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MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 22nd May, 1912,) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt, 

 Zanzibar & Hepatic ,, 

 AEBOWKOOT (Natal) lb. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt. 



Zanzibar Yellow , 

 East Indian, bleached , 

 ,, unbleached , 

 Madagascar , 

 CAMPHOR, Japan 



China ,. 

 CARDAMOMS, Tuticotin 



Malabar, Tellicherry 

 Calicut 

 Mangalore ,, 

 Ceylon, Mysore ,, 

 Malabar 

 Seeds, E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon Long Wild ,, 

 CASU'Oit OIL, Calcutta,,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 

 Japan „ 

 CINCHONA BAKK.-1L 

 Ceylon 



CINNAMON, Ceylon Int. 



per lb, 2nd. 1 

 3rdw 

 4tb- 

 Chips, &c , 

 CLOVES, Penang It, 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt 

 Native 



Liberian „ 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. ,, 



Native Estate ,, 

 Java and Celc >a „ 



COLOMBO KOOT 



CROTON SEEUS.eift. cwt, 



CUBEBS 



SINliHK, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 tsC,, 

 Cochin Rou,?h „ 



Japan „ 

 SUM AMMONI.-t I'M ,, 

 ANIMI, Za i^ibar 



Madagascar „ 



4RABIC E. I. & Aden „ 



Turkey, sorts ,, 



Ubatti „ 



Kuirachee „ 



Madras „ 



ASSAFOITIJda 



KINO 



MYRRH, Aden sorts cwt 



Somali „ 

 OUBANUM, drop 



pickings „ 



sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUBBER lb. | 



Ceylon, Straits, J 



Malay Straits, etc. ] 



Assam 



Rangoon 



Fair t< fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slightly drossy to fair 



Fair to good 



Dark to good genuine 



Dark to Rood palish 



Refined 



r'air average quality 

 i rood to fine bold 

 Middlir.g lean 

 Good to tint bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Small fair to fine plump 



Fair to good 



Fair to good 



Shelly to good 



Good'mds 



Pull to fi iie bright 



Fair bright small 



Crown, Renewed 



Oig. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Good to tine quill 



Fair to fine bold 



Dull to tine bright pkd, 



Dull to tine 



Fair and fine bright 

 Fair 



Medium to bold 

 Good ordinary 

 Fair to bold 

 Speci »,1 Marks 

 Red to good 

 Ordin.-v y to red 

 Small to good red 

 Middling to good 

 Dull to fair 

 Ord. stalky to good 

 Fair 



Smalt io fine bold 

 Small and medium 

 Common to fine bold 

 Small and D's 

 Unspiit 



Ord. blocky to fair clean 

 Pale and amber, str. srts 

 j „ little red 



Beau t,nd Pea size ditto 

 Fair to good red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy soi ts 

 Fair to good palish 



,. ,, red 

 Ordinary to good pale 



Sorts to fine pale 

 Reddish to good pale 

 Dark to fine pale 

 Clean fr. to gd. almonds 

 con), stony to good block 

 Fair to fine bright 

 Middling to good 



QUOTATIONS. 



Good to fine white 

 Middling to fair 

 Low to good pale 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 Fine Para bis. & sheets 



„ Ceara „ „ 

 Ciepe ordinary to fine. 

 Fine Block 

 Scrap fair to fine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to ord. red No. 



65s a "Os 

 50s a 8 :s 6d 

 8d a 9d 



£7 a £7 2/6 



17/6 a £8 2/6 

 £i 17/6 a £6 12/6 

 £e 17s 6d a £7 5s 

 Is 6£d a Is 8d 

 150s 



is a 4s 6d 

 3s 3d a 3s 9d 

 4s 9d a 5s 3d 

 4s 2d a 4s 6d 

 4s 3d a 5s 6d 

 3s 4(1 a 4s ind 

 3s 5d a 3s 8d 

 3s lud a 3s lid 

 id a 2s 9d 

 3£d a 4d 

 4Us a 45s 

 28s tda 32s 6d 

 3gd a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 I|d a 4Jd 

 3d a 5jd 

 l|d a 4d 

 s 3d a Is 7d 

 ls4d a Is 6d 

 Is a Is 5d 

 Is a Is 4d 

 2Jd a 3d 



d a Is Id 

 9d a lOd 

 7id a 9d 

 6|d a 7d 

 2|d 



80s a 113s 



Nominal 



70s a 80s 



77s a 90s 



69s a 75s 



40s a 70s 



25s a 80s 



1 2s 6d a 17s 6d 



70s a 75s nom. 



150s a 17us / 



35s nom. 



80s a 8fis 



60s a 70s 



103 a 45s 



40s 



31S 



40s a 72s 6d 



£12 Ids a £14 os 



£L1 a £12 



75s a £9 10s 



£7 a £9 



£5 a £8 



£4 a £8 15s 



£4 a £7 tOs 



35s a 45s nom. 



40s a 62s 6d 

 5s a 35s nom 

 !7s ed a 35s „ 



27s 6d a 35s ,, 



£10 a £12 



60s a £9 



dd a Is 



52s 6d a 62s 6d 

 60s a 52s 6d 

 45s a 50s 

 35s a 40s 

 12s 6d a 27 s 6d 



IN DIARTJBBER.f C<mtd.; 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 M ozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 fNDIGO, E,I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay * Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MYRABOLANES, cwt 



Bombay 



Bengal 

 NUTMEGS— 



lb. 



s a 22s 6d 

 4s 9d 

 4s 8d 



4s 9d a 4s lid 

 4s 9Jd 



3s lOd a 4s Id 

 4s 



3s 3d a 3s 8d 

 2s a 2s 9d 



Singapore & Penang „ 



NUTS, ARECA cwt 

 NUX VOMICA, Cochin 

 per c -ft. Bengal 

 Madras 

 OIL OF ANISEED „ 

 CASSIA 

 LEMONGRASS 

 NUTMEG 



CINNAMON „ 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED— cwt 

 Ceylon „ 

 Madagascar ,, 

 PEPPER - (Black) lb. 

 Alleppy & Tellicherry 

 Ceylon ,, 

 Singapore 

 Acheen & W. C. Penang 

 (White) Singapore „ 

 Siam ,, 

 Penang ,, 

 Muntok „ 

 RHUBARB, Shenzi 

 Canton 

 High Dried. 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium . 

 small 



SEEDLAC cwt. 

 SENNA, Tinnevelly lb. 



SHELLS, M. o'PEARL— 

 Egyptian cwt. 

 Bombay ,, 

 Mergui ,, 

 Manilla ,, 

 Banda „ 

 TAMARINDS, Calcutta... 



per cwt. Madras 

 TORTOISESHELL — 

 Zanzibar, & Bombay lb. 



TURMERIC, Bengal cwt. 



Madras 



Do. 

 Cochin 



QUALITY. 



Common to good 

 Good to fine red 

 Low white to prime red 

 Fair to fine red ball 

 Sausage, fair to good 

 Fair to fine ball 

 Fr to fine pinky & white 

 Majunga & blk coated . . 

 Niggers, low to good 

 Ordiuary to fine ball 

 Shipping mid to gd violet 

 Consuming mid. to gd 

 Ordinary to middling 

 Oudes Middling to fine 

 Mid. to good Km pah 

 Low to ordinary 

 Mid. to fine Madras 

 Pale reddish to fine 

 Ordinary to fair 



,, good pale 



Wild 



UG and Coconada 



ubblepore 

 Bhimlies 

 Rhajpore, &c. 



Calcutta 

 64's to 57's 

 80's 

 110's 



Ordinary to fair fresh 

 Ordinary to good 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright <fc good flavour 



Fair 



Fair ., 

 Fair 



„ to fine bold heavy . 



Fair ... 



Dull to fine .. .; 

 Fair to fine 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair 



Ordinary to good 

 Ordinary to good 

 Fair to fine flat 

 Dark to fair round 

 Fair to fine 



Ordinary to gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 Commonspeckyand small 



Small to bold 



Fair to good 

 Sorts 



Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to bold 

 Pickings 

 Fair 



Finger fair to fine bold 

 Bulbs [bright 

 Finger fair 

 Bulbs 



VANILLOES— 

 Mauritius 

 Madagascar 

 Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



...J 3 



lb. 



sts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



Gd crystallized 3J a8£ in 

 Foxy & reddish 3b a 

 Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 Goodhite hard 



QUOTATIONS 



Is 9d a 2s 9d 

 3s 6d a 3s 8d 

 is 6d a 2s 8d 

 3s lOd a 4s 5d 

 3s 6da4s 4d 

 ts a 4s 



2s 9d a 3s 4d 

 2s a 2s 6d 

 6d a 3s 3d 

 2s 6d a 3s 6d 

 3s 2d a 3s 8d 

 2s 6d a 3s 

 is 3d a 2s Cd 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 2s 2d a 2s 6d 

 is 6d a 2s 

 None here 

 2s 3d a 2s 6d 

 2s a 2s 2d 

 2s a 2s Id 

 6d a 7d 

 4s 6d a 5s 

 4s 9d a 6s 6d 

 4s 10jd a 6s 9d 

 4s 6d a 6s 9d 

 3s 9d a 4s 3d 

 lOd a Is 

 7d 

 5£d 



14s a 15s 

 9s tid a 12s 6d 

 8d 



8s a 8s 6d 

 5s 6d 



3s 5d a 3s 8d 

 4Jd 



ljd a lfd 

 2Jd a Is 4d 

 Is OJd 



10s Nom. 

 10s „ 



5§d 



5£d a 6<$d 

 6|d 



old a 6d 

 8d a 9d 

 Sid 

 7{d 



8Jd 



is yd a 2s 9d 

 is 5d a Is 8d 

 9d a 10£d 

 7$d a Sjd 

 Ihs a 19s 

 17s a 18s 6d 

 14s. 6d a los 

 45s a 60s 

 5d aMjd 

 3d a 4id 

 lrida 2id 



90s a £10 12s 6d 

 72s a £10 2s fid 

 £16 a £17 10s 

 £11 5s a £16 7/6 

 46s a 52s bd 

 9s a lus 

 4s a 5s 



12s a 33s 

 13s 6d a 28s 



'22s 



25s a 27s 

 18s a 20a 

 21s 

 15s 



13s a 18s 6d I 



13s a 16s 



I2s 6d a 13s 6d 



2s lid 



4s 6d 



