784 



THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 



[May 2, 1B87. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



{From Lewis d; PeaVs London Price Current, March 3Ut, 1887.) 



FROM MALABAK 



COAST, COCHIN, 



CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 



BEES' WAX, White 



Yellow 

 CINCHONA BARK— Crown 



Red 



CARDAMOMS Malabar 

 and Ceylon 



QUALITY. 



Aleppee 

 Tellicherry 



Mangalore 



QUOTATIONS 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



QUALITY 



,QUOTAITONS. 



CINNAMON 



Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon .., 



COFFEE Ceylon Plantation 



Native 

 Liberian 



East Indian 



Native 



COIRROPE.Ceylon&Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush 



Stuffing ., 

 COIR YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted .. 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted .. 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



GUM ARABIC, Madras ." 

 NUX VOMICA 



MYRABOLANES 



' Slightly softish to good 



hard bright ... £6 a £7 5s 



Do. drossy & dark ditto... Jtl 10s a £6 



Renewed ... Is a 2s Gd 



.Medium to fine Quill ... Is 4d a 2s 



Spoke shavings tid a Is 2d 



Branch 'id a M 



Rene'wed 8d a 2s 



>f edium to good Quill ... 6d a 23 

 Spoke shavings ... ... -Jd a 7d 



Branch 2d a 4d 



Twig id 



Clipped, bold, bright, tine 2s a .3s Id 

 Middling, stalky & lean Sd a Is lid 

 Fair to fine plump clipped is .3d a 2s 3d 

 liood to tine ... Is Cd a 2s 2d 



I Brownish ... 6d a Is 3d 



Good & fine, wa.shed,bgt. Is 4d a .3s 6d 



Long Ceylon -Vliddling to good 8d a Is 4d 



Ists Ord. to fine pale quill ... 7jd a Is .5d 

 2nds ,, ,, ,, ,, ... 7dals2d 

 3rds „ ,, „ „ ... lijda lid 



4ths Woody and hard od a 9Jd 



...I Fair to fine plant 2id a 7d 



...jBold to good bold ... (jtis a 82s 



...Medium -tiOs a tJSs 



Triage to ordinary ... 40s a .5.is 

 Bold to fine boldcolory... 92s a 105s 

 Middling to fine mid. ... 82s a 91s 

 ILow mid. aud Low grown 76s a 84s 



Smalls 77s bd a 808 



Good ordinary 68s a Ihs 



Small to bold 6.3s a 71s 



Bold to fine bold 90s a UOs 



[Medium to fine 82s a 90s 



ISmall 77s a 82s 



Good to fine ordinary ... 68s a 75s 

 Mid. coarse to finestraight fi5 a £17 

 Ord. to fine long straight £10 a £35 



. Coarse to fine £8 a £17 



.lOrdinary to superior ... £12 a £.30 



. Ordinarj' to fine fill a £32 



Roping fair to good ... £13 a £15 

 . -Middling wormy to fine... 10s a 28s 



.|Fair to fine fresh 10s a 20s 



(Good to fine bold 75s a 5£ 10s 



iSmall an d medium ... 37s a 56s 6d 

 Fair to fine bold... ...32s a. 58s 



.:Small 20s a 28s 



.'Dark to fine pal? ...2.5s a 102s 



.IFair to fine bold fresh ... 7s a lis 



Small ordiuaryand fair...i'!s a 6s 

 , Good to fine picked ... 6s a 8s 6d 

 Common to middling ... 5s a 6s 3d 



JFair Coast -is Hd a .^is 9d 



Pickings I Burnt and defective ... 3s 3d a 4s 6d 

 OIL, CINNAMON ... Good to fine heavy ... Is a 3s 



CITRONELLE ...iBright & good flavour ... f I a M 



LEMON GRA.SS ... „ „ „ ,, ... IJd a Ijd 



ORCHELLA WEED ...|Mid. to fine, not woody 40s a .5.5s 

 PEPP£R,Malabarblk.yftedlFair to bold heavy 

 Alleppee & Cochin ,, \ ,, good ,, 

 Tellicherry, White 



i6d 



PLUMBAGO Lump 



Chips 

 dust 



RED WOOD 



SAPAN WOOD 



SANDAL WOOD, logs 

 Do. chips 



SENNA, Tinnevelli 



7td a Tjd 



lOd a 23 6d 

 9s a 14s 6d 



,.. Fair to fine bright bold 



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

 ..Slight foul to fine bright 3s 9d a 10s 

 ..'Ordinary to fine bright ... 3s a 9s 

 ..Tairaniifine bold ... |£410sa£4 17s6d 



..'Middling coated to good i 66 a £7 

 ..Fair to good flavor ...[e20a£44 



..'Inferior to fine £510sa£22 



..Good to fine bold green... Sd a Is 

 Fair middling medium... jod a 7d 

 jCommon dark and smalll2Jd a 4jd 

 ..'Finger fair to fine boldi9s6da 10s 

 .. Mixed middling [bright 8s 6d a 9s 



..Bulbs whole 7s 6d a 8s 6d 



Do split iHs 3d a 78 



Good and finn bright 

 Common dull to fair 



„ fresh 

 Fair 



I CLOVKS. Ziinzih.r 



j tn<l P«mb8, per lb. 



' >. Stems. 



COCULUS INDICUS 



GALLS, Bussorah 1 blue jp.,;, ♦„ <• . , , , 



& Turkey |^ cwt.l**" " ''"^ ^ark blue ... 



[cwt. [Good white and green... 

 GUM AMMONIACUM periBloeky to fine clean 



ANIMI, washed, «)cwt. Picked fine pale in sorts, 



part yellow and mixed 



Bean & Pea size ditto ... 



amber and dark bold ... 



scraped... Medium & bold sorts 



ARABIC. E.L & Aden .. Sorts ];; 



per cwt. Ghatti ...JFair to fine pale '.,. 



Amrad cliajGood aud fine pale 



I Reddish clean ." 



Clean fair to fine ...' 



Slightly stony and foul .".'. 

 Fair to line bright 

 Fair to fine pale 

 Middling to good 

 Fair to fine white ... 



Reddish to middling ... 

 -Middling to good pale ... 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 que, I red hard 

 age J" white softish !!. 

 unripe root 

 liver 



ASSAFCETIDA, per 



cwt. 

 KINO, per cwt. 



MYRRH, picked ,, 



Aden sorts 



OLIBANUM, drop 



per cwt. ,, 



P'ckiugs... 



siftings ... 



INDIARUBBER Mozambi 



per lb. Ball & saus 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists per oz 



2nds 



3rds ,, ... 



INDIARUBBER Assam, per 

 lb. 



SAFFLOWER 



TA.M.A.RINDS 



lOid a Ud 

 al'^ a. lOJd 

 2ld a 2Jd 

 93 



57s a 628 



463 a 5.39 

 15s a 34s 

 £13lu/a£1410/ 

 £10 a £12 10s 

 :£4 10s a £7 

 '£7 103 

 £5 a £8 

 90s a 1203 

 |38s a 808 

 1 90s a £7 

 34s a 688 

 35s a 403 

 25s a 309 

 40s a 448 

 £6 a £7 10s 

 70s a lOOs 

 45s a 5.59 

 329 a 449 

 aSsa 189 

 Ills a 138 6d 

 2s 5d a 2s 6Jd 

 2s a 2s 3d 

 lOd a Is 2id 

 Is 8d a 2s 



Nearly water white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brown and brownish ... 

 Good to fine 



Common foul ami mix(d 

 Rangoon ... Fair to good clean 

 Madagascar Goodto fine pinky & white 

 Fair to good black 

 ...Good to fine pinky 

 Middling to fair 

 Inferior and pickings ... 

 ... -Mid.tofinei/flcinot stony 

 Stony and inferior 



3^d a 4id 

 2id a .3d 

 2-id a 2|d 

 2s a 2s 7d 

 8d a l8 lOd 

 Is 6.1 a 28 6d 

 2s 4d a 28 6d 

 Is lid a 2s 2d 

 £4 10s a £5 lOs 

 £3 5s a £4 29 6d 

 £1 a £1 10s 

 10s a 14s 

 .3s a 69 



FROM I 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. I 



ALOES, Cape, per cwt. ... Fair dry to fine bright ...r24s a 2"»3 

 ... Commo'n & middling soft'^s a 22s 

 Natal ...Fair to fine :i5s a 30s 



ARROWROOT Natal per lb Middling to fine .'.[ 3d a 3id 



FROM CHINA. .T.A.PAN & | 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS. 



► 62s a 659 



CAMPHOR, China, ^ cwt. Good, pure, & dry white i 

 Japan ... „ ,, pink) 



GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt. ... Ordinary to fine free ...|32s 6d a .^39 

 Pressed ...j29sa30s 



Block [per lb. Good ...[22s a 23s 6d 



GUTTA PERCHA, genuine Fine clean Banj& Macas-I2s 4d a 3s 3d 

 Sumatra.. .iBarky to fair [sar 6d a 2s 3d 



Reboiled.. 

 White Borneo 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VANILLOES, Mauritius & 



Bourbon, Ists IFine cry.stalised 6 a 9inch|l7s a 293 

 2nd3'Foxy & reddish .=S a 8 ,, il6s a 23s 

 3rd9 / Lean & dry to middling 



[ \ under 6 inches ... lOs a 16s 

 4th Low, foxy, inferior and 



[pickings 43 a 8s 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



ALOES, Soccotnne and 



Hepatic. 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar 



Good and fine dry ... £t« lOs a £8 10s 



Common and good ... £4 a £7 lOs 

 Good to fine bright ... 32s a 3.'J3 

 Ordinary and middling... 25s a 3l8 



Common to fine clean ... Id a Is 4d 



. Good to fine clean ... lid a Is .'id 



Inferior and barky ...ild a 8ii 



.:61's a 80's, garbled ...fes Sd a 33 9d 



.8.3'sa95's ...[23 .5<1 a 2s 7d 



.llOO's a 160's ...lis .5d a 2s .'>d 



.jPale reddish to pale „. ^^s .3il a .3s 



Ordinary to red ...Us lOd a 2s Id 



Chips ... Is -id a Is 6d 



RHUBARB, Sun dried, per, Good to fine sound ...ils 6d a .'Is 

 lb. 'Darkordinary&middlingj8d a Is 4d 



Good to fine ...Is a Is. 3d 

 Dark, rough & middling 3d a 9d 



SAGO, Pearl, large, ^ ewt.JFair tofine ... Us a 14s 9d 



medium ...I ,, „ ,, ...lis 6d a 1.3s 



small ...' ,, ,, ,, ... lOsalls tki 



Flour [per lb, Good pinky to white ...8sa9s6d 



TAPIOCA, Penang Flake iFairtofiue ... 2J^da 2id 



Singapore ...I ,, ,. ... 2jd a 2Jd 



Flour ..,' ,, ,, .,.|l.5s a ISsGd 



Pearl ...Bullets, per cwt. ...|263a27s 



.Medium ,, ... 21s a 228 



'Seed „ ...'21«6da21s6d 



NUTMEGS, large, per lb.. 



Medium 



Small 

 MACE, per lb. 



High dried 



