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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST 



[January i, 1885. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis <t Peat's London Price Current, December 18th, 1884.) 



FROM MALABAR 



COAST, COCHIN, 



CEYLON. .MADRAS, &c. 



QUALITY. 



(QUOTATIONS. 



DEES' WAX, White 

 Yellow 

 CINCHONA BARK— Crwu 



CARDAMOMS Malabar 



and Ceylon 

 Aleppee 

 Tellicherry 



Mangalore 

 Ling Ceylon 



CINNAMON Wta 



iiniis 

 3rds 



1 Slightly softish to good 



\ hard bright 



Do. drossy & dark ditto... 



Renewed ... 



Medium to fine Quill ... 



Spoke shavings 



Branch 



Renewed 



VIedium to good Quill ... 



Spoke shavings 



Branch 



Twig 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 

 Middling, stalky & lean 

 Fair to fineplunipelipped 

 (jood to fine 

 Brownish 



Good & fine, washed, bgt. 

 Middling to good... 

 Ord. to fine pale quill 



Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEE CeylonPlantation 



,, Native 

 East Indian 



Native 

 COIRROPE.Ceylon&Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush ... 



Stuffing ... 

 COIR YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 



Do 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted ... 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted... 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA 



MYRABOLANES, pale ... 



Picking 

 OIL, CINNAMON 



CITRON ELLF. 



LEMON GRASS 

 (1RCHELLA WEED 



Woody aad bard... 

 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 

 Mid. coarse to finestraight 

 Ord. to fine long straight 



Coarse to fine 



Ordinary to superior .. 

 Ordinary to fiue ... 

 Roping fair to good 

 Middling wormy to fine. 

 Fair to fine fresh... 

 Middling to fine ... 

 Good to fine bold... 

 Small and medium 

 Fair to good bold... 



Small 



Fair to fine bold fresh . 

 Small ordjnaryand 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. 



PEPPER,Malabarblk.sifted Fair to bold heavy 

 Alleppee & Cochin 

 Tellicherry, White 



PLUMBAGO, Lump 



Chips 

 Duat 

 UEH WOOD 

 NAl'AN WOOD 

 SANDALWOOD, logs 



Do. chips 

 SENNA, Tiuuevelli 



good 



...Fair I" fun- bright bold.. 

 Middling to good small.. 

 ... Slight foul to tine bright 

 ... or. Unary to fine bright .. 

 ... Fair ami fine bold 



... Middling coated to good 

 ... Fair to good flavor 



... G I to fine bold green 



Fair middling bold 

 Common dark and small 



... Finger fair to line bold 



... Mixed middling [bright 



...,Bulbs whole 

 Do spin 



TURMERIC. Madras 

 Do. 

 Do, 

 Cochin 

 VANILLOES, Mauritius & 



Bourbon, lsls Fine c'rystalised 6 1 9iuch 

 2ndsFoxv St reddish 5a8 ,, 

 ., , f Lean & dry to middling 

 6 * 1 under 6 inches 



,,) j Low, foxy, inferior and 

 \ pickings 



£6 10s a £8 

 £S a £5 15s 

 Is a 3s 6d 

 I a yd a 3s lid 

 9d a 2s 6d 

 3d a 8d 

 8d a 2s 6d 

 6d a 4s 

 5d a 2s 

 3d a 6d 

 2d a 3d 

 5s fid a 6s fid 

 2s tid a 4s 

 3s 6d a os 

 5s a 5s Gd 

 3s 6d a 5s 

 6s a 7s 

 Is a 2s 

 7Jda Is 8d 

 6Jd a Is Id 

 6d a lOd 

 4-id a 7*d 

 2jd a 4d 

 72s a 77s 6d 

 52s a 60s 

 18s a 105s 

 65s a , 7s 

 58s a 63s 



Is a 60s 

 50s uorn 

 80s a 100s 

 58s a 773 

 49s a 56s 6d 

 49s uom 

 £12 a £25 

 £14 a £32 

 £10 a £18 

 £14 a £40 

 £13 a £45 

 £15 a £2U 

 13s Gd a 30s 

 50s a 70s 

 £7 a £13 



0s a 100s 

 55s a 65s 

 49s a 53s 

 17s a 48s 

 8s a 12s 

 7s a 8s 



10s 6d a Us fid 

 10s a 10s 3d 

 9s 3d a 10s 

 Ms 9d a 9i 

 Is 3d a 3s 6d 

 Ud 

 Hd 

 los a Cos 



Ma8d 

 7fd a 8d 

 v.l a 2s Bd 



lis a 15s 



Ts a in. 



5s a 12s 



3s a 7s 



£6 10s a £7 10s 



£6 a £6 5s 



£20 a £35 



E10 u £16 



9d a Is 



3d a 6d 



Id a 2d 



23s a 27s 



is, a 21s 



18s u '22s 



in, M a 12s 



22s Gd a 30s 

 I7s a 21s 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



ALOES, Soccotriue and 

 Hepatic 

 CHILLIES, ZanzibaT 



CLOVES, Zanzibar 



and Pemba 



Good and fine dry 



... C mon and good 



iod to fine bright 



Ordinary aud middling.. 

 1 Good and fine bright ... 

 / JOrdinary & middling dull 



lis a 10s 



£7 a £0 



us u E6 

 86s a 70s 

 55s a Gus 

 5|d a 6d 

 5 3 d a 5sd 



^ blue 



CLOVES, Motlier 



,, Stems. 



COCULTJS DJDICUS 



GALLS, Bussorah 1. 



& Turkey j l 



• green., 



white., 



GUM A3IMONIACUM— 



drop . 



block. 



ANIMI, washed .. 



scraped.. 



ARABIC, picked .. 



sorts. . 

 ASSAFCETIDA .. 



KINO 



MYKRS, picked.. 



Aden sorts 



OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings 

 siftings . 

 INDIARUBBER Mozambi 



SAFFLOWKR, Persian 



Fair, usual dry 

 ,, fresh 



Fair to tine dark 

 Good 



Small to fiue cleanj 

 dark to good 

 Picked tine pale in sorts, 

 part yellow and mixed 

 Ben n & Pea size ditto 

 amber and dark bold 

 Medium Sc bold sorts 

 Pale bold clean 

 Yellowish and mixed 

 Fair lofine 

 Clean fair to fine 

 Slightly stony and foul 

 Fair to line bright 

 Fair to fine pale 

 Middling to good 

 Fair to good white 



2d a 4d 



Ida lid 

 7 s a 8s 



53s a 57s 



4Ss a 52s 

 43s a 48s 



in, a ll.'i, 

 20s a 35s 



Bit a £22 

 £13 a £15 

 £iia£10 

 £10 a £14 

 £5 a £9 

 .80s a 85s 

 68s a 75s 

 70s a 80s 

 50s a 60s 

 15s a 50s 

 32s a 38s 

 £6 a £9 

 100s a 110s 

 35s a 45s 



Middling to good reddish 27s a 32s 



Middling to gi <od pale 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 que, fair tonne sausage... 

 Ball... 

 unripe root 

 liver 

 Ordinary to good 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, lsts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



INDIARUBBER Assam 



Rangoon 

 Madagascar 



SAFFLOWER 



TAMARINDS 



lis a 15s 

 9s a 13s 

 Is 9d a Is lOd 

 ls8dals lOd 

 Is 3d Is 3£d 

 3d a Is 6d 

 5s a 15s 



3|da3Jd 



3"l-16d a 3Jd 

 2|d a 2Jd 

 7d a Is lOd 



Nearly water white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brown and brownish 

 Good to fine 



Common foul and mixed Gd a is 4d 

 Fair to good clean ... Is 5d a Is 9d 



Goodtofine pinky &white Is lid a 2s 

 Fair to good black ...Is4dals7d 

 Good to fine pinky ... £4 10s a £5 10s 

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



Inferior and pickings ...£1 a £1 10s 

 Mid. tofine&Zoc&not stony 8s a 12s 

 Stony and inferior ...3s a 6s 



EROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) 



FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS. 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 CUTCH.Pegue 

 GAMBLER, Cubes 



Block 

 GUTTA PERCHA, genuine 

 Sumatra... 

 Re boiled... 

 White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 

 Small 



MACE 



Fair dry to fiue bright ... 35s a 39s 

 Ccmnion & middling soft 25s a 33s Gd 

 Fair to fine ... 35s a 45s 



Middling to fine ...3^da6d 



52, a .Ms 



Good, pure, & dry white I 

 1'ink J 



Goodtofine ... 21s a 37a 



Ordinary to fiue free ... 28s a 29s lid 

 Pressed .. 25s a 27s 



Good ... 19s 3d a 19s 9.1 



line clean Banj&Macas- 2s id a 3s 3d 

 Barky to fair [sar 7d a 2s 3d 



RHUBARB, Sim dried . 



High dried . 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Peuang Flake. 

 Singapore 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



bmmon to fine clean 

 Good to tine clean 

 Inferior and barky 

 63'S a sn's, garbled 

 S5'sa95's 

 100'sal60's 

 Pale reddish to pale 

 Ordinary to red 

 Chips 



Good to fine sound 

 Dark ordinary & middling 

 Goodtofine 



Dark, rough & middling 

 Fair tonne 



Good pinky to white 

 Fair to fine 



Bullets 



Medium 



Seed 



Gd a Is Gd 

 lid a Is 3d 



Id a 10.1 

 2s 4d a 3s 5d 



:'sa 2s 3d 



Is 4d a Is lid 

 Is Gd a Is lOd 

 Is Id a Is 4d 

 Is a Is 2d 

 2s a 3s Gd 

 Is a 2s 6d 

 Is 5d a Is Sd 

 7d .i ls3d 

 lis Gd a 12s 6d 

 12s a 13s 

 9s 6d a lis 6d 

 8s a lis 

 Ijda2d 

 I'd a 1M 

 lid a l|d 

 12s a 13s 

 lis a 13s 

 lis a llsBd 



