\"0L. I. No. 4. 



THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



63 



COMMERCIAL. 



With tin- view of iissistiiiL,' in tiiuling <i iiiiirkL-t for the 

 ■disposal of loral liroduce, airaiigeiiiuiits have hueii luaile with 

 the following Agents in these Colonies avIio will l)e prejiared 

 to receive coi;signnients ami obtiiin the lj:;st prices for them. 



It is desirable that ini]niry be made, beforehand, as 

 to the terms on which such ]>roduce will lie j-eceived, and 

 wJietlier the market i.s favourable or not. 



It is particularly urged tliat no sliipments be made until 

 An assurance h.is hjin re^iived from the Agents thsmselve.s 

 tJiat they are prepared to accept sucli sliipments. 



Agents in the West Indies. 



BRITISH (UIANA — 



B. S. Bayley, Water Street Georgetown. 



TRINIDAD - 



J. Ru.ssell Miur.iy, Port-of-Sp.-dn. 



BARBADOS— 



T. S. Garraway it C.i., Bridgetown. 



ST. LUCIA— 



Caiitain H. Henville, Contractor and Agent, Castries. 



MARKET REPORTS. 



London, May ].?, 1902.— Messrs. . I. Hales Caikd it Co., 

 and Messrs. GiLLESfiE 1!ros. & Co. 



Bees- WAX — Jamaica, £7. 15. to £'8. per cwt. 



Cacao— Trinidad, good red, .5!*/- to ti3,(j, tine, (i4 - to 0.5/- 



per cwt. 



Grenada, fair counuon 53 - to .5(>/-, go(«l to tine 57'- 



to (■)(> -. per cwt. 



.Jamaica, fair .52 l> per cwt. 



Dominica, fair 53/- to 5U/- per cwt. 



CoFi'EE — Jamaica, good, ordinary 30 - to 33 6, good mid- 

 dling bold 500 to 7!', per cw-t. 



Costa Rica, midclliiig 00,- to 05'-; tine bold S7 to 

 !tO - per cwt. 

 Peaberry 00 to 01 - i)er ew t. 



CoTTOx - Carriacou, Oj-jjC. jier 11). 



OixoER — Jamaica, good bold bright 55/- to 01 '-, common 

 34 -, to 35/- per cwt. 



Honey — Jamaica, fair to good licjiiid andier 10 li to 10 0, 

 dark 14 (i to 15- ])er cwt. 



Lime Juice — Raw, 1;'- to )/3 per gallon. Concentrated, 



£12. per pipe. 

 Oil of Lime.s— Distilled ]/(i i>er lb. Hand pressed 4/ per lb, 

 PiMEXTo— 2i'i/. to :i</. per lb. 



Sarsaparilla— Jamaica, fair damaged 1 2 to 13, native 

 red, fail-, lid to lli</. per lb. 



Sugar- -Muscovado 11,(; to 14/- Crystallized 14/- to 15/- 

 per cwt. 



Logwood— Jamaica £4. 5/- to £4. 1.5/- per ton. 

 Fustic- Jamaica £4. 10/- to £4. 1.5/- per t<jn. 

 Fruit — Covent Garden Market (GardenerIs 



Chronicle, May 3rd. 1902.) 

 Baxaxas— 7/- to 10/- i)er bunch. 

 Lemoxs — 6- per case. 

 Maxgos 10/- to 12/- per dozen. 

 Oraxges — 7 0, to 18/- per case. 

 Fixes- 3/- to 4/- eacli. 



New York, -May 16, 1902.— Mes.srs. (Ullkspie Bros. 

 ife Co. 



B.4NAXAS— Jamaica, 9 hands §1.20 to §1.25, 8 hands 80c, 



to OOc, 7 hands 45c. to 50c. j)er bunch. 

 Cacao— African 12^c., to 13c. Caracas, fair to good oidi- 



nary I44C. to 15c. Jamaica, good fermented ll^c. 



Grenada 1.3c., Trinidad 13c. to 14c. ]>cr lb. 

 COOOA-XUTS— Jamaicas, iSi20.0<J per M. Small Trinidads 



$12.00 per M. 

 Coffee — Rio, good ordinary 5ic. Jamaica ordinary 5i'c. 



to Oc, and good ordinary O^c. pjr lb. 

 GiXGER— 8c. to 8ic per lb. 

 PiMEXTO— 5ijc. to Oc. per lb. 

 Rubber— Nicaragua Scrap 5Uc. to 52c. per lb, .slieet 40c. 



to 47c. per lb. (iuayaipiil Strip 40c. per lb. 

 Sugar— Muscovado, H'.)\ 2gc. to 3c. Centrifugals 00°, 3io 



per lb. 



INTER-COLONIAL MARKETS. 



Antigua,— -May 21, 1902.— Messrs. G. W.Bennett, Brv- 

 soN & Co., Ltd. 



Molasses — 8c. per gallon, package included. 

 Sugar- Muscovado §1.10 per 1001b., nominal. 



Barbados,- May 24, 1902.- 

 .fe Co. 



-^Messrs. T. 8. Garraway 



-\rrowroot — good cpiality, .§3..50 per cwt. 

 Cacao -§12.25 to ^VA.^M) per cwt. 



Coffee — Jamaica and ordinary Rio §9.50 to .§10.25, 



respectively. 

 Hay— lotting §1.75 per 1001b. 

 !Molasses — 7.'c. per gallon and §4.00 for package. 

 Oxioxs— lotting §4.75 to §5.00 per 1001b. 

 Potatos — Bermudas §3.84 per barrel. 

 Rice — Ballam §4.00 per bag. Patna §.3.75 per bag. 

 Su<.iar— in hogsheads, §1.05 per 1001b. and §5.00 for 



hogshead, in bags §1.25 per 1001b. 



British Guiana,— May 22, 1902.— Mes.sr.s. Weiting & 

 Jiichter. 



Arrowroot — §0.50 per barrel. 



Cacao — native lie. to 12c. nominal. 



Cassava Starch— §0.00 per barrel. 



Cocoa-xuts— §8.00 tcj .§10.00 per M. 



Coffee — Rio and Jamaica 12c. to I3c. per lb. (tutail.) 



EiUKiEs- §1.44 iier 1001b. 



< )xioxs— string 3jc., loose 3e )ier lb. 



Pka Nuts— American 4jc. to .oc. (retail) 



Pi. \xtaixs — 20c. to 30c. per bunch. 



Potatos Exglisii — §3.00 j)er barrel. 



Rue— Ballam §4.80, Patna §5.()5, per bag. 

 — Creole Rick 20c. per gallon, retail. 



Sweet Potatos- Barbados §1.20 to ^1.33 i>er KXWb. 



Taxxias— §1.44 per 1001b. 



Yams--§1.80 to §1.00 per 1001b. 



Molasses — Vacuum Pan yellow 16c. per gallon, casks in- 

 cluded. 



Sugar— Dark Crystals §1.05 to §1.08, yellow f2.15 t<> 

 §2.31:) per cwt. 



Timber — Greenheart 32c. to 40c. pier cubic foot, 



Wallaba Shingles — §3.00 to §5.00 per M. 



Trinidad, — ilay 21, 1902. — Messrs. Gordon Grant & Co. 



Cacao— §13.10 to §13.75 per cwt. 



Coffee — Venezuela, ordinary 7c. per lb. 



Oxioxs— §1.25 to §]..50 per 1001b. 



Potatos ENciLi.sii- §1.27 to §1.40 per 1001b. 



Rice— Yellow §4.50. White Table §5.25 to §(i.tj() per bag. 



Sugar— White Crystals §3.25, Yellow Cry.stals §2.00 to 



§2.10 iier cwt. 

 JIolasses — Bright Eastern 3Iuscovado 10c. to 12c. per 



gallon and §5.00 for package. 



