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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 



[August i, 1885. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis & Peat's London Price Current, July 2nd, 1SS5.) 



FROM MALABAR 



COAST, COCHIN, 



CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 



BEES' WAX, White 

 Yellow 

 CINCHONA BAKK— Crwn 



CABDAMOMS Malabar 



and Ceylon 

 Alcppee 

 Tellicherry 



QUALITY. 



CINNAMON 



Mangalore 

 Long Ceylon 



COCOA, 



Chips 

 Ceylon 



l3tS 



2ncls 

 3rcLs 



4th! 



f SliRhtly softish to good 



\ liard bright 



Do. drossy & dark ditto.. 



Renewed ... 



Medium to fine Quill ... 



Spoke shaviugs 



Branch 



Renewed 



Medium to good Quill ... 



Spoke shavings 



Branch 



Twig 



Clipped, bold, bright, fine 



Middling, stalky & lean 



Fair to tineplumpclipped 



Good to fine 



Brownish 



Good & fine, washed, bgt. 



Middling to good 



Ord. to line pale quill ... 



COFFEE Ceylon Plantation 



„ Native 

 Liberian 

 East Indian 



Native 

 COIEEOPE.Ceylon&Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush 



StulBng ... 

 YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted ... 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted... 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA 



MYKA30LANES, pale ... 



Pickings 

 OIL, CINNAMON 

 CITRONELLE 

 LEMON GRASS 

 ORCHELLAWEED 

 PEPPER, Malabar blk.sifted 

 AUeppee & Cochin ,, 

 Tellicherry, White 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



Chips 



Dust 

 RED WOOD 

 SAl'AN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. chips 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VANLLLOES, Mauritius & 

 Bourbon, Ists 

 2uds 



3rds 



•Jth 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND i!ANi;iBAR. 



ALOES, Soccolrine and 



Hepatic 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar 



CLOVES, Zanzibar 



BUd f «mbti 



QUOTATIONS. 



Woody and hard 



Fair to tine plant 



Medium to good bold ... 

 Triage to ortlinary 

 Bold to fine bold 

 Middling to line mid, ... 



Low middling 



Smalls 



Good ordinary 



Small to bold 



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 

 Middliugwormy 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 aud defective 

 Good to fine heavy 

 Bright & good flavour ... 



Mid. to fine, not woody... 

 Fair to bold heavy 1 



good „ f 



Fair to fine bright bold... 

 Sliddling to good email... 

 Slight foul to fine bright 

 Ordinary to fine bright ... 

 Fair and fine bold 

 Miildling coated to good. 

 Fair to good flavor ...' 



Good to fine bold green. 

 Fairniiddling bold 

 Common dark and small 

 Finger fair to fine buhl 

 Mixed middling [bi'lghf 

 Bulbs whole 

 Do split 



Fine crystalised (i a llinch 

 Foxy & red.lish n a 8 

 f Lean & dry to middling 

 \ under 6 inches 

 Low, foxy, inferior and 

 [picking! 



£6 lOs a jE8 

 .es Kis a £6 108 

 Is a 3s 6d 

 Is 4d a 23 63 

 9d a Is 6d 

 ■M a8d 

 8d a 2s 6d 

 Od a 51s lid 

 5d a Is 2a 

 2d a 6d 

 Id 



'is a 43 

 Is a 33 



■M 6d a 3s 2d 

 23 9d a 4s 

 Is a 25 6d 

 Is a 4s 6d 

 8d a Is ea 

 Sjd a Is 9d 

 7jd a Is 6d 

 6|d a Is 

 4}d a lOd 

 Hi a 4d 

 83s a 9(is 6d 

 45s a 55s 

 80s a 99s 

 78s 

 o6s a 633 

 47b a 668 

 40s a 433 nom. 

 41a a 83s 6d 

 78s a 125s 

 63s a 763 

 J lis a 5-53 6d 

 10s a 43uom. 

 £12 a £24 

 £14 a £25 

 £7 10s a £11 

 £12 10s a £36 

 £12 a £40 

 £13 a £20 

 133 a 523 6d 

 .■!63 a 403 

 JOs a lOOs 

 55s a 65s 

 43s a 503 

 373 a 423 

 83 a 12s 

 s a Bs 



lOs a lis 6d 

 8s 6d a 9s 6d 

 Ss 9 I a 93 

 7s ed a 73 93 

 Is 3d a 3s 3J 

 Id a 1 l-16d 

 Ud 

 40s a 553 



7id a 7}d 

 9d a 2s 6d 

 143 3d a 16s 63 

 10s a l.?3 6d 

 8s a 13s 6d 

 ls6da lis 

 £5 17s lid a £6 

 £i! a £7 

 £20 a £35 

 l£10a£lB 

 9d a la 

 3d a ad 

 Id a 2d 

 21s a 2o8 

 153 a 1 8s 

 13s a 16s 

 <3a93 



16s a 25s 

 123 a 183 



6s a lis 

 Is a Ga 



Good and fine dry ... C7 a £9 



Common and good ..,j70sa£ti 

 Good to fine bright .. iOsaSls 

 irdinary and middling.. 1 1 Is a 483 

 fine bright ,,,J3ida5,qd 

 duUtuiiiii ,, jj<la4jd 



iirdinary fl 

 1 J^TOodand f 

 /Ji^rdiuary d 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZilNZIBAR. 



^blue 



CLOVES, Mother 



,, Stems, 



COCULUS LNDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 1 

 & Turkey / 



green... 

 white... 

 GUJI AMMONIACUM— 

 drop ... 

 block... 

 ANIMI, washed ... 



scraped.. 

 ARABIC, picked . 



sorts.. 

 ASSAFCETIDA 



KINO 



MYKBH, picked .. 



Aden sorts 



OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings... 



sif tings ... 



INDIARUBBEE Mozambi 



SAFFLOWEE, Persian 



QUALITY 



Fair, usual dry 



,, fresh 



Fair to fine dark 

 Good 



Small to fine clean 

 dark to good 

 Picked tine 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 fine bright 

 Fair to fine pale 

 IVIiddling to good 

 Fair to good wliite 

 Reddish to middling . 

 Middling to good pale . 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 que,fairtofine sausage, 

 „ Ball, 

 unripe root 

 liver 

 Ordinary to good 



QUOTATIONS 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, lst3 

 2nds 

 3rds 



INDIARUBBEE Assam 



2d a4d 



Id a 1 l-16d 



8s 6d a 93 



52s a 55b 



4-5s a 50s 

 40s a 44s 



50s a 653 

 30s a 453 

 £14 a £18 

 £11 a £13 

 £5 lOs a £8 

 £8 a £12 

 £5 a £8 

 76s a 803 

 60s a 723 

 60s a 753 

 42.S a 48s 

 30s a 40s 

 383 a 423 

 £6 a £< 

 85s a 95s 

 378 a 453 

 32s a 35s 

 9s a 133 

 9s a lis 

 :lsllda2s 

 is llda2sld 

 IsSida ls4Jd 

 Is 5d a Is 8d 

 '5s a 153 



Rangoon 

 Madagascar 



SAFFLO'R'EE 



TAMARINDS 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT Natal 



Nearly water white ...3ida3Jd 

 Fair and good pale ... 3 l-16d a 3Jd 

 Brown and brownish ...I2|da3d 

 Good to fine ...|ls 7d a 23 



Common foul and mixed 6d a Is 6d 

 Fair to good clean ...|l8 6d a Is lid 



Goodtofine pinky &\vhitel23 a 23 id 

 Fair to good black ...l3 7dals9d 

 Good to fine pinky ...l£4 10s a £5 10s 



Middling to fair ...j£3 6sa £4 2s 6d 



Inferior and pickings ...l£l a £1 lOs 

 Mid.tofineJ/ncA-not stonyjlOsa 14s 

 Stony and inferior ...i38a68 



Foirdry to fine bright ...368 a 388 

 Common & middling soft 25s a 33s 



FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS 



CAMPHOR, China 

 Japan 

 GAMBIEE, Cubes 



Block 



GUTTA PEECHA, genuine 

 Sumatra. 

 Reboiled. 

 White Borneo . 



NUTMEGS, large 



Medium 

 Small 



MACE 



EHUBARB, Smi dried .. 



High dried .. 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium ,. 

 small 

 Flom- 

 TAPIOCA, Penang Flake.. 

 Singapore 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Fair to fine 

 Middling to fine 



Good, pure, & dry white 

 ,, piiilc 



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 

 61'8 a 80's, garbled 

 85'8 a 95's 

 lOO's a 160'8 

 Pale reddish to pale 

 Ordinary to red 

 Chips 



Good to fine sound 

 Darkordinary&midtUing 

 Good to fine 



Dark, rough & middling 

 Fair to fine 



35s a 40s 

 iii a Gd 



Good pinky to white 

 Fair to fine 



BuUeta 

 Medium 



Seed 



j-S0sa85s 



293 a 29s 6d 

 25s a 2(is 

 20s a 20s 6d 

 28 4d a 38 34 

 7d a 2s 3d 

 6d a Is 6d 

 Uda l8 3d 

 4d a lOd 

 2s 4d a .3s 7d 

 23 a 2s 3d 

 Is 2d a Is 9d 

 Is 6d a 2s 6d 

 Is a Is ad 

 Is a Is 2d 

 23 a 4s 

 la a l8 Od ■ 

 Is 4d a Is 7d 



1 a Is 

 i;is a 158 

 123 lid a lis 

 12s 6d a 14s 

 11)3 a llslid 

 ISda 2\A 

 Uda 2d 

 ltd a l}d 

 I5s a 16s 6d 

 ISs a 16s 6d 

 13e 93 a 148 3d 



