i68 



THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 



[August i, 1884 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis <£• Peat's London Price Current, July 3rd, 188-i.) 



IMPORTED FROM 



MALABAR COAST, 



COCHIN. CEXLON, 



MADRAS, &' • 



QUALITY. 



„ , ' _., .. ( Slightly softish to good 



BEES' WAX, White ... -> jf^Ark-ht 6 ... 



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



CINCHONA BARK-Crowu [Renewed 



Medium to tine Quill ... 



Red 



„ Twig 



CARDAMOMS, Malabar 



& a £8 10s 

 £5 His a £6 

 is ft! a ts 

 Is Bit a 3s fid 

 9d a 3s 6cl 

 3d a 8d 

 6d a 4s fid 

 3d a 2s 8d 

 3d a fid 

 ... 2da 8d 

 Clipped, bold, bright,nne 5a fid a 6s 



Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Medium to good Quill .. 



Spoke shavings 



Branch 



QUOTATIONS. 



, lUiimunr v uppt-u, win, i-'ii^jil, uin ua uu a, vo 



and Ceylon Middling, stalky & lean 2s 6d a 4a 



Aleppee Fair to fine plump clipp< 

 Tellicherry Good to fine 

 Brownish 



D11JWU1SU ... OS UU it- '-'-> 



Mangalore Good & line, washed, bgt. 6s a 7s 3d 



i i . 1.... "\fti .1.11! ■■ it tn irnrtA 1. , -X 



CINNAMON 



Ceylon 



lsts 

 2nds 



Middling to good... 

 Ord. to tine pale quill 



3rds 



China Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 

 C OFFEE Ceylon Plantatio 



, , Native 

 East Indian 



Native 

 COIR ROPE, Ceylon and 

 Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush ... 

 Stuffing ... 

 COIR YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do. 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted ... 

 CKOTON SEEDS, lifted ... 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 

 NTJX VOMICA 



MYTtABOLANES, pale ... 



Woody and hard ... 

 Fair to line plant... 

 Medium to bold ... 

 Triage to ordinary 

 n Good colory to bold 

 Middling to good mid. . 

 Low middling ... 



Smalls 



Good ordinary ... 



Bold 



Medium to fine ... 



Small 



Good to fine ordinary . 



Pickings 

 OIL, CINNAMON 

 CTTRONELLE 

 LEMON GRASS 

 ORCHELLA WEED 

 PEPPER— 



Malabar, Black sifted 

 Alleppee .V Cochin . 

 Tellicherry, White 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



chips 



dust 

 RED Wool) 

 SAP AN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chips 

 SENNA, Tiunevclli 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VANILLOES, Mauritius & 



Bourbon, lsts Fine crystahsed fi a Pinch 

 2ndE Foxy & reddish 5a8 ,, 

 J Lean & dry to middling 

 15 \ under 6 inches 



J Low, foxy, inferior and 

 \ pickings 



1th 



id 3a 6 I a Is fid 



5s 6d a OS 



3s 6d a 5s 



Mid. coarse to finestraight 

 Ord. to tine long straight 



Coarse to fine 



Ordinary to superior 



Ordinary to fine 



Roping fair to good 

 Middling wormy to fine... 



Fair to tine fresh 



Middling to fine 



Good to fine bold 



Small and medium 



Fair to good bold 



Small 



Fair to fine bold fresh .. 

 Small ordinary and 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 tine bright 

 Ordinary to fine bright .. 

 Fair and tine bold 

 Middling coated to good 

 Fair to good flavor 



la .i 2s 

 9d a 2s 2d 

 8Jd a Is lOd 

 7|d a Is fid 

 fid a Is 3d 

 2\d a fid 

 Sis a 83s 

 fifis a 76s 6d 

 76s a 99s 6d 

 G3s a 73s 

 57s a 62s 

 50s a 56s 

 37s a 47s noru. 

 85s a 104s 

 57s a 72s 

 48s a 56s 

 55s nom. 



£12 a £25 

 £19 a £45 

 £15 a £19 

 £19 a £40 

 £20 a £45 

 £15 a £23 10s 

 14s a 30s 

 52s a 55s 



a £3 

 04s a 100s 

 52s a 60s 

 47s a 54s 

 43s a 4fis 

 8s a 12s 

 7s a 8s 



10s 6d a 12s 6d 

 10s a 10s 3d 

 9s9da 10s 3d 



Is 3d a 3s fid 



ljd 



l§d 



35s a 50s 



7d a 7 id 

 7da 7Jd 

 Od a 2s fid 

 11. a lCs 

 4s a 10s 

 4s a 10s 

 3s a 7s 3d 

 {■a a £6 5s 

 £5 10s a £6 

 £20 a £35 

 £10 a £16 

 9d a Is 3d 

 3d a fi.'.d 

 Id a 2d 



Good to tine bold green ... 

 Fair middling bold 

 Common dark and small ivl 

 Finger fair to fine bold 22s a 24s 

 Mixed middliug [bright 18s a 21s 



Bulbs whole 18s a 21s 



Do split lis a 13s 



IMPORTED FROM 



BOMBAY 



AND ZANZIBAR. 



£5 ' 1 



ALOFS, Soceotrine and Good and fine dry 

 Hepatic... Common and good 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar ...;Good to fine bright 



Ordinary and middling. . 

 (JjOVIS, Zanzibar 1 Good and fine bright 



' andPemha f jOrdinary & middling 



dull5< 



23s .i 30s 

 16a a 20s fid 



10s a 14s fid 



4s 6d a 8s 



.17 a £9 

 70s a £6 

 55s a 60s 

 48s a 54s 

 54daSH 

 5da6£d 



IMPORTED FROM 

 BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



CLOVES, Mother 



,, Stems.. 



COCULUS LNDICUS 

 GAXLS.Bussomh ^ 



green., 

 white.. 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 

 drop .. 

 block.. 

 ANIMI, washed .. 



scraped.. 

 ARABIC, picked .. 



sorts.. 

 ASSAEaSTLDA .. 



KINO 



MYRRH, picked.. 



Aden sorts 



OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings, 

 sittings . 

 INTJIARUBBER Mozambi 



Fair, usual dry 

 , fresh 



Fair to fine dark 



Good 



2d a4d 

 Ida ll-16d 

 8s 6d 



53s a fiOs 



48s a 52s 

 13s a 48s 



ins a 45s 

 20s a 35s 



Small to fine clean 

 dark to good 



Picked t.ue pale in sorts, £ls a £22 

 part yellow and mixed £13 a £15 

 Bean & Peasize ditto ... £6 a £1.0 

 amber and dart bold ... £10 a £14 

 Medium & bold sorts ... £5 a £9 

 Pale bold clean ... j a 77s 6d 



Y.llowish and mixed ... 60s a G5s 

 Fair to tine ...62s6da66s 



Clean fair to fine ... 37s a 45s 



Slightly stony and foul ... 25s a 35s 

 Fairtotiue bright ... S3S a 35s 



Fair to fine pale ...|£G a £9 



Middling to good ...l£4 5s a £5 5s 



Fair to good white ...;35s a 38s 6d 

 Middling to good reddish32s a 34s 

 Middling to good pale ... 12s a 16s 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 que,f air to fine sausage, 



SAFFLOWER, Persian 



IMPORTED FROM 



CALCUTTA AND 



CAI'E OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OH, lsts 

 I'll. Is 

 3rds 



FNDIARUBBER Assam 



Rangoon 



Madagascar 



SAFFLOWER 

 TAMARINDS 



IMP< IRTED FROM 

 CAI !' oF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 



ARROWROOT (Natal) 



IMPORTED FROM 



CH IN A . JAPAN AND THE 



EASTERN ISLANDS. 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 CUTCH, r. rue 

 GAMBLER, Cubes 



Block 



GUTTA PERCH A, genuine 

 Sumatra. 

 Reboiled. 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 

 Small 



MACE 



RHUBARB, Sun dried .. 



High dried .. 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium 

 small 

 Flour 

 T U'lOCA, Peuaug Flake.. 

 Singapore 

 Flour 

 Pearl .. 



unripe root 



liver 



Ordinary to good 



Ball. 



. 10s a 14s 6d 

 . Is 7d a Is lOd 

 .Is6dals9d 

 . Is a Is Id 

 . Is a Is 3d . 

 . i 6sa20s 



Nearly water white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brown and brownish 

 Good to tine 

 Common foul and mixed 

 Fair to good clean 

 Good to hue pinky & white 

 Fair to good black 

 Good to tine pinky 

 Middling to fail- 

 Inferior and pickings .. 

 M. tofine black notstony 

 Stony and inferior 



3J.1 a 3jd 

 3d a 313 



i2|d a 2Jd 

 lsDda lslOd 

 Sd a Is 3d 

 Is 7d a Is lOd 

 Is ll'.l a Is 11(1 

 Is 4d a Is Od 

 £4 lus a £5 

 £3 5s a £4 2s fid 

 £1 a f 1 10s 

 8s a 12s 

 3s a 6s 



Fair dry tofine bright 

 Ccmmon & middling soft 

 Fairto line 

 Middling to fine 



Good, pure, & dry white 

 ,, ,, pink 



Good to fine 

 Ordinary to fine free 

 Pressed 

 Good 



line clean Banj&MaCaS; 

 Barky to fair ' [sar 



Common to fine clean 

 Good to fine clean 

 Inferior and barky 

 63's a 80's, garbled 

 S5's a 95's 

 lini' .i 125's 

 Pale reddish to pale 

 Ordinary to red 

 Chips 



Good to fine sound 



llurk ordinary &tniddling i 



Good to line 



Dark, rough & middling 



Fair tofine 



Us a in- 

 35s a 43s 

 45s a 55s 

 lil a 8d 



Good pinky to while 

 Fair to fine 



Bullets 



■tedium 



. 50s a 53s 



45s a 17s fid 

 3fis a 40s 



23a "I i 24s 

 2s 4d a 3s 3d 



d a 2s 3d 

 6d a Is 6d 

 lid a Is 3d 

 4d a lOd 

 2s 4d a 3s 4d 

 2s Id a 2s 3d 

 Is 6.1 a is lid 

 Is 5d a Is iii' 

 Is 2d a Is 3d 

 Is a Is 2d 

 ■Js s,l a 3s 4d 

 Is a 2s 6d 

 Is 6.1 a Is 9d 

 7d a Is 3d 

 1 Is M a 15s Gd 

 12s fid a 14s 



lis a 12s 

 Hs a lis 

 da 2d 

 l4da lM 

 lid a ljd 

 lis (id a 12s i 

 Ils6dal3s 



lit 1. Ji3 



