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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [March 2, 188s. 



FROM MALABAR 



COAST, COCHIN, 



CEYLON, MADRAS, &c 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS, 



(From Lewis £• Peat's London Price Current, January 29th, 1885.) 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



BEES' WAX, White ... U 8U ffi«* '° «** 

 Y>llow ... Do. drossy & dark ditto 



CINCHONA BARK— Cnvn |Rcnewed 



(Medium to flue Quill , 



Red 



CARDAMOMS Malabar 



and Ceylon 



Aleppee 

 Tellicherry 



CINNAMON 



t Spoke shavings 



Branch 



j Renewed 



Medium to good Quill 

 ISpoke shaviugs ... 



Branch- 



Twig 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 

 Middling, stalky & lean 

 Fair to fine plunipclipped 

 Good to fine 

 Brownish 



Good & fine, washed, bgt. 

 Middling to good... 

 Ord. to fine pale quill 



Mangalore 

 Long Ceylon 

 lsts 

 2nds 



3rds , , 



Woody aud hard ... 



... Fair to fine plant... 



... Medium to bold ... 



Triage to ordinary 



[ Bold to tine bold 



Middling to fine mid. 



Low middling ... 



Smalls 



Good ordinary ... 



. Bold to fine bold... 



Medium to fine ... 



Small 



Good to fine ordinary 

 i Mid .coarse to finestraight 

 . Ord. to fine long straight 

 . Coarse to fine 

 . Ordinary to superior 

 . Ordinary to fine ... 

 . 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 ordinary and fair, 

 . Good to fine picked 

 Common to middling . 



Fair Coast 



Pickings Burnt and defective 

 OIL, CINNAMON ... Good to fine heavy 



CITRONELLE ...[Bright & good flavour . 



LEMON GRASS ..,) „' „ „ ,, 

 ORCHELLA WEED ...Mid. to fine, not woody. 



PEPPER, Malabarblk. sifted Fair to bold heavy 



Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



COFFEECeylou Plantation 



,, Native 

 East Indian 



Native 



COIKROPE.Cevlon&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 ., 



Alleppee & Cochin 

 Tellicherrv, White 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



Chips 

 Dust 

 RED WOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chips 

 SENNA, Tiunevelli 



good 



...Fair to line bright bold.. 

 •Middling to good small.. 

 ..'Slight foul to fine bright 

 . 'ordinary to fine bright .. 

 ..JFair and fine bold 

 .. Mid-ding coated to good 

 ..Fair to good flavor 



.. Good to line bold green.,.' 

 Fair middling bold 

 Common dark and snail 



.. Finger fair to fine 1 old 



...Mixed middling [bright 



..(Bulbs whole 

 Do split 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 • Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VAMLLOES. Mauritius & 



Bourbon, lsts Fine crystalised 6 a'9inch 

 2uds Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, 

 3rds / L*'" 11 ^ dry to middling 

 under 6 inches 

 Low, foxy, inferior and 

 pickings 



4th 



£6 10s a £ 8 

 £5 a £5 15s 

 Isa3s6d 

 Is 8d a 3s 6d 

 9d a 2s 6d 

 3da8d 

 8d a 2s 6d 

 6da4s 

 5d a as 

 3d a b'd 

 2d a 3d 

 6s 



2s 6d a 4s 

 3s Gd a 5s 

 5s a 5s Gd 

 3s Gd a 5s 

 6s a 7s 

 Is a 2s 

 7d a Is lOd 

 52d Is 7d 

 5d a lOd 

 4da7d 

 2jd a 4d 

 77s 



52s a 58s fid 

 88s 6d a lOGs 

 68s a 88s 

 60s a 67s 

 199 a 60s 

 50s nom 

 78s a 100s 

 57s a 78s 

 49s a 55s 

 49s nom 

 £12 a £25 

 £1* a £32 

 £10 a £18 

 £14 a £40 

 C13 a £45 

 S15 a £20 

 I3s 63 a 30s 

 50s a 65s 



70s a 100s 

 ■55s a 65s 

 49s a 50s 

 lis a 45s 

 8s a 12s 

 7s a 8s 

 10s 63 a 12s 

 10s a 10s 3d 

 9s 3d a 10s 

 Bs 9d a 9j 

 Is 3d a 3s Gd 

 Id a ljd 

 IJda ljd 

 40s a Gils 

 Bid ;i 8 Id 

 SJd a 8?,l 

 lid a 2s 6d 

 lis a 15s 

 7s a 10s 

 is a 12s 

 Is a 7s 



E6 UK a £7 10s 

 £6 a £7 

 £-'0 a £35 

 £10 a £16 

 9d a Is 

 3d a 6d 

 Id a 2d 

 ills a 27s 

 18s a 21s 

 18s a 22s 

 10s 3d a 12s 



22s Cd a "os 

 15s a 21s 



7s a Ms 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. J 



ALOES, Soccotrine aud Good and fine dry 



Hepatic... 'Common and good 



CHILLIES, Zanzibar ... •Good tofiue bright 



Ordinary aud middling. 



CLOVES, Zanzibar 1 Good and fine bright . 



audFemba / Ordinary dull t c fair . 



Gd 



l£7 a £9 

 .70s a £C 

 . 16-^s a 7"s 

 ,158s a 63s 

 , '6d a 7d 

 , 5Jda5£d 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



CLOVES, Mother 



,, Stems 



COCULUS INDICUS 



GALLS, Bussorah 



■ blue 



& Turkey 



green., 

 white.. 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 

 drop .. 

 block.. 

 ANIMI, washed .. 



scraped.. 

 ARABIC, picked .. 



sorts.. 

 ASSAFffiTIDA .. 



KINO 



MYRRH, picked.. 



Aden sort? 



OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings... 



sittings ... 



INDIARUBBER Mozambi 



SAFFLOWER, Persian ... 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, lsts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



INDIARUBBER Assam 



QUALITY 



'QUOTAT/ONS 



Fair, usual dry 

 , fresh 



Fair to fine dark 

 Good 



...!2da4d 



... 1 l-16da ljd 



...|7s a 8s 



53s a 57s 

 4Ss a 52s 

 43s a 48s 



Small to fine clean ... 40s a 46s 

 dark to good ...20s a 35s 



Picked tine pale in sorts, £18 a £22 

 part yellow and mixed £13 a £15 

 Beau & Pea size ditto ... £6 a £10 

 amber and dark bold ... £10 a £14 

 Medium & bold sorts ... £5 a £9 

 Pale bold clean ...80s a 85s 



Yellowish and mixed ... 65s a 72s 

 Fair to fine ... 67s a 77s 



Clean fair to fine ...50s a 60s 



Slightly stony and foul ... 45s a 50s 

 Fair to fine bright ...32s a 38s 



Fair to fine pale ... £6 a £9 



Middling to good ... 100s a 110s 



Fair to good white ... 35s a 45s 

 Middling to good reddish|27s a 32s 

 Middling to good pale ...Us a 15s 

 Slightly foul tofiue ... 9s a 13s 

 que.fair tofine sausage. .Jls lOd a 2s 



„ Ball... Is 9d a 2s 

 unripe root ... Is 4\d 



liver ...ilsSda ls9d 



Ordinary to good ...|6sal5s 



Rangoon 

 Madagascar 



SAFFLOWER 



TAMARINDS 



Nearly water white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brown and. brownish 

 Good to fine 



Common foul and mixed 

 Fair to good clean 

 Goodto fine pinky &white 

 Fair to good black 

 Good to tine pinky 

 Middling to fair 

 Inferior and pickings ... 

 Mid. to fiaeblacknot stony 

 Stony and inferior 



3Jd a 3jd 

 3 l-!6d a 3id 

 Bfd a 2d 

 jls 8d a 2s 

 Gd a Is 6d 

 llsGda Is lid 

 2s a 2s 2jd 

 Is 7d a Is lOd 

 ]£4 10s a £5 10s 

 l£3 5sa£4 2s6d 

 '.€1 a £1 10s 

 i8s a 12s 

 3s a 6s 



FlioM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 



ARROWROOT Natal 



I urdrv Ic f" n : I right Hlsa «s 



.[Common & middling suit L'fis a 32s 



Fair to line ... 359 a ills 



Middling to line ... 3d! a 01 



FBOM CHINA, JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS, 



CAMPHOR, China 

 .Tapa n 

 CUTCH, Pegue 

 GAMBIER, Cubes 



Block 

 GUTTA PERCH A, genuine 

 Sumatra, 

 Recoiled 

 White Borneo 



Good, pure, & dry w bite i r . 



Good to Hue ... 21sa 27s 



Ordinary to line free ...i27s a 28s 

 Pressed ... 23s a 24s 



Good ...i2ls a 21s 



Fine clean Banj& Maces- 8s 4d a 3s 3d 

 Barky to f;iir [samd a 2s 3d 



clean 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 



Small 

 MACE 



KHUBARB, Sun dried .. 



High dried „ 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium .. 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Penang Flake.. 

 Singapore 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Common tu fin 



Good to fine clean 



[uferior and barky 

 .,63*8 sh\, garbled 

 . 85'sa 95's 

 . 100's a IGO's 

 .Pale reddish to pal 



'Ordinary to red 



Chips 



. Good to fine sound 

 iDarkordinary&middliit^ 



,|Gond to fine 



Dark, rough & middling 

 . Fair tofiue 



. Gd a Is 6d 

 lid a Is 3d 

 . 4il a lOd 

 . 2- 3d a 3s Id 

 . J- a 2s 2d 

 . Is 2d a Is lOd 

 . Is Gd a 2s lid 

 . Is Id a Is 4d 

 . Is a Is 2d 

 . 2s 3 3s 



r Is a 2s 



Good pinky to white 

 Fair to fine 



. Bullets 

 Medium 



jSeed 



Is a Id Is 7 



7d a Is 



lis 6d a 12s 

 ... 12s a 13s 

 ...10s a 12s 

 ...18s a lis 

 ... l]da 2d 

 ...lldaljd 

 ... l|d a l|d 



1 

 6d 



12s 6d a 13s 6(1 



12s a 13s Gd 



l-'oiljS 



