RULING MARKET-PRICES. 



309 



Price per pound, 

 in cents. 



HI. Potassium Oxide. In form of muriate of potash or chloride 



of potassium ........ 4 



In form of sulphate of potassa in natural and artificial 



kainits, from . . . . . . . 6 to 6.5 



In form of higher grades of sulphate of potassa, from . 7.5 to. 8 



II. 



NAME OF MATERIAL. 



Price per ton 



of 

 2,000 pounds, 



in dollars. 



Price per pound 



in case of from 



100 to 200 pounds, 



in cents. 



Sulphate of Ammonia, containing from 21 to 

 25 per cent of ammonia .... 



Nitrate of Soda (Chili saltpetre), containing 

 95 per cent of that compound (April) 



Nitrate of Soda (Chili saltpetre), containing 

 Oopercentof that compound (December), 



Nitrate of Potassa, containing 91 to 90 per 

 cent of that compound .... 



Dried Blood, yielding from : — 



(a) 12 to 11 per cent of ammonia . 

 (h) 10 to 12 per cent of ammonia . 



Dried Meat, yielding from 11 to 15 per cent 

 of ammonia ...... 



Fine-ground Bones, containing from 22 to 21 

 per cent of phosphoric acid, and yielding 

 from 3.5 to 1.5 per cent of ammonia 



Bone-black (waste material), containing from 

 30 to 31 per cent of phosphoric acid 



Superphosphate of Lime, containing from 15 to 

 16 per cent of soluble phosphoric acid . 



No. 1 Peruvian Guano ( Standard or Guanape), 

 containing from 12 to 15 per cent of phos- 

 phoric acid, 10 per cent of ammonia, 2 to 

 3 per cent of potash .... 



No. 1 Peruvian Guano (Lobos), containing 

 from 15 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid, 

 6 to 7 per cent of ammonia, 3 to 5 per 

 cent of potash ..... 



JViy. / Peruvian Guano (guaranteed), contain- 

 ing : — 

 11.50 percent of ammonia. 17.10 per cent 

 of phosphoric acid, 2.30 per cent of pot- 

 ash ....... 



6.30 per cent of ammonia, 18.70 per cent 

 of phosphoric acid, 3.20 per cent of pot- 

 ash ....... 



No. 1 Peruvian Guano (rectified or soluble), 

 containing 9.70 per cent of ammonia, 

 11 25 per cent of phosphoric acid, 2 per 

 cent of potash ..... 



No. 2 Peruvian Guano, containing 3 per cent 

 of ammonia, 15 per cent of phosphoric 

 acid, 2 per cent of potash 



90-95 



75-80 



97.50-101 



160-170 



50 

 45 



50 



35-10 

 28-30 

 32-35 



56 



47-50 



4.5-5 



3.5-4 



4.875-5.25 



8-9 



2.5-3 

 2.8 



2.5 

 1.5 

 2 



2.5 



