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fHt TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[October i, 1884. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NKW PRODUCTS. 

 {From Lewis & Peat's London Price Current, August 28th, 1884.) 



YROM MALABAR 



CO VST, COCHIN, 



CEYLON, MADRAS, &C. 



QUALITY. 



f Slightly softish to good 

 1 hard bright 



BEES' WAX, White 



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



CINCHONA BARK— Own Renewed 



Medium to tine Quill ... 



Red 



Twig 

 CARDAMOMS, Malabar 



and Ceylon 

 Aleppee 

 Tellicherry 



CINNAMON 



Mangalore 

 L ng Ceylon 



lata 



2nd> 

 3rd* 



Spoke shavings 



Branch 



1 tedium to goqd Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 

 Branch 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 



Middling, stalky & lean 



Fair to one plump clipped 



Good to fine 



Brownish 



(•rood & fine, washed, bgt. 



Middling to good 



Ord. to tine pale quill 



Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEE Ceylon Plantation 



lt Native 



East Indian 



Native 

 COIRROPE,Ceylon&Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush ... 



Stuffing ... 

 C(HR YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 



Do. 

 COLOMBO ROoT.-ifled ... 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted ... 

 EBON'S WOOD 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA 



MYRABOLANES, pair 



Pickings 

 OIL, CINNAMON 

 CITRONELLE 

 LEMON GRASS 

 ORCHKLLA WEED 

 PEPPER.Malabarblk.siited 

 Alleppee & Cochin ,, 

 Tellicharry, White ... 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



Chips 



Dust 

 REDWOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs ... 

 Do. chips ... 

 SENNA, Tinuevelli 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VANILLOES, Mauritius & 

 Bourbon, lsts 

 finds 



3rds 



... 9< 



QUOTATIONS. 



Woody and hard ... 

 Fair to line plant... 

 Medium to bold ... 

 Triage to ordinary 

 Good colory to bold 

 Middling to good mid 

 Low middling ... 



Smalls 



Good ordinary ... 



Bold 



Medium to fine ... 



Small 



Good to fine ordinary .. 

 Mid.coarse to finestraight 

 Ord. to fine long straight 



Coarse to fine 



Ordinary to superior 

 1 Ordinary to fine ... 

 Roping fair to good 

 Middlingwormy to fine... 



Fair to fine fresh 



Middling to fine 



Good to fine bold 



Small and medium 



Fair to good bold 



Small 



lair to fine bold fresh ... 

 Small ordinary and fair... 

 Good to tine picked 



( lommon to middling ... 

 Fair Coast... 

 Burnt and detective 

 Good to line 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 4s a 13s 



[ . . * . .; i ...; ..1. t -la a 7j -: 



£6 10s a £8 



£5 a £5 15s 



Is 6d a 4s 



Is 8d a 3s 6d 



9d a its Gd 



3d a 8d 



Bd a 4s 6d 



5d a 2s 8d 



3d a 6d 



2da8d 



Ss 'id a 6s lOd 



2s 6d a 4s 



3s Gd a Is lid 



5s 6d a os lOd 



3s 6d a 5s 



\ a 7s 



Is a 2s 



Hilda 2s 2d 

 a Is lOd 

 . 8Jd a Is 5d 

 . "da Is 3d 

 . 2^d a 8d 

 . 72s a 80s 

 . 56s a 71s 

 . 7 7s a 107s 6d 



. 'ii's a 7-">s 

 . 53s a GIs 

 . Lss a 6Qs 

 . 37-, a 47s nom. 



BOs a 99a 

 . 56s a 70a 

 . 19s a 54s 



55a num. 



£10 a £25 



£16 a £36 



£14 a £19 



£16 a £40 



£18 a £45 



£14 a £22 



14s a 30s 



52s a 56s 



£7 a £3 



68s Gd a 105s 



53s Gd a 60s 



16s i 55s 



42s a 15s 



8s a 12s 



7s a 8s 



10s 6d a 12s 6d 



10s a Ins 3d 



9s Ud a 10s 3d 



9s a 9s 6d 



La 3d a ds Gd 



I'd 

 Hd 



7|d a 7|d 

 7|d a lid 

 9d a 2s Kd 

 lis a 16s 

 ' i I0s3d 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



ALOES, Soecotrine and 



Hepatic, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar 



(./LOVES, ZaiuiGar 1 



and Pernba J 



Ordinary to fin.- bright ... 3s a 7s 3d 



Fair and fine hold ... £g a £6 5s 



Middling mated to [rood £5 10s a £6 



Fair i" g 1 flavor 



Good to fine bold green 

 Fair middling Gold 

 Common dark and small 

 Finger fair" to fine bold 

 Mixed middling [bright 



Bulbs whole 



Do split 



Fine erj stslised 6 a 9inch 

 Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, 

 I Lean & dry to middling 



\ under 6 lie les 



f Low , foxy, inferior and 



\ pickings 



£2(1 a £35 

 £10 a £16 

 [9d a Is 

 3d a bd 



Id :i '2d 

 23s ii 27s 

 iss a Sis 

 l»s a '21s 

 12s a lis 



22s Gd a 30s 

 15a ;i 2<is ud 



1 Us a I is lid 



Good a ml fine dry 

 I Ymini"n an ' '.rood 



lined I l lilie bright 



i irdiemv and middling.. 

 Good tine bright 

 Ordinary & middlingdatli 



£7 a £9 

 7i is a £6 

 .Ms : 58s 

 47s a 53s 

 5Jd a 55 il 

 6j|d a 5id 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



QUALITY. 



rblue 



CLOVES, Mother 



,, Stems. 



('( X'ULUS INDICTS 

 GAXLS, Bussorah 

 & Turkey 



green. 



white. 



GUM AMMONIACUM— 



drop . 



block. 



ANIMI, washed . 



scraped.. 

 ARABIC, picked .. 



sorts.. 

 ASSAFCETLDA .. 



KINO 



.MYRRH, picked .. 



Aden sorb 



OLIBANUM, dro] 



pickings.. 



sittings ... 



INDIAKUBBER Mozambi 



SAFFLOWER, Persian 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, lsts 



2nds 



3rds 

 IXDIAKl'BBER Assam 



Rangoon 

 Madagascar 



SAFFLOWER 



TAMARINDS 



Fair, usual dry 

 , fresh 



Fair to fine dark 

 Good 



Small to fine clean 

 dark to good 

 Picked hue pale in surfs, 

 part yellow and mixed 

 Bean & Peasizeditto ... 



amber and dark bold 



Medium & bold sorts 

 Pale bold clean 

 Yellowish and mixed ... 

 Fair to fine 



< lean fair to fine 

 Slightly stony and foul ... 

 Fairto line bright 

 lair to fine paie 

 Middling to good 



Fair to good white 



Middling to good reddish 

 Middling to good pale ... 



Slightly foul to fine 

 que.fair to tine sausage.. 

 „ Ball.. 

 unripe root 

 liver 

 Ordinary to good 



QUOTATIONS 



2d n 4.1 

 Ida lid 

 8s a 8s 6d 



53s a 60s 



48s a 52s 

 43s a 48s 



40s a 45s 

 20s a 35s 

 £ls a £22 

 £13 a £15 

 £6 a £10 

 £10 a £14 

 £5 a £9 

 70s a 77s 6d 

 60s a 65s 

 HI is a 71 Is 

 37s a 45s 

 25s a 35s 

 30s a 32s 

 £6 a £9 

 £4 5s a £5 5s 

 32s a 37s 

 26s a 30s 

 lis a 15s 

 9s a 13s 

 Is 4d a Is 7d 

 Is 2,1 a ls6Jd 

 Is a Is Id 

 lid a Is 3d 

 os a 20s 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 



ARROWROOT (Natal) 



FROM CHINA. JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS 



Nearly water white 

 Fairand good pale 

 Brown and brownish 

 Good to fine 



Common foul and mixed 

 Fair to good clean 

 GrOOdtO liliepiuky &\l hite 

 Fair tO good black 

 Good to hue pinky 

 Middling to fair 

 Inferior and pickings ... 

 Mid .to fine&falftnot stony 

 Stony and inferior 



33da3|d 

 3d a 3Jd 

 2|d a 2Jd 

 Is 3d a ls6d 

 5d a Is 2d 

 is Hd a is8d 

 i- Bd a lslOd 

 |s-i ! ,d a Is id 

 £4 los a £5 

 £3 5s a £4 2s 6d 

 £1 a 61 10s 

 8s a 12s 

 3s a 6s 



Fairdry to fine bright ... 42s a 47s 

 i . iniiiun & middling soft 31s a 40s 

 Fairtofiue ...4ns a 50s 



Middling to fine 



... 



4d a 8d 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 CUTCH, Pegue 



GAMBIER.Cubes 



Block 



GUTTA PERCH A, genuine 

 Sumatra. 

 Recoiled 



White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 

 Small 



.MACE 



RHUBARB, Sun dried .. 



High dried .. 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium .. 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Peuang Flake... 

 Singapore 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Good, pure, & dry white 



,, ,, pink 



Good fo fine 



( Irdinary to tine free 



Pressed 



Good 



Fine clean Banj&Macas- 

 Barky to fair [sar 



! lommon to tine clean 



<i I in tine clean 



Inferior and barky 

 fjS's a 80's, garbled 

 85's a 95's 

 100's ii 130's 

 Pale reddish to pale 

 Ordinary to red 



I llllis 



Heed to fine sound 



Dark ordinary & middling 

 Heed to tine 

 liark, rough & middling 

 Fair tonne 



( lood pinky te u hite 

 Fair to fiue 



}> 



53s a 57s 6d 



Bullets 

 Medium 

 Seed 



23s a 29s 

 36s a 39s 

 28s a 33s 

 21s 6d a 22s 

 i Id a 3s 3d 

 1 a 2s 3d 

 6d a Is 6d 

 lid a Is 3d 

 bl a lOd 

 2s Gd a 3s 4d 

 2s 2d a2s5d 

 ls5d a Is lid 

 Is 4d a Is 6d 

 Is 2d a Is 3d 

 Is a Is 2d 

 2s 8d a 3s 7d 

 Is a 2s 6d 

 Is 5d a Is 3d 

 7d a Is 3d 

 1 4s a 15s 

 I2siidalSs6d 

 ins Gd a lls6d 



a lis 

 13d a 2d 

 .|l'da X5d 

 ..^ljdulfd 

 ..Ids a 14s 

 .. IIi'iljlli 

 ..;ils6d al2s6d 



