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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[January i, 1885. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NE"W PRODUCTS. 

 (From LEWtS & PEAT'S London Price Current, December 7th, 1882.) 



IMPORTED FKOM 



MALABAE COAST, 



COCHm, CEYLON, 



MADRAS, &c. 



BEES' WAX, White 



Yellow 



CIInCHONA BAKK— 



Crown 



CAKDAMOMS, Malabar 



Aleppee 



Madras 



Mangalore 



Ceylon 



Ists 

 2u(l'i 

 3rds 



CINNAMON 



COCOA 



China 

 Chips 

 Ceylou 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation 



„ Native 

 East Indian 



Native 

 COra HOPE, Ceylon and 

 Cochin 

 FIBKE, Brush . 

 Stuffing . 

 com YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do. 

 COLOMBO BOOT, silted . 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted . 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX vomica' 



MYKABOLANES, pale . 



Picking; 

 Oil, CINNAMON 

 CITBONELLA 

 LEMON GBASS 

 ORCHELLAWEED 

 PEPPER— 



Malabar, Black sifted 

 Alleppee & Cochin „ 

 Tellicherry, White 

 PLUMBAGO Liunp 



chips 



dust 

 RED WOOD 

 SAP.tN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chips 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 



VAKILLOES, Mauritius & 



Bourbon, l.-^ts 



2ndF 



3rds 



QUALITY. 



Slightly sottish to good 

 hard bright 

 Do. drossy & dark ditto. 



Medium to fine Quill 



Branch 



Medium to good Quill 

 Branch 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 

 Middling, stalky & lean 

 Fair to line plump clipped 

 Long, lean, to fair 

 Gooii & fine, washed, bgt 

 Middling to good... 

 Ord. to tine pale quill .. 



QUOTATIONS. 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



£6 10s a £8 

 £5 a £6 



4s a 6s per lb. 

 2s a 3s 

 2s a 3s 

 Is 6d a 23 

 •5d a 9d 

 6s a 6s 6d 

 3s 6d a 5s 6d 

 4s a 5s 

 2s 6d a 4s 6d 

 6s 6d a 7s 9d 

 2s 6d a 3s 6d 

 lid a 2s 3d 

 lOd a Is 7d 

 9d a Is 3d 

 6d a lid 



l|d a 6d 

 100s a 110s 

 70s a 90s 



Woody and hard . . . 



Fair to fine plant. . . 

 Good to iiue 

 Grey to fair 



Bold 80s a 10 



Middling to good mid. ... ^Os a 80s 



Low middling 60s a 68s 



Good ordinary 41s a 43** 



Bold 953 a 115s 



Medium to fine 82s a 943 



Good to fine ordinary ... 52s a 54s 



Mid. coarse to fine light £16 a £22 

 Ord. to fine long straight £20 a £47 lOs 



Coarse to fine £12 a £18 



Good to superior £20 a £42 



Ordinary to fair £23 a £37 lOs 



Roping fair to good ...£18 a £22 

 Middlingwormy to fine... 45s a 608 

 Fair to fine fresh... ... 503 a 55s 



Middling to fine £9 lOs a £17 



Good to fine bold 65s a 112s 



Small and medium ... 45s a 58s 

 Fair to good bold, 



Sm.all 30s a 35s 



Fair to fine bold fresh... 8s a 1.3s 

 Small ordinary and fair... 7s 3d a 83 6d 

 Good to fine picked ... 9s 6d a 10s 6d 

 Common to middling ... 83 a 9s 



Fair Coast 8s 6d 



Burnt and defective ... 6s 6d a 73 6d 

 Good to fine hea^'y ... Is a 3s 

 Bright & good flavour ... 2d a 



_ 2da 2jd 



Mid. to tine, not woody... 403 a 60s 



Fair to bold heavy 

 good ,, 



Fair to fine bright bold... 

 Small middling to good... 

 Slight 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 15s a 17s 6d 

 13s 6d a 15s 

 lis 6d a 12s 3d 



6id a ^6. 

 6d a 6Jd 

 9d a 2s 6d 

 153 a 18s 

 12s a 14s 

 8s a lls9d 



a 10s 

 £6 a £6 lOs 

 £9 a £13 

 £30 a £60 

 £16 a £23 

 9d a Is 

 3d a 5d 

 Id a 2-M 

 i8s a 20s 



Bulbs whole 

 Do split 



Fine crystalised 6 a 9iuch 

 Foxy & reddish „ ,, 

 ' Lean & ch^ to middling 



under 6 inches 

 / Low, foxy, inferior and 

 \ pickings 



203 a 29s 

 14s a 18s 



5s a 7s 



ALOES, Soccotrine and 



Hepatic. 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar 



CLOVES, Zanzibar \ 



and Pemba 

 Mother 



Good atul fine tlry ...j£6 a £10 



Common & mid, part soft [£'4 a £7 5s 

 Good to fine bright ... 90s a loOs 

 Ordinary and middling ... 75s a 8.5s 

 Good and fine brif»ht ... 7fid a 75d 

 Ordinary & middling dull 7d a 7id 

 ...Jljdaaa 



,jFair, iiaualdiy 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



^blue 



CLOVES, Stems 

 COCULUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 

 & Turkey 



green., 

 white., 

 GUM AM3IONL4.CUM— 

 drop .. 

 block.. 

 ANIMI, washed .. 



scraped... 

 ARABIC, picked... 



sorts... 

 ASSAFCETIDA ... 



KINO 



IMYTIBH, picked... 



Aden sorts 



OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings... 

 siftings ... 

 INDIA RUBBER 



SAFFLOWER, Persian 



IMPORTED FROM 



CALCUTTA AND 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists 



2nds 



3rds 

 CUTCH 

 INDIAJRUBBER Calcutta.. 



Rangoon .. 

 Madagascar 



SAFFLOWER 



TAMARINDS 



QUALITY. 



Fair, fresh 

 Fair 



Fair to fine dark 



Good 



Small to fine clean 

 dark to good 

 Picked tine pale in sorts, 

 part yellow and mixed 

 Bean & Pea size ditto 

 amber aud dark bold 

 Medium & bold sorts 

 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 line white 

 Middling to good reddish 

 JMiddling to good pa" 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 Mozamljique,faii" tofine 1 

 sausage ^ 

 „ Ball ) 

 Ordinary to good 



QUOTATIONS. 



IMPORTED FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) 



Nearly water white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brown and brownish 

 Good dark clean 

 Good to fine 

 Common foul and mixed 

 Fair to good cleau 

 Good to fine pinky &white 

 Fair to good black 

 Good to fine pinky 

 Middling to fair 

 Inferior aud pickings ... 

 Middling to fine, notstony 

 Stony and inferior 



15da2d 

 lis a 13s 



50s a 52s 



47s a 55s 



60s a 85s 

 20s a 30s 

 £18 a £21 

 £14 a £16 

 £8 a £13 

 £11 a £15 

 £7a£1010s 

 37s 6d a 45s 

 .Bs a .35s 

 303 a 373 

 65s a 90s 

 15s a 50s 

 50s a 55s 

 £7 10s a £10 

 C4 a £6 

 lOs a 48s 

 36s a 39s 

 14s a 23s 

 13s a 17s 



2s 8d a 2s lo^d 



5s a 2.5s 



3^ a 4d 

 3 3-16d a 3Jd 

 3d a 3Jd 

 20s a 328 

 2s a 2s 9d 

 lOdals lOd 

 2s 6d a 2s 8d 

 23 lid a 3s 2d 

 2s 6d a 2s 9d 

 £3 5s a £1 10s 

 £2 103 a £3 

 £1 10s a £2 5s 

 Us 6d a 14s 

 3s a 5s 



Fair dry to fine bright ... 



Ccmmon & middling soft 



Fair to fine 



, Middling to fine 



IMPORTED FROM 



CHINA, JAPAN AND THE 



EASTERN ISLANDS, 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 CUTCH, Pegue 

 GAMBIER, Cubes 



Block 



GUTTA PERCIIA, genuine 

 Suniati-a, 

 Reboiled 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Meiliimi 

 Small 



JLACE 



RHUBARB, Sun dl-ied . 



High dried . 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium . 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Penang Flake., 

 Sin,gapore ,, ., 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Good, pm-e, & dry • 



68s a 72s 



rthite 



pinky 

 Good to fine 

 Ordinai-y to fine free 

 Pressed 

 Good 



Fine clean Banj & Macas- 

 Barky to fair [sar 



Common to fine clean 

 Good to fine clean 

 Inferior and barky 

 fri's a 80's, garbled 

 So's a 9S's 

 lOO's a 125's 

 Pale reddish to pale 

 Ordinaiy to red 

 Chips 



Good to fine sound 

 Dark ordinary & middling, lOd a Is 8d 

 Good to fine . . . I Is 4d a Is 6d 



Dark, rough & middling 8d a Is 2d 



14s a 47h 

 38s a 42s 

 10s a 44s 

 id a 6d 



r 



i5s a 33s 

 lOs a 42s 6d 

 123 a 86s 

 35s fid a 2Cs 



4d a 3s 

 7d a 2s 

 6d a Is 6d 

 UdalsSd 

 4d a lOd 

 2s 6d a 3s Id 

 23 4d a 2s 6d 

 Is 9d a 2s Id 

 Is 5d a Is 9d 

 Is 3d a Is 4d 

 Is a Is 2tl 

 2s a 3s 6d 



Fair to fine 



Good pinky to white 

 Fair to fine 



Bullets 



Medium 



Seed 



16s a 17 

 15s a 16s 

 Us a 1.5s 

 12s a 14s 

 ljda2kl 

 lJdal|d 

 l|d a l|d 

 153 a 163 

 14s a 15s 

 lis 6d a 153 6d 



