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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[March i, 1884. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



{From Lewis <fc Peat's Lojulon Price Current, February 14th, 188i.) 



IMPORTED FKOM 



JLAXABAB COAST, 



COCHIN, CEYI.ON, 



MADRAS, &c. 



QUAXITY. 



QUOTATIOKS. 



BEES' WAX, White 



Yellow 



cmCHONA BABK— 



Crown 



„ Bed 



CARDAMOMS, Malabar 



Aleppee 



Tellicherry 



Maiigalore 



Ceylon 



Ists 

 2uds 

 3rds 



CINNAMON 



China Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEE Ceylon Plantation 



Slightly sottish to good 

 hard bright 

 Do. drossy & dark ditto. 



Medium to fine Quill . 

 Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Medium to good Quill . 

 Spoke shavings ... 

 Branch 



Clipped, bold, bright, tine 

 Middling, stalky & lean 

 Fair to line plump clipped 

 Good to fine 



Good & fine, washed, bgt. 

 MidiUing to good... 

 Ord. to tiue pale quill 



Native 

 East Indian 



Native 

 COIR ROPE, Ceylon and 

 Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush 

 Stuffing 

 COIR YARN, Ceylou 

 Cocliin 

 Do. 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted 

 CEOTON SEEDS, sifted 

 EBONY" WOOD 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA 



MYEABOLANES, pale 



Pickings 

 OIL, CINNAMON 

 CITROMXLA 

 LK.M11N t;RASS 

 ORCHELLA WEED 

 PEPPER— 



Malabar, Black sifted 

 Alleppee & Cochin ,, 

 Tellicherry, White ... 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



chips 



dust 

 REDWOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs ... 

 Do. cluj^i ... 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



TUEMEEIC, Mmlras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VAUILLOES, Mauritius & 



Bourbon, Ists [Fine crystalised 6 a Oiuch 

 2uds Foxy & reddish „ „ 

 ■i^A . 1 i Lenn & dry to middling 



Woody and hard 



Fair to fine plant 



Medium to bold 



Triage to ordinary 



Bold 



MidiUiug to good raid. ... 



Low middling 



Smalls 



Good ordinary 



Bold 



Medium to fine 



Small 



Good to fine ordinary ... 



Mid. coarse to finestraight 

 Ord. to fine long straight 



Coarse to fine 



Good to superior 



Ordinary to fine 



Eoping fair to good 

 Middling wormy to fine... 



Fair to fine fresh 



Middling to fine 



Good to fine bold 



Small and mediiun 



Fair t« good bold 



Small 



Fair to fine bold fresh... 

 Small orihnaryand fair... 

 Good to fine picked 

 Common to middling ... 



Fair Coast 



Bui-nt aud defective 

 Good to fine heavy 

 Bright & good iiavour ... 



Mid. to line, not woody... 



Fair to bold heavy 

 good ,, 



Fair to fine bright bold... 

 middling to good Small... 

 Slight foul to fine briglit 

 Ordinary to fine bright ... 

 Fair and fine bold 

 Middling coated to good 

 Fair to good iiavor 



Good to fine bold green 

 FairmidiUing bold 

 Common <lark and small 

 Finger fair to fine Ijold 

 Mixed middliug [bright 

 Bulbs whole 

 Do split 



4th 



j \ under 6 inches 

 ( Ix)w, foxy, inferior and 



pickings 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAE. 



ALOES, Soceotriue and 

 Hepatic. 

 CHI LLIES, Zanzibar 



IiOVfiiS, Zanzibar 



Good and fine dry 

 .'Common & mid, purl soft 



£7 a £b lOs 

 £5 a £'0 15s 



23 a 3$ Bd 



6da3s6d 



3d aSd 



6d a 3s 6d 



od a 2s Sd 



2da6d 



Ijd a 3d 



63 6d a 73 6d 



3s 6d a OS 



4s a 5s 9d 



7s a 7s 3d 



Tsa 9s 



Is a 23 6d 



7d a 2s Id 



6\i a Is 3d 



6d a lOJd 



4id a 7d 



2d a 6d 



82s a 92s Bd 



68s a 788 Bd 



90s a 101s 



i2i a 88s 

 6»3 a 723 

 COS a 6S3 

 55s Bd nom. 

 90s a 100s 

 73s a 81s 

 60s a 603 

 62s Bd a 63s 



f 15 a £25 



£18 a £43 

 £16 a £18 10s 

 £18 a £.38 

 £16 a £35 

 £10 a £20 

 1 7s a 40s 

 70s a 80s 

 £7 a £13 

 ,60s a 90s 

 IBs a 5Gs 

 1.48s Bd a 51s 

 44s a 47s lid 

 |8s a 12s 

 73 a 85 Bd 

 lOs Bd a 12s 6d 

 9s a 10s 

 93 9d a 10s 

 Ssags 

 Is 6d a 33 



l|d 



35s a 503 



10s a I63 

 6s a 10s 



£7 11 £9 



£4 a £7 



...(Good to fine bright ... tiOs a tiSs 



jOrdinary andmiddUug.,. 65s a SSs 



1 IGood to fine bright ...4Ma5d 



/ Otiimij & midOliiigduli] i|a a i'ia 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 

 AND ZjINZIBAE. 



CLOVES, Mother 



„ Stems... 



COC0LUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 1,,„„ 

 &l'urkey r"''= 

 green., 

 whit©.. 

 GUM AMMONLiCUM— 

 drop .. 

 block.. 

 ANIMI, washed .. 



scraped.. 

 ARABIC, picked .. 



sorts.. 

 ASSAFCETIDA .. 



KINO 



MYRRH, picked.. 



Aden sort; 

 OLUIANUM, drop 



pickings, 

 sittings . 

 INDL4RUBEER Mozambi 



SAFTLO WER, Persian . . . 



Fair, usual dry 

 fresh 



Fair to fine tlark 

 Good 



IMPORTED FROM 



CALCUTTA AND 



CATE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists 



2nd3 



3rds 

 INDIARUBBEE Assam 



Rangoon 

 Madagascar 



QUALITY. 



2d aid 

 IjdalJd 

 lis a 13s 



BOs a 70s 

 50s a 55s 

 453 a 503 



Small to fine clean 

 dark to good 



Picked tine pale in sorts, 

 part yellow and mixed 

 Beau & Pea size ditto .. 

 amber and dark bold 

 MecUum & bold sorts .. 

 Pale bold clean 

 Yellowish and mixed . . 

 Fair to fine 

 Clean fair to fine 

 Slightly stony and foul .. 

 Fair to fine bright 

 Fiur to fine pale 

 Mid<:lling to good 

 Fair to good white 

 Middliug to good reddish 

 Middling to good pale 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 que,fair tofine sausage. 

 „ Ball, 

 unripe root 



liver ' . 



Ordinary to good 



QUOTATIONS. 



50s a 65s 

 20s a 403 

 £1B a £20 

 £14 a £16 

 £Ba£10 

 £10 a £14 

 £5 a £9 

 72s a 8O3 

 BOs a 70s 

 BOs a 72s 6d 

 BOs a 80s 

 35s a 55s 

 41s a 433 

 £Ba£9 

 £4 a £6 

 35s a 423 

 303 a 348 

 12s a 18s 

 9s a l-ls 

 2s 4d a 2s SJd 

 2s 2d a 2s 5Jd 

 'Is 8d a Is 8id 

 lsSda25 

 5s a 353 



SAFFLOWER 



TAMAEDJDS 



IMPORTED FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) 



ENtPORTED FROM 



CHINA, JAPAN AND THE 



EASTERN ISLANDS, 



CAJIPHOR, China 

 .Tapan 

 CUTCH,Pegue 

 GAMBIER, Cubes 



Block 

 GUTTA PEECHA, genuine 

 Sumatra... 

 Reboiled... 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 



Small 

 MACE 



RHUBAEB, Sim dried .. 



High dried .. 



SAGO, Peari, large 



medium .. 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Penaug Flake.. 

 Singapore ,, .. 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Nearly water white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brown and brownish 

 Good to fine 



Common foul and mixed 

 Fair to good clean 

 Good to fine pinky &^\ hite 

 Fair to good black 

 Good to fine pinky 

 Middling to fair 

 Inferior and pickings 

 Middling to fiue,not stony 

 Stony aud inferior 



3|da4id 

 3|d a 3id 

 3d a 3id 

 2s 2d a 23 6d 

 Bd a is 8d 

 :1s lOd a 2s 5d 

 2s 5d a 2s 7d 

 Is lOd a 2s 2d 

 ,'£1103 a £6 

 '6.5s a 803 

 30s a 453 



a 123 

 3s a 7s 



Fair dry to fine bright ... 46s a 49s 

 Common & middling soft 37s a 4.53 

 Fair to fine ...'50s a 553 



Middling to fine ...SdaCd 



Good, pure, & dry white 

 „ „ pink 



Good to fine 

 Ordinary to fine free 

 Pressed 

 Good 



Fine clean Banj & Maeas- 

 Barky to fair [sar 



Common to fine clean ... 

 <.iood to fine clean 

 Inferior and biirky 

 64's a 80's, garbled 

 86'sa95's 

 lOO's a 125'8 

 Pale reddish to pale 

 Ordinary to red 

 Chips 



Good to fine sound 

 Darkordinaiy & middling 

 Good to fine 



Dark, rough & middling 

 Fair to fine 



Good pinky to white 

 Fair to fine 



Bullets 

 Medium 

 (Seed 



56s a 599 

 25s a 30s 

 45s a 47s Bd 

 36s a 40s 

 26s 9il a 278 

 2s Id a 3s 3d 

 7d a 2s 3d 

 6d a Is 6d 

 lid a Is 3d 

 4d a lOd 

 23 7d a 3s Gd 

 23 4d a 2s Bd 

 Is lid a 23 3d 

 Is Bd a Is 9d 

 Is 3d a Is 4d 

 Is a Is 2<1 

 3s a Is 

 Is a 28 6d 

 Is 6d a Is 9d 

 Bd a Is 3d 

 14s a los 

 13s Bd a 14s 6d 

 12s Bd a 1.33 

 lis 6d a ISs 

 Ud a 2\A 

 lldaljd 

 l|d a Ijd 

 ...148 a 15s 

 ..12s 3d a 13(1 6d 

 ..IU9 3dal38 



