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THE Ti?OPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[June j, 



MAJIKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis it- Peat's London Price Current, May 6th, 1886.) 



FKOIM WALAPAR 



COAST, lOCHlN, 



CKYLON, MADRAS, &c. 



WEES' WAX, White 



Yellow 

 (.'INCUONABAEK- 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



Is a 3s 63 



.lis Jd ii 2s 6d 

 !9(i a Is G(l 

 '2il a Sd 

 8d a 2««il 

 |6il n 2s (id 

 oil n is 2(1 



Id 



-CrownjEeiiewed 



I Medium to fine Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 

 Branch 



,, Red iReneTTed 



, Medium to good Quill 

 Spoke shavings ... 



jBranch 



I Twig 



I'AKDAMOMS MilUibur IClipped, bold, briKlit,fine)2s M a X> 

 and I'eylon Middling, stalky & leanjxd ii 2s 2d 

 Alejipee IFair to tineplunipclippedils ;jd a 2s 3d 

 TellielierrviGood to fine ... jls Gd a 2s 4d 



' :Iiroivuish ... Gd a Is M 



MangaloTe Good & tine, washed, bgt. Is Gd a :1s ;ld 



Long Ceylon Middling to good 



CIUKAWUN Ists Ord. to tine pale quill ... 



2n(isj , 



3rdsi „ ,, „ ,, 



4ths Woody and hard 



Chips ...IFuir to tine plant 



COt-^OA, Ceylon ...Bold to good bold 



...Medium 



Triage to ordinary 

 COFFEECeylou Plantation Bold to line boldcolory... 

 Middling to tine mid. ... 

 Low middling ... 



'Smalls 



,, Native iGood ordinary' 



T.iberian ...jSmall to bold 



East Indian ...JBold to flue bold 



Medium to fine 



jSmall 



[Good to fine ordinary 



Native 

 COIRROI' K.Ceylou&CoehiuJMid. coarse to finestraight 



FIBRE. Bru.sh 



Stuffing . 

 YARN, Ceylon 



Cochin 

 Do 

 COLOMBO ROOT, sifted . 

 CRO'r'->N SEEDS, sifted . 

 GINGER, Cochin, Cut 



Rough 



NUX VOMICA 



MYRABOLANES, pale . 



Pickings 



OIL, CINNAMON 

 CITRONELLE 

 LK.MON GRASS 



OKCllELLA WEED 



.Ord. to fine long str<aight 



.iCoarse to fine 



.'ordinary to superior 

 .^Ordinary to fine ... 

 .jRoping fair togood 

 . Middlingwormy to fine. 

 .jFair to fine fresh... 

 IGood to fine bold... 

 [Small and medium 

 Fair to good bold... 



■ Small 



■ jFair to fine bold fresh . 

 Ismall ordinary and fair. 



■ IGood to fine picked 

 [Common to middling . 



Fair Coast 



Burnt and defective 

 Good to fine heavj' 

 Bright & good flavour . 



.Mid. to line, not woody.. 



PEl'PEK.MalabarMK. sifted Fair to bold heavy 



Allcppcc & Cochin 

 Tellicherry, White 

 PLUMBAGO, Lump 



Chips 

 Dust 



RED WOOD 



SAPAN WOOD 



SANDAL WOOD, logs 

 Do. chijs 



SENNA, Tinnevelli 



good 



8d a Is 4d 

 M a Is lid 

 8d a Is 6d 

 da Is 2d 

 Bda lid 

 Ijd a 7d 

 808 a 90s 

 7-2a a 78s 

 b^s a c>os 

 BOs a Kills 

 C'is a 773 

 ■57s a 62s 

 ISs a 57s 6d 

 42s a 44s 

 33s a 508 

 80s a lOOs 

 OUs a 80s 

 pOs a GCs 

 44s 



£7 a £17 10s 

 £12 a £^12 

 £7 a £19 

 £11 a £30 

 £10 a £35 

 £8 a £12 

 209 a 428 

 40.S a 50s 

 75s a 106s 

 .135 a 72s 

 .36s a 50s 

 29s a .353 

 8s a 12s 

 ■Is a 7s 

 7s a iis 

 5s a 6s lid 

 6s 6d a7s 

 4s a 5, 6d 

 Is a 3s 



1.1 a lsl-16d 

 Uda IJd 

 40s a 55s 



7id a 7iM 



lOd a 2» 6d 

 123 a 149 



a lis 



a lis 

 33 a 103 

 £i 15s a £5 

 £6 a £7 



■ •■'Fair to fine bright bold... 



[Middling to good small... 

 • ■■Isiight foul to fine bright 



■ ■■iOrdinary to fine bright ... 

 ...'Fair and fine bold 

 .. ■[Middling coated, to good 

 ...IFairtogoOd flavor ...l£20a£35 

 ...' £10a£lG 



■ ■■'Good to fine bold green... 9d a ls^5d 



[Fair middling bold ... 4|da .Sd 

 Common dark and small ltd a 3Jd 

 ...jFingcr fair to fine bold 143 6d a Lis 



■ ■■Mixed middling [bright 123 a 14s 



■ ■•Bulbs whole 123 a ISs 



Do split 8s fid a Us 



TURMERIC, Madras 

 Do^ 

 Do. 

 Cochin 

 VANILLOES. Mauritius & 



Bourbon, Ists Fine cry.stalised 6 a 9inch 14s a 24s 

 2nd8 Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, 10s a 133 

 •ir.la I / Lean & dn-to middling 

 ■'4 under 6 'inches ....is a 98 

 4th Low, foxy, inferior and '■ 



[pickings l86d a 4s 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AND ZANZIIIAR^ 



ALOES, Soccotrine and 



Hepatic^^. 

 CHILLIES, Zauiibor 



CLOVES. Zanzibar 

 and Femba 



Good and fine dry 

 Common and good 

 Good to fine bright 

 Ordinary and middling, 

 jooodand fine bright , 

 lOnUnurdiiUtofiUi , 



.. £7 a ■tlo 

 .. « a £» 

 .. .36$ a 38s 

 .. 328 a 3.5» 

 ,. 7Id a 8d 

 ,.i7i<l»m 



FROM BOMBAY 

 AKD ZANZIBAR. 



QUALITY 



QIOTATIONS 



I Slightly sottish to goodi 

 t hard bright ...j.£G IDs a £7 10s 



Do. drossy &dark ditto.. .i£5 a £6 



CLOVES, Mother 



stems.. 

 COCULUS INDICUS 

 GALLS, Bnssorah |,,„^ 



green I 

 white 

 GUM AMMONIACUM— 

 drop .. 

 ANIMI, washed ., 



scraped... 



ARABIC, E.I. & Aden .. 



Ghatti ... 



Amrad cha 



ASSAFCETIDA 



KINO 



MYRRH, picked ... 

 Aden sorts: 

 OLIBANDM, drop 



pickings...! 



siftings ...j 



INDIARUBBER Mozambi 



SAFFLOWER, Persian 



Fair, usual dry 



,, fresh 

 Fair 



Fair to fine dark 



Good « 



None 



lid alia 

 93 a lus 



S29 a tf 2s 

 ■ 479a5&s 



i 



FROM CALCUTTA AND 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



CASTOR OIL, l3ts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



INDIARUBBER Assam 



SAFFLOWER 



Bloiky to fine clean 

 Picked fine pale in sorts 

 part yellow and mrxei 

 Be^m & Pea size ditto 

 amber and dark bold 

 Medium & bold sorts 



Sorts 



Fair to good pale 

 Good and fine pale 

 Retldish clean 

 Clean fair to fine 

 .Slightly stony and foul ... 

 Fair to fine bright 

 Fair to fine pale 

 Middling to good 

 Fair to fine white 

 [Reddish to middling .. 

 jMiddling to good pale ... 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 que, fair tofine sausage 1 

 „ Ball/ 

 unripe root 

 liver 

 Ordinary to good 



3os a 608 



,£14 a £17 



I, £11 a £13 



£5 Ills a £8 



£8 a £12 



!|£5 a £8 

 . 80s a 1008 



'32s a 708 



80s a 1108 



45s a KGs 



45s a .55« 



32s a 448 



38s a 4(ls 

 . £« a £7 lUs 

 .{.Slwa 1008 



[45(s a 553 



32s a 44s 



.'.Is a Us 

 .'tisa 133 Oil 



2s a 28 3dJ 



Is Id a la 2d 

 Is 6d a Is i)Ad 

 6s a 158 



TAM,VRINDS 



. Nearly water white ... 3Ad a IJd 

 ,. Fairand goodpale ...3 15-16da3i1 

 ■ Brown and brownish ... 3i|d a ajd 

 .Good to fine ... Is lid a as 2a 



Common foul and mixed 6d a Is 8d 

 Rangoon ...iPair to good clean ...'Is lOd a 2s 2d 



Madagascar'Goodtofinepinkv&white 28 Id a 28 3Jd 

 ,Fair to good black ... Is8da Is lOd 

 J Good to fine pinky ... £4 10s u £5 lOs 



i'Middling to fair ... i"' 5s ii £J 2s Bd 



Inferior and pickings ... £1 a .CI 10s 

 Mid.tofineJ/ucinotstonylOsa lis 

 Stony and inferior ...SsaOs 



FROM 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



ALOES, Cape 



Natal 

 ARROWROOT Natal 



.. Fairdrv to fine bright ... 30s a :«s 

 .. Ccmnio'n & middling soft '"3 a 2t>3 

 ..Fairtofine ...|)5sa403 



.'Middling to fine ... J.td a Oil 



FROMClllN.\, JAPAN & 

 THE EASTERN ISLANDS. 



;0s 



CAMPHOR, China ... Good, pure, & dry white I ^ 



.T.apan ...' „ ,, pink i 



GAMBIER, Cubes ...'Ordinan' to fine free ... 2Ss :i<l a 298 6d 



I Pressed ... 2:te a 24s 



Block ...'Good ...2l3lid 



GUTTA PERCHA, genuine Fine clean Bauj& Maco.«- 28 4d a 3s 3d 

 Sumatra... Barky to fair [sar 6d a 23 3d 



White Borneo 



NITT.MEQS, large 



Medium 

 Small 



MACE 



RHUBARB, Sun dried 



High dried , 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium . 

 small 

 Flour 

 TAPIOCA, Pcnang Flake. 

 Singapore 

 Flour 

 Pearl 



Reboiled... Common to fine clean . 



.'Good to fine clean 

 Inferior and barkv 



...'61's a 80's, garbled 



...[83'sa 95's 



...llOO'sa 160's 



...[Pale reddish to ixile 

 Ordinary to red 

 Chips 



...IGood to fine sound 



Id a 18 4d 

 lid a 18 3d 

 ..lid a Sd 

 ..j28 3d a .'Isfid 

 . Is ind a 2s 2d 



18 3d a 18 »d 

 Is Gil a 28 M 

 Is Id a Is .nl 

 Is a Is 2d 



19 i>d a 2s !M 



Darkordinary& middling 8d a Is M 



,.;Good to fill 



[Dark, rough & middling 

 .. Fair tofine 



.:Good pinky to white 

 IFair tofine 



I Bullets 

 [Medium 



Seed 



Is 2d a Is 5d 

 7.1 a Is 

 12s lid a l.'js 

 128 H 1.13 Gd 

 9s,3da llsiid 

 Ss M a lOs 

 Ijda 2',d 

 l:Vdn2Sd 

 lid a l}d 

 13s Gd a 1 J^ 

 13i a Ms 

 141 a 15a 6d 



