Table 8.--Tin prices
                                                (Average dollars per pound)
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                          1880       1881       1882       1883       1884       1885       1886       1887
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Composite price--------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
New York dealer--------    .21        .21        .23        .21        .18        .20        .22        .25
Kuala Lumpur-----------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
London Metal Exchange--     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
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                          1888       1889       1890       1891       1892       1893       1894       1895
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Composite price--------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
New York dealer--------    .26        .21        .21        .21        .21        .20        .18        .14
Kuala Lumpur-----------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
London Metal Exchange--     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
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                          1896       1897       1898       1899       1900       1901       1902       1903
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Composite price--------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
New York dealer--------    .13        .14        .16        .25        .30        .17        .27        .28
Kuala Lumpur-----------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
London Metal Exchange--     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
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                          1904       1905       1906       1907       1908       1909       1910       1911
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Composite price--------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
New York dealer--------    .28        .31        .40        .38        .30        .30        .30        .42
Kuala Lumpur-----------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
London Metal Exchange--     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
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                          1912       1913       1914       1915       1916       1917       1918       1919
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Composite price--------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
New York dealer--------    .46        .44        .34        .39        .44        .62        .89        .63
Kuala Lumpur-----------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
London Metal Exchange--     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
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                          1920       1921       1922       1923       1924       1925       1926       1927
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Composite price--------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
New York dealer--------    .48        .30        .33        .43        .50        .58        .65        .64
Kuala Lumpur-----------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
London Metal Exchange--     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
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                          1928       1929       1930       1931       1932       1933       1934       1935
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Composite price--------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
New York dealer--------    .50        .45        .32        .25        .22        .39        .52        .50
Kuala Lumpur-----------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
London Metal Exchange--     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
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                          1936       1937       1938       1939       1940       1941       1942       1943
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Composite price--------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
New York dealer--------    .46        .54        .42        .50        .50        .52        .53        .43
Kuala Lumpur-----------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
London Metal Exchange--     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
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                          1944       1945       1946       1947       1948       1949       1950       1951
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Composite price--------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
New York dealer--------    .52        .52        .55        .56       1.00       1.00        .96       1.27
Kuala Lumpur-----------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
London Metal Exchange--     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
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                          1952       1953       1954       1955       1956       1957       1958       1959
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Composite price--------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
New York dealer--------   1.21        .96        .92        .95       1.01        .96        .95       1.02
Kuala Lumpur-----------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
London Metal Exchange--     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
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See footnotes at end of table.

                                                   Table 8.--Tin prices--Continued
                                                      (Average dollars per pound)
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                          1960       1961       1962       1963       1964       1965       1966       1967
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Composite price--------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
New York dealer--------   1.01       1.13       1.15       1.17       1.58       1.79       1.64       1.53
Kuala Lumpur-----------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
London Metal Exchange--     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
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                          1968       1969       1970       1971       1972       1973       1974       1975
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Composite price--------     NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA         NA
New York dealer2/------   1.48       1.64       1.74       1.67       1.78       2.28       3.96       3.40
Kuala Lumpur3/---------     NA         NA         NA       1.67       1.68       2.14       3.56       3.04
London Metal Exchange--     NA         NA         NA         NA       1.71       2.19       3.71       3.11
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                          1976       1977       1978       1979       1980       1981       1982       1983
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Composite price1/------   3.80       5.35       6.30       7.54       8.46       7.33       6.54       6.55
New York dealer2/------   3.49       4.99       5.87       7.11       7.73       6.48       5.87       6.01
Kuala Lumpur3/---------   3.39       4.86       5.68       6.72       7.46       6.38       5.87       5.91
London Metal Exchange--   3.48       4.91       5.84       7.02       7.63       6.50       5.81       5.91
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                          1984       1985       1986       1987       1988       1989       1990
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Composite price1/------   6.24     4/5.96     4/3.83       4.19       4.41       5.20       3.86
New York dealer2/------   5.68     4/5.26     4/2.94       3.09       3.31       3.97       2.88
Kuala Lumpur3/---------   5.65     4/5.41     4/2.72       3.03       3.20       3.87       2.76
London Metal Exchange--   5.58     4/5.57         NA         NA         NA       3.82       2.81
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  NA  Not available.
  1/Metals Week composite price (1976-90).
  2/Average New York price for Straits tin (1970-90).
  3/Straits tin, ex-works Penang started being quoted in Metals Week in 1971 and continued until 1985 when Kuala Lumpur
replaced Penang as the reference market.
  4/Prices quoted for 10 months only because the funds used by the International Tin Council, to support the tin price,
were exhausted.

  Source:  Metals Week.