Vol. III. No. 66. 



THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



351 



MARKET REPORTS. 



XiOndon,— September 27, 1904. Messrs. -J. Hales Caird & 

 Co., Messrs. Keaetox, Piper & Co., Messrs. E. A. 

 DE Pass it Co., 'The West India Committee Cir- 

 cular'; 'The Liverpool Cottox Associatiox 

 Weekly Circular,' .September 23 ; and ' The 

 Public Ledger,' September 2-t, 1901. 



Aloes — Barbados, 13/- to 35/- ; CuraQoa, 14/- to 38 - per cwt. 



Arrowroot — St. Vincent, Ifii. per lb. 



Balata — Block, 1,3 per ft. 



Bees'-wax— £7 10s. to £7 12s. Gd. per cwt. 



Cacao — Trinidad, 57'- to 01/- per cwt. ; Grenada, 53/- 



to 50 - jier cwt. ; Dominica, 48/0 to 54/- per cwt. ; 



Jamaica, 53/6 to 57/- per cwt. 

 Cardamoms — Mysore, 7-5''. to 2/- per ft. 

 Coffee — Jamaica, good ordinary, 38/'- per cwt. 

 Cotton — West Indian Sea Island, medivnn tine, lid. ; tine, 



14</. ; extra tine, hid. per ft. 

 Fruit — 



Bananas — Jamaica, 2/- to 4/- per bunch. 



Gkapr Fruit— 12/- to 13/- per box of 150-200. 



Oranges — Jamaica, G/- to 8/- per case. 

 Fu.sTic — £3 lO.s. to £4 per ton. 

 Ginger — Fair bright, 37 6; common to middling, 29/- to 



37,6 per cwt. 

 Honey — Jamaica, 16,'- to 22/- per cwt.. 

 Isinglass — West Indian lump, 2, 5 to 2/10 ; cake, 1/2 per ft). 

 Kola Nuts — 4'?. to 7'?. per ft. 

 Lime Juice — Raw, 1 4 per gallon; concentrated, £13 15s. 



per cask of 108 gallons. 

 Lime (_)il — Distilled, 1/0 per ft. ; hand-pi'essed, 2/6 to 2/0 



per lb 

 Logwood— £4 2s. 6<7. to £5; Roots, £4 to £4 10s. per ton. 

 Mace — Good bold pale, 1/6; red 1/2 to 1/3; broken, )/- 



to 1/2 per ft. 

 Nitrate of Soda — Agricultural, £10 7s. 6</. per ton. 

 Nutmegs— 71's, 1;'3; 90's, 11./.; 155'.v, ohd. ; shell, 5^./. 



per ft. 

 Pimento — 2id. per ft. 

 Rum — Demerara, 7d. to 8d. per proof gallon ; .lamaica, 



Is. '3d. per proof gallon. 

 Sarsafarilla — No quotations. 



Sugar — Crystallized, 17,0 to 10/- per cwt. ; Muscovado, 

 i Barbadiis, 14,'- to 14'0 per cwt. ; Molasses, 12/- to 



10/- per cwt. (wanted). 

 Sulphate of Ammonia — £12 per ton. 



IMontreal, — September 9, 1904. — Mr. J. Russell Murray. 

 (In bond cjiiotation,s, e. tt f.) 



Bananas — .lamaica, 75c. to 95c. per bunch of 8 hands ; 



Sl-05 to Sl-15 per bunch firsts; §1-40 to Sl'50 per 



bunch Jumbos. 

 Cedar — Trinidad, 40c. per cubic foot. 

 Cocoa-nuts- Jamaica, §25-00 to S27-00 ; Trinidad, 821-00 



to §23-00 per M. 

 Coffee — .lamaica, medium, 9c. to 10c. jier ft. 

 Ginger — Jamaica, unbleached, 0|c. tri 8c. per ft. 

 Limes — Jamaica — No i [uotations. 



IMOLASCUIT — Demerara, SI 32 per 100 ft. 

 Molasses — Barbados, 24c. to 20c. ; Antigua, 20c. per 

 Imperial gallon. 

 lIuTMKGS — Grenada, lIO's, 18c. to 19ic. per ft. 

 Pimento — Jamaica, Ojc. to 7c. ])er ft. 

 Pise-apples— Cubans, orates 30's to lO's, §3-00 to .?4-10. 

 Sugar— Grey Crystals, 90', §2-60 to $2-70per 100 ft. 

 — Muscovad. .s, 89', §2-30 to $2-00 per 100 ft. 

 —Molasses, 89', §2-15 to §2-.30 per 100 ft. 

 —Barbados, 89', §2-40 to §2-45 per 100 ft. 



New York, — September 30, 1904.— Messrs. Gillespie 

 Bros. & Co. 

 Cacao— Caracas, 12|c. to 13c. ; .lamaica — No quotations ; 



Grenada, 12c. to 12|c. ; Trinidad, 12c. to 13c. per ft. 

 Cocoa-nuts— Trinidads, §30 per M., selected ; Jamaicas, 



§35-00 to §37-00 per M. 

 Coffee — Jamaica, good ordinaiy, 84C. to 9c. per ft. 

 Ginger — Jamaica, gciod grinding, 7|c. to 8jC. ; per ft. 

 Goat Skins — Jamaicas, 54c. per ft. 

 Pimento — 4^c. per lb., sjxit (piotation. 

 Sugar — Centrifugals, 00', 4]c. tn 4,"jiC.; Muscovados, 89°, 



3^c. to 3Ji| ; Molasses, 89', 3k\ to 3,^jyC. per ft. 



INTER-COLONIAL MARKETS. 



Barbados,— October S, 1901.— Messrs. T. S. Gaeea- 

 WAY & Co., and Messrs. James A. Lynch & Co. 



Arrowroot — St. Vincent, §3-50 to §3-60 per 100 ft. 

 Cacao— Dominica. §13-50 i)er 100 ft. 

 CocOA-NU-rs — §13-50 |>er M. for husked nuts. 

 Coffee— Jamaica, §10-00 to §10-50 ; ordinary Rio, §12-00 



per 100 ft. 

 Hay— 9.5c. to §100 per 100 ft. 

 Manures— Nitrate of soda, §00-00 ; Ohlendorffs dissolved 



guano, §00-00; Sulphate of ammonia, §72-00 to §75-00; 



Sulphate of potash, §07 'OO. 

 Onions— Madeira (stringed), §2-25 to §2-05 per 100 ft. 

 Potatos, English— N(/va Scntia,§l-80 to §2-10 per 100 ft. 

 Rice— Ballam, §4-75 per bag (190 ft.) ; Patna, §3-40 



per 100 ft. 



British Guiana, — October 6, 1904. — Messrs. Wietinq 

 it Richter. 

 Arrowroot — St. "S'incent, §7 -50 per barrel. 

 Balata — "\'enezuela block, 25c. ; Demerara sheet, 35c. 



per ft. 

 Cacao — Native, 12c. to 13c. per ft. 

 Cassava Starch — §0-00 per barrel. 

 Cocoa-nuts— §8-00 to §10-00 per M. 

 Coffee — Rio and Jamaica, ISic. to 14c. per ft. (retail). 



— Creole, lie. per ft. 

 Dhal-§4-25 per bag of 108 ft. 

 Eddoes— 84c. to §1-00 per barrel. 

 Molasses — Vacuum Pan yellow, lolc. per gallon (casks 



included). 

 Onions— Madeira, §1-90 to §2-00 per 100ft.; Tenerifte, 



§1-50 to §1-75 per 100 1b. 

 Pea Nuts — American, 7c. per ft. (retail). 

 Plantains — 16c. to 32c. per bunch. 



Potatos, English — Nova Scotia, .§1-00 per 100 ft. (retail). 

 Rice— Ballam, §4-40 to §4-45 ; Creole, §4-50 per 177 ft., 



ex store. 

 Sweet Potatos — Barbados, §1-44 per liag ; §1-08 per- 



barrel. 

 Tannias — §2-10 per barrel. 

 Yajis — White, §2-40 per bag. 

 Sugar— Dark Crystals, §2-o0 to §2-51 ; Yellow, §2-90 to 



§3-00; White, $3-50 to §3-75; Molasses, §2-00 to 



§2-25 per 100 ft. 

 Timber — Greenheart, 32c. to 55c. per cubic foot. 

 W-AXLABA Shingles— §3-00, §3-75 and §5-50 per M. 



Trinidad, — October 6, 1904. — Messrs. Goedox, Grant 

 >fe Co. ; and Messrs. Edgar Tripp & Co. 

 Cacao— Ordhiary, §12-25 to §12-30 ; Estates, §12-40 to 

 §12-00 ; Venezuelan, §12 30 to §12 80 per fanega 

 (110 ft.). 

 Cocoa-nuts— §19-00 per M., f.o.b. 



Cocoa-nut Oil — 77c. per Imperial gallon (casks included). 

 Coffee — Venezuelan, 7|o. per ft. 

 Copra— §3-00 per 100 ft. 

 Onions— §1-25 to §130 per lOO ft. 

 Potatos, English— §1-25 to §1-70 per 100 ft. 

 Rice— Yellow, §4-10 to §4-40 ; White Table, §5-25 to 



§5-50 per bag. 

 Molasses — Market closed. 



