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THE AGKICULTURAL NEWS. 



December 1, 1917. 



MARKET REPORTS. 



London. — The West India Committee Circular, 

 October ItS, 1917. 



Arrowroot — 5|(i. to 5;c/. 

 Balata — Venezuelan Block, 

 Beeswax — No quotations. 



3,2i to 3/5; Sheet, 3/9 to 4/-. 



95/-; Grenada, 

 no quotations. 



90;-; Jamaica, 90/- 



oC/-, 



Cacao — Trinidad, 

 CoFFE E — Jamaica, 

 Copra— £46. 

 Fruit — Bananas, 

 Ginger — Jamaica, 

 Honey — Jamaica, 

 Lime Juice — Kay 



Otto of lime (hand-pressed), 

 Logwood — No quotations. 

 Mace — No ((uotations. 

 NuTjiEGS — No quotations. 

 Pimento — id. per fti. 

 Rubber — Para, fine hard, ;i/5; fine soft, no quotations; 



CastiUoa, no quotations. 



£'40 per ton; Oranges, 

 no quotations. 

 95/- to 105/- per cwt. 

 2 6 to 2/9; concentrated, no quotations; 

 I quotations. 



New York. — Messrs Gillespie Bros i Co., November 

 9, 1917. 



Cacao — Caracas, 12|c. to l;;c. ; Grenada, 12jc. to 12^.; 



Trinidad, 12^c. to 13c. : Jamaica, 9jc. to lO^c. 

 Coco-NUTS — Jamaica and Trinidad selects, 859-00 to 



$61-00; culls, $38-00 to $4ll'00 per M. 

 Coffee — Jamaica, 9jc. to lie. per Ifc 

 Ginger — Itifc. to 20c. per ft. 

 Goat Skins — Jamaica, f^tlc : Antigua and Barbados, 70c. to 



75c.; St. Thomas and St. Kitts, 6.5c. to 70c. per B>. 

 Gkapb Fruit — Jamaica, 8275 to $3-50 per box. 

 Limes — $4-50 per brl. 

 Mace — 38c. to 41c. per ft>. 

 Nutmegs — 18c. to 19c. 

 Oranges— S2 -60 to f4 0(i. 

 PlUENTO — 6c. to 6|c. per tb. 

 Spoar- Centrifugals, 96°, 6-90c; Muscovados, 89°, 6-64c.; 



Molasses. 89°. 5-75c. all duty paid. 



Trinidad. — Me-ssrs. (Jordon, Grant & Co., November 22, 

 1917. 



Cacao— Venezuelan, $11-25 to ^11-50 Trinidad, no quota- 



tii in.--. 

 Coco-NCT Oil — >»1 .10 per gallon. 

 Coffee — Venezuelan, 12c. yier tt. 

 Copra — 7jc. per rti. 

 Dhal — No quotations. 

 Onio.vs-$800 per 100 ft. 

 Peas, Split— $12-00 to 812-50 per bag. 

 Potatoes— English, 84-50 to $500 per 100 fti. 

 Rice— Yellow, $10-50 to Sil-75; White. $9-25 to 9-50 



per bag. 

 Srr.AR — American crushed, no quotation.4. 



Barbados. — Messrs. T. S. Garraway & Co., October 

 30, 1917. 



Arrowroot — $8 00 per 100 ft. 



Cacao— $11 00 per 100 ft 



Coco-NUTS — $36-00 husked nuts. 



Hay — No quotations. 



Molasses — No quotations. 



Onions— 812-00. 



Peas, Split — No quotations; Canada, no quotations. 



Potatoes — 8675. 



Rice— Ballam, 81000 to 81080 'per 1801b.; Patna, no 



quotations: Rangoon, no quotations. 

 Sugar — Muscovado centrifugals, no quotations. 



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