d .. 12.47 7 /sd February 7 .. .. , 12.5*/ed March 7 13%d April 4 14y«d May 2 14.0<y a d June 6 13.5»/«d July 4 13 7-16d August 1 ny»d September 5 .. . 13 %d October 6 13 11-ltd October 10 —Price officially fixed at .. 13%d