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THE TROPICAL AGRlCULTURISf. 



[Nov. I, i88i. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 

 (From Lewis <£; Peat's London Price Current, October 7th, 1886. J 



FROM MALAHAR 



COAST, cocmx, 



CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 



QUALITY. 



BEES' WAX, Wliite, per f Slightly softish to good 

 cwt. I I liarJ bright 



Y'f'Uow ...jDo. drossy & d:irk ditto... 

 CINCHONA BARK— Crown':ReiieT;rpd 



QUOTATIONS. 



per lb. 



Red 



£6 a £7 

 |£-1 10s a £6 



Is a 3s 



Is -Id a 2s 6d 



i3d a Is 2d 

 '2d a (id 

 '8d a 2.S 6d 



CART)AMOMS Malabar 

 per lb. 



'Medium to fine Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 

 Braneh 



ReneTT'-d 



Af ediuin to good Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 

 Branch 



Tuig 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine!2s a 2s lOd 

 and Ceylon IMiddling, stalky & leanjSd a Is lid 

 Aleppee IFair to tineplumpelip>ped|ls .Sd a 2s 3d 

 TellicherrylGood to tine ...jls 6d a 2-i 2d 



^Brownish ... 6d a Is ;kl 



Mangalore ,Good & line, washed, bgt 



Long Ceylon Middling to good 



CINNAMON, per lb. Ists ^Ord. to fine pale quill .. 

 2nds ,, ,, ,, ,, 

 oraSj ,, ,, ,, •■ .. 

 4ths Woody and hard ... 

 Chips ...|Fair to fine plant... 



COCOA, Ceylon, per cwt... Bold to good bold 

 ... Medium 



Triafre to ordinary 



...|Oda 2s 0(1 

 ...\'id a 7<'. 

 ...•2da4d 

 (Id 



ls4da .-is 4d 

 8d a Is 4d 

 8|d a Is lid 

 ...|7^d a Is 6d 

 ... 7da Is 2d 

 ...;Gda Ud 

 ...J If da 7d 

 ..:ii>a a 81s 6d 

 . . C8s a 723 

 ■ij.s a fi.5s 



COFFEECeylouPlantationiBold to fine boldcolory... 8Ss a 100s 

 per cwt. Middling to fine mid. ... 71s a 87s 



iLow middling tj4s a 70s 



Smalls 61s a 71s 



,, Native Good ordinary oOs a 60s 



Liberian ...Small to bold 33s a .52 s 



East Indian ..., Bold to fine bold 82s a 100s . 



Medium to fine 70s a SOs 



Small •i8s a^s 6d 



Native LP^r ton Good to fine ordinary ...j.50s a'60s 

 COIRR<'I'E,Ceylou&Cochin Mid.coarse tofinestraighti£7 a £18 

 FIBRE, Brush, per ton,Ord. to fine long straight | £15 a ,£40 



Stuffing ...'Coarse to fine 

 YARN, Ceylon, per ton ... Ordinary to superior 



Cochin ...Ordinary to fine 



Do [cwt j Roping fair to good 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted ^ Middlingwormy to fine.. 



CROTON SEEDS, sifted ...Fair to fine fresh 



GINGER, Cochin, Cut Good to fine bold 



per cwt. 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA, per cwt. 



£7 a £20 

 £12 a £30 

 £11 a £35 

 £9 a £13 

 10s a 30s 

 30s a 35s 

 SOs a 100s 

 40s a 70s 

 32s a OOS 

 22s 6d a SOs 

 Ss a 12s 

 OS a 73 

 js a 8s tjd 

 OS a 6s ,3d 

 6s a 6s 61 

 Is a 5s 

 Is a 3-i 

 Jla Id 

 !fd al|d 

 40s a 553 



•5d a 8|d 



lOd a 2s 6d 

 Us a 153 



Small and medium 

 jFair to good bold... 



..ISmall 



..[Fair to fine bold fresh ... 

 ISmall ordinaryand fair... 

 MYRABOLANES, pale, per 'Good to fine picked 

 cwt. ICoraraon to middling ... 



jFair Coast " ... 



Pickings Burjit and defective 

 OIL, CINNAMON, per oz....|Good to fine heavy 



CITRONELLE ,. i Bright & good flavour .. 



LEMON GRASS ,, ,, ,, , 



ORCHELLA WEED [Fib iMid. to fine, not woody.. 



PEPPER,iMalabarblk.sifted|Fair to bold heavy 1 



AUeppec & Cochin ,, | ,, good ,, ' I 



Tellicherry, White ... 



PLUMBAGO, Lump, ^ cwt.! Fair to fine bright bold... 



iMiddling to good small. ..{7s a lOs 



Chips ...(slight fo'ul to fine bright jos a Us 



Dust ...lOrdinarj' to fine bright ... -is a lOs 



REDWOOD, per ton.: Fair and fine bold ...£5 53 



SAPAN WOOD „ [Middling coated to good £6 a £7 



SANDAL WOOD, lox.s „ [Fair to good flavor ,..£20 a £44 



Do, chips ...j '£10a£ie 



SENNA, Tiunevelli, p-jr Ib.iOood to fine bold green... 8d a Is 

 I i^air middling luedittin... 5d a 7d 

 Common dark and small 3d a 4^d 

 TURMERIC, Madras.i? cwt I Finger fair to fine bold 123 a la^ 



Do. ... Mi.Ked middling [bright 10s 6(1 a Us 6d 



Do. ...Bulbs whole 93 a lOs ed 



Cochin ... Do split 78 3d a 83 



VANILLOES, Mauritius *c 

 per lb. Bourbon, Ist.s Fine crystalised 6 a Sinch 14s a 23s 6d 

 2iid- Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, 10s a 12s 

 3rds ' / I'fi"" ^ dry to middling 



I under 6 inches ... 5s a 9j 

 'It'i jLow, foxy, inferior and 



[pickings Is 6cl a 4s 



FliOM BO -MBA Y 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



AT.01-:S. isoj'-Otrine and Good and fine dry 

 per cw!. H'patic...|Common .and good 



CHILLIES, Zaiwibar ...iGood to fiue bright 



^(?r cwt. Ordinary aud middling 



OVRS. Zanribfi' \ iQoodand fine bright 



ftndFembti. per lb. 



■ Ordinary dull to fair 



.£7 a £10 



. £ 1 a £8 



, 283 a 233 



2.'is a 27» 



... 9fd a lOid 



FROM BOMBAY 

 ' AND Z.\NZIBAR. 



I CLOVES, Mother, per lb 

 I ,, Stems, 



COCULUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 1 blue 

 ( & Turkey j'|>'c\vt. 



[cwt, 

 GUM AMMONIACUM per 

 ANIMI, washed, Pcwt. 



QUALITY 



QUOTATIONS 



Fair, usual dry 



„ fresh 

 Fair 



.1 None 

 ,'ljd a 2d 

 |7s a 8s 



Fair to fine dark blue ... 50s a 578 6d 



scraped... 



ARABIC, E.I. & Aden .. 



per cwt. Ghatti ■... 



Amrad cha 



ASSAFCETIDA,per 



cwt. 

 KINO, per cwt. 



MYRRH, picked ,, 



Aden sorts 

 OLIBANUM, drop 

 per cwt. ,, 



pickings... 

 sittings ... 

 INDIARUBBER Mozambi 

 per lb. 



SAFFLOWER, Persian 



Good white and green... 

 Blocky to fine clean 

 'Picked fine pale in .sorts, 

 I part yellow and mixed 

 {Beau & Pea size ditto ... 

 lamber and dark bold 

 JMedium & bold sorts .. 



'Sorts 



Fair to fine pale 

 Good and fine pale 

 IReddish clean 

 Clean fair to fine 

 Slightly stony and foul .. 

 Fair to line bright 

 Fair to fine pale 

 Middling to good 

 Fair to line white 

 {Reddish to middling .. 

 {Middling to good pale .. 

 jSlightly foul to fine 

 ique,fairtofine sausage) 

 ,, Bali; 

 unripe root 

 lliver 

 Ordinary to good 



'42s 6d a 52s 6(1 

 1 15s a 403 

 '£I310/a£l410/ 

 £10 a £12 lOs 

 £4 10sa£7 

 £ 7 10s 

 £5 a £8 

 ,65s a 1003 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



42s a 70s 

 803 a £7 

 40s a 73s 

 30s a 35s 

 20s a 26s 

 3.1s a 40s 

 £6 a £7 103 

 70s a tWs 

 453 a 5.53 

 32s a 413 

 ilsa Us 

 lis a 133 6d 



2s 3d a 2s 6d 



lid a Is Id 

 23 a 23 2d 

 5s a 153 



CASTOR OIL, Ists per oz Nearly water white 

 2nds ,, ...jFairand good pale 

 .3rds ,, ...iBrown and brownish 

 INDIARUBBER Assam, per! Good to fine 



lb. Common foul and mixed 



Rangoon ...Fair to good cleau 

 Madagascar Good to fine pinky & white 

 Fair to gooii black 

 SAFFLOWER ... Good to fine pinky 



'Middling to fair 

 Inferior and pickings ... 

 TAMARINDS ... Mid.tofiueZ)?acinot stony 



(Stony and inferior 



3i a 4Jd 

 2.^d a 3d 

 2f d a 21d 

 2s a 23 7d 

 8da Is lOd 

 23 a 2s 6d 

 2s 4d a 2s 7d 

 Is lOd a 23 

 £4 10s a £5 lOs 

 £3 5s a £4 23 6d 

 £1 a £1 IDs 

 10s a 14s 

 3s a 6s 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape, per cwt. 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT Natal per lb 1 Middling to fine 



...jFairdry to fine bright ...r27s a 323 



...[Common & middling 80ftil2s a 2'^^ 



...1 Fair to fine ...35s a 403 



...ajdaOd 



a 633 



FROM CHINA, .JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISL.\NDS 



CAMPHOR, China, f cwt.'Good, pure, & dry white I 1 ^. 



Japan ... ,, ,, pink; ) 



GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt, ...iOrdinary to fine free ... '31s a 323 

 i Pressed .,, 273 a 283 



Block [per lb. Good ... 223 a 228 6d 



GUTTA PERCHA, genuine Fine clean Bai)j& Maras- 23 4d a 33 3d 

 Sumatra. ..IBarky to fair [sar6d a 23 31 



Reboiled... ."ommon to fine clean ... Id a Is 4d 

 White Borneo ... {Good to fine clean ...lid a Is 3d 



' Inferior and barkv ...Idafid 

 . 61'3 a 80's, girbled ...{29 fid a .Ss 6d 



. s3's a 95*3 ...lis Id a 2s 5<i 



.lOO'saieo's ...lis 4d a 23 



. Pale reddish to pile ...; Is 9d a 2s lOd 

 {Ordinary to red ...lis Jd a Is 6 I 



IChips ...!u 2da Is 3d 



RHUBARB, Sun dried, perGood to fine sound ...Is tJd a 23 9d 

 lb. Darkordinary& raiddliii;; 8d a Is 4d 



If UTMEGS, large, per lb. 



Me Hum 



Smill 

 MACE, per lb. 



High dried ... Good to fine ... Is a Is 3 I 



Dark, rough & middling 7d a Ud 



SAGO, Pearl, large, ^ cwt. Fair to fine 

 medium ... ,, ,, ,, 

 small ... ,, ,, ,, 



Flour [per lb, Good piaky to white 



TATIOCA, Penang Flake Fair to fine 

 Singapore .. ,, ,, 



123 fid a 15s 

 .. 123 n 13s 6d 

 ..83 6aal0s9i- 

 ,.8sa,93 

 . Uda 2id 

 ., ;'i^..3'(d 

 .lUdftl^d 

 . 1.58 a 17s 

 .168 6d a 178 ed 

 ,;lOs nl7i6(i 



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