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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[March J, 1887. 



MARKET Ri\TES 



(From Lfwis cfc Peat's 



FOR OJLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



London Price Current, February 3rd, 1887.) 



FROM MALABAR 



COAST, COCHIN, 



CEYLOX, JIADRAS, &c. 



BEES' WAX, White, per 



(Wt. 



Yellow 

 CINCHONA EARK— Crown 

 per lb. 



QUALITY. 



f Slightly softish to good 



QUOTATIONS. 



\ 



Red 



CARDAMOMS Malabar 

 per lb . 



\ hard bright 



Do. drossy & dark ditto 



Reuewed ... 



Medium to fine Quill 



Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Renewed 



Medium to good Quill , 



Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Twig 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 2s a lis Id 

 and Ceylon Middling, stalky & lean'sd a Is lid 

 Aleppee -Fair to tineplumpclipped is ;3d a 2s 3d 



£G a £7 5s 

 £1 lOi a £6 

 Is a 3s 

 Is Id a 2s 6d 

 i5d a Is 2d 

 •2d a 6d 

 3d a 2s 6d 

 6d a 23 6d 

 3d a 7d 

 •2d a 4d 

 id 



Tellicherry Good to fine 

 I Brownish 

 Maugalore jGood & fine, washed, bgt. 



Long Ceylon Middling to good 



CINNAMON, per lb. Ists jOrd. to tine pale quill ... 

 2nds ,, ,, ,, ,, 

 3rds ,, ,, ,, ,, 



"Iths Woody and hard 



Chips ...IFair to tine plant... 



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

 ...1 Medium 



Triage to ordinary 

 COFFEECeylouPlantatiou Boldto fine boldcolory 



QUM ARABIC, Madras . 

 NUX VOMICA, per cwt. . 



per ewt. ' j Middling to fine mid 



JLow mid. and Low grown 



.Smalls 



,, Native Good ordinary 



Llberian ...Small to bold 



East Indian ... Bold to fine bold 



Medium to fine 



Small 



Native [per ton Good to fine ordinary ... 



COIRROPE,Ceylon&Cochin'Mid.coarse to finestraight 



FIBRE, Brush, per ton Ord. to fine long straight 



Stuffing ...Coarse to fine 



YARN, Ceylon, per toj) Ordinary to superior 



Cochin ...Ordinary to fiue 



Do [ewt Roping fair to good 



COLOMBO ROOT, sifted ^ Middling wormy to fiue... 



CROTON SEEDS, sifted ... Fair to fine fresh 



GINGER, Cochin, Cut Good to fine bold 



per cwt, ,, .Small and medium 



Rough IFair to good bold... 



iSmall 



Dirk to good pile 

 IFair to fine bold fresh . 

 Small ordinary and fair. 

 MrRABOLANES,pale,per|Good to fine picked 

 cwt. iCommon to middling . 



;Fair Coast 



Pickings Burnt and defective 

 OIL, CINNAIMON, per oz... Good to fine heavy 



CITRONELLE ,. | Bright & good flavour . 

 LEMON GRASS „ „ „ „ ,, 



ORCHELLA WEED [Flb.'Mid. to fiue, not woody. 

 PEPPER, Malabarblk.sifted.Fair to bold heavy 

 AUeppee & Cochin ,, ,, good ,, 



Tellicherry, White ...; ,, ,, ,, 

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

 JMiddling to good small.. 

 Chips ... Slight foul to fine bright 



Dust ...jOrdinary to fine bright .., 



REDWOOD, per ton. ;Fair and fine bold 



SAPAN WOOD ,, \Iiddling coated to good fi-i a £7 



SANDAL WOOD, logs ,, ; Fair to good flavor ... e20a£'4t 



Do. chips ...Inferior to fine e.Tl0sa£l6 



SENNA, Tinnevelli, jier lb. Good to fine bold green... Sd a Is 



Fair middling medium... "id a 7d 

 {Common dark and small 2vd a 4.M 

 TURMERIC, Madras.'ni cwt Finger fair to fine bold 9s 6d a" I (Is 

 Do. ... Mixed middling [liright Hi 6d a iU 



Do. ... Bulbs whole ... ... 73 6daSsfid 



(.'ochin ..., Do split li* .'id a 7s 



VANILLOES, Mauritius & 

 per lb. Bourbon, Ists Fine crystalised fl a Sinch'Ws a 2',N 

 2nds Foxy & r(>ddish .'') a 8 ,, lOs a liis 

 3rd3 i Leau & dry to middling 



A under 6 inches ...]7sal2s 

 4th ILow, foxy, inferior and ' 



j [pickings Is a 8d 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



Is Gd a 2s 2d 

 6d a Is 3d 

 Is 4d a 33 4d 

 !8d a Is 4d 

 Ufla Is 81 

 i7d a Is -Jd 

 \*i^A a Is Id 

 '.5,id a lid 

 .4d a 7d 

 7S^ a 81s 

 70s a 76a 

 iOs a 6o3 

 9-5s a 103s 

 S2i a 92s 

 79* a 82s 

 74s a 783 

 65s a 72s 

 o8s a 64s 

 95s a H03 

 80s a 90s 



33 



65s a 723 

 £5 a £17 

 £10 a £35 

 £8 a £17 

 £12 a £30 

 £11 a £32 

 £13 a £15 

 10s a 28s 

 10s a 258 

 63s a 843 

 3-2s 6d A .553 

 30s a 45g 

 •22s 6d a 253 

 20s a 80s 

 7s a lis 

 3s a 63 

 .. lis a 8s 6d 

 5s a 6s 3d 

 OS 6cl a 69 

 3s 3d a 43 

 Is a 33 

 Jia Id 

 Ifd a lid 

 40s a 55s 



7sd a 8d 



lOd a 2s 6d 

 93 a 14s 

 7s a 10s 

 3^ 9d a 10s 

 39 a 9s 

 £1103 a £5 



ALOES, .Soecotrine and iGood and fine dry 

 per cwt. Hepatic... Common and good 



CHILLIES, Zanzibar ...lOood to fine bright 

 P*r i-Wt OfJiuaTV *itil ttiidiUiii 



.. £6 10s a £8 10s 

 ..£4 a £7 10s 

 ...■WsaSls 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



QUALITY 



QUOTTIAONS 



Good and fine bright 

 Common dull to fair 



I „ fresh 



.Fair 



Fair to fine dark blue 



M^VES. Zauzibir 

 aiiH Pfl nf>a, per lb. 

 ,, St-^ms. 



COCULUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah Iblue 



& Turkey il>'cwt. 



[cwt. Good white and green. 

 GUM AMMONIACUM per Blocky to fiue clean ... 

 ANIMI, washed, ^ cwt. Picked fiue pale in sorti, 

 part yellow and mixed 

 Bean & Pea size ditto ... 

 lamber and dark bold 

 scraped... jMedium & bold sorts 



& Aden ..ISorts 



Fair to fine pale 

 Good and fiue pale 

 Reddisli clean 

 Clean fair to fine 

 Slightly stony and foul ... 

 Fa;rto fine bright 

 Fair to fine pale 



ARABIC, E.I 



per cwt. Ghatti ... 



Amrad eha 



ASSAFCETIDA, per 



cwt. 

 KINO, per cwt 



MYRRH, picked ,, , 



Adeu sorts Middling to good 

 OLIBANUM, drop JFair to fine white 

 perc-wt. ,, j Reddish to middling 



p-'ckings... 'Middling togood pale 

 siftings .. .[Slightly foul to fine 

 INDIABUBBER Mozambijque, ) red hard 

 per lb. Ball & sans age J white softish 



unripe root 

 liver 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



Nearly water white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brown aud brownish 



CASTOR OIL, Ists per oz 

 2nds ,, ... 

 3rds ,, .. 

 INDIARUBBER Assam, per] Good to fine 

 lb. Common foul and mixed 



Rangoon ...|Fair to good clean 

 Madagascar] Good to fine pinky & white 

 Fair to gooii black 

 SAFFLOWER ...Good to fine pinky 



[Middling to fair 

 Inferior aud pickings . 

 TAMARINDS ...'Mid. to fine?)?ac;.not stony 



iStonv and inferior 



,illjdal2jd 



S'l a Hid 

 , 2id a 2Jd 

 ,il23 6d 



,593 a 658 



483 a 51s Gd 

 15s a 34s 

 '£1310/a£l410/ 

 £10 a £12 IDs 

 £4 103 a £7 

 £7 IDs 

 £5 a £8 

 65s a £5 12s 6d 

 ■38s a 853 

 903 a £7 

 34s a 68s 

 353 a 40s 

 253 a 30s 

 353 a 40s 

 £6 a £7 103 

 70s a 97s 6d 

 45s a 553 

 32s a 443 

 123 a 173 

 10s a 133 6d 

 23 4id a 2s ejd 

 2s a 2s 3d 

 lOd a Is 2|d 

 Is lO^d a 2s Oid 



3i a 4id 

 2^d a .3d 

 2^d a 2|d 

 23 a 23 7d 

 8d a Is lOd 

 ls6d a 2s 6d 

 23 4d a 2s ^A 

 Is lid a 23 2d 

 £4 10s a £5 IDs 

 £3 5s a £4 23 6d 

 £1 a £1 lOs 

 lOs a 14s 

 3s a 63 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape, per cwt. 



Natal ...'Fair to fine 



ARROWROOT Natal per lb IMiddlingto fine 



Fair dry to fine bright ... 233 a 283 

 .'Common & middling soft,^3 a 22s 



:253 a HOs 

 3d 



FROM CHINA, . I APAN & , 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS. 



CAMPHOR, China, f cwt.iGood, pure, & dry white \\cn. ^ n 



Japan ...j „ . „ pinki P'"' '^ ^^'^ 



GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt. ...(Ordinary to fine free ...i32s a 323 6d 

 I Pressed ...'29s a 303 



Block [per lb. Good ...'21s 6d a 21s 9d 



GUTTA PERCHA, genuine! Fine clean Bauj& Macas-'Ss 4d a 3s 3d 

 Sumatra. ..iBarky to fair [sar'ed a 2s 3d 



Reboiled. 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large, per 

 Medium 

 Small 



MACE, per lb. 



RHUBARB, Sun dried, 



lb. 



'ommon to fine clean 



Good to fine clean 



Inferior and barky 

 lb... Gl's a 80's, garbled 



83'3 a 95's 



lOO's a 160's 



Pale reddish to pale 



Ordinary to red 

 iChips 

 perlGood to fine sound 



Dark ord iuary& middling 



High dried ...iGood to fine 



Dark, rough & middling 

 SAGO, Pearl, large, 10 owt.JFair to fine 

 medium ...J ,, „ „ 

 small ...I „ „ „ 



Flour [per lb, 'Good pinky to white .., 



TAPIOCA, Penang Flake Fair to fiue 



Singapore 



Flour 



Pearl 



BuUeta, per ewt. 

 Medium ,, 



1lie4 ,, 



lid a Is 4d 

 lid a Is 3d 

 IdaSd 

 |23 7d a 3s 9d 

 23 3d a 23 6d 

 Is 4d a 29 2d 

 23 :id a 3s 

 Is lOd a 23 

 Is 5d a Is 6d 

 Is Cd a .-^9 

 a Is 4d 

 Is a Is .3d 

 3d a 9d 

 lis a 143 6d 

 Us 6d a 1.3s 



103al2 



83.3d a 99 3d 



23d a 23d 



•2id a 2\i. 



12s 6d a 17s 6d 



268 a 27s 



218 6d a 223 Rd 



nn a 223 tjd 



