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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[April i, tSSi 



MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



(From Leivi< ti- Feat's London Price Current, February 35th, 1886.) 



FROM MALABAK 



COAST, COCHIN, 



CEYLON, M.4J)RAS, &c. 



KKKS'WAX, Wliitc' 



Yellow 

 C1N(;H0NA liAKK— Crivn 



Re4 



CARDAMOMS Malabar 



QUALITY. 



CINNAMON 



Chips 

 COCOA, Ceylon 



Native 

 Liberian 



Fast ludiaa 



Native 



COIRROPK.CeylOD&Coc-hia 

 KIBRE, Brush 



StiitHng 

 YARN. Ceylon 

 Coi'bin 

 Uo 

 COLOMBO KOOT,sifteJ 

 CROTON SEEDS, sifte,l 

 GINUEH, Coci 



. J Slightly sottish to good 



( hard bright 

 . Do. drossy & dark ditto 

 Utnewed ... 

 Medium to tine Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Renewed 



Medium to good Quill . 

 Spoke shavings ... 



Branch 



Twig 



(-•I'pped, bold, bright, fine 



and Ceylon Middling, stalky & lean 



Aleppee I t'air to tine plnnipelipped 



TellieherrylGood to tine 



(Brownish 



Mangalore ,(TOod & fine, washed, bgt. 



Long Ceylon,. Middling to good 



Ists ;Ord. to line pale iiuill ... 

 2uds „ „ ,, „ ... 

 3rdsi „ „ „ „ .. 



-ttha'Woody and hard 



...[Fiiir to tine plant 



...Bold to good bold 

 ...iMedium 



Triage to ordinary 

 COPFEECeylon Plantation' lioldto tine boldcolory... 

 JMiddting to tine mid. ,.. 



Low middling 



ISmalls 



'(rood ordinary 



..uSmall to bold 



. Bold to tine bold 



Medium to tine 



■Small 



Ifood to tine ordinary ... 

 I Mid.eoarse tolinestraight 

 . Ord. to line long straight 



. t-oarse to fine 



. Ordinary to superior 

 ...|Ordinary to tine ... 

 ... 1 Roping lair to gooil 

 ...IMitldling wormy to tine... 



... Fair to tine fresh 



ICiood to tine bold 



ISmall and medium 



Fair to good bold 



. Small 



.. Fair to tine boUl fresh ... 

 ISmall ordinary and fair... 

 .jtjood to tine puked 

 U'ommon to middling 

 [Fair Coast... 

 Pickings Burnt and defi-ctive 

 OIL. CINNA.MOX ...I'iood to tin.- heavy 



CITRONELLE ... I llright & good tlavour 



LEMON GRASS 



QUOTATIONS. 



Chit 

 Rough 



NUX VOMIllA 

 MVRABOl.ANES, 



pale 



ORCHKLLA WEED 

 PEPPER,Malabar blk.sifted 



Alleppee & Cochin . 



Tellicherry, White 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



Chips 



Dust 

 RED WOOD 

 SAPAN WOOD 

 SANDAL WOOD, logs 



Do. ehip.s 

 SENNA, Tinnevelli 



Mid. to fine, not woody. 

 Fair to bold heavy , 



,, good ,, 



£6 lOs a £ 

 £5 a £0 



1 e a 8s 6tl 

 Is id a 2s lid 

 ild a Is lid 

 2d a 8d 

 8d a 2s 6d 

 61 a 2s (jd 

 .d a Is 2a 

 ■2d a lid 

 Id 



Is lid a 2s 7d 

 a a Is 8d 

 Is a 2s 

 Is Gd a 29 

 M a Is ad 

 Is Od a 3s 

 8d a Is 4d 

 S.la Is lid 

 ■fd a is M 

 Id a Is 2d 

 lid a lid 

 2Jd a 7d 

 H5s a >l2s 

 'Sa a THs 

 l-5s a 708 

 .Slis a Ills 

 G3s a K5s 

 >'2s a 00s 

 19s a .iSs 

 39a a 4.5s 

 'ios a -Itis 

 I.'is a ll«ls 

 Ols a 7-is 

 .52s a 54s 

 12s 



t.S a £20 

 lil2a £'25 

 £7 ;i £18 

 ei'2 :, t::;ti 

 £11 a ,£;!.-> 

 £9 II JL-12 

 2.5s a itOs 

 'jjs a 7l)s 

 7.Ss a 85s 

 alls a G.5s 

 :i5s a 411s 

 10s a 34s 

 ss a 12s 

 >s a 7s 

 I's ii (Is 

 5s lid a 7s :id 

 .is Ud a7s 3d 

 5s a Hs ltd 

 !sa .Is 

 II a I l-16d 

 lid a lid 

 lOs a 55s 



73d I 



7i''l 

 Od a 2s Od 

 I2s a 14s 

 IDs a 1,1s 

 ^s a i:ts 



Gd a lUs 

 £5 



Fair to tine bright bold.. 



Middling to good bmall.. 



Slight foul to line bright 



Ordinary to fine bright . 



Fair and fine bold 



Middling coated to good £*> a £7 



Fair to good flavor ... £20 a £35 



£10 a £16 



Good to fine bold green... 9d a ls5d 



Fair middling bold ... 'id a 8d 



Comninn dark and small lid a 3Jd 



Finger fair to line liold -Is a 2;!3 



Mixed middling [bright Hs a 20s 



Bulbs whole i;ls a 15s 



Do split lOr lit a lis 3d 



TURMERIC. Madras 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VANILLOES, Mnuritins & 



Bourbon, Ists 'Fine crystalised Ii a 9inch 1 Is a '20s 

 2nds Foxy & reddish .5 a 8 ,, ]10s a 12» 

 .j_i . f Lean & drvto middling: 

 ■' il uuderCinclie, ...-58 a. 9s 

 4th |Low, foxy, inferior and lsi*d a 4s 

 [piekiug.s 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



ALOES, Soccotrine and 



Hepatic. 

 CHILLIES, Ziinzibnr 



OliOVKS, Zannibar I 



aud Pemba f 



Good and fine dry ... £7a£ll> 



Common and good ... £1 a £8 

 Good to fine bright ... :lKs a 12s 

 Ordinary H'ld middling.., -'Is a .'iliH 

 Good aud tine bright ... i'|d a ll,l,d 

 Ordinary dull to fair ... 5;daU;d 



10s 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIBAR. 



CLOA'ES. Mother 



>, Stems.. 



COCULUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bussorah 1 . , 



& Turkey l'''"'^ 

 green., 

 white.. 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 

 drop .. 

 block.. 

 ANIMI, washed .. 



QUALITY 



iQUOTATIONS 



Fair, usual dry 



„ fresh 

 Fair 



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 ...| 



lamber and dark bold ...| 



scraped. .. ;Medinm & bold sorts I 



ARABIC, picked ..IPale bold clean 



Yellowish and mixed ' 

 sorts. ..iFair to fine 

 ASSAFCETIDA ...(Clean fair to fine 



Slightlystony aud foul 

 KINO ...iFairtofine bright 



MVRRH, picked ...[Fair to fine pale 

 Aden sortsjMidtllingtogood 

 OLIBANUM, drop Fair to line white 



,, JRe.idisb to middling 

 pickings. ..iMiddling togoodpale 

 sittings ...Slightly foul tofine 

 INDIARUBBER Mozambi:que, fair tofine sausage 



„ Ball 

 unripe root 

 liver 



SAFFLOWER, Persian 



Ordinary to good 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, Ists 

 2nds 

 3nls 



INDIARUBBER Assam 



SAFFLOWER 



TAMARINDS 



Nearly water white 

 Fair and good pale 

 Bruwn and brownish 

 Good to fine 



Common foul and mixed, 



Rangoon ... Fair to good clean 



M.s dagascar^ Good to fine pinky & white, 



'Fair to good black ...' 



...Good to fine pinky ...I 



[Middling to fair ...I 



ifnferior and jiickiugs ...I 



...' Mid. to finc^*/«cAnot stony 



Stony aud inferior 



2s a 2s 2d 



Is Id a Is 2d 

 Is 6d a Is 9d 

 5s a 15s 



FROM 

 C^APE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT Natal 



FRO.M CHINA, JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS 



.3Ad a 4Jd 



l3il a 31 d 



'2id a 2iil 



Is 9d a 2s 2d 

 .litla Is 8d 

 lis lild a 28 2d 



2s a 28 2d 



Is 7d a Is 9d 

 [£4 Ills a £.5 IDs 

 Ie3.5»a £4 2s 6d 

 ICl a £1 lOs 



10s a 14s 

 3s a (Js 



Fair dry to fine bright ... 

 Common & middling soft 

 Fair to fine 

 Middling to fine 



CAMPHOR, China 



Japan 



GAMBIER, Cubes 



Beboiled.. 

 White Borneo 



.NUTMEGS, large 



.Medium 

 .Small 



MACE 



RHUBARB, Sun dried 

 High dried 



29s Kd a »2s Cd 

 17s a 27s 

 1.5s a 40s 

 3id a 6d 



Good, pure, & dry white , ^^ _, 



Ordinary to fine free ... '26s a 39a 

 Pres.sed ... 33s a 243 



Block ... rtood ... 20s6(i a2089d 



A PKRCHA, tjenuiQeiFiuf cIphu Banj&Mauis- 2f* id a. 3a Sd 

 Sumatra...! Barky ^*^ ^^'"^ t*"**" *^^^ '^ ^'* ^^^ 



li'omuioii to tine clean ... Id a Is 4d 

 Good tu fine chwn ... lid u Is 3d 



Iiiferioraud barky ... Id a 8d 

 6l"s a Mil's, garbled ... 2s Id a :is 4(1 



-^^J'sa 95's ... Is Hd a 2s 



lOO's a IGO's ... la 3d a Is 1-d 



Pale reddish to pale ...Is Gd a 2s I'd 

 Ordinary to red ... Is Id a Is ;'d 



Chips ... Ud a la 



ijood to fine sound ...'Is 9d a ^b 

 DarkordiTiary&middling lOd a Is 6d 

 irood lo tiue ... Is 2d a Is t'd 



Dark, rough & middling 7d a Is 



Fair tofine 



SAGO, Pearl, lar^e 



medium 

 small 



Flour ... Good pinky to white 



TAPIOCA, Penanp Flake...! Pair to fine 

 Singapore .,.| ,, ., 



Flour 

 Pearl 



, Bullets 

 Medium 



Seed 



lis a 12s ft t 

 ...llsa 12-* 

 ... .'.sad a 10s 6.1 

 ... .t" a 10s 

 ... iSda 2id 

 ... I&da2Sd 

 ...lid a lid 

 ... Lisa lis rid 

 ...il.'isa l-'^* 

 ...il4a6dai68 3d 



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