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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



September S, 1906 



MARKET REPORTS. 



London,— August 15. 190G. Messrs. Keaetox, Piper i- 

 Co.; Messrs. E. A. de Pass & Co.: 'The West 

 India Committee Cipxulaji ' August 8: 'The 

 Liverpool Cotton Association Weekly Cir- 

 cular,' August 10; and 'The Plblic Ledger,' 

 August 11, 1906. 

 Aloes — Barbados, 15/- to (iO/-; Curacoa, 20/- to 35/- per cwt. 

 Abrowroot — St. A'iiicent. 2rf. per lb. 

 B.^lata— Sheet, 14 to 1 Jl ; block, 1,4 to ]/4i per ft. 

 Bees'-wax — £S to £8 10s. per cwt. 

 Cacao — Trinidad, 57/- to 63/- per cwt. ; Grenada, 4;>, - 



to 54/- per cwt. 

 Carpamo.ms — Mysore, 7^d. to 3/- per lb. 

 Coffee — Jamaica, good ordinary, 41 - to 43 '- per cwt. 

 Cotton — AVest Indian, medium fine, 6o5</. ; West Indian 



Sea Island, medium fine, ]3(^ ; fine, 14<?. ; extra fine, 



lo^d. per lb. Prices paid, 5fd. to ICrf. per ft. 

 Fklit — 



Grape Frcit — 14 - to IG - per box. 



Bananas — Jamaica, 4 G to 6/- per IjuucIi. 



Limes — 4/- to 4 per box. 



Orances — 12 - to 14- per case. 

 Fistic — £4 to £4 lOa. per ton. 

 Ginger — Jamaica, 57- to 63, -per cwt. 

 Honey — Dark to good reddish, 17/- to 22/- per cwt. 

 Isinglass — West Indian lump, 1/9 to 2/3 ; cake, 1/1 per ft. 

 Kola ^its — id. to 6d. per ft. 

 Li.ME Juice — Raw, 11</. to 13 per gallon; concentrated, 



£21 per cask of lOS gallons ; hand-pressed, 2, 6 to 2 9 



per lb. Distilled Oil, 2 6 per ft. 

 Logwood — £4 to £4 J5s. : roots, £3 10a. to £4 per ton. 

 Mace — Good palish, 1 5 to 1/6 : fair pale and reddish. 1 4 



to 1 5 per ft. 

 Nitrate of Soda — Agricultural, £11 15s. per ton. 

 Nutmegs— OG's, 1/4 ; 79's, 10(/. : 104"s, 7d. ; lOO'.s tikd. x>er ft. 

 Pimento — Fair, 2J'/. to 3i.d. per ft. 



Rum — Jamaica, 2 1 ; Demerara, did. per proof gallon. 

 Sugar — Yellow crystals, 15 3 to 15/6 per cwt. , Muscovado, 



13/- to 14 - per cwt.; Molasses, 10 - to 14 - per cwt. 

 Sut-phate of Ammoni.v — £11 15s. per ton. 



Montreal,- July 20, 1906.— Mr. J. Russell Murray. 

 (In bond quotations, c. & f.) 

 Cocoa-nuts— Jamaica, §26-50 to §28-50 ; Trinidad, $2oC0 



to §26-00 per M. 

 Coffee — Jamaica, medium. 10c. to lie. per ft. 

 Ginger — Jamaica, unbleached, 14c. per ft. 

 MoL.ASCuiT — Demerara, §100 per 100 ft. 

 Molasses — Barbados, 27c. to 28c. ; Antigua, 22c. to 23c. 



per Imperial gallon. 

 NuTTMEGS — Grenada, llO's, 18c. per ft. 

 Pimento — Jamaica, 6c. per ft. 



Sugar— Grey ci-jstals, 96°, §2-15 to §220 per 100 ft. 

 — Mu.scovados,89°. §1-65 to §180 per 100 ft. 

 —Molasses, .S9=. Sl-4oto §1-65 per 100 ft.. 

 —Barbados. 89% §1-60 to §1-85 per 100 ft. 



New York, — August 24, 1906. — Messrs. Gillespie Bkos. 

 & Co. 

 Cacao — Caracas, I22C. to 13ic. ; Grenada, 12c. to 12|e.; 



Trinidad, ll^c. to 12ic. ; Jamaica, 9ic. to 12c. per ft. 

 Cocoa-nuts— Jamaica, 82700 to §28001 Trinidad, §26-0(.) 



to §27 -CO per :M. 

 Coffee — Jamaica ordinary, 8ic. to8|c. ;good ordinary, 8jc. 



to 9c. per ft. 

 Ginger — Dark soraL'gv roc.t, lOAc. to llJjc. ; white to bright 



bold, lUo. to f4ic. perft.' 

 Goat Skins — Barbados, Dominica, and Antigua, 59c ; 



Jamaica, 59c. : St. Kitt's. 49c. to 51c. per ft. 

 Grape Fruit— Jamaica, §5-00 to §800 per barrel ; §350 



to §4-50 per box. 



Limes — Dominica, .^5 00 to 86 00 per barrel. 



Mace— 31c. to 36c. per ft. 



Nutmegs— West Indian, SO's, 20c.; 90's to lOO's, 15ic.; 



llO's, 13c ; 130"s, lie. j)er ft. 

 Oranges— Jamaica, §4-50 to §5-00 per barrel : §2-00 to 



82-50 per box. 

 Pimento — 52C. to 5^c. per ft. 

 Sugar- Centrifugals. 96°. 3];ic. to 4c.; Muscovados, 



89°, Oj'f,c. to 3|c. ; Mol.asses. 89% 3,Jc. to 3ic. per ft., 



duty paid. 



INTER-COLONIAL MARKETS. 



Barbados, — August 27, 1906.— Messrs. T. S. Gaeraway 

 ife Co., and Messrs. James A. Lynch A: Co., 

 August 28, 1906. 



Arrowroot— St. Vincent, §4 00 to 8410 per 100 ft. 



Cacao— §11-50 to §12-00 per 100 ft. 



Cocoa-nuts— §15-00 per M. for husked nuts. 



Coffee— §10-0n to §10-75 per 100 ft. 



Hay— 90c. to 81 W per 100 11). 



Manures — Nitrate of soda. §6000 ; OhlendorfFs dissolved. 



guano, 85.">'00 ; Cotton manure, §48 00 ; Cacaii manure,. 



§45 00; Sulphate of ammonia, §7500; Sulphate of 



pota,sIi, §67 -00 per ton. 

 ONION.S— Lisbon, §2-00; Madeii-.i, §151 to §200 per 



100 ft. 

 Potatos, English — 83-25 per 160 ft. :Nova Scotia, §375 ; 



Bermuda, 84-25 per 160 ft. 

 Rice— Ballam, §600 to 8610 per bag (190 ft.) ; Patna, 



§3-o0 to 83-40 ; Rangoon, §2-95 to §3-00 per 100 ft. 

 Sugar — No t| notations. 



British Guiana,— September 1, 190G. — Messrs. Wieting 

 li: racnTER. 



Arrowroot — St. "V'^incent, mj quotations. 



Balata — Venezuela block. 25c. ; Demerara sheet, 38c. per ft. 



Cacao — Native, 12c. to 13c. per ft. 



Cassav.\ Starch — 85 00 per barrel. 



Cocoa-nuts— 81000 to §1200 per M. 



Coffee — 15c. per ft. 



Dhal- §4-60 per bag of 168 ft. 



Eddos-60c. to §1-00 per barrel. 



Molasses —No quotations. 



Onions— Madeira, 2|c. per ft. 



Plantains— 32c. to 48c. per bunch. 



PoT.iTos, English — 2o. to 22C. per ft. 



Potatos, Sweet — B.arb.ados, 81 32 per bag. 



Rice — Ballam, §575 to §6-C0 per 177 ft. ; Creole, §5-35 



to 85-50 per bag ^ex store). 

 Split Peas- §5 00 to §600 per bag (210 ft.). 

 T.ANNIAS— 8216 per barrel. 

 Y.4MS— White, 81-68; Buck, §3 00 per b.og. 

 Sugar— Dark crystals, $2-25 ; Yellow, $2-40 to §255 ;. 



White, 83-65 to 83 75; Molasses, §1-40 to $l-65- 



per 100 ft. (retail). 

 TiMBEP. — Greenheart, 32c. to 55c. per cubic foot. 

 Wallaba Shingles — §3-00. §3-75, and §5-25 per M. 



Trinidad, — August 31, 1906. — Messrs. Gordon, Geast 

 li: Co. 



Cacao — Oidniary to gooil red, §12-75 to 81300 ; estates, 

 §14-00 per f.anega (110 ft.) ; Venezuelan, §13-75 ti> 

 §14 -to per faneea. 



CocoA-NUis— 820-00 per M., f.o.b. 



Cocoa-nut Oil— 70c. per Imperial g.allon (cask included). 



Copra- §3-70 to §3 80 per 100 ft. 



Dhal— §4-40 to §4-50 jier 2-bushel biis;. 



CtNiONS- 81-90 to 82-CO per ItO ft. (retail). 



Potatos, English — §125 to §175 per 100 ft. 



Rice— Yellow, §5 90 to §625 ; ^^^ute, §5-40 to §550 per 

 bac. 



Split Pe.as- §5 70 to §5-90 per bat;. 



Sugar- Groceiy, §2 00 to §250 per 100 ft. 



