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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[July i, 1S84. 



MARKET RATKS FOR OLD AND NTEW PRODUCTS. 

 {From Lewis <£■ Peat's London Price Cm-rent, Jane 5th, 1884.) 



IMPORTED FROM, 



MALABAR COAST, 



COCHIN, CEYLON, 



MADRAS, &c. 



QUALITY. 



BEES' WAX, White 



Yellow 

 CINCHONA BARK— 



Crown 



Red 



Twig 

 CARDAMOMS, Malabar 



Aleppee 

 Tellicherry 



Mangalore 

 Ceylon 



lsts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



CINNAMON 



China Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEECeylon Plantation 



Native 

 East Indian 



Native 

 COIR 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 !! 



MYRABOLANES, pale .. 



/ Slightly softish to good 

 \ hard* bright 

 Do. drossy & dark ditto.. 



Medium to fine Quill 



Spoke Bhavings ... 



Branch 



Medium to good Quill 



Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Clipped, hold, bright, fine 



Middling, stalky & lean 



Fair to nneplumpclipped 



Good to fine 



Brownish 



Good & line, washed, bgt 



Middling to good 



Ord. to Hue pale quill .. 



Woody and hard ... 

 Fair to fine plant... 

 Medium to bold ... 

 Triage to ordinary 



Bold 



Middling to good mid. 

 Low middling ... 



Smalls 



Good ordinary ... 



Bold 



Medium to fine ... 



Small 



Good to fine ordinary 



QUOTATIONS. 



£7 a £b 10s 

 £5 10s a £6 



Pickings 



OIL, CINNAMON 

 ( ITKONELLE 

 LEMON" GRASS 

 ORCHELLA WEED 

 PEPPER— 



Malabar, Black sifted 

 Alleppee & Cochin , 

 Tellicherry, White 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



chips 



dust 

 RED WOOD 

 SAP AN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chips 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



Mid.coarsetofinestraighl 



Ord. to fine long straight 

 Coarse to fine 

 Ordinary to superior 

 Ordinary to fine ... 

 Roping fair togood 

 Middlingwormy to fine 

 Fail- to fine fresh... 

 Middling to tine ... 

 Good to fine bold... 

 Small and medium 

 Fair to good bold... 



Small 



Fair to fine bold fresh... 

 Small ordinaryand fair.. 

 Good to fine picked 

 Common to middling .. 



Fair Coast... 



Burnt and defective 

 Good to fine heavy 

 Bright & good flavour .. 



Mid. to fine, not woody.. 



Fair to bold heavy 

 good „ 



Fair to fine bright bold... 

 middling to good small.. 

 Slight foul to fine bright 

 ' Ordinary to fine bright ... 

 Fair and fine bold 

 Middling coated togood 

 Fair to good flavor 



IsSd a 3s 3d 

 9d a :t- 6d 

 3d a 8d 



C.l a 33 



5d .1 2s s.l 

 3d a till 

 id a 8d 

 :>- fi ( ! a li- 

 -'- 6d :i I- 

 3s 6d a -1- fid 

 5s 6d a 6s 

 lis 6d a 5s 

 6s a Ts 3d 

 Is a 2s 

 9d a 2s 2d 



a Is 10d 

 7{d a Is «d 

 6da Is 3d 



".d a (id 



'6s a 81s 

 |60s a 70s 

 81s 6d a 96s 

 62s a 70s 

 57s 6d a 01- M 



48s a 5s:. 

 ••17- a -17- 

 72s n 92s Gd 

 58s a 68s . 

 50s a 56s 

 55s nom. 



£12 a £25 

 619 a 645 



£15 a £19 

 £19 a £-10 

 t20 a £ 15 

 £15 a £22 10s 

 1 1- a ::ik 

 52s a 55s 

 67 a £8 



55s a 58s 

 45s a 55s 



10s .'i 4 Is 

 Si a 12s 



"s a 8- 



10- lid :i 12- I'-l 



10s a in- 3d 

 9s 9d a 10s 3d 

 9s a 9s lid 

 1- 3d a 3s 

 1 9-16.1 



_d 

 ■15s a 50s 



7d a 7 T d 

 i! a 7 Id 

 9d a 2s 6d 

 lis a 16s 

 !- a in, 

 4s a 10s 

 :;- a 7- 3d 

 £6 a £6 5s 

 £6 a £11 

 £20 a £35 

 £10 a £16 

 9d a Is 3d 



.11 ;i I' 1 . 1 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 



VANILLOES, Mauritius & 



Bourbon, lsts 



2nd- 



3rds 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY' 

 ANLi ZANZIBAR. 



Good to fine bold green . 

 Fairniiddling bold 

 Common dark and snialbld a 2d 

 Finger fair to fine bold|22s B 23s 

 Mixed middling [bright 18s a 21s ' 



Bulbs whole 18s a 19s 



Do split lis a 12s 



Fine crystalised »', -, gfcicb 



Foxy & reddish ., 



J Lean & dry to middling 



1 under 6 inches 



j Low, foxy, inferior and 



\ pickings |4s 6d a 8s 



ALOES, Soreotrihe and 

 Hepatic 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar 



CXOVES, Zanzibar 

 and Pemba 



i l"v l'7 :, CM 



ion -V mid,"pnrt soft 64 a i 7 



... ti. "I in tine bright ..J568 : 60s 



(Ordinary and middling ...48s a 54s 



} 'Good and fine bright ...I51du5""d 

 Ordinurv & middling did 15d a 5£d 



T3A3 FLOWER 



TAMAR1XUS 



Common foul and mixed otl a ]s ;id 

 Rangoon ... Fair to good clean ... Is 7,1 a Is lOd 



Madagascar Good to line pinky &white Is lid a 2s 2d 

 Fair togood bhuk ... Is 5d a Is 7d 



Good to tine pinky ... £4 10s a £5 



Middling to lair ... £3 5sa £4 2s 6d 



Inferior and pickings ... £1 a £1 10-s 

 M. to line black notstony 8s a 12s 

 Stony and inferior ... 3a a Gs 



IMPORTED FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROAVROOT (Natal) 



IMPORTED FROM 



( H ! N A , JAPAN AND THE 



EASTERN ISLANDS. 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 CUTCH, 1'. ■.:■ 

 GAMBLER, Cubea 



Block 

 GUTTA PERCHA, genuine 

 Sumatra 

 Recoiled 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 



Small 

 MACE 



Fairdry tn fine hright ...46s a 48s 

 Cfcmmorj & middling soft 35s a 45a 

 Fair to tine ... 50s a 60s 



Middling to fine ... 4d a 8d 



RHUBARB, Sun dried . 



High dried . 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium 

 -mall 

 riou? 

 T.\ PTOCA, Pi 1 tnp I li ke, 

 Singapore 



Pearl ,, 



Good, pure, & dry white 1 - ,_ 

 „ pink } 53,a6Ts 



Good to fine ...25s a 30s 



Ordinary to fine free ... 45s a 47s 6d 

 Pressed ... 36s a 40s 



Good ... 26s lid 



Fine clean Eauj & Macas- 2s 4.1 a 3s 3d 

 Barky to fair [sar 7d a 2s .'1.1 



Common to tine clean ... 6d a Is 6d 

 Good to fine clean ... lid a 1- 39 



Inferior and barky ... 4d a lOd 

 63's a 80's, garbled ... 2s 4d a lis 4d 

 85's a 95's ... 2s Id a 2s 3d 



100'sal25's ... Is Cd a Is lid 



Pole reddish to pale ... Is 5d a is (id 

 Ordinary to red ... Is 2d a Is 3d 



(Chips ...Is a Is 2d 



Good to fine sound ... 2s lOd a 3s 6d 

 Dark ordinary & middling' Is a 2s 6d 

 Good to fine ...Us 6d a Is 9d 



Dark, rough & middling 8d a Is 3d 



Fair to line 



Good pinky to u bite 



I :i ii to tine 



Bullets 



iMeditim 



tseed 



. 13s lid a 14s 6d 

 ... 12s 'id a 14s 

 lis a lis lid 



'- a lis 

 ... 1 1.1 a 2.1 

 ... 1,'da ll& 

 ... l J ,.l a l|d 

 „. 12s a 13s 6d 

 „, 12s a 14s 

 „,llls6dal29 Od 



