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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, [September t, 1SS4. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



{From Lewis <£• Peat's London Price Current, July 31st, 1SS4.) 



IMPORTED FROM 



MALABAR COAST, 



COCHIN, CEYLON, 



MADRAS, &e. 



QUALITY. 



I 



BEES' WAX, White ... -{ ffl ^ r ^rfrt '° B °?. 

 Yellow ... Do. drossy & dark ditto.. 



CINCHONA BARK-Croxvu Renewed 



Medium to fine Quill .. 



Red 



Spoke shavings 



Branch 



Medium to good Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 

 Branch 



Twi 

 CARDAMOMS. Malabar Clipped, bold, bright.fine 

 ami Ceylon Middling, stalky & lean 

 Aleppee Fair to rmeplumpclipped 

 Tellieherry Good to fiue 

 Brownish 

 Mangalore Good & line, washed, bgt 



Long Ceylon Middling to good 



1st* i ird. to line pale quill .., 

 2nds „ ,, ,, „ ... 

 3rds ,, „ „ „ 



China Chips •••Woody and hard 



Fair to tine plant 



CINNAMON 



COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEE Ceylon Plantation 



,, Native 

 East Indian 



Medium to bold 

 Triage to ordinary 

 Good eolory to bold 

 Middling to good mid. ... 



Low middling 



Smalls ... ' 



Good ordinary 



Bold 



Medium to line 



Small 



Good to fine ordinary ... 



QUOTATIONS. 



Native 

 COIR ROPE, Ceylon and 



Cochin Mid.coarsi to finestraight 

 FIBRE, Brush ... ( ml. to line Ions straight 

 i ioarse to line 

 I (i din try to superior 

 Ordinary to tine 



£7 a £8 UK 

 £5 10s a £6 

 Is 6d a Is 



Is8da3s «d 

 fld a 3s 6d 

 3d 8 8d 

 6d a 4s 6d 



3d .i 6d 

 2d a 8d 

 5s od a 5s 9d 

 % 6d a Is 

 3s Oil a Is 6d 

 •is Od a 5s lOd 

 3s 6d a 5s 

 Gs a 7s 

 Is a 2s 

 S)d a 2s 3d 

 8|d a Is lOd 

 7'.i a la 6d 

 Sd a Is 3d 

 2Jd a 6d 

 71s a 77s 6d 

 60s a 70s 

 7;is a ii.ss 

 60s a 70s 

 ■"■Gs a 59s 

 50s a 57s 

 37s a 47s nom. 



His a 93s 



58s a 70s 

 18s a Ms 

 Sosuom. 



Stuffing . 

 COIR YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do. 



COLOMBO ROOT. -ifted . 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted . 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



, Rough 



NUX VOMICA 



MYRABOLAN'ES, pale . 



Pickings 



OIL, CINNAMON 

 CITRONELLE 

 LEMON UK ISS 

 ORCHELLA WEED 

 PEPPER— 



Malabar, Black sifted 

 Alleppee .V Coi bin ,, 

 Tellichorry, White ...| 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



< Ibips 

 Dust 

 RED WOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, 1" is 



Do. < ln| s 

 SENNA. Tiinievclh 



Roping fair to good 

 Middhngwormy to fine. 

 Fair to fine fresh... 

 Middling to tiin* ... 



G I to tine bold... 



Small and medium 

 |Fair to good bold... 



Small ' 



jFair to fine bold fresh 

 Small ordinary and fair 

 Good to fine picked 

 Common to middling 



(Fair Coast 



Rural and defective 



Good to fine 1 vy 



Bright & good flavour 



Mid. to fine, not woody 



Fair to bold heavy 

 od „ 



Fair to lien brighl bold .. 

 Middling In gnoil small... 



Slight foul in inn- bright 

 < irdinary to linn bright ... 

 Fair and linn bold 

 Middling coated to good 



Ian- to , I IllVVOr 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do 



lin. 



I',., Inn 



VANILI.i >!■:... Mauritius & 



Bourbon, lsts 



2nd! 



Srds 

 4 tli 



£10 a £23 

 £18 a £-13 

 £14 a £19 

 tls a tin 

 B19a I i ; 

 £14 a £22 

 14s a 30s 

 52s a 55s 



..|£7a£3 



J65s a 100s 

 a lils 



17s , B8s 



42s a Ins 



ssa 12s 



;- a ss 



III, lid a 128 

 in, a 10s 3d 

 •Js'1.1 a 10,3d 



'.'- a :i- I'nl 

 Is :M a 3s tiii 



Lid 

 l|d 







■ 



I I a 7 [d 

 '.1,1 a '2s (id 

 lis a lGs 

 Is a His 

 |, a ins 

 3s a 7, :iil 



tn a £6 5s 



cs 10 ■ i ' 



£20 a £35 



Cilia £10 

 n.l a Is 

 3d a i'"l 

 lal a '2.1 



Gil 



1 1' ■■ ■ bold green 



I an middling bold 

 Common dark ami ana 1 



I LIT lii Inn' I Old 2 a ' ■ 



Mm,, I middling [brighl II s a 21s 

 ■an., whole la 2] . 



I' ' plit , 12a all' 



I i '.hi.!'., Dim i, i ." 



: i, ', , I i '... ' • 



I 1,.' ,u ,V .1. \ i.i mi I Mm 



| in,.', i, in i i. , I I 1 



i.i 



I j.ii kings 1 "1 ' 



IMPOB I i i' I la' M 



BOMBAY 



AND ZANZIBAR. 



ALOFs, Soc 



Hepatic 

 CHILLIES. Zanzibar 



CLOVES, Zanzibar 



and 1 1 uu. .. 



}.: 



'.' inn, dry 

 "si 

 i null in line bright 

 Ordinary and middling.. 



7l's a £6 



>4Ss a 51s 



Ordinary & middling dull 1.5 1 i B f>Jd 



IMPORTED FROM 

 BOMBAY 



AND ZANZIBAR. 



/ 



CLOVES, Mother 



Stems., 

 COCULTJS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah I , , 



& Turkey | blue 

 green. 



Willi i' 



GUM AMMONIAC CM - 

 drop . 

 block. 

 ANDII, washed 



scraped.. 

 ARABIC, picked .. 



sorts.. 

 ASSAFCETIDA .. 



KINO 



MYRRH, picked.. 



Allen sort. 



OLLBANUM, droi 



pickings... 



sittings ... 

 INDIARUBBER Mo/ambi 



SAFFLOWER, Persian 



QUALITY. 



Fair, usual dry 

 ,, fresh 



Fair to tine dark 

 Good 



QUOTATIONS. 



•2d a Id 

 bl a l>d 

 8s a 8s Gd 



J 53s a 60s 



... 18s a 52s 

 ... 13s a 18s 



Small to fine clean 



dark to good 



Picked linn pale in sorts, 



part yellow and mixnil 



Bean & Pea size ditto .. 



amber and dark buhl 

 Medium & bold sorts 

 Pale bold clean 

 Yellowish and mixed ... 

 Fair to hue 

 Clan 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 f out to ti 1 1 e 

 ijiii'.fair tofine sausage, 

 „ Ball 

 unripe root 

 liver 

 Ordiuary to good 



IMPORTED FROM 

 CALCUTTA AND 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR l HL, lets 



■_||nls 



3rds 

 INDIARUBBER Assam 



Rangoon 



40, a 4-as 

 20s a 35s 



IH a £22 



'. :.; a IK, 



til a fill 



C10 a £14 

 £5 a £9 



70- a 77, Gil 



Gil, ;, 658 



62s Gil a 75s 

 37s a 15S 

 25s a Mas 



33s a :;.■', 

 £6 a £U 

 LI 5s a £5 5s 

 34s a 37s 

 30s a 33s 

 I2sa 10s 

 In, a Us Gil 

 1- hi a 1- Bd 

 I- I'ia Is Gil 

 IH'.'I a Is (lid 

 led a Is 2d 

 ■ '- a 20S 



SAFFLOWER 



TAMARINDS 



Nearly water while ... 3jjd a 3j$d 



1'airanil good pal-' ... 3d a 3,'al 



Brown ami brownish ... Sfd a 2gd 

 Good to line ... IS 3d a Is gfl 



Common foul and mixed 5d a Is Id 

 Fair to good clean ... Is ail a Is 5d 



Madagascar Goodto fine pinky &white la 8d a Is 9|d 



Fair to good black ...Is 2a. la Is hi 



Good to fine pinky ... £4 i0sa£5 

 Middling lo fair ... £3 5s a £t 2s 6.1 



Inferiorand pickings ... £1 a £1 10s 

 M. tofine black notstony Ssa 12s 

 Stony and inferior ... 3s a Gs 



IMPORTED FROM 

 CAPE i'K GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT (Natal; 



IMPOR H I FROM 



CHINA..! IPANANDTHE 



EASTERN ISLANDS. 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 CUTCH, Pegue 



GAMBIER, Cubes 



Block 

 GUTTA PERCH I, genuine 

 Sumatra.. 



Relioileil.. 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 



Small 

 MACE 



RHUBARB, sun dried .. 



High dried .. 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium .. 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, PenangTIake.., 

 Singapore 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Fnirdry In fine bright ... 42 i 1G 

 Common & middling soft 31s a 10a 



Fair to fine 

 Middling lo line 



In, a 503 



, bl a .S3 



Good, pure, & dry white 1- .. -j 

 pink 



Good In line .. 238 a 28a 



i irdinary in fine free .. 38s a 40s 



la 1 • ... 30sn 35s 



(1 1 ... 22, n.l a 23s lid 



Fine clean Banj&Macas-2s Ida 3,3d 

 Barky to fair Ma 2s 33 



in ti dean ... Gd a Is Gd 



Good to fine clean ,., Ud a 1, 3d 



[nferior and barky ... id a 103 



Gil's a sir's, garbled ... 2s 5d a .is Id 



s.-.-s a 95'S ... '2, 13 a 2s I.I 



100'S a 1'25's ... 1, Gl a I, Ud 



'ale reddish to pale ... Is I.I a Is ''"I 



Irdinary lo red ... Is 23 a Is 33 



'hips ' ... 1- i Istil 



.> line sound ... '2, s.l a :a 



lark ordinary & middling is a 2s 6d 



in.i.l 1.. fine ... IS 5d " I , s,l 



Dark, rough & middling ,73 a ls3d 



■ lam ... 1 1 a 15a 



... 12s Bd a 12s nil 



... li's 9d a 1 Is 



s, a lis 



I ,1a' ■' 



ljd a 1 3 

 Bullets ... 12s a 13, Gd 



Medium ... 12s (3d a Ms, 



Usalfe 



(I., .I i inky lo white 

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