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THE AGRICULTUEAL NEWS. 



Jaxuaey i!--), 1908- 



MARKET REPORTS. 



INTER-COLONIAL MARKETS. 



to «l 



London,— .January 7, 190S, 'The West India Com- 

 mittee Circular ;' Messrs. Kearton, Piper & Co.; 

 January 7, laOS, Me.ssrs. E. A. de Pass &. Co.: 'The 

 Liverpool Cotton Association Weekly Circu- 

 l.\k/ .lanuary 3, 190t*. 



Arrowroot— St. Vincent, 2k1. per ft. 

 Balata— Sheet, 2 4 ; block, 17 per ft. 

 Bebs'-wax— £7 15.S. per cwt. 

 Cacao— Trinidad, 114/- per cwt.; Grenada, 



per cwt. 

 Coffee — Santos, :!0/4ri jier cwt. 

 C0PR.\— We.st Indian, '£2(1 \<fv ton. 

 Cotton— 18(/. to 20c/. per fl>. 

 Fruit — 



Bananas— Jamaica, 4T) to 5 '- per bunch. 



Limes— No (juotation per box. 



Pine-apples— St. Michael, 1/2 to .S V> each 



Grape Fruit— 5/- to 7/6 per box. 



Oranges— Jamaica, 5/- to 7/- per box. 

 Fustic— £4 5s. to £4 15s. per ton. 

 EoNEY— Ki.s. to 28,s. per cwt. 

 Isinglass— West India lump, 2/- to 2 2 pti 



ipuitations. 

 Lime Juice— Raw, 1/1 to 1,3 per gallon; 



£1^^ 17.S-. to £1H per cask of 108 gallons; Distilled Oil, 



1/10 per ft. ; hand-pressed, 4/3 to 4/6 per ftj. 

 Lo woon-£4 5s. to £4 1.5.v. per ton ; Koots, no (lUotations. 

 Mace— Fair, 1.-^. to Is. o</. ; pale. Is. 4'/.; broken, 10('. to 



Is. ; ordinary, li. to l.s. \d. per ft. 

 NuTJiF.GS— 75's, 8'/. : 77's CxL; 92'.s- to 10:V.s. oi-i 



112's to 134's. iiil. 

 Pimento— Jlarket <|uiet, 'Al. to 3/i(/. 

 Rubber — Fine hard Para, 4s S^d. 



4s. ?.ld. to 4s. Shi. per ft. 

 Rum— Jamaica, cominon, 2s. 'Ml. to2,s-. l<»(/.:good, 



Demerara, Is. 2d. to l.s. '^hd. ; Trinidad, no t|Uotations. 

 Sugar— Crystals, 17,3 tc I'.t/5 per cwt. ; lMusuo\ado. n. 



quotations ; IMo.'asses, 12,9 to 15/U. 



Hi.; cake, no 

 concentrati:il. 



lo iihd. 



per It. 



to 4.S. U'l. 



line siift, 



to S,v 



New York,— January \(\ 1908.— Messrs. GiLLi;>ni-; 

 Bros, i Co. 



Cacao— Caracas, 21c. to 23u. ; Grenada, 20c, to 21c. : 



Trinidad, 2()c. to 22-(c.: Jamaica, lliic. per Ih. 

 CocoA-NUTs-Jamaica, select, £^24-00 to S'20-00 ; culls. 



§14-00 lo$J."vOn: Trinidad, ifl.s-00 to $^2il-00 ; cull,-. 



S!12-(HI to S130I) per iM. 

 Coffee— Jamaica, ordinary, 7|c. to 7ic. ; good <irdinary. 



7|e. ; washed fancy. Hie. to U^e. per ft. 

 Gl.NOKR— Small ti. lean scni'.'uy root, 8U'. to 9]c. per lb ; 



bold root, '.l]e. lo O^'c. ; .small to bright bold, Ulic. to 



lie. per ft. 

 Goat Skins— Jamaica, .")0c. ; St. Thomas, St. Croi.x, St. 



Kills, 30c. to 43c. 

 Grape Fruit— Janiaicas, n.. (|Uo!.-ilions per b.nrel, sTCO 



per box. 

 Limes — No (piotations. 

 >[ace-28c. to .32c. jar lb. 

 Nutmegs— llO's. '.)i,r. to 10;c. per lb. 

 GitANGEs— Jamaica, no i|Uoi:\lions per b.iricl, no ([noLitions 



per l)ox. 

 Pimento- No iiuolalions. 

 Sugar— Centriiug.il.s, 96°. b3 1.". lo S3 Hi : Muscovados. 



89°, 83-07 to $3-10; Molasses, 89, ?3 113 lo §:'. 10 



pel' 111 . duty [laid. 



Barbados, — ilessrs. James A. Ly>cii i Co., January 21, 

 1908 ; Messrs. T. S. Gareaway & Co., Jaiuiai-y 20, 

 1908 ; Messrs. Le.\cock & Co., January 11, 1908i 



Arrowroot— St. Vincent. S4-25 toS4-.")0per 100 ft. 



Cacao — Dominica, $16 00 per 100 ft. 



Cocoa-nuts — .Sll'60 per M. for husked nuts. 



Coffee— Jamaica, SH--.i5 to SlO'oO per 100 ft. 



Hay- SI -85 to S2 00 per 100 ft. 



Manures- Nitrate of soda, .562-00 to S6.J00 ; OhlendorlTs 

 dissolved i;nano, $55-00 ; Cotton manure, §42-00 ; Cacao 

 manure, S42-00 to S48 00 ; Sulphate of ammonia, 

 S72-0n to .§75-00 ; Sulphate of potash, S67-0O per ton. 



Onions— Madeir.-i, -SI 50 to S-2-50 per 100 ft. 



PoTATO.s, English— §1-50 to .§2-111 per 100 ft. 



Peas— Split, SOOO toS6-50 ; Canada, 83-45 to $3-.50 per has. 



Rice— Demerara, $5-25 (177 to 180 ft.); Piiuia, §3-80 ; 

 Rangoon, §3-00 to §310 per lOU ft. 



Sugar — No i|Uot;itions. 



British Guiana. — Tanuary 



ifc PaoHTEP. : Messr 



11, 1908.— Messrs 

 s Saniihach, Pa 



KKI 



Wietino 

 it Co. 



\RR0WK00T— St. Vincent, S10-.50 per barrel. 



Balata — Venezuela block, 3-2c. ; Demerara sheet. 48c. per ft. 



C.4CA0— Na'ave, 20c. to 21c. per ft. 



Cass.vya— No stock. 



Cassava Starch— §9-00 per barrel. 



Cocoa-nuts— §12-00 to §16 00 per M. 



Coffee— Creole, 1 3c. ; Jamaica, 12c. |ier Ui. 



Dhal-§4-80 to §5-00 per bag of Ki.-^ It,. 



Eddos-§2-40 to §2-<)4 ))er barrel. 



JloLASSES — Yellow, 18ic. : Dark, no ijuotations per gallon. 



Onions- Madeira. 3c. to 3ic ; Lisbon, 3c. to 3k-. jior ib. 



Plantains- 20c. to 64c. per bunch. 



PoTATOS,— I\Iadeii-a, ?2-80 to §3-00 per b.-irrel. 



PoTA-ros, Sweet — Barbados, §1-32 per bag, 



p,]CF.— Ballam, §0-25 to §6-40 ; Creole, §4^50 to §4-011 per 



bag ; Seeta, §6-00 per bag. 

 Kuni-.Ei; — No cuiol Alliens 



Split Peas— §4 00 to §7-25 per bag (210 lb.). 

 Tannias— §3-l>0 jier bag. 



Yam-;- White. §3-(.0 ; Buck, §4 CO per bair. 

 Sugar— Dark crystals. §2-20 to §2411 ; Vcflow, 



§3 00 ; White. §3-50 to §3-00 ; Molasses, 



§1 -95 per lOO ft. (retail). 

 TiMP.Eii — Greenheart, 32c. to 55c. per cubic fool. 

 Wallap.a Shingles— §3-50 to §550 per M. 

 FiiiEw. on §2-40 lo §2-64 per ton (3-foet lengths). 



§2-90 to 

 §1-70 to 



Trinidad,— Jantiaiy 

 iCo. 



1, 1908. — Messrs. Gordon, Grant 



Cacao— §18-511 lo §19-50 per faiieg.-i ; Venezuelan, SlS-Ol> 



to §20-0(J per lanegJi. 

 CocoA-NU-is- No i|Uotatiiin. 

 Cocoa-nut Oil- 7Sc. per Imperial gallon. 

 Coffee — Venezuelan, 7c. to 8c. jier tt . 

 C0PK.A-S2 75 to§3-00 per 100 ft. 

 Dh\l— §4-25 to §4-40 per 2- bushel bag. 

 Onions- §2-25 to §2-50 per 100 ft. (retail). 

 Pot.\tos. Engi.i.xh— §100 lo §1-75 per 101) ft. 



fllcK Velli>»-,§5-50 to§5-(ill :\Vhite,§5-5llto§i;-0(lper bag. 



Split Pkas-§:",-30 to §6-25 per ba-. 

 SuG-.K- §5-01) to §5-10 per 1(10 til. 



