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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[June 



1 88 5. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NE^W PRODUCTS. 



(From LEWIS & PEATs Loiulon Price Cm-rent, May 10th, 1SS3.) 



IMPORTED FROM 



MALABAR COAST, 



COCHIN, CEYLON, 



MADRAS, &c. 



BEES' WAX, White 



Yellow 

 CINCHONA BARK— 



Crowu, 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



Twig 

 VEDAMOMS, Malabar 



Aleppee 

 Madras 

 Man galore 

 Ceylon 

 ■INN.4M0N Ists 



2nd! 

 3rds 



Slightly softish to good 

 I hard brijjht 

 Do. drossy & dark ditto. 



Medium to fine Quill . 

 Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Medirnn to good Quill . 

 Spoke shavings ... 

 Branch 



Clipped, bold, briglit.fine 

 Middling, stalky & lean 

 Fair to tineplnmpclipped 

 Long, lean, to fair 

 Good & fine, washed, bgt. 

 Middling to good... 

 Ord. to fine pale quill 



China 

 Chips 

 ■iCOA, Ceylon 



. I iFFEECcylonPlantation 



,, Native 

 East Indian 



Native 

 com ROPE, Ceylon and 

 Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush ... 

 Stuffing ... 

 ' VIIE YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do. 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted .. 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted .. 

 EBONY WOOD - 

 i;lSGEB, Co;hiu, Cut 



Rough 



NUXV0MIC.4." 



JIYR.A.BOLANES, pale ... 



Pickings 

 OIL, CINNAMON 

 CITRONELLA 

 LEMON GRASS 

 OBCHELLA WEED 

 I'EPPER— 



Malabar, Black sifted 

 Alleppee & Cochin „ 

 Tellicherry, White 

 PLU.MBASO, Lump 



chips 



dust 

 RED WOOD 

 S.APAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chips 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



Woody and hard ... 



Fair to fine plant... 

 Good to fine 

 Crrey to fair 



Bold. 



Middling to good mid. . 

 Low middling ... 



Smalls 



Good ordinarj' ... 



Bold...^ 



Medium to fine ... 

 Good to fine ordinary . 



Mid. coarse to fine light 

 Ord. to fine long straight 



Coarse to fine 



Good to superior 



Ordinary to fair 



Roping fair to good 

 Middlingwormy to fine... 



Fair to fine fresh 



Middling to fine 



Good to fine bold 



Small and medium 



Fair to good bold 



Small 



Fair to fine bold fresh... 

 Sm.all ordinary and fair... 

 Good to fine picked 

 Common to middling . . . 



Fair Co.ast 



Burnt and defective 

 Good to fine heavy 

 Bright & good flavour ... 



Mid. to fine, not woody... 



£6 



£5 a £6 



2s a 3s 

 Is 6d a 23 6d 

 Is 6d a 23 

 Is 9d a .3s 

 9d a Is 9d 

 Is a Is (5d 

 Ud a 6d 

 6s (5d a 73 

 3s 6d a 5s 

 Is a .5s 

 2s 6d a 4s 6d 



a 8s 

 2s 6d a 3s 6d 

 Is a 23 5d 

 lOA a 2s Id 

 9d a Is 9d 

 7d a Is Id 



1^ a (id 

 9US a 100s 

 70s a 8.55 

 95s a 105s 

 8tjs a ftos 

 Sis a 853 

 Ws a 753 

 48s 



95s a 115s 

 82s a 94s 

 603 a 62s 



£14 a £22 10s 

 £25 a £45 

 £14 a £18 

 £18 a £39 

 £18 10s a £25 

 £16 10s a £20 

 20s a 3os 

 .5.53 a 60s 

 £7 a £13 

 723 a 112s 

 4Ss a 653 

 40s a 623 

 35s a 38s 

 3s a 1.3s 

 7s 3d a 8s 6d 

 lOsa lis 

 8s 6d a 10s 

 9s 

 sa 83 

 Is a 33 6d 

 l|d a Ifd 

 ifd a ifd 

 40s a 603 



ejd a 6M 

 6^ a 6fd 

 9d a 2s Bd 

 14s a 17s 

 83 a 123 

 8s a lis 

 OS a 10s 



£5 10s a £5 15s 

 £9 a £13 

 £.10 a £60 

 £10 a £23 

 Good to fine bold green ... 9d a Is 5d 

 Fairmiddling bold ...Isdaod 

 Common dark and small,' Id a 2|d 

 Finger fair to fine bold 20s a 24s 

 iMtxed middling [brightilSs a 20s 



jBulbs whole Ills a 163 



Do split 13s6dal43 6d 



Fair to bold he.avy 

 ,, good ,, 



Fair to fine bright bold... 

 Small middling" to good... 

 Slii^ht foul to fine tiright 

 Ordinary to fine bright ... 

 Fair and fine bold 

 Mid tling coated to good 

 Fau* to good flavor 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VANILLOES, Mauritius & 



Bourbon, Ists 'Fine crystalised 6 a 9iuch'2.5s a 3i3s 

 2nds Foxy & reddish ,, ,, jl.5s a 20s 

 f Lenn & dry to middliugj 



under 6 inches ... lOsalos 



3rds 



4th 



f Low, foxy, inferior and 

 L pickings 



. 5s a 10s 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOJIBAY 

 AND ZANZinAE. 



ALOES, Soccotrine and jGood and ftiiedry 



Hepatic. .'Common & raid, part soft 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar ...'Good to fine bright 



Ordinary and middling ... 



CLOVES, Zanzibar 1 Good and fine bright ... 



and Pemba / Ordinary & middUngdull; 



£5 a £3 

 64 a £7 

 4.5s a 55s 

 304 a 40s 

 73d a 75d 

 7d a 7id 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



^blue 



CLOVES, Mother ■ . 



Stems. 



COCULUS LNDICUS 



GALLS, Bn&sorah 1 



& Turkey / 



green... 

 white... 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 

 drop .. 

 blqtk.. 

 ANDII, washed .. 



scraped.. 

 ARABIC, picked .. 



sorts.. 

 ASSAFCETIDA .. 



Fair, usual dry 

 Fair, fresh 

 F.air 



Fair to^e dark 



Good . ■ 



KINO 



MYRRH, picked.. 



Aden sort; 



OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings. 

 sifting3 . 



INDIA RUBBER 



S-IFFLOWER, Persian 



QUALITY. 



QU0TATI6NS 



3d a 4d 

 2da2id 

 IDs 9d a 12s 



Small to ffn^ clean 

 dark to good 

 Picked fine pale in sorts, 

 part yellow and mixed 

 Bean & Pea size ditto 

 amber and dark bold 

 Medium & bold sorts- 

 Pale bold cle<au 

 Y'dlowish 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 good white 

 Middling to good reddish 

 Middling to good pale ... 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 Mozambique, fairtofine \ 

 sausage / 



„ Ball... 

 Ordinary to good 



IMPORTED FROM 



CALCUTTA AND 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists 



2nds 



3rds 

 CUTCH 

 INDIAEUBBER Calcutta, 



Rangoon 



SAFFLOWES 



12s a 503 

 45s a 50s 



50s a 603 

 20s a 30s 

 £17 a £20 

 £14 a £16 

 £8 a £12 

 £11 a £15 

 £6 a £9 

 3ds a 42si6d 

 30s a .333 

 .32s a 38s 

 B5s a 903 

 2.5s a 50s 

 40s a 45s 

 £6 a £9 

 £4 a £6 

 40s a 48s 6d 

 36s a 383 

 14s a 223 6a 

 12s a 163 



2s 9d a 23 lid 



2s8da2s lOd 

 5s u 2.53 



TAMARINDS 



Nearly water white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brown and brownish 

 Good dark clean 

 Good fo fine 



Common foul and mixed 

 Fair to good clean 

 Madagascar Good to fine pinky &whitc 

 Fair to good black '... 

 Good to fine pinky 

 Middling to fair 

 Inferior and pickings ... 

 Middling to fine, not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



IMPORTED FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) 



IMPORTED FROM 



CHINA. J.\P AN AND THE 



EASTERN ISLANDS. 



Fair dry to fine bright ... .52s a 54s 6d 

 Common & middling soft 42s a 50s 

 Fairto fine ... '55s a 703 



Middling to fine ... Sd a Od 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 CUTCH, Pegue 

 GAMBIER, Cubes 



Block 



GUTTA PERCHA, genuine] 

 Sumatra... 

 Reboiled... 

 White Borneo 



NUT.MEGS, large 



Medium ...[ 



Small 

 M.iCE 



RHUBARB, Snu dried ... 



High dried ,,. 



S.iGO, Pearl, large 



medium ... 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Penang Flake... 

 Singapore „ ... 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



4d a t'd 

 3|d a 3|d 

 3d a .3id 

 20s a .32s 

 2s 9d a 2s lid 

 6da 23 

 2s ed a 2s lid 

 23 lid a 3s 



4d a 23 7d 

 £3 .is a £t l'.l3 

 £2 10s a £3 

 £1 IDs a £2 5s 

 Us 6d a 14s 

 33 a 5s 



Good, pure, & dry white 

 „ ,, pinky 



Good to fine 

 Ordinary to fine free 

 Pressed 

 Good 



Fine clean Banj & Maeas- 

 BarKy to fair [sar 



Common to fine clean 

 Good to fine clean 

 Inferior and barky 

 6i's a 80's, garbled 

 85"s a 95's 

 ,100's a 123'3 

 Tale reddish to pale 

 jOrdinary to red 

 Chips 

 iGood to fine sound 



> 65s a 70s 



253 a 31s 

 40s a 423 6d 

 323 a 353 

 is a 27s 

 23 4d a 33 

 7da2s 

 6d a Is Gd 

 lid a 13 3.1 

 4d a lOd 

 2s lOia .SirTd 

 25 8dRte3 91 

 23 2d a 33 7a 

 is 8d a 23 " 

 Is .5d a Is 7a 

 Is a Is 2'1 

 ,2s 6d a 4s 



Dark ordinary & middling lOd a Is 8d 



Good lo fine 



Dark, rough & middling 



Fair to fine 



Good pinky to white 

 Fair to fine 



Bullets 



Mciliiun 



Seed 



Us 4d a l3 6d 

 8d a Is 2d 

 lis nd a 16s 

 l.ls6d al5s6d 

 14s a 153 

 125 a Ms 

 I.!d a 2d 

 Ijjdaljd 

 U'l a VA 

 15s a 163 

 143 6d a ISs 

 Us 3d a 15s 



