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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[April i, 1885, 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS, 

 (From Lewis & Peat's London Price Current, February SGth, 1S8S.) 



FROM MALABAR 



COAST, COCHIN, 



CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 



BEES' WAX, White 

 Yellow 

 CINCHONA BARK— Crwn 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



Bed 



CARDAMOMS Malabar 



and Ceylon 

 Aleppee 

 Telli cherry 



CINNAMON 



/ Slightly sottish to good 



( hard bright 



Do. drossy & dark ditto... 



Renewed 



Medium to fine Quill ... 



Spoke shavings 



Branch 



Renewed 



Medium to good Quill ... 



Spoke shavings 



Branch 



Twig 



Clipped, bold, bright, fun- 

 Middling, stalky & lean 

 Fair to fineplumpclipped 

 Good to fine 

 Brownish 

 Good & fine, washed, bgt 



Middling to good 



Ord. to tine pale quill .. 



Mangalore 

 Long Ceylon 

 lsts 

 2nds 



3rds[ „ ,, „ „ 



4ths Woody and hard ... 



Chips ....Fair to fine plant... 



COCOA, Ceylon ...[Medium to bold ... 



' J triage to ordinary 



COFFEECeylon Plantation. "old to fine bold 



Middling to fine mid. 



,, Native 

 East Indian 



Native 

 COIRROPE.Ceylon&Coehin 

 FIBRE, llrnsh ... 



Stuffing ... 

 COIR YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 



DO 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted... 

 CKOTON SEEDS, sifted ... 

 EBONY WOOD 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA 



MYRABOLANES, pale ... 



Pickings 

 OIL, CINNAMON 

 CITRONELLE 

 LEMON GRASS 

 ORO II ELLA WEED 

 PEPPER.Malnharblk.siftcd 

 AUeppee & Cochin ,, 

 Tellieherrv. White ... 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



Chips 



Dust 

 RED WOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs ... 

 Do. chips ... 

 SENNA, Tiuuevelli 



TURMERIC, Madras 



Do. 



Do. 



Cochin 



VANILLOES, Mauritius & 



Bourbon, lsts 



2nds 



Bros 



4th 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



Low middling 



Smalls 



rdinary ... 

 Bold to fine bold... 

 Medium to fine ... 



Small 



Good to fine ordinary .. 

 Mid.coarso to finestraight 

 Ord. to tine long straight 



Coarse to fine 



Ordinary to superior ... 



1 Irdiuary to fine 



Roping fair to good 

 Middlingwomiy 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 



Burnt and defective 

 Good to fine heavy 

 Bright & good flavour ... 



Mid, to tine, not woody... 

 Fair to bold heavy 

 „ good „ 



Fair to fine bright bold... 



Middling to good small... 

 Slight Eoul to fine bright 

 i irdinary to fine bright ... 

 Fair and line bold 

 Middling coated to good 

 Fair to good flavor 



Good to fine bold green ... 

 Fair middling bold 

 (Common dark and small 

 Finger fair to fine bold 

 Mixed middling [bright 



Bulbs whole 



Do split 



£6 10s a f 8 

 £5 los a £6 5s 

 ._ a lis 6d 

 Is 4d a 3s 

 9d a Is 6d 

 2d a 8d 

 3d a 2s 6d 

 (3d a 3s 

 5d a Is 2d 

 2d a tid 

 Id a 2d 

 3s 6d a 4s lOd 

 2s a 3s 9d 

 3s 6d a 3s 6d 

 3s id a 4s Oil 

 Is Gd a 2s 9d 

 4s a 5s 6d 

 8d a Is 6d 

 8Jd a Is lOd 

 6d a Is Sd 

 old a Is 2d 

 4d a lid 

 ljd a 4d 

 80s a 84s 

 45s (id a Gfis 

 82s 6d a 103e 

 62s a 80s 6d 

 54s a 62s 

 17s i 56s 6d 

 )50s uom. 

 86s a 100s 

 01s Gd a 75<) 

 5#s a 53s 

 49s noni. 

 £12 a £24 

 615 a £30 

 £14 a £20 

 £13 a t:i7 

 ;£12 a £40 

 £14 a £20 

 13s Gd a 30s 

 ,"!)- a 65s 



70s a 95s 

 53s a 63s 

 41s a 48s 

 40s a 43s 

 Hs al2s 

 7s a 8s 



10s 3d a 12s 6d 

 9s Gd a 10s 

 98 a 9s 9d 

 7s6da8i6d 

 Is 3d a 3s 3d 

 Id a ljd 

 IJdalJd 

 4os a Gin 

 7 Id a 8Jd 

 Ijd a 8<d 

 9d a 2s «d 

 lis a 15s 

 7s a 10s 

 is a 12>s 

 .:- n 7< 

 £6 a £0 10s 

 £6 a £7 

 £20 a £40 

 £10 a £16 

 9da Is 

 3d a fid 

 Id a 2d 

 23s a 27s 

 18s a 21s 

 18s a 22s 

 10s 3d a 12s 



Fine erystalised 6 a 9inch 22s Gd a 30s 



Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, 15s a 21s 



J Lean & dry to middling 



\ under G inches ...7s a 14s 



\ Low, foxy, inferior and 



\ pickings . .. 3s a 5s 



ALOES, Soccotrine and 



Hepatic. 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar 



CLOVES, Zanzibar 



and euiL'ba 





Good and fine dry 

 Common and good 

 Good to fine bright 

 Ordinary and middling.. 

 Good and fine bright ., 



/JOrdlaary dull to fair 



!£7a£9 

 70sa£G 

 115s a 70s 

 60s a 62 . 

 SdaGJd 

 5 1 a (,,m1 



FR M BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



QUALITY- 



QUOTATIONS 



tblue 



CLOVES, Mother 



,, Stems 



COCULUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 

 & Turkey 



green 

 white. 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 

 drop 

 block 

 ANIMI, washed 



Fair, usual dry 

 , fresh 



Fair to fine dark 

 Good 



Small to tine clean 

 dark to good 



Picked tine pale in sorts, 

 part yellow and mixed 

 Bean & Pea size ditto 

 amber and dark bold 

 scraped... Medium & bold sorts 

 ARABIC, picked ... Pale bold clean 



Yellowish and mixed 

 sorts... Fair to fine 

 ASSAF03TIDA ... Clean fair to fine 



Slightlv stony and foul 

 KINO ... Fair to'tine bright 



MYRRH, picked ...JFair to fine pale 

 Aden sorts Middling to good 



OLIBANUM, drop 



Fair to good white 

 Middling to good reddish 

 Middling to good pale 

 Slightly foul to tine 



pickings 

 sittings i 

 INDIARUBBER Mozambi que,fair tofine sausage... 



„ Ball... 

 unripe root 

 liver 

 SAFFLOWER, Persian ... Ordinary to good 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, lsts 



2nds 



3rds 

 INDIARUIiBER Assam 



Rangoon 

 Madagascar 



SAFFLOWER 

 TAMARINDS 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Capo 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT Natal 



.2d aid 



,ll 1-lGdalJd 



.8s 6d a 9s 



.[52sa57s 

 48s a 50s 

 43s a 48s 



40s a 46s 

 UOs a 35s 

 £17 a £22 

 £13 a £15 

 £6 a £10 

 £10 a £14 

 £S a £2 

 80s a 85s 

 60s a 70s 

 60s a 75s 

 46s a 60s 

 35s a 45s 

 30s a 32s 

 £6 a £9 

 100s a UOs 

 37s a 15s 

 27s a 35s 

 lis a 10s 

 9s a 13s 

 Is lid a 2s Id 

 Isl0da2s Id 

 lsl'd 



Is 5d a Is d 

 5s a 15s 



Nearly water white ... 3^1 a 3?d 

 Fairand good pale ... 3 1-lGd a 3'd 

 Brown and brownish ... 2|d a 3d 

 Good to fine ... Is 7d a Is lid 



Common foul and mixed Gd a Is Gd 

 Fair to good clean ... Is Gd a Is lid 



Good to fine pinkv &white 2s a 2s l.Ul 

 Fair to good black ... Is 7d a Is 9d 



Good to tine pinky ...£4 Ins a £5 103 



.Middling to fair ... £3 5sa £4 2s Gd 



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

 Mid.tofineW.irfiiiot stony 8s a 12s 

 Stony and inferior ...3s a 6s 



Fair dry to fine bright ... 36s a 40s 

 Common & middling soft 21s a 33s 

 iFairtofine ...35s a 40s 



Middling to fine ... 3Jd a 6d 



FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS. 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 GUTCH.Pegne 



GAMBIER, Cubes 



Block 

 GUTTA PERCHA, genuin. 

 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 white 

 , ,, pink 



Good to fine 

 Ordinary to fine free 

 Pressed 

 Good 



Fine clean Banj&Macas- 

 Barky to fair [sar 



Common to fine clean 

 Good to fine clean 

 Inferior and barky 

 63's a 80's, garbled 

 85's a 95's 

 100's a 160's 

 Pale reddish to pale 

 Ordinary to red 

 Chips 



Good to fine sound 

 Dark ordinary &. middling 

 Good to fine 



Dark, rough & middling 

 Fair to fine 



Good pinky to w bite 

 Fair to fine 



Bullets 

 Medium 

 'Seed 



27s a 28s 

 L'3s a 24s 

 20s 6d a 20s 9d 

 2s Id i 3s 3d 

 7d a 2s 3d 

 6d a ls6d* 

 lid a Is 3d 

 4d a lOd 

 2s 4d a 3s 5d 

 2s a 2s 3d 

 Is 2d a Is lOd 

 ls6d a 2s lid 

 Is Id a Is Id 

 Is a Is 2d 

 2s a 3s 

 Is a 2s 

 Is 4d a Is 7d 

 7dals 

 12s a 13s 

 12s a 13s 

 :is 6d a 12s 

 9s a lis 

 ljda 2d 

 ljda lid 

 Ijd a l}d 

 12s Gd u 13s Gil 

 12s a 13s Gd 

 12s a 13s 



