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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[February i, i8S.(. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AlSfD NEW PRODUCTS. 

 (From Lewi? <£• Peat's Loivdon Price, Current, Januanj 17th, ISSJ:.) 



IMPORTED FROM 



JIALABAE COAST, 



COCHIN, CEYI.ON, 



MADRAS, &c. 



QUAXITY. 



QDOTATIONS. 



J Slightly softish to good 

 ■•■\ hard bright 

 ...Do. tlrossy & dark ditto... 



BEES' WAX, Wllite 



Yellow 



CINCHONA BABK— 



CroivniMedium to iine Quill 

 Spoke shaviDgs ... 



Red 



Twig 

 CAKDAMOMS, Malabar 



Branch 

 Medium to good Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 

 Branch 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 

 Middling, stalky & lean 

 Aleppee Fair to tine plump clipped 

 Madras jLong, lean, to fair 

 Mangalore Good & fine, wa&hed,bgt 



Ceylon :Middling to good 



CINNAMON Ists Ord. to fine pale quill .. 



2nds! „ „ „ „ .. 

 ardsi „ ,, „ „ 



jWoody and hard 



ChinaChips ...|Fair to fine plant 



COCOA, Ceylon ...iMedium to bold 



'Triage to ordinary 



COFFEE Ceylon Plantation Bold 



pMiddliug to good mid. ... 



Low middling 



Smalls 



I Good ordinary 



jBold 



Medium to fine 



Small 



Good to fine ordinary ... 



Mid.coarse to fiuestraight 

 Ord. to fine long straight 



Coarse to fine 



Good to superior 



Ordinary to fine 



Roping fair to good 

 iVIiddling wormy to fine... 



Fail" to tine fresh 



Middling to fine 



Good to fine bold 



Small and medium 



Fair to good bold 



.Small 



;Fair to fine bold fresh... 

 i.Small oriUnary and fair... 

 (Good to fine picked 

 Common to middling ... 



Fair Coast 



Burnt and defective 

 Good to fine hearj- 

 Bright & good flavour ... 



[Slid, to fine, not woody... 



Fair to bold heavy 

 good ,, 



Fair to fine bright bold... 

 middling to good Small... 

 Sliglit foul to fine bright 

 Ordiuaiy to fine bright ... 

 Fair and fine bold 

 Middling coated to good 

 Fair to good flavor 



,, Native 

 Eaj,t Indian 



Native 

 COIR ROPE, Ceylon and 

 Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush ... 

 StutHug ... 

 COIR YAKN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do. 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted ... 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted ... 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA 



JTYRAEOLANES, pale ... 



Pickings 



OIL, CINNAMON 

 CITRONELLA 

 LK.MON GRASS 



ORCH ELLA WEED 



PEPPER— 



Malabar. Black sifted 

 Alleppci' & Cochin ,, 

 Tclliclierry, While ... 



PLUMBAGO, 'Lump 



cbii.s 



dusl 

 BED WOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs ... 

 Do. chips ... 

 SENKA, Timicvelli 



Good to fijie bold green 

 Fairmiddlinp bold 

 Common dark and small 

 Finger fair to fine bold 37^ 3 ;i;?s 

 Jlixeil middling [bright 22.S a 26s 

 17s a 203 



£7 a £b lUs 

 £5 a £b 15s 



23 a 3s 6d 

 Bd a 3s 6d 

 3d a 6d 

 Gd a 3s 6d 

 .5d a 2s Sd 

 2da6d 

 ,da3d 



6s M a 7s 1(X1 

 3s 6d a 5s 

 4s a 5s 6d 

 2s 6d a 4s 6d 

 Ts a 9s 

 Is a 2s 8d 

 lOJd a 2s 2d 

 j9d a Is 9d 

 7d a Is 6d 

 5d a Is 3d 

 2d a lid 

 90s a 92s 

 7l»s a 71s 

 03s a lOljs 

 TUs a 90s 

 70s a 75s 

 62s a B9s 

 55s 6d 

 HOn a HSs 6d 

 70s a B63 6d 

 60s lid a 689 

 50s a o5s nom. 



£15 a £-25 

 £60 a £79 

 £]5a£l«lCs 

 £18 a £:jS 

 £16 a £35 

 £16 a £20 

 )7s a 40s 



Os a 80s 

 £7 a £13 

 60s a 90s 

 46s a 56s 

 45s a 55s 

 ■38s a 43s 

 8s a 12s 



s a 8s 6d 

 9s6da lis 

 8s 6d a 9s 

 8s 9d 



sa 8a 



Is 6d a 3s 6d 

 IJd a l|d 

 I 9-16d a IJd 

 35s a 50s 



7d a 7Jd 

 6J1I a ;jd 

 9d a 2s 6d 

 14s a 18s 

 IDs a 13s 

 8s a 14s 

 3s a 10s 

 £5 ).5s a £6 

 £6 a £11 

 £30 a £60 

 £16 a £23 

 9d a Is M 

 3d a ejd 

 Id a 2d 



Bulbs whole 

 Do split 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VANELLOES, Mauritius & 



Bonrion, Ists 'Fine crystalised 6 a 9ineh gy^ ^ 3yjj 

 2nds Foxy & reddish „ ,, l^r,^ (^ 2I3 

 f Lean Si dry to middling; 



under 6 inches •-■jlOsal.Ss 

 ... jj Low, foxy, inferior and 



I I pickings 5s a 108 



3rdi 



'^4' 



•■,0: 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 



AND Z/tNZLBAB. 



ALOES, Soccolrinc and Good and fine dry ... £7 a £9 



Hepatie... 'Common & mid, part soft|£4 a £7 



CHILLIES, Zanzibar ...Good to line bright ... 65s a 70s 



jOrdiuary «ud middling... sgs a 60a 



CLO%'KS, Zanziliar \ jGood to tine bright ...5Jda6d 



aud Peinl» / vrdinaiy & Bidiliag duUJj^ a iH 



BIPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



^blue 



CLO^'ES, Mother 



„ Stems... 



COCUIUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 1 

 & Turkey / 



green., 

 white.. 

 GUM AJLMOKIACUM— 

 drop .. 

 block.. 

 ANIJU, washed .. 



scraped. 

 ARABIC, picked . 



sorts. 

 ASSAFtETIDA . 



KINO 

 MYBKH, picked . 



Aden sort^ 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings... 



sifUng; 



INDIARUBBER Mozambi 



SAFFLOWER, Persian .. 



IMPORTED FROM 



I ALCl'TTA AND 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OLL, Ists 



2nds 



3rds 

 INDIARUBBER A^sam 



Rangoon 

 iladagascar 



SAFFLOWER 

 TAMARINDS 



IMPORTED FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) 



IMPORTED FROM 



CHINA. .lAPAN AND THE 



EASTERN ISLANDS, 



QUAXITY. 



IQUOTATIONS. 



Fair, usual dry 

 fresh 



Fair to fine dark 

 Good 



Small to fine clean 

 dark to good 

 Picked fine pale in sorts, 

 part yellow and mixecl 

 Bean & Pea size ditto 

 amber and dark bold 

 Mediiuu & bold sorts 

 Pale bold clean 

 Yellowish aud mixed 

 Fair to fine 

 Clean fair to fine 

 Slightly stony and foul 

 Fair to fine bright 

 Fair to fine pale 

 :Middling to good 

 Fair to good white 

 Middling to good reddish 

 Middling to good pale 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 que,fair tofine sausage... 



„ Ball, 

 unripe root 

 liver 

 Ordinary to good 



2d s4d 

 l|dal|d 

 lis a 13s 



52s 6d a 60s 

 45s a 55s 

 45s a 50s 



503 a 66s 

 20s a 40s 

 £16 a £20 

 £14 a £16 

 £6 a £10 

 £10 a £14 

 £5 a £9 

 55s a 65s 

 48s a 54s 

 50s a 57s 

 60s a 803 ■ 

 35s a 55s 

 41s a 433 

 £6 a £9 

 £4 a £6 

 34s a 40s 

 30s a 33s 

 12s a 18s 

 lOs a 143 

 2s 5d a 2s 7d 

 2s 3d a 2s 7d 

 Is 8d a Is 9d 

 Is lOd a 2s Id 

 5s a 25s 



Nearly water white 

 Fair aud good pale 

 Brow n and brownish 

 Good to fine 

 Common foul and mixed 

 Fair to good clean 

 Good to fine pinky &white 

 Fair to good black 

 Good to fine pinky 

 Middling to fair 

 Inferior and pickings ... 

 3Iiddling to fine,not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Fair dry to fine bright 

 Ccmmon & middling soft 

 Fair to fine 

 Middling to fine 



35da4jd 

 3|da34d 

 3d a 3jd 

 2s 3d a 2s 6d 

 6d a Is lOd 

 2s a 2s 6d 

 25 6d a 2s 7d 

 2s a 2s 3d 

 £410sa £5 12s 

 C5s a 80s [6d 

 30s a 459 

 lis 6d a 135 

 3s a 7s 



14s a dCs 6a 

 3lis 6d a 4^3 

 . . 5l)s a 553 

 3d a &1 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 CUTCH,Pegue 

 GAMBIER, Cubes 



Block 



GUTTA PERCHA, genuine 



Sumatra... 



Reboiled..- 



■White Borneo .. 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 

 Small 



MACE 



RHUBARB, Sim dried . 



Iligll dried . 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Penaiig Flake., 

 Singapore „ .. 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Good, piu-e, & dry white 1 ,. 



, „ pink |5bsao93 



Good to tine ...25s a 30s 



Ordinary to fine free ...47s6da503 

 Pressed ... 36s a JOs 



Good ... 27s 9d a 28s 



Fine clean Banj & Macas- 2s Id a 3s 3d 

 Barkj' to fair [sar 7d a 2s 3d 



:.'ommon to fine clean ... 6d a Is 6d 

 Good to fine clean ... Ud a Is 3d 



Inferior and barky ... 4d a lOd 

 64's a 80's, garbled ..,is9da3s8d 

 85's a 95's ... 2s 5d a 2s 8d 



lOO's a 125's ... Is lid a 2s 53 



Pale reddLsh to pale ... Is 6d a Is 9d 

 Ordinai-y to red ... Is 3d a Is 4d 



Chips ... Is a Is 2d 



Gooil to fine sound ....3sa4s 

 Darkordinary&middling Is a 2s &1 

 Good to line ...Is6dals9d 



Dark, rough & middling J8d a Is 3d 



. Fair tofine 



Good pinky to w bite 

 Fair to fine 



Bullets 



Medium 



Seed 



.14sal4s6d 

 ...'l3sa 14s 

 ...il2sa 14s 

 ...Ills6da ISs 

 ...jUdaaid 

 ...lid a lid 

 ...lljdal'd 

 ...il4sa 153 

 ...12s 6d a 13«6B 

 ...Il2aedal39 



