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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 



[May I, 1884 



MARKKT RATES FOR OLD AND NE^W PRODUCTS. 



(From Lrwis d.- Pi-at\t Lorxlon Prke Current, April Mi, 18Si.) 



UrPORTED FROM 



MALABAR COAST, 



COCHIN, CEYLON, 



MADRAS, &c. 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



BEES' WAX, White 



Yellow 



CINCHONA HARK— 



Crown 



Tivig 

 CARDAMOMS, Malabar 



CINNAMON 



Aleppee 

 Tellicherry 



Maiigalore 



Ceylon 



Ists 



2nds 



3rds 



f Slightly sottish to good 

 \ hard bright 

 Do. drossy & dark ditto... 



Medium to fine Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 



Bruneh 



Medium to good Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 

 Branch 



Clipped, bold, bright, tine 



Middling, stalky & lean 



Fair to tine plumpclipped 



Good to tine 



Brownish 



Good & tine, washed, bgt. 



Middling to good 



Ord. to tine pale quill .. 



China Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEE Ceylon Plantation 



,, Native 

 East Indian 



Native 

 com ROPE, Ceylon and 

 Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush ... 

 Stuffing ... 

 COIR YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do. 

 COLOMBO BOOT, sifted ... 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted ... 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA " .'.'. 



MYRABOLANES, pale ... 



Pickings 

 OIL, CIKNAMON 

 CITRONELLA 

 LEMON GRASS 

 ORCHELLA WEED 

 PEPPER— 



Malabar. Black sifted 

 Alleppee & Cochin „ 

 Tellicherry, White ... 

 PLUMBAGO.'Lump 



chips 



dust 

 BED WOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs ... 

 Do. chip5 ... 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VANILLOES, Mauritius & 

 Bourbou, Ists 

 2nds 



3rds 

 4th 



Woody and hard ... 

 Fair to fine plant... 

 Medium to bold ... 

 Triage to ordinary 



Isold 



Middling to good mid. 

 Low middling ... 



Smalls 



Good ordinary ... 



Bold 



Medium to tine ... 



Small 



Good to fine ordinary ... 



Mid. coarse to fiuestrajght 

 Ord. tofiue long straight 



Coarse to fine 



Good to superior 



Ordinary to fine 



Roping fair to good 

 Middlingwormy to fine... 

 Fair to fine fresh... 

 Middling to fine ... 

 Good to fine bold... 

 Small .and medium 

 Fair to good bold... 



Small 



Fair to fine bold fresh. 

 .Small ordinary aTid fair. 

 Good to fine picked 

 Common to middling . 



Fair Coast 



Burnt and defective 

 Good to fine heavy 

 Bright & good flavour ... 



Mid. to fine, 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 

 Mid(Uing coated to good 

 Fair to good flavor 



Good to fine bold green... 

 Fairmiddling bold 

 Common dark and small 

 Finger fair to fine boUl 

 Mixed middling [bright 



Bulbs whole 



Do split 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 



AND ZANZIBAR. 



£7 a £b iris 

 45 10s a £6 



2s a 3s 6d 



fid a 3s 6d 



3d a Kd 



6d a .3s 6d 



5d a 2s Sd 



3d a Bd 



■2d a 3d 



-5s (id a 6s 



3s 6d a 4s 



3s 6d a 4s 6d 



.5s 6d a 63 



3s 6d a 5s 



Gs a 73 



Is a 29 



Hid a 2s 



8d a Is 9d 



Gd a Is 6d 

 . 5d a Is 4d 

 , 2^a6d 



80s a 86s 



60s a 7.5s 



73s a 95s 



63s a 72s 



.57s 6d a 62s 



.52s a 613 



48s a 49s 



72s a 91s 



G2s a 703 



523 a 61s 



.59s 



£1.5 a £25 

 £18 a £43 

 £15 a £18 10s 

 £18 a £38 

 £16 a £35 

 £16 a £20 

 14s a 30s 

 62s a 64s 

 £7 a £13 

 ,58s a 80s 

 |46s a 66s 

 146s a 47s6d 

 43s 6d a 45s 

 |.8s a 12s 

 7s a 89 



Il0s6da 12s 6d 

 193 a 10s 

 9s 6d a lOs 

 8s a 9s 

 Is 3d a 3s 

 1 9-16d 

 Ud 

 35s a 50s 



7d a 75d 

 6id a 7Jd 

 9d a 2s 6d 

 10s a 14s 

 4s a 9s 

 4s a 10s 

 .3s a 7s 

 £6 a £6 .5s 

 £6 a £11 

 £20 a £35 

 £10 a £16 

 9d a Is 3d 

 3d a 6.Jd 

 Id a 2d 

 25s a 28s 

 20s a 24s 

 IBs a 22s 

 14s a los 



Fine crystalised 6 a 9inch 2.3s a 303 

 Foxy & reddish „ ,, 

 f Lean & dry to middling 

 1 under 6 inches ...10s a 143 6d 

 J Low, foxy, inferior and 

 \ pickings .,. 



ALOES, Soccotrine and Good and fine dry ...|£7a£9 



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



CHILLIES, Zan/jbar ...jGood to fine bright ... 58s a 623 



Ordinary and middling... 5-l3 a 579 



CXOVES, Zanzibar 1 Good and fine bright ...|4Ma4ld 



and Pemba f Ordinary & middling dull[4|d a 4gd 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



Vblue 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



CLOVES, Mother 



,, Stem; 



COCULUS FNDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 

 & Turkey 



green., 

 white.. 

 GUM AMMONIACITM— 

 drop .. 

 block. 

 ANIMI, washed . 



scraped., 

 ARABIC, picked ., 



sorts. 

 ASSAFCETIDA . 



KINO 



MYRRH, picked . 



Aden sorts 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings 

 sittings 

 LNDIARUBBER Mozambi 



SAFFLOWER, Persian 



Fair, usual dry 

 fresh 



Fair to fine dark 

 Good 



IMPORTED FROM 



CALCUTTA AND 



CAPE OF Gt>OD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists 

 2nds 

 3rds 



rXDIARUBBER Assam 



Rangoon 



Mi ■ 



SAFFLOWER 



TAMARINDS 



2d a 4d 

 Id a Ud 

 14s a i6s 



53s a 60s 



483 a 52s 

 43s a 48s 



Small to fine clean ...50s a 65s 

 dark to good .:. 20sa40s 



Picked fine pale in sorts, |£16 a £22 

 part yellow and mixed, £14 a £16 

 Bean & Pea size ditto ...£fia£10 

 amber and dark bold ...!l'10a£14 

 Medium & bold sorts . . . ; £5 a £9 

 Pale bold clean ...loosaOOs 



Yellowish and mixed ...45s a 50s 

 Fair to fine ...45s a 50s 



Clean fair to fine ...37s a 45s 



Slightly stony and foul ... 25s a 35s 

 Fairto line bright ... 30s a .33s 



Fair to Hue pale ... £6 a £9 



:\Iiddliiig to good ...'£4 5s a £5 10s 



Fair to good white ...|3.3sa38s 



Middling to good reddish 30s a 32s 

 Middling to good pale ... 12s a 16s 

 Slightly Joul to fine ... 9s a 13s 

 que,fair to fine sausage... Is lOd a 2s 2d 



Ball... Is 7d a 2s Id 

 unripe root ... Is 3d a Is 5d 



liver ... is od a Is 8d 



Ordinary to good ...5s a 25s 



Nearly water white ... '33d a 4Sd 

 Fair and good pale ... 33d a 3id 

 Brown and brownish ... .3d a 3jd 

 Good to fine ...Is7da2s 



[Common foul and mixed 4d a Is 3d 

 JFair to good clean ... Is7da2s 



liicascar Good to fine pinky &white Is lid a 2s 2d 

 Fair to good black ...lis 6d a Is 8d 



Good to fine pinky ...l£5a£5 153 



Middling to fair ...£4a£4 15s 



Inferioraiid pickings ... 353 a 553 

 M. to fine black notstony 8s a 123 

 Stony and inferior ... 3s a Gs 



nrPORTED FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) 



I.MPORTED FROM 



CH INA, JAPAN .-VND THE 



EASTERN ISLANDS. 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 CUTCH, Pegue 

 GAJIBIEK, Cubes 



Block 



GUTTA PERCHA, genuine 

 Sumatra... 

 Reboiled... 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 

 Small 



MACE 



RHUBARB, Sun dried ., 



High dried .. 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium .. 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Peiiang Flake.. 

 Singapore „ .. 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Fa ir dr>- to fine bright . . . j48s 6d a 50s fid 

 Common & middling soft 36s a 47s 

 Fair to fine ...50s a 553 



Middling to tine ... 4d a 8d 



Good, pure, & dry white 

 „ ,, pink 



Good to fine 

 Ordinary to fine free 

 Pressed 

 Good 



Fine clean Ban] & Macas- 

 Barky to fair [sar 



^ommon to fine clean ... 

 Good to fine clean 

 Inferior and barky 

 613 a 80's, garbled 

 85's a 95's 

 lOO's a 125's 

 Pale reddish to pale 

 Ordinary to red 

 Chips 



Good to fine .sound 

 Dark ordinary & middling 

 Good to fine 



Dark, rough & midd lin g 

 Fair to fine 



>56s a 



68s 



Good pinky to white 

 Fair to fine 



Bullets 



MediuQl 



Iseed 



25s a 30s 

 45s a 47s 6d 

 36s a 40s 

 28s a 28s 3d 

 2s 4d a 33 3d 

 7d a 23 3d 

 6d a Is 6d 

 Ud a Is 3d 

 4d a lOd 

 2s 6d a 3s 6d 

 2s 4d a 23 5d 

 Is 8d a 23 2d 

 Is 4d a Is 7d 

 Is 2d a Is 3d 

 Is a Is 2d 

 23 lOd a 3s 6d 

 Is a 23 6d 

 Is 6d a Is 9d 

 8d a Is 3d 

 14s a 159 

 12s 6d a 13s 

 lOs a II9 6d 

 Us 6d a 12s 

 Uda2id 

 lid a 23(1 

 i\a a l^d 

 12s a i;t9 fid 

 Us a 12s 6d 

 lis a 123 



