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Common name. 



Botanical name. 



Seasons and prices paid by Merchants to 

 Growers. 



Ginger 



Kola-nuts 



Zingiber offici- 

 nale 



Cola vera 



Logwood (roots) 



Logwood (trunks) 

 Orange, Sweet 



Pimento 



Pimento sticks 

 and clubs 



Pine-apple 

 (Bullhead) 



Pine-apple 

 (Eipleys) 



SarsapariUa 



Haematoxylon 

 campechianum 



Haematoxylon 

 campechianum 



Citrus Auran- 

 tium 



Pimenta officina- 

 lis 



Pimenta officina- 

 lis 



Ananas sativa 

 var. 



Ananas sativa 

 var. 



Smilax papyra- 

 cea 



January 2os. to 28s. per lOOlbs. ; in February 

 26s. to 28s. ; from February to end of 

 April, 28s. ; Ma}', 32s. to 34s. ; June, 36s ; 

 crop all reaped ; July, 32s.; August, 35s. 

 per lOOlbs. No trade after early part of 

 August to middle of December when crop 

 started at 24s. per I'lOlbs. 



Crop starts in March. No trade before 

 June when 12s. Od. per lOOlbs. was paid 

 for fresh nuts. This price advanced to 15s. 

 per 100 lbs. by middle of June and dropped 

 to 8s. in July for cured nuts. It remain- 

 ed at 8s. to end of crop. The trees give 

 2 crops — Mar. to June, and Aug. to Nov. 



From January to June 34s. per ton of 20 

 cwts., and Us. extra for free on board. 

 From middle of June to end of year 50s. 

 per ton. For local consumption at Chemi- 

 cal Works the price paid is equal to 

 shipping rates free on board. 



48s. per ton (20 cwts.) at wharf, 6s. extra 

 for free on board, Jan. to middle of April; 

 52s. May and June ; 50s. to end of year. 



10s. to lis. per 1,000 January and February ; 

 12s. 6d.— 133. March ; 14s. April ; 15s., 

 May; 16s. to 18s., June — Crop over; 20s. 

 July and August. New crop started in 

 August with a demand for Canada ; 18s. 

 in beginning of September, ch'opping to 

 15s. by end of the month ; 12s. Gd. to 12s. 

 in October; and 12s. 6d. and 13s. during 

 November and December. 



16s. to 1 8s. per 100 lbs. January to March; 

 18s. 6d. to 20s. March to beginning of 



' May when the Southside crop comes in 

 and lasts to about end of June ; July 18s. 

 full crop in August, 18s. Od. ; September 

 18s. 6d. dropping to 1 4s. 6d. at end of 

 month ; October 13s. M to 168. 6d. ; 

 November 15s. 6d. : December 15s. 



Sticks, J inch to IJ inch, diameter, 8s. to 

 10s. per 100. 



Clubs, 3 inches to inches, diameter, 4s. to 

 8s. per dozen. Both in good demand. 



January to early part of March, 3s. per doz. ; 

 4s. in April ; 2s. to 3s. per doz. from April 

 to August. No trade from end of August. 



During March, 4s. to 7s. per dozen ; April, 

 to end of June, 6s. per dozen, July, 5s, per 

 dozen, August, 4s. per dozen. 



4d. to 4jd. per lb. from January to end of 



August. 

 The real crop time is from January to end 



of June. 



[Issued 22nd March, 1906.] 



Printed at the Govt. Printing Office, Kingston, Jam. 



