Quotations For Mining

Shares

July, 1943.—Papuan rubber under Australian Government control. Fixed prices, payable on plantation, where no coastal shipment is Ih volved, or at port of shipment: No. 1 Grade, 1/8; 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, 1/6%; No. 2 Grade, 1/4; No. 3 Grade, 1/2; Inferior, 10%d. to 1/2% 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%; 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, l/3y 2 ; No. 3 Grade, 1/1 y 2 per lb.

Fiji

Mid-Feb.

Mid-March Mid-April.

Emperor Mines . .. bll/9 bll/9 bll/9 Loloma bl9/6 s20/- Mt. Kasl . bl/8 bl/8 sl/9 Bulolo G.D

New Guinea

.. b99/- b99/bl08/- Guinea Gold ... sll/3 sll/3 blO/11 N.G.G., Ltd b2/6 b3/- Oil Search b5/3 s5/6 Placer Dev b80/b80/- Sandy Creek ... sl/7 sl/5 Sunshine Gold . .. s7/6 s7/6 s7/6 Cuthbert’s

Papua.

.. bl2/6 bl2/6 S12/9 Mandated Alluvials s5/s5/b4/6 Oriomo Oil b2/4 s2/- Papuan Aplnalpl . b3/3 b3/3 s3/6 Yodda Goldfields . N.Q.

N.Q.

N.Q.

RUBBER Plantation

London Para.

Smoked.

Price on— per lb. per lb.

January 6. 1933 2.43d July 7 3.71d December 8 .. . 4.0 s 'g d January 5, 1934 4.28d July 6 7.06d December 28 .. 5d ..

SVid January 4, 1935 6%d July 5 7 7 /«d December 6 .. . 6%d January 3, 1936 6%d June 5 7V 4 d December 4 ., . 9 1-16<J January 8, 1937 . 10 Vad June 4 9 s /.d December 3 .. . 7 Vad January 7, 1938 . 7d July 1 7V 4 d December 2 .. . 8d January 6, 1?39 . 8’/ad July 7 8 V*d December 1 .. . 11 Vad January 5, 1940 . n.ey.d July 5 12%d December 6 .. .. 12d January 3, 1941 . 12.47 7 /ad February 7 12.5 9 /ad March 7 13%d April 4 14 Vad May 2 14.0%d June 6 13.5V,d July 4 13 7-l«d August 1 13V*d September B .. . 13%d October « — 13 11-lCd October 10 —Price officially fixed at .. 13%d