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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[Dec. I, 1885 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND tJKMV PRODUCTS. 

 (From Lewif «fc Peat's London Price Current, November Sth, 1885.) 



FBOM MALABAR 

 COAST, COCHIN, 



CEYLON, MADUAtf, &c 



BEES' WAX. White 



Y.-Mow 

 CINCHONA BAUK— Crwii 



Red 



CAItnAMOMS Miilalar 



QUALITY. 



/ Sii{i:litly softish to gooil 

 I hui'.l brifjlit 

 iJo. drossy & .iarlc ditto., 



R.'ii.'wc.d 



.M.'.lumi to liiic (Juill .. 



Sjiolic shaviiif^s 



Uniiili 



Uenc\r'-cl 



Wdiuin to good Quill ... 



iSpok.? shuviiiga 



Brancli 



Tvvis 



Cl'pj.ed, bold, briiJ:Iit,fiiie 



and Ceylon Middliiifi, stalky & lean 



Aleppee [Fair to tlneplumpelijiiied 



TellielierryJGood tu Hue 



|Browiiish 



Man)»:ilore |Good & fine, washed, bgt, 



Long Ceylon MidiUing to good 



Ists lOrd. to fine pale quill ... 



ands' „ „ 



ardsl „ ,, „ „ 



4th8;Woody and hard 



...IFair to fine plant 



...;Bold to good bold 

 ...Medium 



jTriage to ordinary 

 COFFEECeylon Plantation, Hold to fine bold 



Middling to fine mid. ... 



Low middling 



Smalls 



'tTOod ordinary 



.Small to bold 



. Bold to fine bold 



Medium to fine 



Small 



Good to fine ordinary 



QltOTATIONS. 



CINNAMON 



Chil>s 

 COtWA, Ceylon 



„ Native 

 Liberian 

 East Indian 



Native 



COIRROPE,Ceyloii&Cochiji Mid. coarse to linestraiglit 



FIBRE, Brush 



Stutiing .. 

 Y'ARN, Ceylon 

 Coeliin 

 Do 

 COLOMBO KOO'l', sift.-d .. 

 OKOTON SEEKS, sifted .. 

 GINGER, Co hin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA 

 MYKABOLANRS.pa 



Pickings 

 OIL, CINNAMON 

 Cri'RONELLE 

 LEMON GRASS 

 ORCHELLA WEEll 

 PEPPER. Malabar blk. sifted 

 AUi'ppee & Coihiii ,, 

 Teiruberry, White ... 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



Ord. to fine long straight 



jCoarse to fine 



lOrdinary to superior 



Ortliiuiry to fine 



Ro})ing fair to good 



-Middlingwormy to fine... 



Fair to fine fresh 



Good to fine boltl 



Small and medium 



Fair to good bold... 



Small 



.jFair to fine bold fresh 

 ISmall ordi-narj-and fair, 

 . :Good to fine picked 

 iCoinmon to miildling . 



Fair Coast 



Burnt and ilefective 



Good to fine heavy 



Bright & good flavour . 



Mid. to fine, not woody 

 Fair to bohl hea\7 

 ,, good ,, 



Chips 

 . Dust 

 REll WOOll 

 SAPAN WOOll 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



110. chips 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



TirRMERIC, Madras 

 llo. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VANILI.OES, Mauritius & 



Bourbon, Ist.s jFine eryatal 

 2nds Fo.>ty &. red ' 



8rrts 



Fair lo tine bright bold.. 

 iMiddling to good Email.. 

 Sliglit foul to tine bright 

 Ordinary to tine bright ... 

 Fair aiul fine bold 

 Middling coated to good 

 Fair lo good (lavor 



Good to fine bold green... 

 Fair middling bob! 

 Connuon dark and sinuU 

 Finger fair to line bold 

 Mixed middling [bright 



Bulbs whole 



Do split ' 



£0 10s a £8 

 £5 10s a £6 lOs 

 U a ;l.s (kl 

 Is Id a L's lid 

 9d a Is (id 

 ■2d a .-(d 

 1 a 3s lid 

 I a ;^s (id 

 1 a Is 2.1 

 2d a (id 

 Id 



•2s Gd a Ss Kd 

 2s a 2s ia 

 2s .1,1 a 2s (id 

 is a .'Is M 

 Is a 2s :id 

 ■Is a 4s (id 

 8d a Is Id 

 llld a Is <l,l 

 ■Sid a Is U,l 

 (da Is 2d 

 5Jd a lod 

 IJd a 53.1 

 86s a sria 

 72a a ,s(ls 

 3.5s a 70s 

 S8s a l(l(is 

 07s a blis 

 ■>lis a CIs 

 51s a (iOs 

 •IHs a 4;{s nom. 

 10s a 41is 

 84s a I(l7s 

 C4s a 8(ls 

 l()s a ais 

 10s a ■508 nom. 

 Cl:la £24 

 £20 a £32 

 £7 a £18 

 £12 10s « £38 

 £12 a £40 

 £11 a £17 

 (ids 

 :iOs a ^Os 

 137s a y»s 

 48s a 02s 

 :W3 a 42s 

 :i4s a 38s fid 

 8s a 12s 

 's a 8s 

 ■Ss Dd a IDs M 



7s M a ss ea 



8s lid 



(is .Sd a 7s 



Is Ma 3s 



31 a Id 



IJdal.'d 



40s a .5.5s 



Jd a 8(1 



Kid a 2s Cd 

 I2sa Ms 

 10s a 13s 

 .Ss a 13s 

 4s Cd a Ills 

 £;il2/(ida £G 

 £li a £7 

 £20 a £3^'; 

 £10 a £10 

 Kd a Is 

 ;itl a (id 

 Id a 2d 

 bSs a 219 

 1.5s a I7.S 

 13s a I (is 

 10s 



4th 



FROM BO.VIBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



>d (la 9inch 10s a 22s 

 h .5 aH ,, 129 a lUs 

 f L(^a(( & drylo middling 

 1 (((ulcr B iiiibes ...fealls 

 Low, foxy, inferior and l:!s a .Os 

 I pickings' 



ALOES, .SoCfOtrine and 



llepatie.. 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar 



CLOVES, Zanzibar 1 



and Pemba J 



Good and fine dry 

 Common and good 

 Good to fine bright 

 Ordinary and middling 

 Good and fine bright 

 Ordinary dull to fair 



,.. £7 a .£8 10s 

 .. 70s a £f) 

 .. 35.9 a 3.SB 

 .. ;i2s a 31s (id 



.. 55d a lid 

 ..O.'daSJd 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



QUALITY 



QUOTATIONS 



CLOVES. Mother 



,, Stems.. 



C(JCULIIS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorali 1 , , 



& Turkey r^"' 

 green,, 

 white.. 

 GUM AMMONIACUM^ 

 drop .. 

 block.. 

 ANIMI, washed ., 



scraped,,, 

 ARABIC, picked .. 



sorts... 

 ASSAFffiTIDA ... 



KINO 



MVBUH, picked ... 



Aden sorts 



OLIBANUM, Irop 



pickings... 



siftings ... 



INDIAEUBBER Mozambi 



SAFFLOWER, Persian .. 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAl'E OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists 



2n(ls 



3rds 

 INDIARUBBER Assam ... 



Rangoon ..". 

 Miidagascar 



, I Fair, msual dry 

 .1 „ fresh 



Fair to fine dark 

 Good 



Small to fine clean 



dark to good 



Picked fine pale in sorts, 

 part yellow and mixed 



Hcaii & Peasize ditto . 

 inbcr and dark bold . 



.Medium & bold sorts . 



Pale bold clean 



Yellowish and mixed ., 



Fair to fine 



Clean fair to fine ,', 



Slightlystony and foul .. 



Fair to fine bright 



Fair to fine pale 



.Middling to good 



Fair to good white 



Reddish to middling .. 



Middling to good pale .. 



Slightly foul to fine 



:iiue,fair tofine sau.s:ige.. 



) .. ... Ball.. 



unripe root 



liver 



tOrdiuary to good 



..,'2d aid 

 ,,,1.1 a I 1-ltid 

 ...Us a Ids 



,.. 52sa57s 

 ...MSsa 52s 

 ,,.i45s a 47s 



, 45s a 609 



.30s a 45s 



£14 a £18 



£lla£l.S 



£5 Ids a £8 



£8 a £12 



eSa £8 



.s,5s a sl,5s 



70s a S49 



75s a SSs 



1,5s a 50s 



32s a 42s 



Ids a 4.5s 

 . £6 a £8 

 , HSs a 100s 

 ,U0sa539 

 ,|32sa383 

 .Hsa lis 

 ,!i1sa Us 



Is Hil a I.s lOJd 

 IsWa IslOjd 



Is ^1 a IB 1(1 

 Is ;)d a Is 7d 

 5s a 15s 



SAFFLOWER 



TAMARINDS 



Nearly water white ... .Ijd a 4;d 

 jFairand good pale ... 3da3Jd 

 Brown and brownish ... 2Jd a 2Jd 

 Good to fine ...{is 5d a Is lOd 



Common foul and mixe(i 4d a Is 3d 

 Fair to good clean ... Is 4d a Is 9d 



Good to fine pinky &nhite Is Hjd a Is lid 

 Fair to good black ... IsSdalsSd 



Good to tine pinky ... £4 Ids a £^108 



.Middling to fair ...'£3.5sa £4 2a 6d 



Inferior and pickings ...:£la£l 10a 

 Mid.tofi(ie/>/rtc/jnotstony!10sa Ma 

 Stony and inferior ... ,.3s a Cs 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT Natal 



...jFairdry to fine bright ... .329 a 3l9 

 ...'C'cnimon & middling H0ft2lis a 3l9 

 ,,,'Fair loline ...'3.5s a 4(l9 



...i-Mid.lling tofine „, 3.1.1 a M 



FROM CHINA. .TAI'AN & 

 TH E EASTERN ISLANDS. 



CAMPHOR, China 



.Tapan 



GAMlilER, Cubes 



Bloik 

 GUTTA PERCHA, gemiini 

 S((mafra.. 

 Reboiled.. 

 White Borneo 



NirTMEOS, large 



Medium 

 Small 

 MACE 



RHUBARB, Sun drie.l ., 



High, hied .. 



S^MIO, IVarl, large 



medium .. 

 small 

 Flo((r 

 TAPIOCA, Penang Flake.. 

 Singapore 

 Flour 

 P..arl 



Good, pnrc.'i: dry ^hltej.^^yg^g^ 



Onlidury lo fine free ... 2.SS (i.1 a 293 ed 

 Press(9l ...i22s (id a 2.39 



Goo.1 ...ilHs3d a IHsfid 



Fine clean Banj & Macaa-,2s 4d a 3s 3d 

 Barky to fair [sar (i.l a 2s 3d 



"oiiimod to fine clean ...[id a Is Id 

 Goo.l to li((e cli'aii ...llld a Is :l.l 



Idferi.ir and barky ...iltl a 8.1 

 Si's a Sd's, garbled ..J2i 1.1 a :l9 6,1 



,S5'sa9.5N ...J2sa2s3.1 



Idd's a IGO's ...lis .3.1 a Is lOd 



Pal.^ rcldi.sh lo pale ...!ls Gil a 2s (M 

 Ordinary to red ... Is Id a Is ;{il 



('hips ...lid a Is 



(Jood lo line sonn,l ..,2sa 4s 

 I Hark ur,linary& middling Is a Is i>,I 

 (lou.1 to fine ,.. Is 2d a Is lid 



(Dark, rough & middling 7d a Is 



'Fair loline 



(tood pinky to \, hil. 

 Fair lo fine 



Hnlb'ts 

 I Medium 

 ISced 



, 12s (Id a 14s 

 ... 12s a 14s 

 ... lis a 13s 

 „, Ills a Us 

 ... i;.la2;d 

 ... I,',da2d 

 ... ljdal},l 

 ... Ms (1 1.59 (id 

 ...|Ms lid a IGs Cd 

 ...14s6da 1,5s Hd 



