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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[November i, 1884. 



MARKBT RATES FOR OLD AND MEW PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis Jb Peat's London Price Current, October 9th, 188J. ) 



FROM MALABAR 



coast, COCHIN, 



CEYLON, MADRAS, See. 



BEES' WAX, White 



QUALITY. 



Red 



_f Slightly snfti.sh to good 

 ' ) hard bright 

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



CINCHONA BARK— Crwn Renewed 



Medium f" fine Quill ... 

 Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Medium to good Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 

 Branch 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 

 Middling, stalky & lean 

 Fair to fineplumpclipped 



Good to tine 



Brownish 



Good & tine, washed,bgt 



Middling to good 



t ir.l. tii fine pale quill .. 



QUOTATIONS. 



Twig 

 CARDAMOMS Malabar 



and Ceylon 

 Aleppee 



Tellieherry 



Mangalore 



Long Ceylon 

 fsts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



CINNAMON 



Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEE Ceylon Plantation 



,, Native 

 East Indian 



Native 



COLUROPE,Ceylon&Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush . 



Staffing . 

 COIE YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 



Do. 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted .. 

 CROTOH SEEDS.sifted .. 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Coehin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA '.'. 



MYTRABOLANES, pale .. 



Pickings 

 OIL, CINNAMON 

 CITRONELLE 

 I I loN GRAS S 

 ORCHELLAWEED 

 PEPPEll,Mn.labar bl k .sifted 

 Alleiq.ee & Cochin 

 Tellicherry, White 

 PLUMBAGO, 'Lump 



Woody and hard ... 

 Fair to tine plant... 



Medium to bold ... 

 Triage to ordinary 

 I rood colory to bold 

 Middling to fine mid. 



Low middling ... 



Smalls 



Good ordinary ... 

 Bold to 'tine bold... 

 Medium to tine ... 



Small 



G 1 to tin.' ordinary 



■ e 11. ftnestraight 

 Or.!, to line long straight 

 Coarse to Hue 

 Ordinary to superior 

 Ordinary to tine ... 



. " tog 1 



Middling wormy to fine 

 Fair to hne fresh... 



Mi. Idling to tine ... 

 Good to fine bold... 

 small and medium 

 Fair to good bold... 



Small 



Fair to fii e : ild fresh 

 Small ordinary and fair 

 Good to tine picked 

 Common to middling 



Fair 1 '.:.;. st 



Burnt and defective 



Good to fine hi 



Bright & good flavour , 



Chips 

 Dost 



RED WOOD 

 SAl'AN Wool) 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chl] s 



SENNA, Tinuevelli 



TURMERIC, Madras 



Do. 



Do. 



Cochin 



VANILLOF.S, Mauritius & 



Bourbon, lsts 



2nds 



3rds 



4th 



Mid. to tine, nut woody.. 

 Fair to bold heavy 

 I ,, 



Fair to fine bright bold.. 

 U <" • I small., 



. Slight foul to tine bright 



1 irdinary te fine bright .. 

 Fair and tine bold 

 Middling coated to good 



Fair to good tli\ or 



Good to fine bold green 

 Fair middling bold 

 Common dark and small 

 Finger fair to fine bold 

 Mixed middling [bright 



Bulbs whole 



Do split 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AMI ZANZIBAR. 



ALOES, Soccotrine and 



Hepatic.. 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar 



CLOVES, Zanzibar 1 



■mil Peniba f 



Fine rv ! ills 1 c 7. sindi 



Foxy & reddish na8 ,, 



' Lean & dry to middling 



under inches 



Low, foxy, inferior arid 



pickings 



£6 10s a £ 8 



t-i a C5 153 



- : : . i 

 Is8d a 3s Od 

 9d ■' .: 6d 

 3d a 8d 



Oil a Is C.,1 

 5d a L's S.1 

 ::<1 a 6d 

 2d a 8d 

 "'s lid a Cs Hid 



6da4s 

 ■is Gd a 5S 

 5s 6d a 5s lOd 

 3s 6d a 5s 



Gs ;, 7s 3d 



Is a 2s 



7da Is 11.1 

 .'bl a Is 3d 

 6d a Is 

 5.i d a 8d 

 2Jd a 6d 

 70s a 7-">s 

 18s a 648 

 80s a 90s Oil 

 ills 0'i a 70s 

 54s> COs 



"HI, 



, is a ( .'i'.. 



54s a 7-s 



: rid 

 48s a JOs 

 till a £27 



cm; , £ 10 



til a E19 



616a tin 



CIS a £22 

 I Is a nils 

 52s a 55s 

 C7a£13 

 82s a 1125 

 .'lis a 75s 

 54s a G3s 

 Ills Cd a 52s 

 ss,, 12s 



in, c.l i 11', il,l 

 ins :i 10s 3d 

 OsOda Ills 3d 



Us :i !l- CI 

 3d a 3s 6d 

 d 

 l±d 

 15s a ans 

 7Jd a 1 1 

 ;;.! a 7 .1 



'.Id a 2s CI 



I I 1. 



a los 

 5s a 13s 

 lis a 7s 3d 

 f.i a £6 5s 

 til a £G5.s 

 £20 a £35 

 tin :i tlG 

 9da Is 

 3d a 6d 

 Id a 2.1 

 33s a 27s 



18s a 21s 

 is, a 32s 

 12s a Ms 



22s Od a mis 



17s a t'ls 



Goodand fine dry ... 07 a 1 1 > 



Common and good ... 70s a £0 

 Good to tine bright ... Otis a 70s 

 Ordinary and middling... Gils a Gits 

 Good and fine bright ... 5ijd a 5J .1 

 Ordinary & middlingdull 5d a 5 |.l 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



QUALITY. 



^blue 



CLOVES, Mother 



,. Stems, 



COCULUS INDICTS 



i .ALLS, Ilnssorah 

 & Turkey 



green.. 

 white.. 

 GUM AMMONTACUM— 

 drop .. 

 block.. 

 ANIMI, washed .. 



scraped... 

 ARABIC, picked ... 



sorts.. 

 ASSAFOJTIDA .. 



KINO 



MYRRH, picked... 



Aden sorts 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings 



sittings 

 INDIARUBBER Mozambi 



SAFFLOWER, Persian ... 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OK GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, lsts 



fads 



Srds 

 INDIARUBBER Assam .. 



Rangoon ., 

 Madagascar 



SAFFLOWER 



TAMARINDS 



Fair, usual dry 

 „ fresh 



Fair to fine dark 



Good 



Small to fine clean 

 dark to good . 



Picked line pale in sorb 

 part yellow and mixe 

 Bean & Pea size ditto . 

 amber and dark bold 

 Medium & bold sorts . 

 Pale bold clean 

 Yellowish and mixed . 

 Fair to fine 



Clean fair to fine .[ 



Slightly stony and foul .'. 

 Fair to fine bright 

 Fair to fin. pale 

 Middling to good 

 Fair to good white 

 Middling to good re.l.li. 

 Middling to good pale 

 Slightly foul to tine 

 que,fair tonne sausage. 

 „ Ball. 

 unripe root 

 liver 

 Ordinary to. good 



QUOTATION S 



2d u 4d 

 Id a lid 



8s 



53s a GOs 

 18s a 02s 

 bis a 48s 



40s a 45s 



20s a 35s 



£18 a £22 



£13 a £15 



£0 a £10 



£10 a £14 



£5 a £9 



70s a 77s Gil 



Cos a 05s 



lies a 75s 



37s a 45s 



25s a 35s 



2Gs a 30s 

 ..£6a£9 

 .. £4 5s a £5 5s 

 .. 32s a 37s 

 h 25s a 30s 

 .. lis a 15s 

 .. 9s a 13s 

 .. Is 7.1 a IsS'd 

 .. Is Gda Is Sid 

 .. Is 2d a ]s. -id 

 .. Is 3d a Is 1,1 

 ..5s a 20s 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 



ARROWROOT (Natal) 



1 ROM CHINA. JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS 



Nearly watej white ... 3gd a .I'd 

 Fair and good pale ... 3d a 3jd 



Brown and brownish ... 2J.I a gjd 

 Good to line ... Is lid a Is sd 



Common foul and mixed Oil a Is 3d 

 Fair to good clean ... Is5da Is 8.1 

 Goodtotinepinkv&whitc Is 11.1 a 2s 

 Fair to good black ... Is Id a Is G.I 



Good to fine pinky ...£1 lusa.tr. 

 Middling to fair ... £3 5sa til 2s I'.d 



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

 Mid. to fin. ■/./</.■/. not stony 8s a 12s 



Stony and inferior ... 3s a 6a 



Fair dry to Rue bright ... 40s a IGs 

 c mmon & middling soft 30s a 38s 



Fair In tine ... 10s a 50s 



-Middling to fine ... Id a Cd 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 CUTOH.Pegue 

 GAMBLER, Cubes 



Block 



GUTTA PERCHA, genuine 

 Sumatra.. 

 Reboiled., 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 

 Small 



MACE 



RHUBARB, Sun dried . 



High dried . 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium . 

 small 

 Flour ' . 



TAPIOCA, Penang Flake. 

 Singapore 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Good, pure, & dry wdiite 

 „ ,, pink 



Good to fine 

 ' Ordinary to fine free 

 Pressed 



Good ., 



Fine clean Banj&Maeas 

 Barky to fair ' [sar 



'onmion to fine clean 

 Good to fine clean 

 Inferior and barky 

 i'.i's.i ,-n's, garbled 



s.'.'s a ii.Vs 



100's a 160*8 



Pale reddish to pale 



Ordinary to red 



Chips 



Good to fine sound 



Darkordinary & middlinglls a 2s Gd 



flood to fine ...Is 5.1 a Is sd 



Dark, rough & middling 7il a Is 3d 



1 52: 



a a 55s 



23s a 29s 

 32s a 37s 

 28s a 33s 



20s lid a 21s Gd 

 2s 1.1 a 3s .id 

 7.1 a 2s 3d 

 6d a Is Gd 

 lid a Is 3d 

 4d a lOd 

 2s 9d a 3s 11.1 

 2s Id a L's sd 

 Is 4d a 2s 2d 

 Is 6d a Is Hid 

 Is 2.1 a Is. Id 

 Is a Is 2.1 

 2s sd a 3s 7d 



Fair to tine 



Good pinky to wdiite 

 Fair to fine 



Bullets 



Medium 



Seed 



12s a 13s 

 12s a 13s 

 a- 6d a lis 

 Ss alls 

 1 Id a 2d 

 11.1a M 

 ljd a lgd 

 12s a 13s 

 lis a 13s 

 lis a Us Gil 



