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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [December r, 1884. 



MARKET RATES 



(From Lciois <fc Peat't 



FOR OLD 



London Price 



AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



Current, November Gift, 1884.) 



FROM MALABAR 



COAST, COCHIN, 



CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 



QUALITY. 



BEES' WAX, White 



' I Slightly sottish to good 

 "M hard bright 

 Yellow ... Do. drossy & dark ditto 



CINCHONA BARK— Crwn 'Renewed 



Medium to fine Quill 



QUOTATIONS. 



Red 



£6 10s a £8 

 66 a £5 15s 

 Is a 3s 6d 

 ls8da 3s 6d 

 9d a 2s Gd 

 3d a 8d 

 6da4s 

 5d a 2s 

 3d a 6d 

 2d a 3d 



Spoke shavings 



Branch 



jMedium to good Quill 

 (Spoke shavings ... 



(Branch 



iTwig ... ... ...auaou 



CARDAMOMS Malabar (Clipped, bold, bright.fine ns lid a 6s lOcl 

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

 Aleppee 'Fair to fane plumpclipped 3s 6d a 5s 

 TellieherryGood to fine 

 Brownish 

 Mangalore Good & fine, washed, bgt 

 Long Ceylon Middling to good... 



lsts Ord. to tine pale quill 



2nds! 



3rds, „ „ „ „ 

 Woody and hard ... 

 ... Fair to fine plant... 

 - - - Medium to bold ... 

 Triage to ordinary 

 Bold to fine bold 

 Middling to fine mid. 

 Low middling ... 



Smalls 



Good ordinary ... 

 Bold to fine bold... 

 Medium to fine ... 



Small 



Good to fine ordinary 



CINNAMON 



Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEECeylon Plantation 



„ Native 

 East Indian 



Native iv.uuuwh.u^i»"."».j 

 COIRROPE.Ceylon&CochiujMid. coarse to finestraight 

 FIBRE, Brush ...J0rd. to fine long straight 

 Stuffing ...|Coarse to fine 



Ordinary to superior .. 



(Ordinary to fine 



JRoping 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 



IFair to fine bold fresh .. 



Small ordhiaryand fair.. 



jGood to fine picked 



Common to middling .. 



Fair Coast 



Pickings Burnt and defective 

 OIL CINNAMON ...Good to fine heavy 



CITRI WELLE ... Bright & good flavour .. 



LEMON GBASS ... „ „ „ ,, •■ 



ORCHF.LLA WEED ...Mid. to fine, not woody.. 



PEPPER.Malabarblk.sifted Fair to bold heavy 



COIR YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted .. 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted .. 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA 



MYKA110LANES, pale .. 



Alleppee& Cochin 

 Tellicherry, White 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



Chips 



Dust 



RED WOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chips 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



good 



Fair to fine bright bold 



Middling to good .small... 

 . Slight foul l" fine bright 5s a 12s 

 . Ordinary to line bright ... 3s a 7s 

 . Fair ami fine bold .. £6 His a £7 10s 



.Middling coated tngoodliba u\ r, 

 . Fairtogood flavor 



5s 6d a 5s lOd 

 . 3 S 6d a 5s 

 . Gs a 7s 3d 



Is a 2s 



9da2s 



Tii a Is Id 



6M a lOd 



5kd a 7d 



L'Jd a lid 



70s a 76s 



47s a 60s 



79s a 107s 



. . _ a 76s 



53s a 59s 



48s a 56s 



50s norn 



77s a 89s 



56s a 75s 



46s a 54s 



49s noni 



£10 a £25 



£16 a £35 



£10 a £20 



£14 a £40 



£13 a £45 



£15 a £20 



14s a 30s 



50s a 72s 



£7 a £13 



75s a 112s 



60s a 70s 



52s a 55s 



49s a 50s 



8s a 12s 



7s a 8s 



10s tkl a 12s iid 



10s a lbs 3d 



9s I'd a Ills 3d 



9s a ils lid 



Is 3d a 3s 6d 



Ud 



lid 



His a 60s 



7 I'd a 7|d 



,d 

 3d a 2s 6d 



. lis a 15s 

 s a '.is i.d 



.'Good to tine bold green 

 Fair middling bold 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Dei. 

 Cochin 

 VANLLLOF.S, Mauritius * 

 Bourbon, lsts 



Common dark and small 



Finger bir to line bold 

 Mixed middling [bright 

 Bulbs whole 

 Do split 



. Fine crystalised fi a biiich 

 ■lads Foxy & reddish 5 a s ,, 

 ardg | J Lean .V dry I o middling 



■lib 



£20 a £35 

 . £10 a £16 

 ,/9d a Is 



.1.1 a lid 



. under 6 inches 

 J Low, foxy, inferior and 

 \ pickings 



FROM BOMBA1 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



ALOES, Soceotrine and 

 Hepatic 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar 



CLOVES, Zanzibar 



and Pemba 





Good and fine dry 

 Common and good 



...[Good to fine bright 



Ordinary and middling.. 

 1 Good and line bright ... 

 I JOrdinary & middliogdull 



Id a 2d 



.1. :s a 'J7s 

 ISs a 21s 

 18s a 22s 

 126 a 1 Is 



22s 6<1 a 3lls 

 17s a 21s 



12s 15s 



lis a lbs 



£7 a £9 

 70s a £6 

 60s a 65s 

 55s a 58s 

 5M a 6d 

 5 jd a 6jd 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



fblue 



CLOVES, Mother 



„ Stems.. 



COCULUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 

 & Turkey 



green 

 white 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 

 drop 

 block 

 ANIMI, washed 



scraped.. 

 ARABIC, picked.. 



sorts.. 

 ASSAFCETIDA .. 



KINO 



MYRRH, picked.. 



Aden sort? 



OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings, 

 sittings . 

 INDIA RUBBER Mozambi 



SAFFLOWER, Persian .. 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, lsts 



2nds 



3rds 

 INDIARUBBER Assam .. 



Rangoon .. 

 Madagascar 



SAFFLOWER 

 TAMARINDS 



QUALITY. 



I QUOTATIONS 



Fair, usual dry ...!2da4d 



„ fresh ...jldaljd 



Fair to fine dark 

 Good 



Small. to fine clean 



dark to good 



Picked fine pale in sort' 



part yellow and mixed 

 Beau & Pea size ditto 

 amber and dark bold 

 Medium & bold sorts 

 Pale bold clean 

 Yellowish and mixed 

 Fair to fine 

 Clean fair to line 

 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 foul to fine 

 que, fair tofine sausage 

 „ Ball 

 unripe root 

 liver 

 Ordinary to good 



48s a 52s 

 43s a 48s 



40s a 40s 

 20s a 35s 

 £18 a £22 

 £13 a £15 

 £6 a £10 

 £10 a £14 

 £5 a £9 

 0s a 77s 6d 

 60s a 65s 

 a 75s 

 37s a 45s 

 25s a 35s 

 26s a 30s 

 £6 a £9 

 |105sa 110s 

 33s a 40s 

 27s a 32s 

 lis a 15s 

 9s a 13s 

 Is 7d a Is 8*d 

 ls6dals8Jd 

 Is 2d 



Is 3d a Is 4d 

 5s a 20s 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) ... 



FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS. 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 CUTCH, Pegue 

 GAMBIER, Cubes 



Nearly water white ... 3|d a 3^tl 

 Fair and good pale ...3da3id 

 Brown and brownish ...,2|d a 2gd 

 Good to fine ...jls 6d a Is 8d 



Common foul and mixed Gd a Is 3d 

 Fair to good clean ... Is5dals8d 



Goodtofinepinky &white Is lid a 2s 

 Fair to good black ... Is 4d a Is Gd 



Goodtofinepinky ...£4 10sa£5 



Middling to fair ... £3 5s a £4 2s 6d 



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

 Mid. to nne&!oc£not stony 8s a 12s 

 Stony and inferior ... 3s a 6s 



Fair dry to tine bright ...35s a Ins 

 Cctnnion & middling soft 2tis a :;3s 

 Kair b, bin- ... 40s a 508 



Middling to tine ... 4d a Gd 



.|Good, pure, .V dry while I . , 



■3s 



..I „ " '„ pink 



. II I lo title ... Jls a 27s 



..Ordinary to tine free ... 28s a 31s 

 Pressed ... 25s a 30s 



Block .. Good ... I9s9d a 20a < 



GUTTA PERCHA, genuine Fine clean BanjA Macas-|2s Id a 3s 3d 

 Sumatra... Barky to fan- [sar 7d a 2s 3d 



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 



omiiion to tine clean ...Gd a Is Gd 



Good to tine clean ... lid a Is 3d 



Inferior and barky ... 4d a lOd 



63 's a SU's, garbled ... 2s 8(1 a 3s 7d 



S.Vsa 95's ... 2s Ida 2s 7d 



100'sa Kin's ...!ls 4cl a 2s 2d 



'Pale reddish lo pale ... Is Gd a Is Hid 



Ordinary to red ...|ls Id a is id 



Chips ... Is a IS 2d 



G I to tine sound ... 2s tid a 3s 7d 



iDarkordinary & middling Is a 2s Gd 



Good to fine ' ... Is 5d a Is 8d 

 Dark, rough & middling 7d a Is 3d 



[Fair tofine 



Good pinky to 

 Fair to fine 



vhite 



. Bullets 

 fcledium 

 'Seed 



.. llsGda 12s lid 

 , 1l:s;i 13s 

 ,. bs id a lis 

 ,.l8s alls 

 .. l|J:i 2d 

 . I'd a lid 

 . Ijda lid 

 .U2sa 13s 



...lis a 13: 

 ...[Us a lie 



Us6d 



