Quotations For Mining

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October 10 —Price officially fixed at .. 13%d 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, 1/6%; No. 2 Grade, 1/4; No. 3 Grade, 1/2; Inferior, 10%d. to l/2y a 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, l/6y 2 ; No. 2 Grade, 1/5y 2 ; No. 3 Grade, l/3y 2 per lb. Com mencing July 1, 1944, prices were tentatively fixed at: No. 1 Grade, l/4y 2 ; No. 2 Grade, 1/3%; No. 3 Grade, l/iy 2 per lb.

Fiji

Mid-Sept.

Mid-Oct.

Mid-Nov.

Emperor Mines . .. bll/9 bll/9 bl3/- Loloma s24/b24/9 Mt. Kasi . sl/9 sl/9 sl/9

New Guinea

Bulolo G D .. bl08/bl08/bl08/- Guinea Gold ... .« blO/11 bll/7 bll/7 N.G.G.. Ltd s3/3>/ 2 s3/6 Oil Search s5/3 s5/5 Placer Dev b80/b88/- Sandy Creek ... sl/6 sl/6 Sunshine Gold . .. b6/9 b7/4 s8/3

Papua.

Cuthbert’s bl5/3 bl5/3 Mandated Alluvlals s3/6 s3/6 s3/6 Oriomo Oil s3/6 s3/4 Papuan Aplnalpl . s3/6 b4/b4/- Yodda Goldfields . N.Q.

N.Q.

N.Q.

Rubber

Plantation London Para.

Smoked.

Price on— per lb. per lb.

January 6, 1933 4 3 / 4 d . 3.43d July 7 3.71d December 8 . . 4%d . 4.0*/.d January 5, 1934 4.28d July 6 5 Vad . 7.06d December 28 .. 5d . 6 Vad January 4, 1935 6%d July 5 5d . 7 7 /ad December 6 . . 6%d January 3, 1936 6 3 /*d . 6%d June 5 7Vad December 4 .. . 1/- . 9 l-16d January 8, 1937 1/2 . 10 Vad June 4 lid . 9Vad December 3 .. 7 Vad 7 Vad January 7, 1938 7d July 1 6 3 /4d . 7 Vad December 2 .. , 8d January 6, 1939 7d . 8 Vad July 7 7 3 /«d . avid December 1 . . , 11 Vad January 5, 1940 13d . 11.6 7 /ad July 5 15d . 12 3 /ad December 6 .. . 13d . 12d January 3, 1941 13d . 13.47 7 /ad February 7 .. .. 13d . 12.5 Vad March 7 .. .. 15d . 13%d April 4 15d . 14 Vad May 2 16Vad . 14.0Vad June 6 16 ‘/ad . 13.5%d July 4 17d . 13 7-18d August 1 .. .. 17d 13 'Ad September 5 ..

October 6 .. .. . 13 11-lfd