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tME TROPICAL AaRICULTURIST, 



[Feb. I, i»»6. 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



(Prom Lewis <t Pent's London Price Current, December 17th, 1885.) 



FROM MALABAR 



COAST, COCHIN, 



CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 



BEES' WAX, White 



Yellow 

 CINCHONA BABK— Crwn 



Red 



CARDAMOMS Malabar 



and Ceylon 

 Aleppep 

 Teliicherry 



Mangalore 

 Long Ceylon 

 CINNAMON Ists 



3nds 

 3rd8 

 Iths 

 Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylou 



COFFEECeylon Plantation 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



r Slightly softiah to good 



t hard bright 



Do. drossy & dark ditto. 



Renewed ... 



Medium to fine Quill , 



Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Renewed 



I^ediuia to good Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Twig 



Cl;p;^ed, bold, bright, fine 

 Middling, stalky & lean 

 Fair to fine plump clipped 

 Good to fine 

 Brownish 



Good & fine, washed, bgt. 

 Middling to good... 

 Ord. to fine pale quill 



,, Native 

 Liberian 

 East Indian 



Native 



COIRROPE,Ceylon&Cochin 

 FIBRE, Brush 



Stuffing .. 

 YARN, Ceylon 

 Cochin 

 Do 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted .. 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifted .. 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA 



MYRABOLANES, pale ... 



Pickings 

 OIL, CINNAMON 

 C'lTRONELLE 

 LEMON GRASS 

 ORCHELLA WEED 

 PEPPEK,Malabarblk.sifted 

 AUcppee & Cochin „ 

 Tellicherry, White ... 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



Chips 



Dust 

 REDWOOD ...! 



SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs ...I 

 Do. chips ...j 

 SENNA, Tinnerelli 



TtTRMERIC, Madra.i 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Cochin 

 VAKIttOES, Mauritius & 

 Bouxbou, Ists 1 

 2nds' 



3rds 



•1th 



FR(.)M BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



Woody and hard ... 

 Fair to fine plant... 

 Bold to good bold 

 Medium 



Triage to ordinary 

 Bold to fine bold 

 Middling to fine 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 



jRoping fair to good 

 Middlingwormy to fine... 



[Fair to fine fresh 



iGood to fine bold 



(Small and medium 

 JFair to good bold... 



iSmall 



[Fair to fine bold fresh ... 

 (Small ordinary and fair... 

 jGood to fine picked 

 Common to middling ... 



Fair Coast.. 



Burnt and defective 

 Good to fine heavy 

 Bright & good flavour ... 



Mid. to fine, not woody... 



Fair to bold heavy J 



,, good „ ' ( 



Fair to tine bright bold... 

 Middling to good small... 

 Slight foul to fine bright 

 Ordiiiarj' to fine bright ... 

 Fair aud fine bold 

 Middling coated to good 

 Fair to good flavor 



Good to fine bold green... 

 Fair middlinc bold 

 Common dark .ind small 

 Finger fair to fine bold 

 Mixed middling [bright 



Bulbs whole 



Do split 



Fine crystalised 6 a t!iuch 

 Foxy & reddish .S a 8 ., 

 /Lean & dry to middling 

 \ under 6 inches 

 Low, foxy, inferior and 

 [pickings 



£6 10s a £7 10s 

 Lb lOs a £6 163 

 l8a.3s6d 

 Is4d a 23 6a 

 9d a Is 6d 

 3d aSd 

 8d a 2s 6.1 

 6da2sBd 

 hi a Is 2d 

 2da6d 

 Id 



•2s ed a -in <ti 

 2s a 2s 4d 

 Is 9d a as 6d 

 2s a 3s 3d 

 6A a Is 9d 

 2s 6d a Is 6d 

 8d a Is Id 

 lOd a 2s 

 9d a Is 6d 

 7.Jd a Is 2d 

 6d a Ud . 



lUd 

 848 6d a 87s 6d 

 74 s a 7as 

 638 a 7l8 

 823 a 100s 

 62b a 77s 

 H% a 605 

 48s a 56s 

 40s a 42s 

 303 a .'JSs 

 80s a 100s 

 62s a 7.5s 

 46s a 533 

 40s a 4fis nora. 

 fil3 a £24 

 £20 a £32 

 £7 a £18 

 £12 10s a £38 

 £12 a £40 

 £11 a £17 

 2.5s a 60s 

 49s a .59s 

 90s a 110s 

 52s a 7Ss 

 36s a 39s 

 32s a 353 

 S3 a 123 

 OS a 7s 



.>*s 3d a 10s 3<1 

 73 6d a 8s 

 38 



6s .Id a 7s 

 Is 3d a 3s 

 1'' a 1 l-16d 

 Uda IJd 

 40s a 5.5s 



'Jd a 8d 



lOd a2s6d 

 12s a 14s 

 10s a 13s 

 83 a 133 

 4s 6d a 10s 

 £.512'6da£6 

 £8 a £7 

 £20 a £:!3 

 £10 a £16 

 Pda Isod 

 l^d a 8d 

 IJd a .SJd 

 21s a 2»s 

 173 a 203 

 15s a 17s 

 lOsrtd a lis 3d 



16s a 223 

 123 a 163 



6s a lis 



3s a 68 j 



AIiOES, Soccotrine and 



Hepatic... 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar 



CX|0VS8> ZtonbiT 1 



Goodand finedry ...(£7 a £8 12s 6d 



Commou and good ...j70sa£6 ' 



Good to fine bright ...J40s a 4*« 

 Ordinary aud middling. ..|35b a 36s 

 Oood aud &n* bright ...ISjdftdid 

 OfdlwirdvUtsMi ...(^i%^i I 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



CLOVES, Mother 



,, Stems... 



COCULUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 1 ,, 



& Turkey /""' 

 green., 

 white.. 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 

 drop .. 

 block.. 

 ANIMI, washed .. 



scraped.. 

 ARABIC, picked .. 



sorts.. 

 ASSAFCETIDA 



KINO 



MYRRH, pickeil .. 



Aden sorts 



OLIBANUM, irop 



pickings.. 



sittings .. 



INDIARUBBER Mozambi 



SAFFLOWER, Persian ... 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists 



2nds 



3rds 

 INDIARUBBER Assam .. 



Rangoon ... 

 Madagascar 



SATFLOWER 



TAMARINDS 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



QUALITY 



I QUOTATIONS 



Fair, usual dry 

 fresh 



Fair to fine dark 

 Good 



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 

 Yellowish and mixed 

 Fair to fine 

 Clean fair to fine 

 Slightly stony 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 

 que,fairtofine sausage 

 „ Ball 

 unripe root 

 liver 

 Ordinary to good 



2d B 4d 



;15-16d a Id 

 9s a lOs 



52s a S78 



483 a 52s 

 4Ss a 47s 



4^s a GOs 

 30s a 45s 

 £14 a £16 

 £11 a£I3 

 £5 lOs a £8 

 £8 a £12 

 £5 a £« 

 973 a 110s 

 SOS a 963 

 78s a 98s 

 4.5s a .558 

 32.S a 44s 

 10s a 46s 

 £6a£.S 

 |8.5s a lOOs 

 l42s a 55s 

 32s a 40s 

 9s a Us 

 9s a- lis 



2s a 28 2d 



lis 2d a Is 3d 

 Is 6d a Is 9d 

 i5a a 15s 



Nearly water white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Brown and brownish 

 Good to fine 



Common foul aud 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. to fxnebJackaot stony 

 Stony and inferior 



,34da4Jd 

 '3d a Sid 

 2jd a 2id 

 Is 9d a 2s 2d 

 fid a Is 8d 

 Is lOd a 2b 2d 

 -2s a 2s 2d 

 Is 7d a Is 9d 

 £4 10s a £5 10s 

 £3 OS a £4 2s fid 

 £1 a £1 IDs 

 10s a 14s 

 3saGs 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT Natal 



FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS 



Fair dry to fine bright ... 273 a S.K 

 Ccmniou & middling soft 17s a 26» 

 Fair to fine ...35saiOs 



Middling to fine ... 3id a 6d 



CAMPHOR. China 



Japan 



GAMBIER, Cubes 



Block 

 GUTTA PEKC'HA, genuin. 

 Sumatra 

 RplKiiled, 

 White Borneo 



MUTMEQS, large 



Medium 

 Small 



MACE 



EHUBABB. Sun dlie.1 



High dried 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium .. 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Pennng FlaKe.. 

 Singai>ore 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



. Good, pure. & dry white 1 -._,, ^j ^ J,^^ 

 „ ,, pink, i 



Ordinary to fine free ...i29s a 293 6d 

 IPressed ...|23sa2i3 



.Good ...2!sa2l93d 



elFine clean Banj&Macas-]28 4d a a» 3d 

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



Ironiniori to fine clean ... Id a Is Id 

 lOood to fine clean ... lid a Is ;)d 



Inferior and barkv ... Id a 8d 

 61's a 80"8, garbled ... 2s Id a Ss 7>d 

 88'sa9.5'8 ...lis 8d a 23 



lOO's a ICO's ... Is Id a Is 7d 



Pale reddish to pale ... Is 6il a 2s 6d 

 Ordinary to red ... Is Id a Is .fd 



Chips ... lid a Is 



Good to line souiul ... Is 9d a 3s 4d 

 Da rkordiniiry& middling lod a Is lid 

 Rood to fine ... Is 2d a Is 6d 



Dark, rough & middling, 7d a Is 



.'Fair tofine 



Good pinky to white 

 Fair to fine 



Bullets 



Medium 



Seed 



12s 6d a 14s 

 12s a lis 

 lOs a 138 

 lOs a lis 

 ISd a 2{d 

 l>da2d 

 ijda lid 

 14s a IDs tid 

 148 6d a IGs tkl 

 148 (id a 1&8 6i 



