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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



April G, 1918. 



MARKET REPORTS. 



London. — The West India Committee Circular, 

 Fubruaiy 7. 



Arrowroot — No (iiiotatinn>. 



Balata— Vtiiozuclaii Block, 3/4 to 3/7; Sheet, 3/10 to 4/-. 



Beeswax — Ko quotations. 



Cacao — Trinidad, no (mutations: Grenada, no quotations; 



Jamaica, no quotatitms. 

 Coffee — Jamaica, no qiidtations. 

 Copra— £40. 

 Fruit — No quotations. 

 Ginger — Jamaica, 9"2'C to ll-^/- \>cr cwt. 

 Honey — Jamaica, no quotations. 

 Lime Juice — Kaw, 2/- to 3'.; concentrated, no quotations; 



Otto of lime (hand-pressed), 17/''. 

 liOowooD — No quotations. 

 Mace — No quotations. 

 2Sutmegs — No quotations. 

 Pimento — 4i/. 

 Rubber — Para, fine hard, 2;7i; fine soft, no quotations; 



Castilloa, no quotations. 



Trinidad. — Messrs. Gordon, Grant & Co., February 27. 



Cacao— Venezuelan, $13-:',5 to §13(i0 Trinidad, $13-2.'> 



to Sl3-7.">. 

 Coco-nut Oil — Sl-3fi per gallon. 

 Coffee — Venezuelan, 1K-. to 12c. per lb. 

 Copra— Ssiiii per lOd lb. 

 Dhal- .?14-2."' to $14-4(i. 

 Onions— $8-00 per 100 lb. 

 Pfa>, Split— $1200 to S12-50 per bag. 

 Potatoes — English, if'.' -Ho per 100 lb. 

 Rice— Yellow, $12 nO to f 12-25; White, 'JoO per bag. 

 Sdoar — American crushed, no quotations. 



New York. — Messrs Gillespie Bros. <k Co., March 6. 



Cacao— Caracas, 14i-. to 14ic.; Grenada, He. to 14Jc.; 



Trinidad, 14*c.; Jamaica, lilfc. 

 Coco-nuts — Jamaica sekets, .*4S on to ^SO'Oii; Trinidad 



selects. $43-00 to $48-00; culls, $22-00 to $25 00 perM. 

 Coffee — Jamaica, '.'Jc. to 12c. per lb. 

 Ginger — 15|c. to 2<ic. per lb. 

 Goat Skins — Jamaica, 70e. to 75c. ; Antigua and Barbados, 



71 10. to .§75c.; St. Thomas and St. Kitts, 70c. to 75c. 



per ft. 

 Grape Fruit — Jamaica, $2-25 to $2-50 per box. 

 Limes — 87 00 ;ier brl. 

 Mace — 35c. to 41 ic. per ft. 

 Nutmegs — 24r. 

 Oranges— $ii(iO. 

 Pimento — Oc. per ft. 

 Sugar- Centrifugals, 96°, (i ii05c; Muscovados, 89°, 5-005c^ 



Molasses, 89% 4 -'.1480. all duty paid. 



Barbados. — Messrs. T. S. Garp.away &, Co., March 4. 



Arrowroot— $10 00 per 100 ft. 



Cacao— $12-50 per 100 ft. 



Coco-NUTS — $24-1)0 husked nuts. 



Hay— .*2 00. 



Molasses — No quotations. 



Onions — No quotations. 



Peas, Split — No quotations; Canada, no quotations. 



Potatoes — No quotations. 



Rice — Ballam, no quotations; Patna, no quotations! Ran* 



goon, no quotations. 

 Sugar — Dark Crystals, §4-75. 



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