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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[April i, 18S7. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis tt Peat's London Price Ctirrent, March 3rd, 1887,) 



FEOM MALABAR 



COAST. COCHfS, 



CEYLOX, MADRAS, &c. 



BEES' WAX, White 



Yellow 

 CINCHONA BARK— Crown 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS 



■ Slightly softish to good 



hard brisrht ...!£6 a £7 58 



Red 



CARDAMOMS Malabar 



Do. drossy &dark ditto.. 



Renewed ... 



Medium to fine Quill .. 



Spoke shavings 



iBran-h 



Benew*rd 



••eviiuai to good Quill .. 



Spoke shavings 



Branch 



ITwig 



;01ipved, bold, bright, fine ; 



and Ceylon Middling, stalky & leau,-. _ _ 



Alepp'Je 'Fair to fine plump clipped Is 3d a 23 3d 



Tellicherrv;iTOTl to fine ...lis 6d a Is 2d 



' jBr'^wnish ...|Gd a 13 3d 



Mangalore Good & fine, washed, bgt. 'is 4d a Ss 6d 



Long Ceylon 'Middling to good [gl a Is 4d 



Ists jord. to fine pale quill ...!7iJals5d 



2nds ,, „ ;7dal3 2d 



3rdsi „ 



4th8 Woody and hard ... 

 ... Fair to fine plant... 

 ... Bold to good bold 



... Medium 



ITriage to ordinary 

 COFFEE Ceylon Plantation Bold to fine boldcolory... j 



Middling to fine mid. 

 Low mid. and Low grown ' 



Smalls 



Good ordinary ... 

 . Smill to bold 

 . Bold to fine bold... 

 IMediumtofine ... 



iSmall 



'Good to fine ordinary 



CINNAMON 



Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon .., 



Native 

 Liberian 

 East Indian 



Native 



.lo^da Ud 

 nda5>Jd 

 ■2\A a 7d 

 73s a 83s 

 fies a 728 

 253 a 45s 

 9^ a 105s 

 SOs a 90s 

 75s a 80s 

 723 a 783 

 67s a 7Is 

 h%B a 688 

 90s a 110s 

 803 a 903 

 733 a 773 

 65s a 7l3 



COIRROPE,Ceylon&Cocliin'\rid.coar3etofine3traight'C5 a £17 



FIBRE, Brush 



Stuffing 

 COIR YARN. Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted 

 UINQER, Cochin, Cut 



;Ord 



to fine long straight! £10 a £35 



GUM ARABIC, 

 NUX VO.MXOA 



Rough 

 Madras... 



Coarse to fine i£8 a £17 



.'Ordinary to superior ...i£l2 a £30 



.{Ordinary to fine 1 £11 a £32 



Roping fair to good ...l£13 a £15 

 .'Middlingwormy to fine...llOsa 283 



.'Fair to fine fres'h |;0' a 20s 



iGood to fine bold j7.5s a .i£ 10s 



Small and medium ...]3os a 55i 6d 



[Fair to good bold 303 a 5Ss 



Small |203a273 6d 



Dirk to fine pile ... 208 a 98s 6d 



Fair to fine bold fresh ... 7s a Us 

 Small ordinaryand fair... 3s a 63 

 Good to fine picked ... tjs a Ss 6d 

 Common to middling ... Ss a 63 3d 



Fair Coast |.=is 6d a .5s 9d 



Pickings|Burnt and defective ...133 3d a 43 6d 

 OIL, CINNAMON ...; Good to fine heavy 



CITRONELLE ...jBright & good flavour 



LEMON GRASS ... „ ., „ ,, 

 ORCHELLA WEED .. 'Mid. to fine, not woody.. 

 PEPPER.Malabarblk.sifted pair to bold heavy 

 Alleppee & Cochin ,, ,, good 



Tellicherry, White 



MYRABOLANES 



PLUMBAGO Lump 



Chips 

 dust 

 RED WOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chips 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



l3 a 3s 

 t ' a id 

 ..ll|dal|d 

 403 a 553 



7|d a 7id 



lOd a 2s 6d 

 93 a 14s 6d 



Fair to fine bright bold... 

 Middling to good small. ..|7s a lOs 

 Slieht foul to fine bright 3s 9d a lOs 



• 'Ordinary to fine bright ... 3s a 9-* 



• iFairaudfiue bold ...I»b4]03a£417s6d 



• iMiddling coated to goodiSti a £7 

 ■IFair to good flavor ...220 a £44 



• 'Inferior to fine 'e5103a£16 



• iGood to fine bold green. ..;8d a Is 

 iFair middling medium... 5d a 7d 

 ! Common dark and small 2Jd a 4jd 



■'Finger fair to fine bold 9s 6d a lOs 

 •JMixed middling [bright S3 6d a 9s 



•Bulbs whole 7s6da83 6d 



Do split 6s 3d a "s 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



CLOVKR, Zanzibar 1 



■»oH PHtnha, perlb. ' 



., Stems... 



C0CULU3 INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah Iblue 

 & Turkey J^cwt. 

 "^cwt, 

 GUM AMMONIACUM per 

 AN IMI, washed, ^cwt. 



QUALITY 



scraped... 



ARABIC, E.L & Aden .. 



per cwt. Ghatti ... 



Amrad clia 



ASSAFCETIDA, per 



cwt. 

 KINO. per cwt. 



MYRRH, picked „ 



Aden sorts 



OLIBANUM, .irop 



per cwt. ,, 



packings... 



aiftings ... 



INDIARUBBER Mozambi 



per lb. Ball.& saus 



Oool and fine bright ... 

 Common dull to fair ... 



„ fresh 

 Fair 



Fair to fine dark blue ... 



Good white and green... 

 iBlocky to fine clean 

 iPicked fine pale in sorts, 

 I part yellow and mixed 

 Bean & Pea size ditto ... 

 amber and dark bold ... 

 Medium & bold sorts ... 



Sorts 



Fair to fine pale ... 



Good and fine pale 

 Reddish clean 

 Clean fair to fine 

 Slightly stonv and foul ... 

 iFair to fine bright 

 |Fair to fine pale 

 , Middling to good 

 iFair to fine white ... 



Reddish to middling ... 

 Middling to good pale ... 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 que, t red hard 

 age J white softish 

 unripe root 

 liver 



QUOTAITONS . 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



Ud a ll^d 

 8}' HlOid 

 2|d a Sid 

 93 



59s a 658 



483 a 51s 6d 

 15s a 34s 

 £1310/a£1410/ 

 £10 a £12 109 

 £4 103 a £7 

 £7 108 

 £5 a £8 

 903 a 120s 

 38s a 803 

 903 a £7 

 .348 a 688 

 353 a 40s 

 253 a 308 

 10$ a 42s 

 W a £7 10s 

 70s a 100s 

 15s a 553 

 32s a 443 

 IBs a 173 

 lis a 13s 6d 

 23 5d a 2s 6id 

 2sa 2s3d 

 lOd a Is 2|d 

 l8 8da2a 



CASTOR OIL, Ists per oz Vearly water white 

 2nd3 „ ... Fair and good pale 

 3rds ,, ...| Brown and brownish 

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



lb. (Common foul and mixed 



Rangoon ...! Fair to good clean 

 Madagascar Good to tine pinky &white 

 Fair to ffood black 

 SAFFLOWER ... Good to fine pinky 



Middling to fair 

 i Inferior and pickings 

 TAMARINDS ...'Mid.tofineWnctnot stony 



Stony and inferior 



.3^d a 4^ 

 2ida3d 

 2^d a 2}d 

 2s a 23 7d 

 8d a Is lOd 

 Is 6d a 26 6d 

 23 4d a 2s 6d 

 Is Ud a 23 2d 

 £4 lOs a £5 10a 

 £3 53 a £4 2s 6d 

 £1 a £1 10s 

 109 a 14s 

 3sa63 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape, per cwt. ...Fairdry to fine bright ... 2.3s a 263 

 • •. Common & middling soft ^s a 223 

 Natal ... Fairtofine ...i25sa303 



ARROWROOT Natal per lb iMiddling to fine ... 3d a 3.id 



FROM CHINA, .JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS, 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Cochin 

 VANILL0E3, Mauritius & 



Bourbon, l3t.s pine crvstalised 6 a 9inch|l7s a 2a3 

 2nds Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 „ !10s a 168 

 Srds / Lean & dry to middling; 



|\ under G inches ...'78 a 123 

 4th Low, foxy, inferior and I 



j [pickings 4s a 8d 



CAMPHOR, China, ^ cwt. 



Japan 

 G5AMBIER, Cubes, cwt. 



Block 

 GUTTAPERCHA, 



Sumatra., 

 Reboiled... 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large, per lb .. 



Medium 



Small 

 MACE, per lb. 



|-628 a 64s 



S29 6d a 33s 

 29s a 303 

 21s 9d a 22-0 

 2s 4d a 33 3d 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



ALOES, Socootrine and 

 Hepatic, 

 CHILLIE9, Zanzibar 



Good, pure, & dry white 



pink 



...;Ordinary to fine free ... 



[Pressed 



[per lb. Good 



genuine Fine clean Banj & Macas- 



Barky to fair [sar 6d a 23 3d 



f^ommon to fine clean .. jld a Is 4d 

 .. Good to fine clean 

 Inferior and barky 

 ,. 61'3 a 80's, garbled 

 ,.;83'sa 95'8 

 ,.|100'9 a leo's 

 .iPale reddish to pale 

 I Ordinary to red 

 Chips 

 RHUBARB, Sun dried, per. Good to fine sound 



lb. 



High dried 



JGood and fine dry ... £6 lOs a £8 10s 



Common and good ... £4 a £7 lOs 

 |Oood to fine bright ...32s a. 333 

 Ordinary and ntiddliog,,, 2o8 a 3l8 ' 



SAGO, Pearl, large, ?> cwt 

 medium .., 

 small 

 Flour [per lb, 



TAPIOCA, Penang Flake 

 Singapore 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



I Dark ordinary & middling 

 Good to fine ...j 



I Dark, rough & middling j 

 Fairtofine 



Good pinky to white 

 Fair to fine 



Bullets, per cwt. 

 Medium ,, 

 Seed „ 



lid a Is 3d 



IdaSd 



is Od a 3s 9d 



23 6ia 23 ad 



>s 4d a 23 4d 



2s 3d a 33 



Is lOd a 23 Id 



Is 5d a Is 6d 



Is Gd a :\i 



•'d a Is 4d 



Is a Is 3d 

 I !d II 9d 



lis a 14s 9d 



Us GdalSs 



10s a 123 



8s a 9s 6d 



2^ a 2W 



2id a 2Jd 



12s 6d a 173 6d 

 26s a 27s 

 ..|2l8a 228 

 ..2lsaa?s 



