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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



(Joke i, 1887, 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis & Peat's London Price Current, April 28th, 1887.) 



FROM MALABAR 



COAST, COCHIN, 



CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 



BEES' WAX, White 



Yellow 

 CINCHONA BARK— Crown 



Red 



CARDAMOMS Malabar 



and Ceylon 

 Aleppee 

 Tellicherry 



CINNAMON 



Man galore 

 Long Ceylon 

 Ists 

 2nds 

 3rds 

 4ths 

 Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon ... 



QUALITY. 



Slightly HOftish to good 

 ^ hard bright 

 Do. drossy & dark ditto 

 Renewed ... 

 Medium to tine Quill 

 Spoke .shavings ... 



Branch 



Renew<-d 



Medium to good Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Twig 



JE6 a £7 58 

 £4 10s a £6 

 Is a 2s Gd 

 Is 4d a 2s 

 6d a Is 2d 

 •2d a 6d 

 8da2s 

 6d a 2s 

 3da7d 

 •2d a 4d 

 id 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 2s a .3 



Middling, stalky & lean ~' " 



Fair to hneplumpclipped 



Good to fine 



Brownish 



Good &. fine, washed, bgt 



jMiddling to good 



Ord. to fine pale quill .. 



COFFEE Ceylon Plantation 



Native 

 Liberian 

 East Indian 



Native 



COIBROPE.Ceylon&Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush 



Stuffing .. 

 COIR YARN. Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted .. 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted .. 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 

 It 

 Rough 



GUM ARABIC, Madras.. 

 NUX VOMICA 



MYRABOLANES Pale .., 



Pickings 

 OIL, CINNAMON 



CITRONELLE 



LEMON GRASS 

 ORCHELLA WEED ...Mid, 



,, », rr " 



Woody and hard ... 

 Fair to fiuephint... 

 Bold to good bold 



Medium 



Triage to ordinary 

 Bold to fine boldcolory 

 Middling to fine mid. 

 Low mid.audLow grown 



Smalls 



Good ordinary ... 

 Small to bold 

 Bold to fine bold... 

 Medium to fine ... 



Small 



Good to fine ordinary 

 Mid.coarse to fine straight 

 Ord. to fine long straight 

 Coarse to fine 

 Ordinary to superior 

 Ordinary to fine ... 

 Roping fair to good 

 Middlingwormy to fine. 

 Fair to fine fresh... 

 Good to fine bold... 

 Small and medium 

 Fair to fine bold ... 



Small 



D.irk to fine pile 

 Fair to fine bold fresh . 

 Small orili nary and fair. 

 Good to fine picked 

 Common to middling . 



Fair Coast 



Burnt and detective 

 Good to fine heavy 

 Bright & good ftavour ., 



PEPPER,Malabarblk.sifted Fair to bold heavy 



AUeppee & Cochin 

 Tellicherry, White 

 PLUMBAGO Lump 



Chips 

 dust 

 BED WOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chips 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



|1 a Id 



„ .. „ ... I|da2d 



to fine, not woody... 40s a 50s 



good 



QUOTATIONS 



8d a Is lid 

 is .^d a 23 3d 

 Is Gd a 2s 2d 

 6d a Is 3d 

 Is 4d a .Ss 6d 

 8d a Is 4d 

 7^d a Is .5d 

 7d a Is 2d 

 ij^d a lid 

 lid a 9^d 

 id a 7d 

 80s a 83s 

 72s a 743 

 60s a 70s 

 I 01s a 107s 

 95s a 100s 

 itOs a 9.'{s 

 87s a 92s 

 84s a 87s 

 t5.7s a 80s 

 101s a 112s 

 953 a lOOs 

 S.'is a 91s 

 84s a 87s 

 fi.T a £1.=" 

 £10 a £35 

 £8 a £17 

 ei2 a £30 

 £11 a £32 

 £10 a £13 

 10s a 28s 

 lOs a 20s 

 803 a 5£ 10s 

 Ms a 56s 6d 

 32s a .i8s 

 •20s a 28s 

 •25s a 110s 

 7s a lis 

 3s a 6s 

 •is a 83 6d 

 5s a 6s 3d 



(5d a 5s 9d 

 3s 3d a 43 6d 

 Is a 3s 



f d a 7|d 



lOd a 2s fid 

 9s a 143 6d 

 7s a lOs 

 33 9d a 103 

 3s a 9s 

 ,£410sa£41.5s 



iFair to fine bright bold... 



Middling to good small... 



Slight foul to fine bright 



Ordinary to fine bright ... 



Fair and fine bold 



Middling coated to good |£6 a £7 



Fair to good flavor ... £20 a £44 



Inferior to tine £5 10s a £22 



Good to fine bold green... 8d a Is 

 Fair middling medium... 5d a 7d 

 iCommon dark and small 2Jd a 4j-d 

 Finger fair to fine bold 9s 6d a 10s 

 IMixed middling [bright 8s fid a 93 



Bulbs whole 7s fid a 8s 6<i 



I Do split 6s 3d a 7s 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Cochin 

 VANILLOES, Mauritius &, , 



Bourbon, Ists Fine crystalised 6 a 9inch 17s a 293 

 2nds Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 „ 16s a ^233 

 .,1 If Lean & drvto middling 



I \ under 6 inches ...IDs a 16s 

 4th iLow, foxy, inferior and i 



[pickings 43 a 8s 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



ALOES, Soccotrine and 

 Hepatic, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar 



Qood and fine dry 

 Common and good 

 Good to fine bright 

 Ordliutry »nd niddliog,. 



£6 10s a £8 10s 

 75s a £7 10s 

 328 a 33s 

 2»* a 31» 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



CLOVES. ZauEibar •! 



»ii'1 P«inha, per lb. f 



., Stems... 



COCULUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah \ blue 

 & Turkey /|>'cwt. 

 [cwt. 

 GUM AMMONIACUM per 

 ANIMI, washed, ^ cwt. 



QDOTAITONS. 



scraped... 



ARABIC, E.I. & Aden .. 



per cwt. Ghatti ... 



Amrad clia 



ASSAF(ETIDA, per 



cwt. 

 KINO, per cwt. 



MYRRH, picked „ 



Aden sorts 



OLIBANUM, .irop 



per cwt. ,, 



P'.ckings... 



sittings ... 



INDIARUBBER Mozambi 



per lb. Ball & saus 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists per 07, 



2nds „ ... 



3rds ,, ... 

 INDIARUBBER Assam, per 

 lb. 



Rangoon ... 



Madagascar 



SAFFLOWER 



TAMARINDS 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



Qood and fine brif(ht 

 Common dull to fair 



„ fresh 

 Fair 



Hid a 13d 

 UAu. lid 

 2|d a a^d 

 9s 



Fair to tine dark blue ...!57s a 628 



Good white and green... 

 Blocky to fine clean 

 Picked fine pale in sorts, 

 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 stony and foul ... 

 Fair to fine bright 

 Fair to tine pale 

 Middling to good 

 Fair to fine white 

 Reddish to middling ... 

 Middling to good pale ... 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 que, 1 red hard 

 age J" white sof tish 

 unripe root 

 liver 



'45s a 533 

 i]5sa 34s 

 !£1310/a£1410/ 

 i£10 a £12 103 

 i£4 10s a £7 

 1£7 10s 

 !£5 a £8 

 903 a 1153 

 1383 a 808 

 908 a JE6 lOs 

 34s a 68g 

 353 a 40s 

 25s a 303 

 40s a 443 

 £6 a £7 lOs 

 70s a lOOs 

 453 a 553 

 32s a 443 

 13s a 183 

 lis a 133 6d 

 23 5d a 28 6f d 

 2s a 2s 3d 

 lOd a Is 2Jd 

 Is 8d a 29 



Nearly water white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brown and brownish 

 Good to fine 



Common foul and mixed 

 Fair to good clean 

 Goodto fine pinky & white 

 Fair to good black 

 Good to fine pinky ,„ 



Middling to fair 

 Inferior and pickings ... 

 Mid. to fiQ^hlacknot stony 

 Stony and inferior 



3id a 4id 

 2id a .3d 

 2^d a 2|d 

 2s a 23 7d 

 8d a Is lOd 

 Is fid a 2s fid 

 2s 4d a 2s 6d 

 Is lid a 23 2d 

 i£4 10s a £5 IDs 

 £3 5s a £4 23 6d 

 £1 a £1 lOs 

 10s a 14s 

 33 a 63 



ALOES, Cape, per cwt; ... 



ft ••• 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT Natal per lb! 



Fair dry to fine bright 

 Common & middling soft 

 Fair to fine 

 Middling to fine 



•249 a 293 

 8g a 223 

 25s a 303 

 •A\A a 3|«l 



FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS. 



CAMPHOR, China, ^ cwt, 



Japan 

 GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt. .., 



Block [per lb. 



GUTTA PERCHA, genuine 



Sumatra... 



Reboiled... 



White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large, per lb... 



Medium 



Small 

 MACE, per lb. 



RHUBARB, Sun dried, per 

 lb. 



High dried ... 



SAGO, Pearl, large, ^ cwt 

 medium .. 

 small 

 Flour [per lb, 



TAPIOCA, Penang Flake 

 Singapore 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Good, pure, & dry white IsasaGSs 



Ordinary to fine free 



Pressed 



Good 



Fine clean Banj & Macas- 



Barky to fair [sar 



Common to fine clean 



Good to fine clean 



Inferior and barky 



61's a 80's, garbled 



83's a 95's 



lOO's a IGO's 



Pale reddish to pale 



Ordinary to red 



Chips 



Good to fine sound 



{32s 6d a 338 

 !293 a 308 

 22s a 22 6d 

 23 4d a 3s 3d 

 6d a 23 3d 

 Id a Is 4d 

 lid a Is .3d 

 Id a8d 

 2s 7d a .38 9d 

 23 5d a 23 7d 

 Is 5d a 2s i>d 

 2s 2d a 38 

 Is lOd a 2s Id 

 Is .5d a Is 6d 

 Is Cd a .33 



Dark ordinary & middling 8d a Is 4d 



Good to fine 



Dark, rough & middling 



Fair to fine 



Good pinky to white 

 Fair to fine 



Bullets, per cwt. 

 Slediam ,, 

 Seed „ 



Is a Is 3d 



W a '.)d 

 .. ,11s a 14s 6d 

 '" lis a 13s 

 ■" 9s fid alls 

 7 83 a 9s 6d 

 ... 2tda 2M 

 ...2ida2id 

 .. 1.5s a 15s bd 

 ... 26s a 308 

 .,.•218 a 22« 

 ...laoa 6d a 22i 



