see 



THE TKOPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 



[OcroBEK t, iSSj, 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 

 (From LEWIS & FEAT's London Price Current, August 30lh, 18S3.) 



nrPORTED PROM 



JIALABAB COAST, 



COCHIN, CEYLON, 



MADRAS, &c. 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



BEES' WAX, White 



Yellow 

 CIKCJIONA UAliK— 



Crown 



Twig 

 CARDAMOMS, M;ik\bar 



Aleppee 



Madras 



Miiugalore 



Ceylou 



Ists 



2nds 



i5rds 



CINNAMON 



China Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEE Ceylou Phuilatioii 



f Sliglitly softish to good 



\ hard bright 



Do. drossy & dark ditto. 



Mediiun to fine Quill . 

 Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Medium to good Quill . 

 Spoke shavings ... 

 Branch 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 

 'Middling, stalky & lean 

 Fair to fineplumpelipped 

 Long, lean, to fair 

 Good & fine, washed, bgt. 



Middling to good 



Ord. to tine pale quill ... 



„ Native 

 East Indian 



NatiTe 

 com ROPE, Ceylon and 

 Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush ... 

 Stuffing ... 

 com YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do. 

 COLOJIEO ROOT, sifted ... 

 CKOTON SF-EDS, sifted... 

 EBONY' WOOD 

 GINGER, Coehin, Cut 



Woody and hard ... 

 Fair to tine plant... 

 Good to fine 

 Grey to fair 



Bold 



Middling to good mid. 

 (Low middling ... 



Smalls 



Good ordinary ... 



|Bold 



'Mediiun to fine ... 



jSmall 



Good to fine ordinary 



KUX \'OMICA 

 MYBABOLANES, pule 



OIL, cinna:\ion 



CITRONELLA 

 LEMON GRASS 

 ORCHELLA WEED 

 PEPPER— 



Malabar, Black sil 

 Alleppee & Cocliiu 

 Tellicherry, White 

 PLUMBAGO, Lmup 



diips 



dust 

 RED WOOD 

 SAPA>' WOOD 

 SA2«DAL WOOD, lOfrs 



Do. chips 

 SENNA, Tihnevelli 



Mid.coai-se to finestraight 

 Ord. to fine long straight 

 Coarse to fine 

 Good to superior ... 

 Ordinary to fair ... 

 Roping fair to good 

 Middling wormy to fine. 

 Fair to fine fresh... 

 Middling to fine ... 

 Good to fine bold... 

 Small and medium 



Rough Fair to good bold... 



...Small 



Fair to fine bold fresh 

 Small ordiuarj'and fair, 

 jGood to fine picked 

 jCommon to middling . 

 (Fair Coast 



Pickings Burnt and defective 

 Good to fine hea^y 

 Bright & good flavour . 



£7 a £b 10s 

 £5 a £5 16s 



2'i a 3s 6d 

 6d a 5s 

 8da2s6d 

 6da.^s 

 5d a 2s 8d 

 8da ls(5d 

 Jd a 3d 

 Gs t5d a 7s 3d 

 iJs 6d a .5s 

 4s a .%s (kl 

 2s 6d a 4s 6d. 

 8s a 9s 

 2s 6d a 3s 6d 

 Is a 2s 6d 

 Sd a Is lOd 

 d a Is 5d 

 .5d a Is Id 

 2da6d 

 89s a 100s 

 70s a 84s 6d 

 88s a 101s 

 77s a 86s 

 71s a 76s 

 00s a 68s 

 46s 6d 

 92s a 105s 

 74s a 90s 

 573 a 66s 

 a 54s 



£14 a £22 10s 

 £25 a £45 

 £14 a £18 

 £18 a £39 

 £18 10s a £25 

 £16 10s a £20 

 i.5s a 2l8 

 5■^s a 60s 

 £7 a £13 

 •70s a 1203 

 46s a 62s 

 48s a 56s 

 38s a 45s 

 8s a las 

 7s 3(1 a 8 

 9s6dal0sCd 

 ,Ss a 9s 

 8s 9d 

 a 8s 

 Is Gd a 3s 6d 



1 9-16d a Ijd 



lid 



35s a 50s 



7da 7;d 



6M a tj:;d 



9d a 2s «d 



14s a 18s 



10s a 12s 



,ss a 14s 



lOriUnarj' to fine bright ...jls a 10s 



Fair and fine bold ...!£5 5s a £5 lOs 



iMid. to tine, not woody.. 



Fair to bold heai-y 

 ,, good „ 



Fair to fine bright bold.. 

 iSmall middling to good., 

 [slight foul to fine bright 



I 6d 



Middling coated to good 

 Fair to good flavor 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cocliiu 



£6 a £11 

 £30 a £60 

 £16 a £23 

 9d a Is 5d 

 3d a 5d 

 Id a 2Jd 



Good to fine bold green ... 

 FairmidtUing bold 

 Common dark aud small 

 Finger fair to fine boIdj27sa33s 

 |Mixed middling [bright 22s a 25s 



Bulbs whole 17s a 20s 



Do split 15s a 18s 



VAKILLOES, Mauritius &I 



Boiu-bou, Ists iFine crj-stalised 6 a Pinch 2.3s a 3.3s 

 2nds Foxy & reddish „ „ 1.55a20s 

 J Lcau & dry to middling 

 I under 6 inches ...lOsalos 

 /Low, foxy, inferior and 

 \ pickings i6sal03 



3rtls 

 4th 



IJIPORTED FROM 



BUJUi.AY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



ALOES, Soccotriiie and Good and fiiie dry ...£5a£8 



lleliatic... Common & niid.V-'iH ^oft £4 a £7 



CHILLIES, Zanzibar ... Good to line bright ... 46s a 50s 



CLOVES, Zanzibar 

 aud Femba 



Ordinary aud middling ... 30s a 40a 

 1 'Good and fine bright .,.|6Bda7d 

 / Oidiuaiy & middiiugduUied » 6Jd 



IMPORTED FROM 



BO.'MliAY 

 AND Z.-INZIBAR. 



^blue 



CLOVES, Mother 



,, Stems. 



COCIILUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussoish 

 & Turkey 



green, 

 white. 

 GUM AJMMONIACITM— 

 drop . 

 block. 

 AKnil, washed . 



scraped.. 

 ARABIC, picked .. 



Fair, usual dry 

 Fair, fresh 

 Fair 



Fair to fine dark 



Good 



sorts. 

 ASSAF(ETIDA . 



KINO 

 SFYRRH, picked . 



A<len sorts 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings, 

 siftings . 



INDIA RITBBER 



SAFFLOWEB, Persian 



IMPORTED FROM 



CALCUTTA AND 



CAPE OF Gt)OD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists 



2nds 



3rds 

 CUTCH 

 INDIARUBBER Assam 



Rangoon , 



SAFFLOWER 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



2d a4d 

 lid a IJd 

 10s 9d a 123 



Small to fine clean 

 dark to good 

 Picked fine pale in sorts, 

 part yellow aud mixed 

 Bean i& Pea size ditto . 

 amber and darkbold 

 Medium S: bold sorts 

 Pale bold dean 

 Yellowish and mixed . 

 Fair to fine 

 Clean fair to fine 

 Slightly stony and foul . 

 Fair to fine bright 

 Fair to tine pale 

 Middling to good 

 Fair to good white 

 Middling to good reddish 

 Middling to good pale ... 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 Mozambique,fair to fine i 

 sausage J 



„ Ball, 

 Ordinaiy to good 



42s a S2s 6d 

 453 a 50s 



50s a 65s 

 20s a 40s 

 £17 a £20 

 £14 a £16 

 £6 a £10 

 £10 a £14 

 £5 a £8 

 35s a 45s 

 2Ssa33s 

 2Ssa42s 

 65s a 80s 

 25s a 50s 

 37s 6d a 41s 

 £6 a £9 

 i£4 a £6 

 35s a 42s 

 30s a 34s 

 Ms a 19s 

 lis a 14s 



'2s 6d a 2s 8d 



2s4da2s 8d 

 5s a 25s 



TA-MARINDS 



Nearly water white ...'3£d a 4i^i 

 Fair and good pale ... 3|d a 3|d 

 Brown and brownish ...'Sd a 3jd 

 Good dark cleau ...!20sa30s 



Good to fine- ...&.3da2s6d 



Common foiU and mixed 6d a is lid 

 .._ Fairtogoodclean ...2s3da2s8d 



Madagascar,Good to fine pinky &wbite 2s 9d a 2s lOd 

 Fair to good black ...2s 2d a 2s 5d 



Good to fine pinky ...£3 5sa£4 



MiddUng to fair ... £2 10s a £3 



Inferior and pickings ... £1 10s a £2 5s 

 Middlingtofiue.uotstony lis 6d a liJs 

 Stony and inferior ...3s a 5s 



IMPORTED FP.OM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARRO^^•R00T (Natal) 



Fair dry to fine bright ... 52s a 57s 

 Ccmmon & middling soft 45s a 50s 

 F.air to fine ... 55s a 70s 



Middling to fine ...3da6d 



IMPORTED FROM 



CHrNA,.JAP.A.N AND THE 



EASTERN ISLANDS 



CA3IPH0R, China 

 Japan 

 CUTCH, Pegue 

 GAMBLER, Cubes 



Block 

 GUTTA PERCHA, genuine 

 Snnialra 

 Reboiled, 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 

 Small 



MACE 



RHUBARB, Sun dried ., 



High dried ., 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA. Penang Flake. 

 Singapore ,, ., 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Good, piu-e, & dry wWt^^ |gg^ ^ ^^^ 



Go'odtofine" ...25s a 31s 



Ordinarj' to fine free ...45s a 47s 6d 

 Pressed ... 3?s a Mils 



Good ... 27s 6d 



Fine clean Banj & Macas- 2s 4d a 3s 

 Barky to fair [sar 7d a 2s 



"iimmon to fine clean ... 6d a Is 6d 

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



Inferior and barky ...4dal0tl 

 64's a 80's, garbled ... 2s 8d a ,3s 6d 



55's a 95's ... 2s 6d a 25 7d 



,|100'sal25'3 ...2s Id a 2s od 



Pale reddish to jiale ... Is 8(1 a 2s 

 Ordinary to red ... Is 4d a Is 6d 



Chips ... Is a Is 3d 



Good to fine sound ...2s6da4s 

 Darkordinary& middling lOd a Is 8d 

 trood to tine ...'Is 4d a Is 6d 



Dark, rough & middling I8d a Is 2d 



Fair to fine 



GoOil pinky to white 

 Fair to tine 



Bullets 



Medium 



Seed 



.14s a 1,5s Gd 



, 14s a 1.3s 



,ll3sal4s6d 



.'lis a ISs 

 HA a 2d 

 l|d a 1 1.3-16d 

 l|d a Ud 

 13s 6d a ISs 

 12sBdal3s6d 



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