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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



May ti, 1905. 



MARKE T R EPORTS. 



London,— A;. lil 11, lyO-". Messre. Keaeton, Piper i- 

 Co. ; Messrs. E. A. de Pass ife Co.; 'The West India 

 Committee Circular;' 'The Liverpool Cotton 

 A.ssociATioN Weekly Cir<;ulae,' Aiiril 7, 

 190.3; and 'The Public Ledoer,' April S, 

 190.5. 



Aloe.s — Barbados, 15/- to 45/- ; Curac^oa, 15/- to 4.5/- per cwt. 



Akkowkoot — St. Vincent, l^d. per lb. 



Balata— Slieet, 1/(5 to 1/]] ; block, 1/U U> 1/7 per ft. 



Bees'-wax— £'7 10s. to £7 12.s. 6d. per cwt. 



Cacao— Trinidad, 55/- to 60/- per cwt. ; Grenada, 52/- 



to 54, <> per cwt. 

 Carhamoms — Mysore, 72''. to 2/- per lb. 

 Coffee — Jamaica, good ordinary, 37/- to 38/- per cwt. 

 Cotton — West Indian Sea Island, medium fine, 12iti ; tine, 



13^1?. : extra fine, 15;f/. ]jer ft. 

 Fruit- 

 Bananas — 4;'G per bunch. 



Orapk Fruit — 12/- to 1.5/- per box. 



Oranoes— 8/- to 10/- per case. 



Pine-apples — St. Michael's, boxes of 8, 2/- to 3/ ; 

 boxes of 10, 1,4 to 2/3 per pine. 

 Fustic — £3 5s. to £4 per ton. 

 Ginger — Jamaica, middling to fair bright, 



connnon to good common, 33/- 

 HoNEY — 10/- to 25/6 per cwt. 

 IsiNOl.ASS — West Indian lump, '. 



per ft. 

 Kola Jvuts — 4rf. to (id. per ft. 

 Lime Juice — Raw, 9d. to 1/- per gallon; concentrated, 



£15 per cask of 108 gallons ; hand-pressed, 2/G to 



2,9 per lb. ; Distilled Oil, 1/5 t<j 1,;0 per ft. 

 Logwood— £4 to £4 15s.; roots, £3 10s. to £4 per ton. 

 IMace— Pale West Indian; 1/4 to 1/6; red, 1/2 to 1/3; 



broken, llhl. to 11 per ft. 

 Nitrate of Sod.\ — Agricultural, £11 per ton. 

 Nutmegs— OS's, Is. 2d. ; 81'.s, Ud. ; 125's, r,d. per ft. 

 Pimento- 2Jrf. to 2-^d. per ft. 

 Rum — Denierara, Is. 3(/. to Is. 4hd. per proof gallon ; 



Jamaica, 2s. per proof gallon. 

 Sugar — Yellow crystals, 20,6 to 22/- per cwt. ; Muscovadti, 



18/- to 19/- per cwt. ; Jlolasses, 14/6 to 18,6 per cwt. 

 Sulphate of Ammonia — £12 13s. 9d. per ton. 



37/- t.) 3!)/- 



to 36/- per cwt. 

 ,5 to 2/9; cake. 



\Ud. 



Montreal,— Febniary 10, 1903.— Mr. J. Russell :\Iureav. 

 (In bond quotations, c. & f.) 



Bananas — No quotations. 



Cedar — No quotations. 



Cocoa-nuts- Jamaica, $25-00 to §27-00 ; Trinidad, S21-00 



to 823-00 per M. 

 Coffee — Jamaica, medium, 9c. to 9|c. per ft. 

 Ginger — Jamaica, unbleached, 6^'c. to 7JjC. per ft. 

 MoLAscuiT— Demerara, 81-32 per 100 ft7 

 Molasses — Barbados, 28c. to 30o. ; Antigua, 23c. to 25c. per 



Imperial gallon. 

 NtTMEGs — Grenada, llO's, 19c. per ft. 

 Oranges — No quotations. 

 Pi.MEXTO — Jamaica, 5jC. to 5|c. per ft. 

 Pine- APPLES — No quotations. 

 Sugar— Grey Crystals, 96°, §3-65 to §3-75 per 100 ft. 



—Muscovados, 89', S2 -90 to §3-00 per 100 ft. 



—Molasses, 89°, $2-65 to §3-75 per 100 ft. 



— Barbados, 89°. No quotaticjns. 



New York, — .^pril 14, 1905. — Messrs. Gillespie Bros. 

 &, Co. 



Cacao— Caracas, 12c. to 13c. ; Grenada, ll^'c. to 11 ic; 



Trinidad, 12c. to 12k. per ft. 

 Cocoa-nuts— No quotations. 

 Coffee — Jamaicas, 8]c. to 8ic. per ft. (ex store). 

 GiN(;er— .lamaica, 6Ac. to 6Jc. per ft. 

 Goat Skins— Jamaicas, 58lc. to 60c. per lb. 



Grape Fruit- Jamaicas, §3-50 to §4-00 per barrel. 



Or ANISES — No quotations. 



Pimento — 4fc. per ft. 



Sugar— Centrifugals, 96°, 4{^c.; Muscovados, 89°, 4,-^5c. ; 



jMolasses, 89°, 4i\rc. per ft. 



INTER-COLONIAL 

 Me 



MARKETS. 

 SIS. Geo. W. Bennett 



Antigua,— April 19, 1905.- 

 BuYsoN ife Co., Lti>. 



Molasses — 27c. per gallon, package included. 

 Sugar — No quotations. 



Barbados,— A [iril -l-l, 1905.— Messrs. T. S. Gareaway 

 i Co., and Messrs. James A. Lynch it Co. 

 Arrowroot— St. Vincent, S3 -.50 to §3-75 per 100 ft. 

 Cacao— Dominica, §1200 to §12-50 per 100 ft. 

 Cocoa-nuts — No quotations. 

 Coffee— §10-50 to §11-75 per ICO ft. 

 H.iV— 96c. to §1-10 per 100 ft. 

 jManures— Nitrate of soda, .§62-00 ; Ohlendorti's dissolved 



guano, §60-00; Sulphate of ammonia, §75-00; Sulphate 



of potash, §07-00 per ton. 

 Molasses— 22e. per gallon. 

 (JNION.S— JIadeira. §3-0'J to §4-00 per 100 ft. 

 PoTATO-S, En(^lish— Sl-50 to §1-80 per KiO ft. (retail). 

 Rice— Ballam, §4-65 per bag (190 ft.) ; Patna, §3-25 



per 100 ft. 

 Su< : A r.— Muscovados, 89°, §2-00 ; Dark cry.stals, 96°, §2-5(J 



lier 100 ft. 



British Guiana,— April -20, 1905.— Messrs. Wieting 



A- lIlCHTER. 



Arrowroot- St. Vincent, §7-50 to §8-00 per barrel. 

 Balata — Venezuela block, 25c. ; Demerara sheet, 35c. 



per ft. 

 Cacao — Native, 1 3c. to 14c. per ft. 

 Cassava Starch — §5-25 per barrel. 

 Cocoa-nuts— §10-00 to §12 00 per M. 

 Coffee— Rio and Jamaica, Uic. per ft. (retail). 



— Creirle, 12c. to 14c. per ft. 

 Dhal-.§4-00 to §4-25 per bag of 108 ft. 

 EiiDoEs- §1-00 to §1-20 per barrel. 

 Molasses — Vacuum Pan yellow, 17c. 



(casks included). 

 Onions— Lisbon, 4ic. ; Garlic, 5|c. per ft. 

 Pea Nuts — American, 5ic. to 5Jc. per ft. (retail). 

 Plantain.s — 16c. to 32c. per bunch. 

 Potatos, English— §2-00 to §2-40 per barrel. 

 Rice— Ballam, §4-25 t.j §4-30 per 177 ft. ; Creole, §3-90 



per bag. 

 S-»veet Potatos— Barbad.js, §1-32 per bag ; §1-32 per 



barrel. 

 Tannias— §1-68 per barrel. 

 Yams— NVhite, §1-80 per basi. 

 Sugar— Dark crystals, §3-20 to §3-30; Yellow, §4-0<J to 



§4-10 ; White, §4-90 to §5-00; Molasses, §2-90 to 



§3-00 per ICO ft. (retail). 

 TiMUER — Greenheart, 32c. to 55c. per cubic foot. 

 Wallaba Shingles— §3-00, §3-75, and §5 50 per 



Trinidad,— April 20, 1905.— Me.ssrs. Gordon, 

 A Co. ; and ilessrs. Edcae Tripp & Co. 

 Cacao— Or.linary to good red, §12-00 t. 



§12-25 to §13-00 per fanega (110 



§12-50 to §13-00 per fanega 

 Cocoa-nuts— §20-00 per M., f.o.b. 



Cocoa-nut Oil— 75c. per Imperial g.allon (casks included). 

 Coffee— Venezuelan, 9c. to 9]c. per tt). 

 Copra- §2-90 to §3-05 per 100 ft. 



Onions— AVest Indian, §2-25 to §2-50 per 100 ft. (retail). 

 Potatos, English— 80c. to 86c. per 100 ft. 

 Rice— Yellow, §425 to §4-40 ; white §4-75 to §5-75 



bag 

 Sdgar- 



§3-' 



to LSc. per gallon 



M. 



Grant 



> §12-25; estates, 

 tti.) ; Venezuelan 



per 



} 



-White crystals, $4 50 ; yellow crystals, §3-50 to 

 75 : molasses sug.ars, §2-75 to §375 per 100 ft. 



