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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



:\iARCH 20. 1909. 



MARKET REPORTS. 



INTER-COLONIAL MARKETS. 



Barbados,— ^Messrs. Le acock it Co., :Miu-cli 1.=). 1909 

 Me.ssr.s. T. S. Gaer.\avay i Co., IMiiirh 1."), 1909.' 



Arrowroot— St. Vincent. .?3-!)0 t.).?4-0() per lOU tti. 

 Cacao— Domiuica and St. Lufi;v. S?:0-UO ti 611-00 per 100 ft. 



London,— March 1", 1909, Thu West India Com- 

 MiTTEic Ciiu:;uLAi; ; Messrs. Keaeton Piter ct Co., 

 March -2, 1909. 



Arrowroot — Quiet; I'pl. fur f;ur to tine ni^uiufMc-turing. 

 Balata— Sheet, 2 2 to -'4 ; bloelv, no (|Uof:iti..ns. (!) 

 15ees'-\vax — £7 l-<. fi'r lUrlv to pale. 

 Cacao — Trinidad, fiT/- to 70- per cwt. ; (Grenada, ."il/"- to 



5'.l per cwt. 

 CoKKKE — S.-uitos, ;!-,!• per cwt. ; Jamaica, no ipidtations. 

 Coi'Eix — West Indian. £l'.t per ton. 

 Cotton— Nevis and St. Kitt's. llH-/. tn VMil. ; Barbados, 



no quotations : St. Vincent, 15i/. 

 Fruit — 



Ban.vnas — Janiaicji, 4/6 to !•/- per liuncli. 



Limbs — Not wanted. 



Pine-apples — St. Michael, l/ti to 4/-. 



Grape Fruit— o/O to 9/- per bo.\. 



Oranges — Jamaica, (>/- to 9/- per^box. 

 Fustic — i'3 to £4 per ton. 

 GiN(iER — 55.S. to (iOs. 

 Honey — 24.<. to 2(m. per cwt. 

 IslxoLAS.s — West India lump, 2/2 to -J it per lli. 

 Lime Juice — Raw, 1 - to 1 2 per gallon ; concentrated, 



£18 7.K. iiil. per cask of 108 gallons; distilled oil, 2,3 



per lt>. ; hand-pressed, 7,- per Itp. 

 Loow(joi) — £3 to £4 5,s. jier ton ; roots, no (|uot;itions. 

 Mace— Firm. 

 NuTMEOS — Steady. 

 PiME.NTO — Quiet. 



KCBISER — Para, tine hard, T>s. 'Id. to ."i.s. 2i;i/. per lb. 

 Rum — Jamaica, no (piotations; Deuierara. 10 to 1/7, proof. 

 Sugar- Crystals, 14 3 to Iti '.» ; Muscovado, 12».; Syrup, 



14.S-. ; Molas,ses, no ipiot.-itions. 



New York,— March .^), 1909.— Messr.s. Gillespie, 

 Bros. <Si Co. 



Cacao— Caracas, 12c. to 13c. ; Orenada. llj'c. to 12;c. ; 



Trinidad, 12ic. to 13^c. ; Jamaica, Ulic to llic. per lb. 

 Cocoa-nuts — laiiiaic-i. select. ^2li-(HHo.S27-00;curis, gKi-Od 



to §17-00; Trnud.-id, .select, §2(>-00 to $27 -00 ; culls. 



SKi-OOto ^17-H(I per M. 

 CoKKEE — Jamaica, ordinary. Sc. to 8lc.; good ordinary. 



9|c.; washed, m|i to 12c. ]icr lb. 

 GiNOEK 8:ic. to bJ.Vc. per lb. 

 Goat Skins — Jamaica. .">.')c. ; .\nligii;i .-ind l!;irl),-iilos, from 



49c. to 50c. : St . Thom.-is, St. Croi.K, St. Kitt's, 4(jc. 



to 48c. per Ui., dry Hint. 

 Grape Fut IT .l.un.iici. .^l'IIii to .s;-.'-.">(l per box, §54-25 fo' 



.5!5-(IU ],er 11.. .' 



TjIMKs No ip:^»t;iti<ins. 

 Mack— 29c. to 3;ic. i)er lb. 

 Nt'TMllcs-llO'.s, 8U-. to H)c. lier lb. 

 (MtANCEs- Jani.iica, ^2-75 to $3-25 per 1i,-irr<-l. 

 PiMKN-ro— No I plot .-U ions. 

 .SfoAR-Centrifng.ds, '.m; , 3-73k.; Muscovados, 89% 3-23k.; 



IMolas.ses, 8!) , 2-98k\ per "lb., duty paid. 



per 



Cocoa-nuts — §13-()t) for unhusked nuts. 



Coffee — Jamaica and ordinary Rio, §9-50 to Sl()-()0 

 100 tb. 



Hay— $1 -20 to igl -50 per 100 lb. 



Manures- Nitrate of .s.Mla. §(i2-00 to .$(55 '00; t^hlendorfl's 

 dissolved gu.-mo, .^S'tJO ; Cotton manure. S42 -00; Cacao 

 maiune, *i42-0U to §48-00 ; Sulphate of ammonia, §72 "00 

 to §75-00; Sulphate of potasli, .Sli7-00 per ton. 



MoLA.ssEs — No (piotations. 



Onions — String.s, §2-25 to .s3-oo per loo lb.; loose, no 

 quotations. 



Potato.s— Nova Scotia, §2-00 to S2-75 per 100 lb. 



Pea.s— Sidit, §(i-00 per bag of 210 lb.; C-inada. §3-30 per 

 liag of 120 lb. 



Rice— Ballam, §5-40 to §545 (180 ft..); Patna, §3-80; 

 Rangoon, §3-00 per 100 It,. 



Sugar — Ni> quotations. 



British Guiana,— Messrs. Wikting ^t llicnxER, March 6, 

 1909 ; Me.ssrs. Sandbach, Paekee & Co., 

 March .5, 1909. 

 Arrowroot— St. Vincent, 89-00 to S9-50 per 200 It,. 

 B.VLAT.A — Venezuela block. 32c. ; Demerara sheet, 48c. to 



5(Jc. i)er lb. 

 Cacao— N.-itive, 13c. t.. 14r. per It,. 

 Cassava — 00c. 



Cassava Starch — §7-00 per liarrel of llMi ib. 

 Cocoa-nuts— §12-00 to §10-00 per M. 

 Coffee — Cre(de, 12c. to 13c. ; Jamaica, 12.tC. to 13c. per ft., 



sli:>w. 

 Dhal— $5-00 per bag of 108 ft. 

 Eddos — §l-()8 per liarrel. 

 Molasses — No quotations. 

 Onions — Madeira, 5c. to (ic. per ll>. 

 Pl.^NTAins — 20c. to 44c. per liunch, ]>!eiitiful. 

 PoTATOs— Nova Scotia, 82-40 jier 100 ft. 

 PoTATOs — Sweet, Barbados, §1"20 per bag. 

 Rice- Ballam, §5-50 to §5 -(>(); Creole, §4-7<l to §4-80. 

 Split Peas- $5-50 to §5-(iO per bag (210 lb.); Marseilles, 



§4-00 

 Tannias - §2-04 per b;ig. 



Yams — White. §2-10 per l)ag ; Buck, no (piotations. 

 Sugar- Dark crystals. §2-25 to ?<2-.50 ; Yellow, .§3-10 to 



§3-20 ; White, §3-(iO t(, $3-80; Mohtsses, §2-:50 to §2-40 



per 100 lb. (retail). 

 Timber (ireimheart, 32c. to 55c. per cubic foot. 

 Wai.i.aisa Shingles — 8375 to $5-75 per M. 

 . Corkwood — §240 to $2-04 per ton. 



Trinidad, — March fi, 1909.— ile.ssis. Goi:i.on, Geaxt 



lV Co. 



Cacao Venezuelan, §12-30 to §12-75 per f.uiega ; Trinidad, 



$12-00 to §12-7.5. 

 Cocoa-nuts -§22-00 p,-v M. f..,.b. for selected pe.-ded in 



bags of 100 lb. 

 CocoA-xuT (III, — 72c. per Imperial gallon, e.-isk included. 

 Coffee — Venezuelan, iSc. to 8.',c. per ft. 

 Copra -§310 to §320 per 10(1 ft,. 

 Dual §4 -05 to §4-70 per 2-busIiel bag. 

 Onions— .§:i-00 t«i .§4-00 per 100 lb. (retail). 

 PoTATOS- Knglish. 90c. to §110 jier 100 ft. 

 Rice— Yellow. .S5-OOto§5 -_'5; Wliite, §4 50 to §4 90 per bag. 

 Split Peas -.§5-75 to §0(10 per bag. 

 SlHiAR — .\meinc;iu crushed, §510 to S5"20 per 100 lb. 



