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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[Jan. I, 1887, 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND N rC VS/ PRODUGF^. 



(From Lewix iD Peat's London Price (Uirrent, l)c ember lijt/i, 18S6.) 



"{■BOM MALABAK 



COAST, COCHIN, 



CEYLON, MADRAS, &o. 



QUALITY. 



IQUOTATIONS, 



I 



FROil BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAK. 



QUALITY 



jQUOTTIAONS. 



per I f Slightly softish to good, 



\\ liard bright ...-£6 a £( 5s 



Y'ellow ... Do. drossy & dark ditto. ..li-l 10s a £6 



CINCH ONABAKK—Crowu.Kenewed lis a 3s 



BEES' WAX, White, 

 cwt. 



per lb. 



Red 



'Medium to fine Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Renew-d 



'ls4da 2s 6d 

 itiii a Is 2,1 

 ■2d a till 

 '3d a is 6d 



CARDAMOMS Malabar 

 per lb. 



' eppef 

 Tellieherry 



Medium to good Quill ...|Gda2st;d 



Spoke shavings I'iii a 7'- 



Branch j2d a 4d 



Twig W 



^...„...™. Clipped, bold, bright, fiuelas a 3s M 

 and Ceylon Middling, stalky & lean ■^d a Is lid 

 Alepper Fair to line phira'pclipped; Is 3d a 2s .3d 

 Good to tine ...| 1-^ O'l '^ '^^ 2d 



Brownish ...|6d a Is .Sd 



Mangalore tiood & fine, washed, bgt.J^s 4d a 3s 4d 

 Long Ceylon Middling to good... 

 CINNAMON, per Ih. Ists Ord. to fine pale quill 

 2nds ,, ,, ,, >> 



3rds >> 



4thb Woody and hard ... 

 ...;Fair to fine plant... 

 ewt... Bold to giiod bold 

 Medium 



Triage to ordinary 

 COFFEKCeylon Plantation Bold to fine bold eolory... 88s a luOs 



Middling to fine mid. ...M?* ^ 863 

 Low mid. and Low grjwn'^ns a 78s 



Smalls 



Good ordinary ... 

 Small to bold' ... 

 Bold to fine bold... 

 Medium to fine ... 



Small 



Natire [per ton Good to fine ordinary .. 

 COIRROPE,Ceylon&Cochin.Mid.coarsetofinestraight!i-'5 a ^17 

 FIBRE, Brush, per ton Ord. to fine long straight j-fil*-' ^^'^ 



Stuffing ...Coarse to fine i£8 a £17 



YARN, Ceylon, per ton Ordinary to superior ... £12 a £30 



Cochin ...Ordinary to fine i£lla£32 



Do [cwt Roping fair to s;ood ...l^l* a £15 

 COLOMBO ROOT, iifted %> Middling worniv to fiue...ilOsa 28s 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted ... Fair to fine freJh 23s a 3.38 



Chips 

 COCOA, C»y]on, per 



per cwt. 



,, Native 

 Liberian 



East Indian 



;d a Is 4d 



;'riaa i.ssi 



|7d a Is 5,1 

 ' oid a Is Id 

 'SJd a lid 

 ,,4d a 7d 

 i.is 6d a 82s 

 ;os a 7ts 

 iOOs a Bos 



i66s a 753 

 J9.5s a 72s 



•"iSs a 628 6d 

 ■ 1 903 a UOs 

 ■'73s a 88« 

 '|68s a 70s 



65sa72» 



GINGER, Cochin, Cut 

 per cTvt. ,, 



Rough 



GUM ARABIC, Madras.'! 

 KUX VOMICA, per cwt. .. 



si-d a 8Jd 



'lOd a 2s 6d 

 ,j9s a 14s 

 73 a 10s 



t>I.,<>VI':s. Zaa^.i b»r 1 



»n.i P«iij',a, per lb. f 



>. St"ms... 



COCULUS INDICUS 

 G.-VLLS, Bussorah (blue 



& Turkey i't>'c\vt. 



Good and fine bright 

 Con;mon dull (o p lir 



„ fresli 

 Fair 



Fair to fine dark blue ... 

 PIT\r .vr^rr^x-r .r.rT,';'-'^*-'*^°"^ "*»'*'• ""'' green... 



\ vl , -y^-^ V^S"^ -y '"■'■ "'"'■'<>■ t" '""^ ^■I'-a.. ... 



A.M.MI, washed, «lcat.^l',ck.d fine pule iu sorts, 



i inirt yellow and mixed 



|Be;.n & Pea si/c ditto 



lamber and dark bold 



scraped... Medium & bold sorts 



AR.4.BIC. E.I. & Aden .. Sjrts 



pere\vt. (ihatti ...Fair to'iine p.le' 



Amr.Kl fhaGood aud fine pale 



Reildisli clean 



ASSAFCKTIDA, per Clean fair to fine 



,. ;'"',V . I'Slightly stony and fou 



KINO, per cwt. fa. r to line bright 



M\ RKH, [.icKed ,, |Fa:r to fine pafe 



A^^'\\ sortsMiddUng to good 



OLIBAXUM, irop Fair to tine white 



per cwt. „ I Reddish to middling 



packings... .Middling togoud i)ale 



siftings ...Slightly I'oultotine 



INDIARUBBER Moz-ambi'^ue, i led hard 



per lb. Ball & sausjage ] white softigli 



unripe root 



liver 



jllida ]2}d 

 ,1' " Hid 

 2|d a .-jd 

 J12v lid 



59s a t;.5s 



'48s a 51s 6d 

 15s a 34s 

 £1310, a£1410/ 

 £10 a £12 10s 

 :£4 10s a £7 

 £ 7 ICs 

 £5 a £8 

 6.5s a £5 12s 6d 

 38s a 8.=>s 

 80s a £() 

 31.S a 68s 

 35s a 40a 

 25.S a 308 

 33s a 40s 

 £6 a £7 lOs 

 70s a H7s 6d 

 45s a 553 

 32s a 44s 

 Ss tjd a lis 

 Us a 13s 6d 

 2s 2d a 2s 4d 

 Is ltd a 23 

 lOd a l.s Id 

 Is 8^d a 2i 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF Gi)OD HOPE. 



I 



Good to fine bold i'>'J3 a 90s 



!Small and medium ... 38s a GOs 



iFair to good bold •"'Os a 5.=)S 



'Small |22s 6d a 29« 6d 



.Dark to good pile ...i^"s a 70s 



jFair to fine bold fresh ...iTs a Hi 

 iSmall ordinaryand fair...[''s a 6s 

 MYRABOLANES.pale.periGood to fine picked ...\y a S-s 6d 

 cwt. ICommou to middling ....SsaosSd 



(Fair Coast ns 9d a 63 3d 



PickingslBurnt and defective ...l^s od a 43 

 OIL, CINNAMON, per oz... Good to fine heavy ...lis a 3s 

 CITRONELLE ,. iBright & good flavour ...'t ' a Id 



LEMON GRASS „ „ „ 'fdalid 



ORCHELLA WEED [I?" lb. 'Mid. to fine, not woody.. iOs a oSs 

 PEPPER,Malabarblk.sifted|Fair to bold heavy 

 Alleppee & Cochin „ \ ,, good ,, 

 Tellieherry, White ...' ,, ,, ,, 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump, ijl cwt. Fair to fine briglit bold 

 jMiddling to good small 

 Chips ...jSlight foul to fine bright 1^3 a lis 



Dust ...Ordinary to fine bright ...1*8 a 10s ' 



REDWOOD, per ton.]Fair and fine bold ...'£5 



SAP AN WOOD ,, iMiddling coated to good £0 a £7 



SANDAL WOOD, logs „ IFair to good flavor ... £20 a £44 



Do. chips ...jinferior to fine £0 10s a £10 



SENNA, Tinuevelli, per Ib.jGood to fine bold green... Sd a Is 

 ,Fair middling medium... Sd a 7d 

 [Common dark and small 2fd a 4id 

 TURMERIC, Madras,* cwtlFinger fair to fine bold Us a 12s 



Do. ...'Mixed middling [bright lOs a 10- «d 



Do. ...! Bulbs whole SsaQsfid 



Cochin ..., Do split tts 3l1 a 7s .Jd 



VANILLOES, Mauritius &, 

 p»r lb. Bourbon, Ists 'Fine crystalised 6 a 9inch 17s a 28s 

 2nds Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, IDs a 16s 

 3rds ' / I-ean & dry to middling 



I \ under 6 inches ... 7s a 128 

 4th Low, foxy, inferior and 



[pickings Is a 8 



CASTOR OIL, Ists per oz (Nearly waf.r wliite 



2"'J3 Fair and good pale 



3rds ,, ...Brown and brownish 



INDIARUBBER Assam, per Good to fine .'.'. 



'^- ^ Common foul anil mixed 



Rangoon ...|Fair to good clean 



iladagascar Good to fine pinky &whi"te 

 Fair to gpoil black 

 ... Good to tine pinky 



Middling to fair ... 



rnferiorund jjickings ... 

 • • Mid. to fineft/nciuot stony 

 Stony and infi^rior 



SAFFLOWER 



TAM.A.RINDS 



3i a 4 id 

 l2^d a 3d 

 2Jd a 2id 

 2s a 23 7d 

 8da Is lod 

 Is 6d a 2s 6d 

 2s 3d a 2s b^d 

 Is sd a 2s Id 

 £4 10s a £5 lOi 

 £3 5s a £4 2s 6d 

 £1 a £1 lOs 

 10s a 143 

 3s a G^ 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape, per cwl. .. 



Natal '.'. 



ARROWKO'J 1" Natal per 11, 



■ Fairilry to fine briglit ... 'i.'ts a 2i*< 

 Common & middling softH.s a 'i'i 

 Fair to tine ... 25s aS'.is 



Middling to fine ... 3.1 a 4.U 



FROM' ■' 

 TIIEL 



■^ \. .lAI'AX & 

 ■ ISl-ANDS. 



white 



pi 



ite , 1 

 inkl/ 



ais R G»>rid 



CAMPHuK, Ciiina. V cwt. Good, pure, & dry 

 Japan 



GAMBTEK, Cu'jes, cwt. ..Ordinary to 'tine free" ... 323 a .3.3s 

 „, , ,, Pressed ... 293 a 30s 



Block (.".Ib.Good ... 20s a 20s Gd 



GUTTA PJ-.KCHA, genuine Fiue clean Banj & Macas- 2s 4d a3s .3d 

 Sumatra.. .'Barky to fair [.sar GJ a 2s3d 



White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large, per 11 



.Medium 

 Small 

 MACE, per lb. 



Rel)oiled... Common to fine clean 



RHUBARB, Sun drici, 

 lb. 



High dried . 



Gi;od to fine clean 



Interior and barkv 



fifs a 80's, garbled 

 • •• iS3's a 9.5 's 

 ■ • IbO'sa IGO's 

 ... Pale reddLsh to pale 



'b-din.ary to red 



Chips 

 per Good to fine sound 



Darkordinary& middling 8d a Is Id 



Good to fine ...Is a Is 3 I 



Dark, rough & middling [MX a 9d 



Ida ls4d 

 . Uda Is .3d 

 . Ida 8d 

 . 2s ,^,d a 3s 6d 

 .2s Id a 2s4d 

 .;Is4d a 2s 

 .lis Od a 2s lOd 

 .!ls 4da Is 6.1 

 • I Is 2d a Is 3d 



Is 6cl a :is 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



ALOES, Soccotrine and Good and fine dry 

 per cwt. Hepatic.'Common and good 



HtLLtES. Zauiibur ...iGood to fine bright 



per cwt. Ordinary and middling., 



, £6 lOs a £8 slO 

 , £4 a £7 lus 

 , .30s a 31s 

 2')3 a 39s 



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

 medium ... ,, ,, ,, 

 small ... ,. „ „ 



Flour [per lb. Good pinky to white 



TAPIOCA, Penang flake Fair to fine 

 Singapore ... ,, ,, 



Flour ... ,, 



Pearl ... UuUef.s, per cwt. 



Vledium ,, 

 S««d , , 



6d 



...1123 (id a \\% 



• Us ijd a 12» 6d 

 .'I0sal2 

 .!8sa 9s 

 .|l'da2bl 



.[l.M.alta 



• 20s a 21(1 

 . lSn9£ 



.'18s W al9sCd 



