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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 



[May i, 1885. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis & Peat's London Price Current, March i'6th, 1SS5.) 



VKOM MALABAR 



COAST, COCHIN, 

 CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 



BEES' WAX. White 

 Yellow 



CINCHONA BARK— Crwu 



QUALITY. 



/Slightly sottish to good 

 I 1" " 



L hard bright 

 . Do. drossy & dark ditto 

 Renewed ... 

 Medium to fine Quill 

 tSpoke shavings ... 



Branch 



[Renewed 



Medium to good Quill 

 ISpoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Twig 



flipped, hold, bright, fine 



and Ceylon Middling, stalky & lean 



Aleppee JFair to fine plump clipped 



TellieherryiGood to fine 



( Brownish 



Mangalore ( Good & fine, washed, bgt. 



Long Ceylon Middling to good 



lsts Ord. to fine pale quill ... 



2nds, ,, „ , 



3rds „ ,, „ „ 



4ths Woody and hard 



Chips ...'Fair to fine plant 



COCOA, Ceylon ... Medium to bold 



Triage to ordinary 

 COFFEECeylon Plantation Bold to fine bold 



Middling to fine mid. ... 



Bed 



CARDAMOMS Malabar 



CINNAMON 



,, Native 



East Indian 



Native 



Low middling 



Smalls 



Good ordinary .. 



• Bold to fine bold.. 



Medium to fine .. 



Small 



Good to fine ordinary 



COIRROPE.Ceylon&CoehinMid.coarsetofinestraigM 

 FIBRE, Brush ... Ord. to line long straight 



Stuffing ... Coarse to fine 



QUOTATIONS. 



YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted . 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted . 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Bough 

 NUX VOMICA 



MYRABOLANES, pale . 



Pick 

 OIL, CINNAMON 



CITRONELLF. 



kEMON GRASS ...> , 



01 It'll ELLA WEED — ffilid. to fine, not woody 



PEPPER,Malabarblk.iiftedij'.,i r t bold heavy 



Ordinary to superior 



Ordinary to fine 



Roping fair to good 

 Middling wormy to fine... 

 Fair to fine fresh... 

 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 



Burnt mill defective 

 Good to fine heavy 

 Bright & good flavour 



£G 10a a £8 



£5 10s a £6 03 



Is a 3s 6d 



Is Id a 3s 



9d a Is 6d 



2d a 8d 



Sd a 2s 6d 



Gd a 3s 



5d a Is 2d 



2d a fid 



1.1 a 2.1 



3s Gd a 4s 6d 



2s a 3s 



2s 6d a 3s 2d 



3s Id a 4s 



Is Gd a 2s 9d 



4s a 5s 



8d a Is 6d 

 ... S'.ln Is lOd 

 ... Gd a Is 8d 

 ... old a Is 2d 

 ,..4da lid 

 ... Ijda4d 

 ... 73s a 80s 

 ... 45s b 69s 

 ... 79s a 104s 

 ...629 a 78s 

 ... 53s a 60s 

 ... 47s a 55s 

 ... 45s nom. 

 ... 74s a 123s 

 ...60s a 73s 

 ... 51s a 55s 



45s nom . 



£12 a £24 



£11 a £28 



£8 a £12 



£12 a £36 



£10 a £40 



£13 a £20 



13s G.1 a 30s 

 ..|40sa45s 

 „ 63s a 80s 

 . 52s a 60s 

 .. 4'-'sn 50s 

 .. 3Ssa 41s 



,.|8s a 12s 



7s a 8s 



10s 3d a 12s Gd 

 9s lid a 10s 

 9s a 9s 6d 

 7s 6d a 8) 

 Is 3d a 3s 3d 

 Id a ljd 

 Uda l' r .i 

 40s a GOs 



AlleppeeSt Cochin 

 Tellksnerry, White 



PLUMBAGO, Lump 



Chips 

 Dust 

 RED WOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. Chip 



SENNA, Tinnevelli 



good 



■■■Fair to fine bright bold.. 

 Middling to good small.. 

 ... Slight foul to tine bright 

 ...Ordinary to fine bright ... 

 ... Fair and fine bold 

 ...Middling coated to good 

 ... fair to good llavor 



... (bind In fine bold gr 1.., 



Fair middling bold 

 Common dark and small 



■ ■■ Finger fair to fine bold 



■ ■■Mixed middling [bright 

 ... Bulbs whole 



Do split 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 



VANILLOES, Mauritius & 



Bourbon, lsts Fine crystallised 6 a 9ineh 

 2nds Foxy & reddisb :. a 8 ,, 

 .,_, . /Lean & dry to middling 



,,r \ under G inches 



.,h /Low, foxy, inferior and 



1 1 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



pickings 



73d a 7fd 



'.id ;i 2- Bd 

 12s a 16s 

 83 a 12s 



1;. a 13s 

 4s a Ids 



£6 a £('. 59 



£6 a £7 

 £L'0a £111 

 £10a£lG 

 '.id a Is 

 3d a lid 

 1,1 a 2(1 

 23s ;i 28s 

 18s a 21s 

 18s a 22s 

 10, 3d a 1 2s 



1 6s a 2ns 



12s „ ISs 



Gsa lis 

 :;s a 6s 



ALOES, Soccotrine and pood and fine dry ... £7 a £11 



Hepatic... Common and good ...7Qsa EG 



CHILLIES, Zanzibar ...Good to fine bright ... 65s a 7"s 



Ordinary and middling... 60a a 62s 



CLOVES, Zanzibar 1 Good and fine bright ...teidaBd 



aadPemba. //ordinary dull to fait ,..j5Jda51il 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



QUALITY- 



QUOTATIONS 



tblue 



CLOVES, Mother 



,, Stems.. 



COCULUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 

 & Turkey 



green., 

 white.. 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 

 drop .. 

 block.. 

 ANIMI, washed .. 



scraped.. 

 ARABIC, picked . 



sorts.. 

 ASSAFG3TIDA ... 



KINO 



MYBRH, picked ... 



Adeu sorts 



OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings... 



sittings ... 



INDIARUBBER Mozambi 



Fair to fine dark 

 Good 



Fair, usual dry 

 1 fresh 



Small to fine clean 

 dark to good 

 Picked fine pale in sorts, 

 part yellow and mixed 

 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 line 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 

 diver 

 SAFFLOWER, Persian ...Ordinary to good 



2d aid 



1 l-16d a ljd 



8s 6d a 9s 



52s a 57s 



48s a 50s 

 4.3s a 48s 



40s a 46s 

 20s a 35s 

 £17 a £22 

 £13 a £15 

 £6 a £10 

 £10 a £14 

 £5 a £9 

 80s a S5s 

 63s a 75s 

 62s 6d a 77s Gd 

 38s a 48s 

 15s a 30s 

 30s a 32s 

 £6 a £9 

 100s a 110s 

 j40s a 45s 

 33s a 39s 

 12s a 16s 

 10s a 13s 

 Is lid a 2sOJd 

 Isl0da2s0ad 

 lslda lstjd 

 Is 5d a Is Gd 

 5s a I5s 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, lsts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



INDIAKUBI1ER Assam 



Rangoon . 

 Madagascar 



SAFFLOWER 

 TAMARINDS 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT Natal 



FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS 



CAMPHOR, China ' .. 



# Japan 

 GAMBIER, Cubes 



I '.luck 

 GUTTA PERCH A, genuini 

 Sumatra.. 

 Reboiled.. 



White Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 

 Small 

 MACE 



EHURARR, Sun dried 



High dried 



I SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium 

 small 

 Flour 

 J TArlOCA, Penang Flake 

 Singapore 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Nearly water white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brown and brownish 

 Good to fine 



Common foul and mixed 

 Fair to good clean 

 Good to fine pinky &white 

 Fair to good black 

 Good to fine pinky 

 Middling to fair 

 Inferior and pickings ... 

 Mid. to finee/»cA not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



3idaSJd 



31-lGda3id 



2Jd a 3d 



ls7d a Is lid 

 Gd a Is 6d 

 ls6dalslld 

 2s a 2s 01.1 

 Is 7d a Is sd 

 £4 10s a (65 10s 

 £3 os a £4 2s 6d 

 £1 a £1 10s 

 8s a 12s 

 3s a 6s 



Fair dry lo line bright ... 36s a 3-s 

 Common & middling soft 21s a 33s 

 Fair to fine ...35sa40s 



Middling to line ... 3jd a Gd 



^54sn 57s 



Good, pure, & dry while 1 1 R 

 pink" 



Ordinary to fine free ... 27s a 2ss 

 Pressed ... 23s a 21s 



Good ...20s 3d a 20s (id 



I'm. clean Banj&Macas- 2s 4d a 3s 3d 

 I!arl<y to fair [sar ( 7d a 2s 3d 



Common to fine clean ...'6d a Is 6d 

 Good to fine clean 



Inferior and barky 

 ;■','- :, sn's, garbled 

 35's a 95's 

 ion's a 160's 



Pale reddisb lo pale 



Ordinary to red 



Chips 



Good lo fine sound 



, lid a Is 3d 

 ... Ida lOd 

 ... 2s3d a 3s. Id 

 ...:2s a 2s 2d 

 .. Is 2d a Is !ld 

 ... Is Od a 2s lid 

 ... Is id a Is Id 

 .. Is a Is 2d 

 2S 'I 3s 



Dark ordinary & middling Is a 2s 



..IGood lo lii 

 Dark, rough & middling 



|.';ni' tofine 



Good i inky In u bite 



Fair to fine 



Hnllets 

 Medium 



Seed 



Is Id a Is 7,1 



7,1 a Is 



lL'sa 13s 



12S B 13s 

 . .is i;,l a 13s 

 . 9s a lis 

 . I J.l n. 2d 

 . 1 |da lfd 



l!,la 111 

 . IL'sCil a l: 

 . 12s a 13s G'l 

 .,12s a 13s 



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