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THE TROPICAL AGRICU LTURIST. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis <£• Peat's London Price Current, Jaimary 20th, 1887.) 



[Feb. I, 1887. 



FBOM MALABAR 



COAST, COCHIN, 

 CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 



UEES' WAX, White, per 



ewt. 



Yellow 

 CINCHONA BARK— Crown 



per Ih. 



QUALITY. 



f Slislitly softish to good 

 \ hard bright 



Do. drossy & dark ditto 

 Renewed ... 

 Medium to fine Quill 



Spoke shavings 



Branch 



iRenew^d 



iVtedium to good Quill ... 



ISpoke shavings 



[Branch 



Twig 



, i.iuiti..... Clipped, bold, bright, fine 



and Ceylon Middling, stalky & lean 



Aleppee ' Fair to tine plump clipped 



TellicherrylGrOod to fine 



Brownish 



Mangalore jtrood & fine, washed, bgl. 



Long Ceylon Middling to good... ... 



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

 2nd3! ,, ft »» »» 

 3rds| ,, ,, >> >> 



4ths Woody and hard 



Chips ...iFair to fine plant 



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



Medium 



QUOTATIONS. 



Bed 



CARDAMOMS Malabar 

 per lb. 



£6 a £7 5s 

 £4 10^ a £6 

 . Is a 33 

 Is 4d a'2s 6d 

 6d a Is 2il 

 •3d a 6(1 

 8d a 2s 6d 

 Gd a -is lid 

 M a 7.1 

 ■3d a 4d 

 Id 



2s a .3s Id 

 Ma Is lid 

 Is 3d a 2^ 3d 

 Is Gd a 2s 2d 

 Gd a Is 3d 

 I s 4d a 3s 4d 

 8d a Is 4d 



COFFEE Ceylon Plantation 

 per fwt. 



,, Native 

 Liberian 

 East Indian 



" Triage to ordinary 

 I Bold to fine boldcolory... 

 Middling to fine mid. ... 

 Low mid. and Low grjwn 



Smalls 



iGrOod ordinary 



.ISmall to bold 



.JBold to fine bold 



iMedinm to tine 



Small 



Native [per ton'Good to fine ordinary ... 



COIRROPE,Ceylon&Cochinl.VHd.coarsetofinestraigh 



FIBRE, Brush, per ton'Ord. to fine long straighi 



Stuffing ...jCoarse to fine 



Y^ARN, Ceylon, per toii;Ordin,iry to superior ... 



Cochin ... Ordinary to fine , 



Do [cwt .Roping fair to good 



COLOMBO ROOT, sifted ilj.Middlingwormy to fine... 



CROTON SEEDS, sifted ...'Fair to fine fresh 



GINGER, Cochin, Cut 'Good to fine bold 



per cwt. ,, ;Smalland medium 



Rough 'Fair to good bold 



...ISmall 



GUM AP. ABIC, Ma(lras...'Daik to good pile 

 NUX VOMICA, per cwt. ...|Fair to fine bold fresh ... 



Small ordinaryand fair... 

 MYRABOLANES, pale, per Good to fine picked 



f^vt. Common to middling. ... 



Fair Coast 



PickingslBurnt and defective 

 OIL, CINNAMON, per oz...iGood to fine heavy 



CITRONELLE ,, iRright & good flavour ... 

 LEMON GRASS ,, 1 ,, ,, ,, ,, 

 ORCHELLA WEED [f'lb.|Mid. to fine, not woody.. 

 PEPPER,Malabar blk.sif tedjEair to bold heavy 

 AUeppee & Cochin „ i ,, good ,, 

 Tellioherry, White ...1 ,, ,, ,, 



PLUMBAGO, Lump, Vcwt. 'Fair to fine bright bold..., 



Middling to good small... 7s a 10s 

 Chips ...'slight foul to fine bright jSa 9d a HM 



Bust ...{Ordinary to fine bright ...i39 a 9s 



;id a Is Sd 

 rd a Is 5d 

 Hda Is Id 

 .5id a lid 



id a 7d 

 SJs a 8:^s Gd 

 ;4s a 78s 



Os a fi.is 

 .05s a luis 

 S3s a 90s 

 ?8s a .Sis 

 ?4s a 77s 6d 

 G'lS a 72s 

 58s a 64s 

 95s a UOs 

 30s a 90s 



63s a 72s 

 tr, a £17 

 eiOa £?,ri 

 esa £17 

 £12 a £:M 

 £11 a£H2 

 £13 a £1.5 

 10s a 28s 

 lOs a 25s 

 •lis a 80s 

 S2s 6d a 5.5s 

 •30s a 4i5s 

 22s 6d a 25s 

 30s a 90s 

 7s a lis 

 3s a 6s 

 is a 8s 6d 

 5s a 6s 3d 

 5s 6d a 6s 

 .3s 3d a 4s 

 Is a 3s 

 |1 a Id 

 Ifd a Ud 

 409 a oos 



8d a S^d 



lOd a 2s 6d 



lOs a 14s 



per ton. 



RED WOOD, 

 .SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 

 Do. chips 



Fair and fine bold ...•£«' 



Middling coated togood!£6a£7 

 Fair to good flavor ..,£20 a £44 



1/.J. i...^.:, ... Inferior to fine £5 10s a £10 



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



Fair Tniddling medium... ;5d a 7d 

 (Common dark and small 2fd a 4Jil 

 TURMERIC, Madra.9,Wowt;Finger fair to fine bold 9s 6d a Ids 

 Do. ...[Mixed middling rK,.;™i,t h., rt.l « 9,. 



Do. ...Bulbs whole 



Cochin ..., Do split 

 VANILLOES, Mauritius & 

 per lb Bourbon, Ists Fine cry.stalised 6 a 9inch|17s a 29s 



3nds,Foxy & reddish ."S a 8 „;10sal(is 

 ., , f Lean & dry to middling' 

 •' l\ under G inches ...7s a 12s 

 4th |Low, foxy, inferior and 



[picking3[4s a 8d 



[bright, Ss 6d a 9s 



7s6da8s6d 



:6s 3d a 7s 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



ALOES, Socootrine and 

 per cwt. Hepatic. 



CHILLIES, Zanzibar 

 per cwt. 



! FROM BOMBAY 



1 AND ZANZIBAR. 



I CLOVES. Zan/.ibar 1 



and P«mtia, per lb. 1 



; ,, stems... 



I COCULUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 1 blue 



&T\irkey J^cwt. 

 i [cwt. 



I GUM AMMONIACUM per 

 I ANIMI, washed, Tacwt. 



I scraped... 



ARABIC. E.I. & Aden .. 



per cwt. Ghatti ... 



Amrad cha 



' ASSAFCETIDA, per 



cwt. 

 KINO, per cwt. 



MYRRH, picked „ 



Aden sorts 

 ' OLIBANUM, irop 



per cwt. „ 



pickings...' 

 I ' sittings ... 



, INDIARUBBER Mozambil 

 ' per lb. Ball & saus 



QUALITY 



iQUOTTIAONS. 



Ooodanil fine dry 

 'Common and good 

 (Good to fine bright 

 Ordinary aadniiddlinir,, 



, £6 lOs a £8 10s 

 £4 a £7 Ills 

 '34s a .35s 

 .•!23 a 33s 



Good and fine briarht 

 Common dull to fair 



„ fr.'.sh 

 Fair 



Fair to fine dark blue 



Good white and green... 

 Biocky to fine clean 

 Picked fine pale in sorts, 

 part yellow and mixed 

 Bean & Pea size ditto ... 

 amber and dark bold 

 Medium & bold ,sorts 



S,>rts 



Fair to fine pile 

 Good and tine pile 

 Reddish (dean 

 Clean fair to Wnp .... 



Slightly stony and foul ...| 

 Fa.r to line bright 

 Fair to lino pale 

 Middling to good 

 Fair to fine white 

 Reddish to middling 

 Middling togO(jdpale 

 ,Slightly foul fo fine 

 ijue, 1 red li,ard 

 age j white softish 

 unripe root 

 liver 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists pi^r oz -Vearly water white 

 2nds ,, ... I Fair and good pale 

 3rds ,, ...,Bruwn and brownish 



INDIARUBBF.RAssam,periGood to fine 



lb. ICommon foul and mixed! 



Rangoon ...IFair to good clean 

 MadagascariGood to fine pinky & white 

 iFair to good black 

 SAFFLOWER ...Good to fine pinky 



Middling to fair 

 Inferior and pickings ... 

 TAMARINDS ...|Mid.to fineJ/ai^/.-uot stony 



Stony and inferior 



12.^d a 13d 



ga I « 12d 

 2Jd a 3d 

 128 a 6d 



59s a 65s 



48s a 5l3 Cd 

 15s a 34s 

 £1310'a£1410/ 

 £10 a £12 10s 

 £4 109a£7 

 £7 10s 

 £5 a £8 

 Cos a £5 123 t>d 

 38s a 8.5s 

 80s a £ti 

 34sa688 

 35s a 40s 

 35s a 309 

 35s a 409 

 £6 a £7 lOs 

 70s a 97s 6d 

 45s a 55s 

 32s a 449 

 Hs 6d a lis 

 Us a 139 6d 

 2s i^a a 23 e^d 

 2s a 2s 3d 

 lOd a Is 2Jd 

 IslO'fda 2fl 0}d 



31 a 41(1 

 2ld a 3d 

 ■2%A a 2Jd 

 2s a 2s 7d 

 8d a Is lOd 

 Is (id a 28 6d 

 2s 4d a 2s fi^d 

 IsUd a 2s 2d 

 £4 10s a £5 lOs 

 £3 .5s a £4 2s 6d 

 £1 a £1 10s 

 10s a 149 

 3s a 6s 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape, per cwt. ...iFairdry to tine bright ..W"^ a 2«s 

 ,, ...Common & middling softies a ^2i\ 



Natal ...Fairtofine ... 25sa30s 



ARROWROOT Natal per lb Middling to fine ...'3d 



FROM CHINA, .JAPAN & 

 THE eastern: ISLANDS., 



CAMPHOR, China, f cwt.JGood, pure, & dry white 

 .Japan ...I ,, ,, pink 



GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt. ...lOrdinary to fine free ... 

 'Pressed 

 Block [perlb.JGood 

 OUTTA PRRCHA, genuine' Fine clean Banj&Macas- 

 Sumatra...!Barky to fair [sar 



Reboiled... Common to fine clean ... 

 I White Borneo ...{Good to fine clean 



I ilnferior and barky 



I NUTxMEGS, large, per lb...i61's a 80's, garbled 



Medium ...|83's a 95's 



I Small ...|100'sal60's . ... 



I MACE, per lb. ... Pale reddish to pale 



I 'Ordinary to red 



' Chips 



I RHUBARB, Sun .tried, per Good to tine sound 

 I 11, I).irkordin!iry& middling 



High dried ... Good to line 



Dark, rough & middling 

 I SAGO, Pearl, large, 1^ ewt. Fair to fine 

 medium ... ,, ,. ,, 

 .small ... ,. ,, ,, 



Flour " [per lb. Good pinky to white ... 



TAPIOCA, Penang Flake Fairtofine 

 ; Singapore ... ,, ,, 



' Flour ...I ,, 



Pearl ...! Bullets, per ewt. 



Uedium ,, 

 .Sae4 ,. 



^6.3s a 64s 



.32s a 323 fid 

 29s a 303 

 21s 3d a 21s fid 

 23 4d a 33 3d 

 fid a 2s 3d 

 Ida Is 4d 

 lid a Is .3d 

 Id a8d 



2i 7d a 3s lOd 

 2s 4d a 2s 6Jd 

 Is .5d a 2s 3d 

 2s 3d a 3s 

 Is 9d a 2s 

 Is .5d a Is 6d 

 IsBJ a 3» 

 Sd a Is 4d 

 Is a Is 3d 

 3d a 9d 

 Us a 14s 6d 

 Us 6dal2s6d 

 10s a 12 

 8s a 9s 

 2ida 2Jd 

 3'da2M 

 10s a 179 Cd 

 •25s a 2Gs 

 20^ a 21s 

 i20s a21s 



