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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[August i, 1883. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



{From LEWIS & PEAT's London Price Current, July 3tk, 1883.) 



IMPORTED FROM 



MALABAR COAST, 



COCHIN, CEYLIlN, 



MADRAS, &!•. 



Ql'ALrTY. 



(^lUOTATIOKS. 



BEES' WAX, Wliite 



/ Slijtlitly softish to good 

 ■j 1[ hiU'd brifiht 

 .Do. drossy & (l-ark ditto. 



Yellow 

 CISCHOXA BARK— 



Crown '^Medium to fine Quill .. 

 iSpoke shuving-s ... 



'Branch 



Efd Medium to ^ood Quill .. 



|.S]tok(' shiwings 



Branch 



Twig' 



CARDAMOMS, Malabar Clipped, bold, bright.fiui 



[Middling, stalky & lean 



Aleppee jFair to fineiilumjjclipped 



Madras ILong, lean, to fair 



Mangalore 'Good & fine, wa,slied,bgt 



Ceyion jMiddling to good 



Ists lOrd. to tine pule quill .. 



2nds , .. 



ards' „ „ „ „ .. 

 UVoody and hard 



Fair to tine plant 



(xood to fine 



Grey to fair 



Bold 



Middling to good mid. ... 

 Low middling ... 



SmalU 



Good ordinaiy 



Bold 



Medium to fine 



Good to fine ordinary ... 



Jlid. coarse to fiue light 

 Ord. tofine long straiglit 

 Coarse to fine 



Good to superior 



Ordinary to fair 



Rojjing fair to good 

 jMiddlingworniy to fine... 



Fair l.i thii' fn-sh 



iMiddUagtofine 



iGo'ul to tine bold 



Small and medium 



Fair to good bold 



Small 



Fair to fine bold fre.sli... 

 Small ordinaryaud fair... 

 Good to fine picked 

 C-Minnion to middling ... 



Fair Coast 



Burnt and defective 

 tiood to tine heavy 

 Bright & good tiavour . 



^lid. to tine, not woody. 



cinsa:mox 



China 

 Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEE Ceylon Plantatioi 



,, Native 

 East Indian 



Native 

 COIR ROPE, Ceylon and 

 C'ochiu 

 FIBRE. Brush ... 

 Stulfing ... 

 COIR YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do. 

 C0L05IB0 ROOT, sifted ... 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted ... 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Cocliin, Cut 



Rough 



NrXVOMIC.\" '.. 



JMYRABOLANES, pale .. 



Pickings 



OIL, cinna:mon 



CITRONELLA 

 LEMON GRASS 

 ORCHEl.LA WEED 

 PEPPER— 



Malabar, Black , 

 Alleppee & Coi-liii 

 Tellichcrry, Whiti 

 PLfMBACtO, Lump 



1:5 a £6 



2s a .Is 6d 

 tkl a 2s 7d 

 lOd a 2.S 6d 

 Is Sid a 3s 

 ilil a 2s (id 

 ad a Is 6<l 

 lda6d 

 Os (id a 7s .-id 

 Ss (id a 5s 

 ■Is a .5s 

 2s (id a 4s 6d 

 8» a !)s 

 •2s (id a 3s 6d 

 Is a 2s lid 

 lud a 2s Id 

 8d a Is 8d 

 5d a Is Id 



2d a 6d 

 90s a luOs 

 70s a 85s 

 8Hs a lOOs 

 7ils a S9s 

 74s a 79s 

 (i2s a 693 6d 

 46s (h1 

 90s a 107s 

 80s a ».ns 

 62s a Otis 



£14 a £22 10s 

 £25 a £45 

 ,tl4 a £18 

 £18 a £.39 

 £18 10s a £25 

 £l(i 10s a £20 

 1 7s a 2.5s 

 5.5s a 60s 

 £7 a £13 

 70s a 120s 

 16s a G2s 

 45s a 55s 

 38s a 42s 

 8s a 13s 

 l7s3il a 8s 6d 

 9s (id a 10s Ikl 

 8s a 9s 

 8s 9a 

 7s a 8s 



!ls0da3s6d 

 ilj<l 

 'l>d 

 Uiis a 60s 



ftedjFair to bold heavy 

 ..I ., good ,, 



ciups 



du^t 

 RED WOOD 

 SAP-IX WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chips 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



.,'6jda6gd 

 . . Od a i\<\ 

 9d a 2s 6d 

 Its a 17s 

 10s a 12s 

 slight foul to Sue bright 8s a 14s 

 Ordinary to fine bright ...|4s a IDs 

 Fair and fine bold ...l£5 a £5 10s 



Fair to tine bright bold. 

 Small midiUing to good 



[Middling coated to ; 

 Fair to good flavor 



:ood 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 



£6 a £11 

 £.30 a £60 

 £1G a £23 



9d a Is 5d 

 3d a 5d 

 Id a aid 

 Finger fair to fine liokl!27s a .3.3s 



Good to fine bold green . 

 Fair middling bold 

 Common dark and small 



. Mixed middling [bright 22s a 25s 



-i Bulbs whole 17s a 20s 



,| Do split 15s a 183 



VANILLOES, Mauritius &.' 



Bourbon, Isfs [Fi(u> crystalised 6 a 9inch 25s a 363 

 2nds' Foxy & reddish ,, ,, |1.5sa20s 

 3rds 1 1^^(111 & dry to middling 



^11 under G inches ...10s a 1.5s 

 4tli I ^ ^''^^^'' foxy, inferior and 



1 ).ickiugs SsalOs 



IMPORTED FROM 



BO.MIl.VY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



ALOES, Soccotrine and |Good and fine dry ..'£5 a £8 



Hepatic... Common & mid, part softj£4 a £7 



CHILLIES, Zanzibar ...lOood to fine bright ...l.'itjs rf HOs 



Ordinary and middling... '30s a 40s 



CLOVES, Zanzibar 1 Good and fine bright ..,l7;da7ld 



and Pemba J Ordinary & middlmgdull ;6^<i a 7d 



IMPORTED FEOrM 



BOMBAY 

 AND Z.iNZIBAR. 



QUALITY. 



CLOVES, Mother 



Stems... 

 COCtJLUS i.NDicrs 

 GALLS, Bussorah 1 , , 



\S: Turkey /""'= 



green.. 



white,. 

 GU.M AJIMONIACUM— 



ilrop .. 



block.. 

 .4.NIMI, washed .. 



.scraped. 

 ARABIC, picked . 



sorts. 

 ASSAFCETIDA . 



KINO 



MYRRH, picked. 



.\ilen sorts 

 OLIBANr:SI, drop 



Fair, usual dry 

 Fair, fresh 

 Fair 



Fair to fiue dark 



Good 



pickings, 

 sittings . 



INDIA RUBBER 



S.VFFLOWER, Persian .. 



IMPORTED FROM 



CALCUTTA AND 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE;. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists 



2nds 



3rds 

 CUTCH 

 INDIAF.I'nBER Calcutta. 



Small to fiue clean 

 dark to good 

 Picked tine pale in sorts, 

 part yellow and mixed 

 Bean & Pea size ditto 

 amber aud dark bold 

 Medium & liold sorts 

 Pale bold clean 

 Yellowish and mixed 

 Fair to fine 

 Clean fair to fiue 

 Slightly stony and foul 

 Fa-.r tofine brght 

 Fair to fine pale 

 Middling to good 

 Fair to good white 

 Middling to good reddish 

 Middling to good pale , 

 Slightly "foul tofine 

 Mo«imbi(pie,fair tofine 

 sausage 



„ Ball, 

 Ordinary to good 



QUOTATIONS. 



2d a 4d 

 \\A a I'd 

 10s ild a 12'j 



50s a 57s 6d 



423 a 02s 6d 

 45s a 50s 



50s a 65s 

 a 403 

 £17 a £20 

 £14 a £16 

 £8 a £12 

 £11 a £15 

 £Ga£9 

 35s a 42s 6d 

 303 a .33s 

 32s a 403 

 (i5s a 90s 

 25s a 503 

 38s a 45s 

 £6 a £9 

 £4 a £6 

 3os a 42s 

 ,30s a 3 Is 

 Il2s a 19s 

 |12s a 14s 



2s 8d a 23 10|d 



[2s 4d a 2s lOd 

 OS a 2.5s 



Nearly water white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brown and brownish 

 Good dark clean 

 Good to tim 



...4d atjd 

 ...'3jda .'i'd 

 ,..3ila .3^1 

 ... 20s a .32s - 

 . 2s 8d a 2s KM 



Common foul and nuxed 6d a Is lid 

 Rangoon ... Fair to good clean ...2s 3d a 2s 8d 



JhnlagascarGoodtofine pinky &ivliite 23 9d a 2s lid 

 Fair to good Idack ...2s3da2s0d 



SAEFLOWER ... Good to fine piukv ... £3 .5s a £4 lOs 



.Middling to fair ... ±2 Ills a £3 



Inferior an.l ).i, kings ... £1 10s a £2 5s 

 TA.M.VRINDS ... Middlingtofiiu-.notstony Us 6d a 1.3s 



Stony an<l infi'rior ... .3s a 5s 



IMPORTED FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) 



IJIPORTED FROM 



CHINA, .TAPAN AND THE 



EASTERN ISL.iSDS 



C.WIPHOR, China 

 .Japan 

 CUTCH. Pegue 

 GAMBIER, Cubes 



Block 



(;UTT.\ PEKCHA, gpiuiine 

 Sumatra.. 

 Reboiled.. 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Metlium 

 Small 



MACE 



RHUBARB, Snn dried 



High .Iri.'d .. 



.SAtiO, Pearl, large 



mediu(n 

 s(uall 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Penang Flake.. 

 .Singapore ,, .. 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Fair dry to fiue bright ... 60s a 6.5s 

 Ccmmon & miildling soft 48s a 52s 

 Fair to fiue ....55s a 70s 



-Middling to fine ... 3d a Od 



Good, pure, & ilry white 

 , , , pinky 



Good to fine 

 Ordinary to fiue free 

 Pre.-ised 

 Good 



Fine cle.an RanjS: Maca.s- 

 Barky to fair [sar 



Common to fine cleau 

 Good to fine clean 

 Inferior aud barky 

 61's a 80's, garbled 

 8.5'sa 95's 

 loo'salij's 

 Pale reddish to pale 

 '"(rdinarv to red 

 Chips 



(jood to fine sound 

 Uarkiirdinary& middling,' 

 liood to fine ...I 



Dark, rough & middlii 

 Fair tofine 



62s a 67s 



Good pinky to" white 

 Fair to fine 



Bullets 



Medimn 



Seed 



r 



25s a 31 3 

 40s a 42s 6d 

 32s a 35s 

 2.5s9da263 6(J 

 2s 4d a 33 

 d a 2s 

 6d a Is Od 

 lid a Is 3d 

 4d a lOd 

 2s 9d a 3s 7d 

 I2s 7d a 2s Sd 

 123 2d a 2s od 

 lis 8d a 2s 

 lis 4d a Is 7d 

 Is a Is 3d 

 l2s Od a 4s 

 lOd a Is Sd 

 Is 4d a Is 6d 

 8d a Is -2,1 

 14s a 1.5s 6d 

 14s a 1.5s 

 13s a I Is rtd 

 Us a 1.3s 

 Ud a 2d 

 Igdaigd 

 IJd a IM 

 13s 6d a 15s 

 13s 6d a 14 6d 

 1.3s a 14s 



