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THE fROPtCAL AGRICULTURIST, 



fjfuKE t, 1885, 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis <£■ Peat's London Price Current, May 7th, 1SS5.) 



FROM MALABAR 



COAST, COCHIN, 



CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 



BEES' WAX, White 

 Yellow 

 CINCHONA BARK— Crw 



Red 



CARDAMOMS Malabar 



and Ceylon 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



Aleppce 

 Tellicherry 



CINNAMON 



Mangalore 



Long Ceylon 



lsts 



Sinn's 



3rds 



4ths 



Chips 



Ceylon 



I Slightly softish to good 

 \ hard bright 

 ...iDo. drossy & dark ditto 

 i'u Renewed ... 



Medium to fine Quill 



Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Renewed 



Medium to good Quill 



Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Twig 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 



Middling, stalky & lean 



Fair to fineplumpclipped 



Good to tine t 



Brownish 



Good &. fine, washed, bgt. 



Middling to good 



Ord. to fine pale quill ... 



COCOA 



COFFEE Ceylon Plantation 



,, Native 

 East Indian 



Native 



Woody and 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 flue ... 



Small 



Good to fine ordinary 



COIRROPE.Ceylon&Cochin Mid. coarse to fiuestraight 

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



Stuffing ...Coarse to fine 

 YARN, Ceylon ... Ordinary to superior 



Cochin 

 Do 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted ... 



Ordinary to fine 

 Roping fair to good 

 Middlingwormy to fine. 



CROTON SEEDS, sifted ...jFair to fine fresl 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA 



MYRABOLANES, pale 



Good to fine bold... 

 Small and medium 

 Fair to good bold... 



i. Small 



■ Fair to fine bold fresh 



Small ordinaryand 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, Malabar blk. sifted .Fair to bold heavy 



Alleppee & Cochin 

 Tellicherry, White 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



Chips 

 Dust 



RED WOI ID 



SAPAN WOOD 



SANDAL WOOD, logs 

 Do. chips 



SENNA, Tiunevelli 



7d a 7|d 



Oil a 2s lid 

 Its fid a 16s 6d 

 10s a 13a 6d 

 8s a 13s 9d 

 os a Us lid 

 £5 17s lid a £6 

 £6 a £7 

 £20 a £40 

 £10 a £16 

 Good to fine bold green ...j9d a Is 

 Fair middling bold ...3d a lid 

 Common dark and smallild a 3d 

 Finger fair to fine bold!23s a 2*s 



good 



Fair to fine bright bold.. 

 Middling to good small.. 

 Slight foul to fine bright 

 Ordinary to fine bright . 

 Fair and fine bold 

 Middling coated to good 

 Fair to good flavor 



£6 10s a £8 



£5 10s a £6 5s 



Is a 3s 6d 



Is 4d a 2s fid 



9d a Is 6d 



2d a 8d 



Bd a 2s 6d 



6d a 2s lid 



5d a Is 2d 



2d a fid 



Id 



3a 0d a 4s (id 



2s a 3s 



2s Gd a 3s 2d 



3a 4d a 4s 



Gd a 2s 9d 

 4s a 5s 

 8d a Is fid 

 8jd a Is lOd 

 Hid a Is 8d 

 5*d a Is 2d 

 4Jda lid 



da4d 

 wis a 103a 

 ivis a 69s 

 7fe a 102a 

 59s a 75s 

 54s a 58s 

 15s a 52s 

 40» nom. 

 HOs a 133a 



56s a 75s 

 45s a 52s 

 40s nom. 

 £12 a £24 

 £14 a £2 

 £8 a £12 

 £12 a £36 

 £10 a £40 

 £13 a £20 

 13s a 30s 

 40s a 45s 

 rV3s a 80s 

 53s a 63s 

 45s a 50s 

 39s a 42s 

 8s a 12s 

 7s a 8s 

 10s a lls6d 

 9s a 10s 

 9s 



7a fid a 7s 9d 

 lis 3d a 3s 3d 

 M a lid 

 ltd;. 154 

 40a a 55a 



Mixed middling [bright 

 Bulbs whole 

 Do split 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Cochin 

 VANILLOES, Mauritius & 



Bourbon, lsts Fine crystalised 6 a 9inch 

 2nds Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, 

 •i-A f Lean & dry to middling 

 <,MB I under flinches 

 ,,i. J Low, foxy, inferior and 



\ pickings 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



ALOES, Soccotrine and 



Hepatic. 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar 



CLOVES, Zanzibar 

 and Pemba 



lbs a 21s 

 18s a 22s 

 10s 3d a 12s 



10s a 25s 

 12s a 18s 



Gs a 1 Is 



Good and fine dry ...£7a£9 



Common and good ... 70s a £fi 

 Good to fine bright ...|43sa52s 

 Ordinary andmiddling...[43s a 46s 

 , Good and fine bright ... 5d a 5^d 

 /J Ordinary dull to fail ,,.,4,'ia i,.q 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



^blue 



CLOVES, Mother 



,, Stem; 



COCULUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 

 & Turkey 



green., 

 white.. 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 

 drop .. 

 block.. 

 ANIMI, washed .. 



scraped. 

 ARABIC, picked 



sorts... 

 ASSAFOJTIDA 



KINO 



MYRRH, picked 



Aden sorts 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings.. 



sittings .. 



INDIARUBBER Mozambi 



SAFFLOWEH, Persian ... 



Fair, usual dry 

 „ fresh 



Fair to fiue dark 

 Good 



QUALITY 



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 

 Y'ellowish and mixed ... 

 Fair to fine ... 



Clean fair to fine 

 Slightly stony and foul ... 

 Fair to line bright 

 Fair to tine pale 

 Middling to good 

 Fair to good white 

 Reddish middling * ... 

 Middling to good pale ... 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 que, fair tonne sausage... 

 „ * „ Ball... 



unripe root 

 liver 

 Ordinary to good 



QUOTATIONS 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, lsts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



INDIARUBBER Assam 



2d a Id 



Id al l-16d 



Ss fid a Us 



52s a 56s 



45s a 50s 



40s a 44s 



50s a 67s 

 30s a 45s 

 £17 a £22 

 £13 a £15 

 £6 a £10 

 £10 a £14 

 £5 a £9 

 80s a 85s 

 63s a 75s 

 62s 6d a 77s 6d 

 38s a 4&s 

 I os a 34s 

 28s a 30s 

 £6 a £8 

 85s a <J5* 

 39a a 46s 

 35s a 38s 

 Us a 14s 

 lis a 12s 

 Is lid a2s0|d 

 Is 10da2s0id 

 Is l.jd a ls4Jd 

 Is 3d a Is 6d 

 5s a 15s 



Rangoon . 

 Madagasca 



SAFFLOWER 



TAMARINDS 



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.tofineWrtcAnot stony 

 Stony and inferior 



3-.1 a .ljd 

 3 1-J6da31d 

 2fd a 3d 

 Is 7d a 2s 

 Gd a Is fid 

 ]s6da Is lid 

 2s a 2s Id 

 Is 7d a is 8d 

 £4 10s a £5 10i 

 £3 5s a £4 2s fid 

 £1 a £1 10a 

 8s a 12s 

 3s a 6s 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 



ARROWROOT Natal 



... Fair dry to tine bright ... 36s a 38a 

 ... Common & middling soft 25s a 33a 

 ... Fair to fine ,„ 35s a 40s 



... Middling to fine ... 3jd a Gil 



FROM CHINA.. JAPAN & j 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS.! 



CAMPHOR, China 



Japan 



GAMBIER, Cubes 



Block 



GUTTA PERCHA, gennin 

 .Sumatra. 

 Reboiled 

 While Borneo 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 

 Small 



•MACE 



RHUBARB, Sun dried . 



High lined . 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Penang Flake. 

 Singapore 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



. Good, pure, &. dry white 

 • „ ,, P' 



.Ordinary to fiue free 



Pre-sc.l 



hite 1 

 pink / 



54s a .'Gs 



27s a 28s 

 23s a 21s 

 Good ... (21s a 21s 3d 



e Fine clean Ranj& Macas- 2s Id a 3s 3d 

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



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

 Good.to fine clean ... Mil a Is 3d 

 Inferior and barky ... Id a lOd 

 C3's a 80's, garbled ... 2- 3d a 3, id 

 .-:,'■ a 9-Vs " ... 2s a 2s 2d 



100'sa 100's ...lis 2d a Is I'd 



Pale reddish to pale ... ! ls Gd a 2s lid 

 (Ordinary to red ... Is a Is 3d 



.Chips ...Is a Is 2d 



'Good to fine sound ...'2s a 4s fid 



; Dark ordinary,! middling Is a 2s 

 iGood to fine ... Is Id a Is 7.1 



Dark, rough & middling 7d a Is 



.Fair to fine 



.'Good pinky to white 

 -Fair to fine 



Knllets 

 Medium 



Seed 



1-'- .1 13s 

 ... 12s a 13s 

 ... I Is a 13s 

 ... lis a 10s fid 

 ... lid a 2d 

 ... l|da 13d 

 ... ljd a ljd 

 ...12s 6d a 13s fid 

 ... 13s ttf a 14s 6d 

 ....lis » 13s M 



