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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[July i, 1885. 



MARKKT RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



(From Leiois & Peat's London Price Current, June 4th, 1885.) 



TROM MALAliAR 



COAST, COCHIN, 



CEYLON, MADKAS, &c. 



BEES' WAS, Wlnte 

 Yellow 

 CINCHONA BAKK— Crwu 



CAEDAMOMS Malabar 



and Ceylou 

 Alpppee 

 Telliclierry 



Mangalore 

 L ug' Ceylon 

 Ists 

 2nds 

 ards 

 Itks 



CINNAiMON 



Woody and hard ... 

 Fair to tine plant... 

 Medium to bolii ... 

 [Triage to ordiniiry 

 CoFFKiC(''^ylon Plantation Hold to tine bold 



Cliips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



QUALITY. 



I Slightly sottish to good 



\ hard bright 



Uo. drossy & dark ditto.. 



Renewed ... 



Medinm to fine Quill .. 



Spoke shavings 



Branch 



Renewed 



IVIedium to good Quill .. 



Spoke shavings 



Branch 



Twig 



Clipped, bold, bright, tine 

 Middling, stalky & lean 

 Fair to fine idump clipped 

 Good to fine 

 Brown ish 

 Good & fine, washed, bgt. 

 Middling to good... 

 Ord. to tine pale quill 



,, Native 

 Bast Indian 



COIRROPE.O 

 FIBRE, 



Native 

 ■ylon&C'ochin 

 Brush 

 Stalling ... 

 YARN, Ceylou 

 Cochin 

 Do 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted ... 

 CROTON SUEDS, sifted... 

 GINGER, Cocliin, Cut 



Rough 



NtlX VOMICA 



MYEABOLANES, pale ... 



Picking: 

 OIL, CINNAMON 



CITRONELLE 



LEMON GR.\SS .. 



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



PEPPER, Malnl'arblk.sifted Fair to bold heavy 1 



.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 fine ... 

 Roping fair to good 

 Middlingwormy to fine... 



Fair to fine fresh 



Good to fine bold 



Small and meilium 



Fair to good bold 



Small 



Fair to fine bold fresh ... 

 Small ordinaryand fair... 

 Good to fine picked 

 Common to middling ... 



Fair Coast 



Burnt and defective 

 Good to fine heavy 

 Bright & good flavour ... 



Alb ppi-e & Cochin 

 Telli.herrv. White 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



Chips 

 Dast 

 RED WOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chips 

 SENNA, Tiunevelli 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cocliin 

 VANILLOES, Mauritius & 

 Bourbon, 1st; 

 2nds 



3rds 

 4th 



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 



..Good to fine bold green 



I Fair middling bold 

 JCommon dark and sn'ali 



Finger fair to fine 1 old 



Mixed middling [bright 



Bulbs whole 

 Do split 



Fine crystalised 6 a 9inch 



Foxy & reddish ."i a 8 ,, 

 f Lenn & dry to middling 

 1 under 6 inches ,_ Gs a lis 

 ( Low, foxy, inferior and 



\ pickings .39 a Os 



QUOTATIONS. 



£B Ifts a £8 

 £5 10s a £6 109 



Is a 3s ea 



Is -Id a 23 Oa 

 9d a Is 6d 

 2d a 8d 

 sa a as 6d 

 Od a 2s (id 

 5d a Is 2d 

 2a a 6d 

 Id 



•is Gd a Is 6d 

 )s a 3s 



2s Gd a 33 2d 

 3s 4d a 4s 

 Is Gd a 2s 9d 

 Is a 5s 

 8d a la 6d 

 1 Is ild 

 'd a Is Gd 

 Oda Is 

 5d a lod 

 Md a 4d 

 'Ss a 923 

 't'B a 77s 

 'OS a 1073 

 039 a 789 

 'lis a Gl9 

 I8s a 583 

 l8s nora. 

 ■fOs a 1049 

 f'ls a 783 

 IGs a 529 

 13s nom. 

 B12 a £24 

 £14 a £25 

 C7 10s a £11 

 ei2 10sa £30 

 £12 a £40 

 ei3 a £20 

 1 3s a 52s Gd 

 iGs a 40s 

 •■89 a 8.is Gd 

 i3s a G5s Gd 

 15s a 60a 

 19s a 423 

 ^s a 123 

 7s a 8s 

 lOsa lis Gd 

 .Is a 10s 

 )a 



7s Gd a 73 9a 

 l9 3d a 33 3d 

 H a IJd 

 IJda Hd 

 tOs a 55s 



7Jda 75d 



Id a 23 Gd 

 I4s 3d a IGs Gd 

 10s a 1.3s 6d 

 Ss a 1.3s Gd 

 IsGd alls 

 £5 17s Gd a £0 

 eGa£7 

 eao a £3.5 

 £10a£lG 

 9d a Is 

 3d a Cd 

 Id a 2d 

 23s a 28s 

 18s a 21s 

 18s a 223 

 93 a Us 



16s a 2.5s 

 12s a 183 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



ALOF,S, Soceotrine and 



Hepatic. 

 CHILLIES, Zan/.ibar 



CXiOVES, Zan/.lbar 1 



and Pemba / 



Good and fine dry 

 Comniou and good 

 rood to fine bright 

 "Jrdinary and middling, 

 lood and fine bright .. 

 Ordinary du.ll to fair , 



, £7 a £9 

 1 708 a £G 



■ 4.'".s a 48s 

 i40s a 44s 



■J5d a 5.Jd 



\ 4^il a4ad 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



CLOVES, Mother 



,, Stems... 



COCULUS INDICUS 



^^'■i^Z^ }blue 



green.. 



white.. 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 



drop .. 



block.. 

 ANIMI, washed .. 



scraped. . 

 ARABIC, picked . 



ASSAFffiTIDA 



KINO 



MYRRH, picked . 



Aden sorts 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings.. 



sittings .. 



INDIARUBBER Mo/ambi 



SA¥FLOWER, Persian ... 



QUALITY 



Fair, usual dry 

 , fresh 



Fair to fine dark 

 Good 



QUOTATIONS 



Small to fine clean 

 lark to good 



Picked fine pale in sorts, 

 part yellow aud 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 gootl 

 Fair to good white 

 Reddish middling 

 Middling to good pale .. 

 Slightly foul to fiu£ 

 nue,fair tofine sausage.. 

 ' „ . „ Ball... 



unripe root 

 liver 

 Ordiiiai7 to good 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists 

 2nd3 

 3rds 



INDIARUBBER Assam 



Rangoon 

 Madagascar; 



2d a 4d 



Id a 1 1-lGd 



Ss Gd a 93 



52s a 55a 



4.5s a 509 

 40s a 44s 



■509 a 079 



30s a 45s 



£1G a £19 



£12 a £14 



£5 109 a £9 



£10 a £14 



£5 a £9 



.SOs a 859 



G3s a 75s 

 ;62s Gd a 773 6d 

 Uos a 483 

 l23s a .379 

 |2.Hs a 30s 



£0 a £3 

 is.59 a 9fls 

 1373 a 45s 

 1349 a SGs 

 'Us a 139 

 l9s a Us 

 |lsllda2s Id 

 !lsllda2sld 



ls4.id a l»5id 



Is 5d a Is 8d 



5s n 15s 



SAFFLOWER 



TAMARINDS 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWBOOT Natal 



Nearly water white 

 Fairand good pale 

 Brown and brownish 

 Good to fine " ... 



Common foul and mixed 

 Fair to good clean 

 Goodto fine pinky &wllite 

 Fair to good black 

 Good to fine pinky 

 Jliddliug to fair 

 Inferior and pickings ...' 

 Mid.to fiue/^/(TcA-not stony 

 Slouy aud iuferior ... 



3Jd a 3Jd 

 13 1-I6da3ia 

 2|d a 3d 

 Is 7d a 23 

 Gd a Is Gd 

 ilsCdalslld 

 2s a 23 Id 

 Is7dals9d 

 !£4 lOs a £5 IDs 

 l£3 63a £4 2sGd 

 '£1 a £1 IDs 

 |10s a 149 

 >33aCs 



,. Fairdrj' to fine bright ... 369 a ,3fs 

 Common Sc middling soft 253 a 333 

 Fair to fine ....353 a 403 



Middling to fine ... ajd a Gd 



FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS 



CAJMPHOR, China 



.Tapan 



GAMBLER, Cubes 



Block 



GUTTA PEHCHA, genuine 

 Sumatra. 

 ■Reboiled. 

 White Borneo . 



NUTMEGS, Large 



Medium 

 Small 



MACE 



EHUBAEB, Sun dried 



High dried 



^SGs a 5*8 



Good, pure, & dry white 

 „ ,, pink 



Ordinary tcinefree ... 2G9 a 27s 

 Pressed ... 23s a 243 



Good ... 20s 3d 



Fine clean Banj&Macas-p's 4d a 3s Sd 

 Barky to fair [sarl7d a 2s ,Sd 



Common to fine clean ...[Gd a Is Gd 

 Good to fine clean ...[lid a Is 3d 



Inferior and barky 

 G3's a SO's, garbled 

 85's a 95's 

 lOO's a IGO's 

 Pale reddish to pale 

 Ordinary to red 

 Chips 



Good to fine sound 

 Dark ordinary & middling 

 Good to fine 

 Dark, rough & middling 



4d a lOd 

 23 3d a .33 7d 

 2s a 2s 2d 

 Is 2d a Is 9d 

 Is Gd a 23 Gd 

 Is a Is 3d 

 Is a Is ai 

 2s a 4s :!d 

 Is a Is 9d 

 Is 4d a Is 7d 

 7da Is 

 12s a las 

 12s a 1.39 

 :l2sal3s0d 

 !Us Od a lOs Gd 

 lida2;d 

 I 9-1 Gd a 2a 

 Udalfi 

 153 a I.'isGd 

 IGs a 173 Od 

 15s a 15s 3d 



