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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 



[September i, 1883- 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD 



{FromLEtt'lS i PEATs London Prk 



AND NE-W PRODUCTS. 



< Citmnt, Auiiust jiiid, 1SS3.) 



mPOBTED FRClM 



MALABAE COAST, 



COCHIN, CEYLOX, 



5IADRAS, &c. 



BEES' WAX, White 



Yellow 



CLSCHOXA BAP.K— 



T»io 

 CARDAMOMS, Malabar 



Alpppee 

 Madras 

 Maiii^alore 

 Ceylou 

 CINNA310N Ists 



2nd'- 

 3rd! 



China 

 Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEE CeylouPlantation 



,, Native 

 East Indian 



>"ativp 

 COIK EOPE, Ceylon and 

 Cochii 

 FIBRE, Brush .. 

 Stuffing .. 

 com YARN, Ceyloii ' .. 

 Cochin 

 Do. 

 COLO:MBO ROOT, sifted .. 

 CROTON" SF.EDS, sifted .. 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Cccbin, Cut 



QUALITY. 



Eough 



NUX \'OMICA 



MYEABOLANES, pal< 



Picking- 

 OIL, CIXNAjrON 

 CITltONELLA 

 LEMON GRASS 

 OECHELLA WEED 

 PEPPER— 



Malabar, Black sifted 

 Alleppce & Cocjlin ,, 

 Tellicherry, White ,. 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



chips 



dust 

 BED WOOD 

 .SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, lops .. 

 I>0. cliim .. 



SENNA, Tinnevelli 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VANILLOES, Main-itius H 

 Bourbon, Ists 

 2nd- 



3ra~ 



4th 



f Sliglitly softish to good 

 \ hard bright 

 Do. drossy & dark ditto. 



Medium to fine Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Medium to good Qnill 

 Spoke shavings ... 

 Branch 



Clipped, bdld, bright, fine 

 Middling, stalky & lean 

 Fair to tineplumpclipped 

 Long, lean, to fair 

 tiood & fine, washed, bgt 



Middling to good 



Ord. to fine pale quill .. 



Woody and hard 



Fair to fine plant 



Oood to fine 



Grey to fair 



Bold 



Middling to good mid. ... 



Low middliug 



Smalls 



Good ordinary' 



Hold ■ 



Medium to fine 



Good to fine ordinary ... 



Mid. coarse to fine brijiht 

 Ord. to fine long straight 



Coarse to fine 



>ood to superior 



^rdinarj- to fair 



Roping fair to good 

 Middling wormy to line... 



Fair to fine fresh 



Middliug to fine 



Good to fine bold 



Small and medium 

 Fair to good bold... 



Small 



Fair to fine bold fresh. 

 Small ordinary and fair. 

 Tood to fine picked 

 'oniuion to middling . 



Fair Coast 1 



Hurnt and defective 



ood to fine hea%'y ...[ 

 Bright & good flavour ... 



Mid. to fine, not woody... 



Fair to bold heavy 

 ,, good „ 



Fair to fine bright bold... 

 -imall middling to good... 

 iligtil fold fo fine bright 

 Ordinary to fine bright ... 

 Fair and fine bold 

 .Middling coated to good 

 Fair to good flavor 



Good to fine bold greeu... 

 Fairniiddling bold 

 'ommon dark and small 

 Finger fair to fine bold 

 Mixed middling [bright 



Bulbs whole 



Do split 



QUOTATIONS. 



£6 



£5 a £6 



2s a 3s 6d 

 6d a 53 3d 

 8d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a .33 

 9d a 2s 8d 

 8d a Is 6d 

 Id a 4^d 

 Os 6d a 7s 3d 

 3s 6d a 03 

 Is a 5s 6d 

 2s 6d a 4s Cd 

 8s a ils (id 

 2s 6d a 3s 6d 

 Is a 2s lid 

 lOd a 2s Id 

 8d a Is 8d 

 .5d a Is Id 



2d a tid 

 89s a UIOs 

 (Is a 84s Gd 

 9:fc a 100s 

 77s a 909 

 70s a 76s 

 ads a BOs 

 16s 6d 

 9.:sal00s 

 S2s a 90s 

 -^2s a 56s 



fl4a£22 10s 



£25 a £45 



£14 a £18 



£18 a £.39 



£18 10s a £25 



£16 10s a £20 



15s a 229 



iS.5s n 60s 



£7 a £13 

 ..170s a 120s 

 ,.l46sa C2s 

 ,.'4.5s a 55s 

 ,.3Ssa42s 

 .'8s a 13s 

 .]7s3da&s 6d 

 .9s 6d a 10s Od 

 .8s a 9s 

 . Ss 9d 

 .7s a 8s 

 .!ls6da3s«d 

 .,19-16da l|d 

 .lUd 

 . 35s a 50s 



1 a 6?d 

 6(1 a «f I 

 9d a 2s 6d 

 Ms a 17s 

 10s a 12s 

 -<s a 14s 

 Is a 10s 

 £5 5s a £5 10s 

 £6 a £11 

 £30 a £60 

 £1G a £-23 

 9d a Is Sil 

 .!d a 5d 

 Id a 2{d 

 i27s a :i;>3 

 ,22s a 25s 

 117s a 20s 

 15s a 18s 



Fine erystali-spd 6 a 9inch i2;is a 33s 



Foxy & reddish ,, „ Jl55 a 20s 



/ Lean & dry to middling 



I under Giuches ..JlOs a 1.5a 



i Low, foxy, inferior and 



\ pickings iBsalOs 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIB.-Ui. I 



ALOES, Soccotrine and iGooil and fine dry ....Co a £8 



Hepatic... |C<jmmon & mid, part .-oft £1 a £7 



CHILLIES, Zanzibar ...Good tofine bright ... -^Os a (Kls 



Ordinary and middling... 130s a 40s 



CLO^'ES, Zanzibar 1 (Good and line bright ...iGJdaTd 



aadPemba /oidUurj&iiuadluigdtUiitiaAOed 



niPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



CLOVES, Mother 



„ Stems.. 



COCULUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 1 ui .. 

 & Turkey I""* 

 green., 

 white.. 

 GUM A3DI0NIACUM— 

 drop .. 

 block... 

 ANIMI, washed 



.scraped 

 jIRABIC, picked ... 



sorts... 

 ASSAFtETIDA ... 



KINO 



MYRRH, picked... 



Aden sort- 



OLfB.lNUM, drop 



pickings... 

 siftings ... 

 INDIA RUBBER 



SAFFLOWER, Persian 



IMPORTED FROM 



CALCUTTA AND 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Isis 

 2nds 

 3rils 



CUTCH 



INDL-mUBBER Ats im 



QUALITY. 



I QUOTATIONS. 



I 



Fair, «.sual dry 

 Fair, fresh 

 Fair 



Fair to fine dark 



Good 



Small to fine clean 

 dark to good 

 Picked line pale in sorts, 

 part yellow and mixed 

 Bean & Pea size ditto . 

 Limber and dark bold 

 Medium &: bold sorts 

 Pale bold clean 

 Yellowish and mixed ., 

 Fair to fine 

 Clean fair tofine 

 Slightlystonyand foul . 

 Fa r to f.ne Lrglit 

 Fair to fine pale 

 Middling to good 

 Fair to good white 

 Middling to good reddish 

 Middling to good pale ... 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 .Mozambique.fair tofine \ 

 sausage / 



,. Ball... 

 Ordinary to good 



2d a4d 

 Ijd a IJd 

 10s 9d a 12s 



50s a 57s 6d 



42s a 52s Cd 

 4.53 a 603 



SOS a 65s 

 20s a 40s 

 £17 a £20 

 £14 a £16 

 £6 a £10 

 £10 a £14 

 £5 a £8 

 35s a 40s 

 30s a 33s 

 32s a 40s 

 i)5s a 803 

 25s a 50s 

 .37s 6d a 41s 

 £6 a £9 

 £4 a £6 

 ■las a 42s 

 30s a 34s 

 12s a 19s 

 lis a 14s 



j2s 7d a 2s 9id 



2s 4d a 2s 9d 



Rangoon 



SAFFLOWEit 



TAMARINDS 



Nearly w.'iter white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brown and brownish 

 Good dark clean 

 Good to fine „, 



Common foul and mixed 

 Fair to good clean 

 Madagascar Goodtof nepinky &white 

 [Fair to good blak 

 Good to fine pinky 

 Middling to fair ,.,| 



Inferior an<l pickings ... 

 Middling to fine.not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



IMPORTED FRO.M 

 CAI'E OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) 



i:mported fuo:m 



china, .tapan and the 



eastern islands, 



CA-MPHOR, China 

 .laixin 

 CITCH.Pegne 

 GAMBIER, Cubes 



Block 



GUTTA PERCH A, gemiine 



Sumatra. .. 



r.eboiled... 



White Borneo .. 



SUT.MEGS, large 



Medium 

 Small 



MACE 



Id a 4ld 

 UA a Sid 

 3d a 3Jd 

 20s a 30s 

 2s ,?d a 2s If a 

 6da Is lid 

 Bs 3d a 2s 8d 

 2s 9d a 2s lOd 

 l2s 2d a 2s .5d 

 C3.5sa£ll0s 

 £2 10s a £3 

 |£1 lOs a £2 5s 

 Ils 6d a 13s 

 3s a 5s 



Fairdry to line bright ...: i"s a «>5s 

 CcnmiOM ,*c middling soft pOs jv oJjs 

 Fair to fine ... .5.isa70s 



Middling to fine ... id a 6d 



RHUBjUIH. Sun dri«l . 



High dried . 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium ■. 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA. Peuang Flake. 

 .Singapore ,, . 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Good, pare, .^ dry white 

 pinky 

 Good to fine 

 Ordinary to fine free 

 Pr(-s.sed 

 Good 



Fine ilejin Banj & Macas- 

 Rarky to fair [sar 



Common to fine clean 



ood to fiin- clean 

 Inferior and barky 



I*s a SO's, garbled 

 8'»'s a 95's 

 lOO's a I25's 

 Pale reddish to ptle 

 Ordinary to red 

 Chijis 

 Cfii'nl to fine .-ionud 



► 60s a 619 

 2.5s a Sis 

 405 a 42-i 6d 

 323 a 35l 

 25s 6u a aCs 

 2s 4d a 33 

 7da2s 

 Gil a Is 6d 

 lid a IsSd 

 4d a lOd 

 2s 9d a 3s 7rt 

 2s 7d a 2s «d 

 2d a 2s 5d 

 Is8da2s 

 .. is 4.1 a Is-Vd 

 .lis a Is 3d 

 i2s Gd a 4s 



jDarkonlinary& middliug lOd a Is ?d 



.kloiid to line 

 'Dark, rough & middling 

 .Fair tofine 



, GockI pinky to >vhite 



Fair to fine 



Bullets 

 jMediiim 



Is -Id a Is 6d 

 8d a Is 2d 

 14s a 15s l<\ 

 14s a l-5s ( d 

 13s a 1 Is Id 

 lis a lis 

 UdaSd 

 lldaljd 

 li<1al>d 

 i:is (Ki iSs 

 i23edoi3e 



