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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 



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MARKKT RATES FOR OLD AND NE^W PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis <fc Peat's Lmtdon Price Current, May 8th,, lS8i.) 



UIPOKTED FROM 



MALABAE COAST, 



COCHEN, CEYLON, 



MADKAS, &u. 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



,„^ ,,„.^. „,... '/ Slightly softish to good 



iEES- WAX, White ...,j hard bright ... 



Yellow ... :Do. drossy & dark ditto... 

 CINCHONA BAEK— 



Crown I Medium to fine Quill ... 



Spoke shavings 



Branch 



Red l:\IedimiltogoodQuill. 

 (Spoke shavings ... 

 IBranch 



Twig 



CARUAMOM.S, Malabar 



cutkamon 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 



[Middling, stalky & lean 

 Aleppee Fair to tuiepluinpclipped 

 Tellicherrj'lGood to tine 



Brownish 



Good & fine, washed, bgt. 



Middling to good... 



Ord. to fine pale quiU ... 



Mangalore 

 Ceylon 



Ista 

 2nds 

 ards; „ 



jWoody and hard ... 

 .Fair to fine plant... 

 .! Medium to bold ... 

 ITriage to ordinary 



COFFEE Ceylon Plantation Bold 



Middling to good mid. 

 [Low middling ... 



jSmalls 



jGood ordinary ... 



,Bold 



Medium to fine ... 



Small 



tOood to fine ordinary 



China Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



,, Native 

 Eatst Indian 



Native 

 COLR KOPE, Ceylon and 

 Cochin 

 FLBKE, Brush ... 

 Stuffing ... 

 corn YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do. 

 COLOJIBO ROOT, sifted 

 CROTCN SEEDS, sifted 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



KUX VOMICA 



MYBABOLASES, pale 



I'ickiugsi 



Mid.coarse to fiuestraight 

 Ord. to fine long straight 

 Coarse to fine 

 Ordinary to superior . 

 Ordinary- to fine ... 

 Roping fair to good 

 |Middling wormy to fine. 

 Fair to fine fresh... 

 iMiddling to fine .., 

 ■ Good to fine bold... 

 Small and medium 

 Fair to good bold... 



Small 



Fair to fine bold fresh 

 Small ordinaryand fair. 

 Good to fine picked 

 Common to middling . 



Fair Coast 



Burnt and defective 



£7 a £>) 10s 

 £.5 10s a £6 



2s a as 6d 

 6d a 3s 6d 

 3daSd 

 M a .3s 6d 

 !.5d a 2s Sd 

 |3d a 6d 

 (•2d a 3d 

 OS 6d a 6s 

 2s Gd a Is 

 3s 6d a 48 6d 

 5s Gd a 6s 

 3s 6d a .5s 

 6s a 7s 6d 

 Is a 2s 

 loa a 2s 

 9d a Is 9d 

 l7d a Is 5d 

 S^d a Is l|d 

 2JdaHd 

 79s a 83s 

 60s a 70s 

 a 107s 

 63s a 7»s 

 56s a 62s 

 50s a 59s 

 37s a 47s 

 75s a 89s 

 62s a 74s 

 50s a 56s 

 55s 



£12 a £25 



£19 a £48 

 .l£15a£19 

 .|£19a£38 

 .l£16a£40 

 .l£17a£20 

 .14s a 30s 

 .l52s a 55s 

 .£7 a £3 

 .56sa80s 

 .;47s a 6d a 51s 

 .|40sa 50s 



35s a 36s 



8s a 12s 



Good to fine heavy 

 JBright & good flavour 



Oil, CINNAMON 



CITKONTILLE 



LEMON GRASS 

 OnCHELLA WKEU 

 PEPPER — t 



Malabar, Mack sifted|Fair to bold heavy 



... Mid. to fine, not woody.. 



10s ea a ISs 6d 



10s a 10s 3d 



10s 



9s a 9s 6d 



Is 3d a 3s 



I 9-16d 



IJd 



35s a 50s 



Alleppee & Cocliii 

 Tellicherry, White 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



chips 



du.~t 

 BED WOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chits 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



good 



65d a "d 



63d a 7il 



[Od a 2s 6d 



li)s a 14s 



4s a 9s 



TUBMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VANLLLOES. -Mauritius & 

 Bourbon, Ists 

 2ndt 



3rds 

 4th 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY" 



AND ZANZIBAR. 



Fair to fine bright bold., 

 middling to good small.. 

 Slight foul to fine bright 14s a 10s 

 Ordinary to fine bright ... 3s a 7s 

 Fair and tine bold ... £6 a £6 5s 



'.Middling coated to good[£'6 a £11 

 Fair to good flavor ...i£20 a £.3.5 



\ ]£10a£16 



'Good to tine bold green ...i9d a Is :W 

 Fairmiddling hoid. ...J3da6^d 

 Common dark and smalljld a 2d 

 Finger fair to fine bold|2.3s a 2.5s 

 Mixed middling [bright'2Is a Zis 



iBulbs whole '16s a 21s 



I Do split |12sal4s 



Fine crjstalised 6 a 9inch'2.3s a 30s 



Foxy & reddish 

 ' Lean & drj-to middling 

 imder 6 inches 

 Low, foxy, inferior and 

 pickings 



10s a 14s 6d 



ALOES 



Soccolrine and Good and tine (Iry ...,£7 a £« 



Hepatic. ..(Common & mid, \\n-i soft £4 a £7 



CHlLLlEt. Zanr.bar ...IGood to fine bright ...5.5sa60s 



Ordinary and middling... 43s a Ms 



CLOTIS. ZQnzil«r \ [Good and fine bright ...WdaMd 



^^***'MajSto |JonUBWT*ialU<&Kduii|oida44 



IMPORTED FROM 

 BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



^blue 



CLOVES, Mother 



,, Stems. 



COCULUS LNBICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 

 & Turkey 



green... 

 white.. 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 

 drop .. 

 block. . 

 ANIMJ, washed .. 



scraped. 

 ARABIC, picked . 



QUALITY. 



sorts... 

 ASSAFCETIDA . 



KINO 



MYTiRH, picked. 



Aden sort.^ 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings 

 siftings 

 INDLAKUBBER Mozambi 



SAFFLOWER, Persian 



Fair, usual dry 

 „ fresh 



Fair to fine dark 

 Good 



Small to fine clean 

 dark to good 



Picked fine pale in sorts, 

 part yellow and mixed 

 Bean & Pea size ditto ... 

 amber and dark bold 

 Medium & bold sorts 

 Pale bold clean 

 Yellowish and mixed ... 

 Fair to fine 

 Clean fair to fine 

 Slightly stony and foul ... 

 Fair to line bright 

 Fair to fine pale 

 Mid'Uing to good 

 Fair to good white 

 Middling to good reddish 

 MidtUing to good pale .. 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 que.fair tofine sausage.. 

 „ Ball., 

 unripe r5ot 

 liver 

 Ordinary to good 



IMPORTED FROM 



CALCUTTA AND 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists 



2nds 



3rds 

 rNDIAKUBBER Assam 



Rangoon 

 Madagascar 



SAFFLOWER 



T.UIARINDS 



QUOTATIONS. 



2d a4d 

 Ida i;d 

 13s a ios 



53s a 605 



46s a 62s 

 4os a 48s 



40.; a 4os 

 20- a 3.5s 

 £16 a £22 

 £1 1 a £16 

 £';a£10 

 £10 a £14 

 £5 a £9 

 55s a 60s 

 45s a 50s 

 45s a 50s 

 37s a 45s 

 2.5s a 353 

 33s a 36s 

 £6 a £9 

 £4 .5s a £5 10s 

 l35s a 333 6d 

 32s a 34s 

 123 a 16s 

 10s a 149 6d 

 Is 9d a 2s Id 

 Is 6d a 2s 

 Is 2d a 19 4d 

 lis 4d a Is 7d 

 |5s a 25s 



Nearly vi'ater white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brown and brownish 

 Good to fine 



Common foul and mixed 

 Fair to good clean 

 Good to tine pinky &white 

 Fair to good black 

 Good to fine pinky 

 Middling to fair 

 (Inferiorand pickings ... 

 ...|M. tofine black notstony 

 Stony and inferior 



IMPORTED FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) 



l.MPORTED FROM 



CHINA, JAPAN AND THE 



EASTERN ISLANDS, 



CAMPHOR, Cliina 

 .Tapan 

 CUTCH, P. gue 

 GAMBIEB, Cubes 



Block 



GUTTA I'l-IRCHA, genuine 

 Sumatra, 

 Re boiled, 

 \Vhite Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 



Small 

 MACE 



RHUBARB, Sl(h dried .. 



High dried .. 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium .. 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAl'IOCA, Peuaug Flake.. 

 Singapore 

 Floiu 

 Pearl 



33da4Sd 

 3|d a 3',d 

 3da3id 

 Is 7da IslOd 

 '1.1 a 19 

 Is 7d a Is lOd 

 Is lid a 2s Id 

 Is 5d a Is 7d 

 £4 15s a £5 10s 

 £3 15s a £4 10s 

 ;j-5s a .553 

 8s a 12s 

 3sa63 



Fair dry to fine bright ... 

 Ccmmon & middling soft 

 Fair to fine 

 Middling to tine 



16s a iOs 

 iSs a 453 

 .50s a 603 

 Id a 8d 



Good, pure, & dry white 

 „ ,, pink 



Good to fine 



Ordinary to fine free ... 

 Pressed 

 Good 



Fine clean Banj&Macas- 

 Harky to fair [sar 



Common to fine clean .. 

 jGood to fine clean 

 Inferior and barky 

 |63's a 80's, garbled 

 gS's a 95's 

 ,100'sal25's 

 Pale reddish to pale 

 Ordinary to red 

 Chips 



Good to tine .sound 

 Dark ordinary & middling 

 Good to fine 



Dark, rough & middling 

 Fair tofine 



Good pinky to white 

 Fair to fine 



BuUeta 

 Mediius 



V .55s a 57s 



25s a 30s 

 45s a I7s Bd 

 36s a 40s 

 27s 6d a 275 9d 

 29 4d a as 3d 

 7da2s3d 

 6dals6d 

 lid a 19 3d 

 4da lOd 

 i2s 4d a .3s 2d 

 !2s Id a 2s 2d 

 Is 6d a Is Ud 

 ■Is 5d a Is 7d 

 Is 2d a Is 4d 

 Is a Is 2il 

 2s lOd a ;is fill 

 Is a 2s 6<1 

 Is 6d a Is 9d 

 8d a Is 3d 

 138 6d a 15s 6d 

 128 6d a 149 

 10s 6da 13s 

 99 alls 

 Uda25d 

 lid a L'»c. 

 iJdalU 

 188 a 13a 6d 

 ll8 a 1% 6d 

 Uaal2) 



