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Ch. 17: The Diamond Market

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THE DIAMOND MARKET                       155
if both men should be overpowered before they could give a signal, no robbery could be effected; for, as soon as they should cease to send test signal reports at regular intervals, an armed force would soon arrive on the ground and frustrate any attempted burglary. Under existing conditions for the sale of diamonds only a small quantity of precious stones are kept at the diamond office ; but, in former years, the quantity, at times, has been very large and the most stringent precautions were
necessary. It may be noted further that adequate measures have been taken also to protect the office from assault in the daytime.
Of late years, with improved methods of working, a larger percentage of small diamonds has been recovered from the blue ground. In order to have an average quantity of these in each parcel made up for the buyers, a fixed percentage of small stones is included in the parcel. If there is any surplus, it is valued in the ordinary way and sold to the buyers at a valu­ation agreed upon between the seller and buyer. After the
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