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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[April i; 1884^, 



MARKET RATKS FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



(Prom Leicia d- Peat's London Price Current, February USth, ISSi.) 



IMPOKTEU FROM 



MALABAB COAST, 



COCHIN, CEYLON, 



MADRAS, &c. 



QUALITY. 



BEES' W.tX, White 



Y'ellow 



CINCHONA BARK— 



Red 



Twi£ 

 CAKUAMOMS, Malabar 



CINNAMON 



AJeppee 



TeUicherry 



Man galore 



Ceylon 



Ists 

 2nd3 



) Slightly softish to good 

 I hard bright 

 lio. tlrossy &. dark tlitto. 



Medium to fine Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Medium to good Quill 

 Spoke shaviugs ... 

 Branch 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 

 Middling, stalky & lean 

 Fair to tine plumpclipped 

 Good to fiue 

 Good & fiue, washed, bgt. 



Middling to good 



Ord. to "fine pale quill .. 



China Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEE Ceylon Plantation 



,, Native 

 East Indian 



Native 

 COIR ROPE, Ceylon and 

 Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush ... 

 Stuffing ... 

 COIR YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do. 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted ... 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted ... 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA 



MYRABOLANES, pale ... 



Picking: 

 on., CINNAMON 

 CITRONELLA 

 LEMON GRASS 

 ORCHELLAWEED 

 PEPPER— 



Malabar, Black sifted 

 Alleppee & Cochin ,, 

 Tellicherrv, White 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



chips 



dust 

 RED WOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chipa 

 SRNNA, Tinnevelli 



TURMERIC, MadnLS 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin ...j 

 VANILLOES, Mauritius &I 

 liourbon, Ists 

 2nds 



3rds 



QUOTATIONS. 



Woody and hard 



Fair to fine plant 



Medium to bold 



Triage to ordinary 



Bold 



Jliddlinp to good mid. ... 



Low middling 



Smalls 



Good ordinary 



Bold 



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 

 Miildling wormy to fiue... 



Fair to fine fresh 



.Aliddlinf?: to fine 



Good to fine bold 



Small and medium 



Fair to good bold. 



Small 



Fair to fine bold fresh... 

 Small ordinary and fair... 

 Good to fine picked 

 Common to middling ... 

 Fair Coast... 

 Uurut and defective 

 Good to fine heavy 

 Bright & good flavour ... 



Mid. to tine, not woody... 



Fair to bold heavy 

 ,, good ,, 



Fair to fine bright bold... 

 middling to good small... 

 Slight foul to fine bright 

 Ordinary to fine bright ... 

 Fair and fine bold 

 Middling coated to good 

 Fair to good flavor 



Good to fine bold green 

 Fairmiddlins bold 

 Common dark and small. 

 Finger fair to fiue bold 

 Mixed middling [bright 

 Bulbs whole 

 Do split 



Fine crj'stalised 6 a 9inch 



Fo.xy & reddish „ ,, 

 f Lean & dryto middling 

 \ under 6 inches 

 j Low, foxy, inferior and 

 \ pickings 5s a lOs 



, IMPORTED FROM 

 BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIB.\R. 



£7 a £b 10s 

 Jt.T a £5 15s 



2sa3s6d 

 ;d a as 6d 

 .id a 8d 

 (id a .39 6d 

 5d a 23 8d 

 2d a 6d 

 l.Jd a 3d 

 63 6d a 7s 6d 

 3s 6d a 03 

 43 a 5s 9d 

 73 a 7s 3d 

 7s a 9s 

 Is a 2s 6d 

 95a a 2s 2d 

 7d a Is 9d 

 Gd a Is 5d 

 5d a 19 4d 

 2da6d 

 84s a 943 

 51s a 763 

 .S6s 6d a 1043 

 70s a 858 

 a 70s 

 59s a 679 

 553 t?d nom. 

 90s a 100s 

 703 a SO3 

 69i a G6s 6d 

 GO 



£15 a £25 

 £18 a £45 

 £15 a £1.S 10s 

 £18 a £m 

 £Iti a £35 

 £16 a £20 

 173 a .3.59 

 64s a 679 6d 

 £7 a £13 

 60s a 903 

 14ti9 a 569 

 48s a 60s 

 44s a 47s 6d 

 8s a 12s 

 79 a 8s 6d 

 lOsSda 123 6a 

 9s a 10s 

 »9 6d a 109 

 8s a 9s 

 Is Od a 39 

 IJd 

 Ud 

 35s a 503 



, d a 7}d 

 Ggd a 7^ 

 9d a 2s 6d 

 lis a 1.5s 

 8s a 103 

 63 a lis 

 33 a 79 

 £6 a £6 59 

 £6 a £11 

 £20 a £35 

 £10 a £16 

 9d a Is M 

 3d a «.Jd 

 Id a 2d 

 2fls a 3.3s 

 .'59 

 20s a 259 6d 

 20s a 219 



2.39 a 3Is 

 15s a 2l9 



ALOES, Soccolriiie and Good and fine drv' ...l£7a£9 



Ileiiatic... Common & raid, part 9ofti£4 a £7 



CHILLIES, Zau/.ibar ...Goo.! to fine bright ... 589 a Wta 



[Ordinary eud middling .,. 64s a 679 



CLOVES, Z&nzibar 1 'Good a nd fine bright ...(4}d a 5i4 



and I'emba / Ordinary & middling dulli4|d o 4^d 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAB. 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



i-blue 



CLOVES, Mother 



,, Stems, 



COCULUS DJDICUS 

 GALLS, Bnssorah ) 

 & Turkey J 



green, 

 white, 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 

 drop 

 block... 

 ANLMI, washed 



scraped.. 

 ARABIC, picked .. 



sorta.. 

 ASSAFCETIDA .. 



KIXO 



MYRRH, picked.. 



Aden sort; 



OLIBANVM. drop 



pickings.. 



sittings .. 



INDIARUBBER Mo/.ambi 



S.^EFLOWEB, Persian 



Fair, usual dry 

 „ fresh 



Fair to fine dark 

 Good 



IMPORTED FROM 



CALCUTTA AND 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists 

 2nds 

 3nis 



INDIARUBBER Assam 



Rangoon . 



Small to fine clean 

 dark to good 



Pickeil fine pale in 9ortfi, 

 part yellow and mixed 

 Bean & Pea size ditto 

 amber and dark bold 

 Medium & bold sorts 

 Pale bold dean 

 Yellowish and mixed 

 Fair to fiue 

 Clean fair to fine 

 Slightly stony and foul 

 Fair to line bright 

 Fair to fine pale 

 -Middling to good 

 Fair to good Avhite 

 -Middling to good reddish 

 -Middling to good pale .. 

 Slightly foul to fiue 

 que, fair totine sausage.. 

 „ Ball., 

 unripe root 

 liver 

 Ordinary to good 



50s a (j5s 

 209 a 409 

 £l'i a £20 

 £14 a £16 

 £6 a £10 

 £10 a £14 

 £5 a £9 

 72s a 80s 

 60s a 70s 

 559 a 659 

 50s a 769 

 30s a 50s 

 38s a 39s 

 . £6 a £9 

 £4 a £6 

 33s a 40s 

 30s a 32s 6d 

 12s a 189 

 93 a 14s 

 2s 2d a 29 5d 

 Is lid a 2s 4d 

 Is Gd a Is 8d 

 Is 6d a Is lod 

 '6s a 25s 



SAFFLOWER 



TAMARINDS 



Nearly water white ...3|da4|d 

 Fair and good pale ...]3gda34d 

 Brown and brownish ... 3d a 3jtl 

 Good to fine ...29a29 4d 



Common foul and mised 6d a Is isd 

 Fair to good clean ...,le 8d a 283d 



Madagascar Good to tine pinky &white'29 3d a 23 7d 

 Fair to good black ...lis 8d a2s Id 



Good to fine pinky . . . ,'£4 10s a £6 



Middling to fair ...GSsaSOs 



Inferior and pickings ...30s a 46s 

 Middliugtofine,notstonyJ79 a 8s 

 Stony and inferior ... 3s a 6s 



IMPORTED FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 -4RB0WR00T (Natal) 



. IMPORTED FROM 

 CHINA, JAPAN AND THE 

 EASTERN ISLANDS, 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 CUTCH, Pegue 

 GAMBIEB, Cubes 



Block 



GUTTA PERCH A, genuine 

 Sumatra, 

 Heboiled... 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 

 Small 



MACE 



RHUBARB, Sun dried ., 



High dried ., 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



meiiium 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Penang Flak*., 

 Singapore „ ., 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Fair dry to fine bright 

 Ccmmon 5: midiUingsoft 

 Fair to fine 

 Middling to fine 



48» Gd a 509 Gd 

 :i8s a 4ii9 Gd 

 50s a 559 

 .3d a 61I 



Good, pure, & dry white 

 „ „ pink 



Good to fine 



Ordinary to fine free ... 

 Pres-sed 

 Good 



Fine clean Banj & Macas- 

 Barky to fair [sar 



Common to fine clean ... 

 Good to fine clean 

 Inferior and barky 

 64's a 80's, garbled 

 K.5'sa96'9 

 100'3al25"3 

 Pale reddish to pale 

 Ordinary- to red 

 Chips 



Good to fine sound 

 Darkordiiiary & middling 

 Good to fiue 



Dark, rough & middling 

 Fair to fine 



Good pinky to white 

 Fair to fiue 



Bullets 



Medium 



Seed 



•56s a 59s 



359 a 31s 

 459 a 478 Gd 

 369 a 403 

 26s 9d a 279 3d 

 23 4d a 3s .3a 

 7d a 2s 3d 

 Gd a Is Gd 

 UdalsSd 

 4d a lOd 

 7d a .3s Gil 

 4d a 2s 6<1 

 Is lid a 2s 3d 

 Is 6d a is 9il 

 Is 3d a Is 4d 

 Is a Is 2J 

 .3s a 49 Id 

 Is a 23 6d 

 Is 6*1 a Is 9d 

 8d a Is 3d 

 14s Od a 1.5s Hd 

 13s Gd a 14s C<1 

 12s Od a 1.3s 

 lls6d a 1.3^ 

 I'd a 2V1 

 lijda 21' 

 !lidal»d 

 148 a 159 

 |129 .3d a 13^ i;.l 

 129 3d a 13s 



