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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[August i, 1882. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NE^W PRODUCTS. 

 (London Price List, July 6th, 1883.) 



IMPOKTED lEOM 



MALABAB COAST, 



COCHIN, CEYLON, 



JIADBAiS, &c. 



BEES' WAX, White 



Yellow 



CINCHONA BARK— 



Crovra 



Twig 

 CAKBAMOMS, Malabar 



Aleppee 



Madras 



Mangalore 



Ceylon 



Ists 

 2nds 

 3rds 



CINNAMON 



China 

 Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation 



„ Native 

 East Indian 



Native 

 COIE ROPE, Ceylon and 

 Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush . 

 Stuffing ., 

 COIR YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do. 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted ., 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted . 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX vomica" '.. 



MYBABOLANES, pale .. 



Pickings 

 OIL, CINNAMON 

 CITRONELLA 

 LEMON GRASS 

 ORCHELLAWEED 

 PEPPER— 



Malabar, Black sifted 

 Alleppee & Cochin , 

 Telliclierry, White 

 PLUMBAGO Liunp 



chips 



dust 

 RED WOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chips 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



TURMERIC, Madras 



Do. 



Do. 



Cochin 



VANILLOES, Mauritius & 



Bourbon, Ists 



2nds 



3r^ls 



QUALITY. 



Slightly softish to good 

 hard bright 

 Do. di-ossy & dark ditto. 



Medium to fine Quill 



Branch 



Medium to good Quill , 

 Branch 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 

 Middling, stalky & lean 

 Fair to hneplumpclipped 

 Long, lean, to fair 

 Good & fine, washed, bgt 



Middling to good 



Ord. to fine pale quill .. 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



Woody and'hard ... 



Fair to fine plant... 

 Good to fine 

 Grey to fair 



Bold 



Middling to good mid. 

 Low middling ... 

 Good ordinary ... 



Bold 



Mediiun to flue ... 

 Good to fine ordinary 



Mid. coarse to fine light 

 Ord. to fine long straight 



Coarse to tine 



Good to s-uperior 



Ordinary to fair 



Rojiing fair to good 

 Middling wormy to fine.. 



Fair to fine fresh 



Middling to fine 



Good to fine bold 



Small and medium 



Fair to good bold 



Small 



Fine bold fresh 



Small oriUnaryand fair.. 

 Good to fine picked 

 Common to middling .. 



Fair Coast 



Burnt and defective 

 Good to fine hea\-y 

 Bright & good flavour .. 



Mid, to fine, not woody.. 



Fair to^bold liea\'y 

 ,, "good „ 



Fair to fine bright 

 Middling small to good.. 

 Sli. foul to fine bright .. 

 Ordinary to fine bright .. 

 Fair and fine bold 

 Middling coated to good 

 Fair to good flavor 



Good to fine bold green .. 

 Fair middling bold 

 Common dark and small 

 Finger fair to fine bold 

 Mixed middling [bright 



Bulbs whole 



Do split 



QUOTATIONS. 



£6 lOs a £8 

 £5 a £6 



4s a 6s per lb. 

 ' aSs 

 aSs 

 Is 6rt a 2s 

 5da 9d 

 6s a 7s 

 3s 6d a 5s 6d 

 4s a 5s 

 2s tjd a 4s 6d 

 6s a 8s 

 2s 6d a 3s 6d 

 Is a 29 7d 

 lOd a Is 8d 

 8d a Is 3d 

 7dals 



l|da6d 

 90s a 100s 

 70s a 80s 



90s a 105s 

 68s a 76s 

 62s a 65s 

 45s nominal 

 90s a 110s 

 78s a 90s 

 56s nominal 



£16 a £22 

 £18 a £45 

 £12 a £18 

 £28 a £46 

 £22 a £28 

 £16 a £20 

 143 a 20s 

 .50s a 5.5s 

 £9 10s a £17 

 Os a II63 

 45s a eOs 

 40sa509 

 32s a 38s 

 10s a 12s 

 7s 3d a 8s 6d 

 8s 6d a 10s 6d 

 7s 3ii a 8s 

 7s 6d a 8s 

 6s 9d a 7s 6d 

 Is 6d a 3s 

 2d a 2Jd 

 2d a 2|d 

 40s a 60s 



6da6Jd 

 54(1 a ed 

 9d a 2s 6d 

 17s a 23s 

 14s a 18s 

 lis a lis 

 5s a 12s 

 £7 a £8 

 £12 a £13 

 £30 a £60 

 £16 a £23 

 9d a Is 3il 

 3d a 5d 

 Id a 2id 

 15s a 20s 

 l;is a 15s 

 lOs a 12s 

 10/6 a 11/6 



Fine crystalised 6 a 9inch 20s a 28s 



Foxy & reddish „ „ 14s a 18s 



j Lean & drj' to middling 



1 under G inches ...lOsalSs 



j Low, foxy, inferior and 



\ pickings 68 a 8s 



ALOES, Soccotrine and 



Hepatic.., 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar 



CtOVES, Zanzibar 1 



and Pemba / 

 Mother 



Good and fine (Iry 

 Common & mid, part soft 

 Good to fine bright 

 Ordinary and middling ... 

 Good and fine bright 

 Ordinary & middUng dxill 

 Fair, usual dry .„ 



£6 a £10 

 £4 a £7 6s 

 80s a 963 

 70s a SOs 

 94ti a lOd 

 9Ma9M 

 ^a2|d 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



CLOVES, Stems 

 COCULUS rSDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah l.,„„ 

 \Sl Turkey |""^ 



green'. 



white. 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 



drop . 



block. 

 ANIMI, washed . 



scraped. 

 ARABIC, picked ., 



sorts. 

 ASSAFCETIDA . 



KINO 



MYRRH, picked., 



Aden sorts 



OLIBANL'M, drop 



pickings, 

 sittings . 

 INDIA RUBBER 



SAFFLOWER, Persian 



IMPORTED FROM 



CALCUTTA AND 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists 



2nds 



3rd8 

 CUTCH 

 DsrOIARUBBER Calcutta. 



Rangoon ., 

 Madagascar 



SAFFLO\^'ER 



TAMARINDS 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



Fair fresh 

 Fair 



Fair to fine dark 



Good 



Small to fine clean 



dark to good 



Picked fine pale in sort; 



part yellow and mixed 

 Bean & Pea .size ditto 

 amber and dark bold 

 Medium & bold sorta 

 Pale bold clean 

 Yellowish and mixed 

 Fair to fine 

 Clean fair to fine 

 Slightly stony and foul 

 Fair to fine bright 

 Fair to fine pale 

 Middling to good 

 Fair to fine white 

 Middling to good reddish 

 Middling to good pale 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 Mozambique, fair to fine 

 sausage 

 „ Ball 

 Ordinary to good 



2^d a 25d 

 lOs a lis 



SOs a 57s 



40s a 46s 

 35s a 43s 



35s a 50s 

 20s a aos 

 £17 a £22 

 £14 a £17 

 £8 a £13 

 £11 a £15 

 £7 a £10 10s 

 37s fid a 45s 

 33s a 36s 

 30s a 40s 

 50s a 80s 

 10s a 40s 

 SOs a 60s 

 £6 a £9 

 £4 a £6 

 40s a 55s 

 36s a 40s 

 14s a 24s 

 15s a 20s 



2s 5d a 2s 9d 



5s a 35s 



IMPORTED FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 AHSOWTROOT (Natal) 



IMPOKTED FROM 



CHINA. J.4P AN AND THE 



EASTERN ISLANDS, 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 CUTCH, Pegue 

 GAMBIER, Cubes 



Block 

 GUTTA PERCHA, genuini 

 Sumatra.. 

 Beboiled.. 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Meilium 

 ; Small 



MACE 



RHUBARB, Sun dried .. 



High dried .., 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium ... 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Penang Flake. 

 Singapore „ . 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Nearly water white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brow n a nd brownish 

 Good dark clean 

 Good to fine 



Common foul and mixed 

 Fair to good clean 

 Good to fine pinky &white 

 Fair to good black 

 Good to fine pinky 

 Middling to fair 

 Inferior and pickings ... 

 Middling to fine, not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



3Ma4d 

 3Ma.3jd 

 Sjd a 3^1 

 '20s a 32s 

 l2s Id a 2s 9d 

 ,9d a Is lOd 

 2s a 2s 6d 

 2s 7d a 2s 9d 

 '2s 3d a 2s 5|d 

 •£3 15s a £5 

 '£2 1.5s a £3 10a 

 £1 10s a £2 5s 

 IDs 6d a 143 

 .3s a 5s 



Fairdry to fine bright ... 75s a SOs 

 Common & middling soft 60s a 65s 

 Fair to fine ... 60s a 65s 



Middling to fine ... 2id a 5d 



Good, pure, & dry white 

 „ ,, pinky 



Good to fine 

 Ordinary to fine free 

 Pressed 

 Good 



Fine clean Banj & Macas- 

 Barky to fair [sar 



Common to tine clean ... 

 Good to fine clean 

 Inferior and barky 

 64's a SO's, garbled 

 85"s a 95's 

 lOO's a 125's 

 Pale reddish to pale 

 Ordinary to red 

 Chips 

 Good to fine sound 



|72s( 

 28s a :■ 



CdaSOs 



.^5s 

 .359 a 38s 

 SOs a 36s 



Is 6d a 223 

 2s 2il a 3s 8d 

 9da2s 

 6d a Is 6d 

 lid a Is 3d 

 4d a lOd 

 2s 7d a 3s 3d 

 23 5d a 2s fid 

 Is lOd a 2s 3d 

 Is 6d a Is lOd 

 Is 3d a Is 5d 

 Is a Is 2d 

 2s a 3s 6d 



Dark ordinary & middling lOd a Is 8d 



Good to fint 

 Dark, rougll i 

 Fair to fine 



middling 



Good pinky to white 

 . Fair to fine 



.'.'.' Bullets 

 Medium 

 [Seed 



Is 2d a Is 6d 

 8da Is 



16s 6da 17s 6d 

 16s fid a las 

 15s a 17s 

 12s a 14s 

 2d a 2M 

 1 ,9-16d a 2d 

 lid a Ijd 

 15s a 16s 

 14s 6d a 153 

 16s 9il a 16» 



