Vol. 1. No. 



THE AGllICULTURAL NEWS 



31 



COMMERCIAL. 



With tlie view of assisting in finding a market for the 

 <li.s|"is;il of local produce, arrangements have l)oen made witli 

 the following Agents in these Ooloiies who will be prejiared 

 to receive consignments and obtain the bast jirices for them. 



It is desirable that imjiiiry be made, beforehand, as 

 to the terms on which such |iroduce will l)e received, :uul 

 whether the market is favourable or not. 



It is particularly urged that no shiiimonts be made until 

 an assurance has bjen re33ived from tlu Agjnts tluniselves 

 that they are pre] ared to accept such shipments. 



Agents in the West Indies. 



BRITISH GUIANA— 



B. S. Bayluy, Wattr Street Georgetown. 

 TRIMDAIJ 



J. Russell Murray, Port-rf-Sj ain. 

 BARBADOS- 



T. S. Gant.way it Co., Bridgetown. 

 ST. LUCIA 



Captain H. Hen\ilk-, C'DUtractur ami Agent, Castries. 



MARKET REPORTS. 



London, -Ajril 15, 1902. — Messrs. J. H.lles Caiku it Co., 

 and Gillespie Bros, it Co. 



Aloes — Socotrine 80 - per cwt. Cajje, 30/- to .'}()/- i>er cwt. 

 Bees- Wax — Jamaica, t'7. 12. 6. to £8. 0. 0. per cwt. 

 Cacao — Grenada, fair -o good 54'- to 58,- per cwt. Trinidad 



63 - per cwt. 

 Cardamons — Mysore, 12 to 3;- per lb. 

 Coffee — Jamaica, good ordinary, 40/- to 4.5 (i. Bold 0.5/- to 



74, d. Peaberiy 47/- to 60/6. 



Costa I{ica., good to fine, 61/- to 83/(i per cwt. 



Peabeiry, (i4 6 to 100/6 per cwc. 

 Cotton -Carriaccju 4jc. jter 11). 

 GiNOER — Jamaica, conuiion dark to fair 34/- to 42;- })er cwt. 



Fair to bold bright 40/- to 60/- per cwt. 

 Honey — Jamaica in b irrels 13 6 to 17/- per cwt. In tins 



15/- to 20/- per cwt. 

 Li-ME Juice— Raw, common to fair, 11//. to 11. (iood to 



tine 1/2 to 1,3 per gallon. Concentrated, ijl2 per Jiijjc. 

 Mace— 1/- to 2/6 per lb. 

 NuTiiEiis— 8(/. t ) 2/4 per lb. 

 Oil of Limes — Dominica cUstilled 1/- per lb. Hand pres.sed 



4 4 per lb. 

 Pimento — 3i/. to 3J(/. per lb. 

 Rubber- Para, 2/i to 3 2 per lb. Central American 18 



to 2 4 per lb. African 1, 11 to 2/9 per lb. 

 SifAR -^\'est Ir-dia Crystals, 14/9 to 16 3 per cwt. duty 



paid. 



Muscwvado — Jamaica, good brown 11,9 per cwt. 



IMolasscf. — iKjthing doing. 

 Tamarinds — 14/- per cwt. 

 LoowoOD — £4. 5. 0. to £'4. 10/- per ton. 

 Fustic— £1. 10/- jier ton. 



New York, 

 it Co. 



.\piil 4, 1902. — Messrs. Gillespie Bros. 



Bananas— Jamaicas, 9 hands §1.10 to §1.15, 8 hands 80c., 



7 hands 55c. per bunch. 

 Cacao — .\frican 12|c. to 1.3c. Caraccas, good ordinary 14;,c. 



to 15c. Fine (piality 17c. to 18c. 



Grenada, 12c. to 12^0. Jamaica lie. to ll|c. 



Triniilad KUc. to 14ic. per lb. 



CoaoA-NOTS— Jamaicas, §21.00 per M. S;n:dl Triuidads 



.$14.00 pjr M. 

 C iFFEE — Good ordinary, Rio, f^e. and fair ipiality, Jamaica, 



64C. to 7c. \>;r lb. 

 (iiNOER — Ordinary to small medium, 7c. to 8c. per lb. 

 I'niENTO — Good (juality 54'c. per lb. 

 RuiJBER - Nicar.igua S^rap 51c. per lb. 



(iiiaya'iuil Strip 4Sic. per ttj. 

 SuuAR— Museovado, 8'.)' 3]c. Centrifugals 96" 3,!,c. 



INTER-COLONIAL MARKETS. 



Antigua, April 2.3, 1902. Messrs. C. W. Be.mne it, Hp.v- 

 SON it Co., Ltd. 



Molasses — 8c. per galbjii j)ackage included. 

 Sugar — Muscovado §1.05 yier 1001b. 



Barbados,— -ipril 26, Messrs. T. S. Garraway it Co. 



-\rrowroot — good quality, §2.75 per cwt. 



Cacao— §12.11 to §12.29 per l(X»lb. 



Coffee— Janriica and Rio §9 to §10.25 per 1091b. 



Hay— §1.30 per 1001b. 



Molasses— 7.iC. per gallon and §4.00 for package. 



Onions— §7. 5'0 per 1001b. 



I'otatos— Nova Scotia §1.80 to .§2.00. Bermudas §4.00 per 



barrel. 

 Rice — Ballam §5.00 ])er bag. Pat)ia $3.75. 

 SuoAU— Muscovado, in hogsheads, — §1.05 per 1001b. and 



§5.00 for hogshead, in bags,— §1.25 per 1001b. 



British Guiana,— April 24, 1902. [Messrs. Weiting ik 

 Jiichter. 



Arrowroot— §(). 50 per barrel. 



Cac.4.0 — (nominal) lie. to 12c. per lb. 



Cassava Starch — §5.00 per barrel 



Cocoa-nuts— §8.00 to §10.00 per M. 



Coffee — Rio and Jamaica 12c. to 13c. per lb. 



Eddoes— §1.20 per 1001b. 



Onions — Lisbon (retail) strung 4c., loose .3c per lb. 



Pea Nuts — .American (retail) 4ic. to 5c. per lb. 



Plantains — 24c. to 40o. per bunch. 



PoT.iTos En(;lish — §2.25 to .§2.50 per barrel. 



Rice — Ballam .§4.90, Patna §5.65 per bag. 



— Crej] E Rick 20c. per gallon, retail. 

 Sweet Pot AT(JS— Barbados §1.68 per 1001b. Crole §1.32 



per 13011). 

 Tannias~§1.20 per 1001b. 

 YAM.S— §2.00 per 1001b. 



MoLAS.SE-i — First Yellow Kic. per gallon including package. 

 SutiAR- Dark Crystals ."51.57 to §1.60 per 1001b. Yellow 



Crystals S2.25 to §2.40 per- 1001b. 

 Timber — Greenheart 32c. to 40c. per cubic 'foot. 

 Wallaba SHiN<iLBS— .§3.00 to §5.00. per M. 



Trinidad, April 21, 1902. Messrs. Edcar Tripp A Co. 



Cacao-~§13.00 to §13..50 per cwt. 



Coffee — (Venezuelan) 71^. per lb. 



Hay — (nothing doing) 



Onions— §2..50 per lOOIb. 



Potatos Enollsh— §1.45 to §1.70 per lOOlb. 



Rice- B;iJlam §1.05. Seeta §5.90 per bag. 



Mol.*.sses — (no ipiotation) 



Su<JAR — (no ((notation) 



Some enemies of scale-iusects. Among the 



natural enemies of scalj insects, various fungi seem to be of 

 importance. If citnts-plants, badly aft'ected by scale-insects, are 

 closely examined, reddish looking fungoid growths are to be 

 made out on some of the scales. The scale-insects on other 

 plants besides the citrus family are also apparently destroyed 

 by fungi. Any examples of scale insects with fungi ui)on 

 them would be very acce[ital)le at the Department laboratory. 



