168 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis A Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 19th June, 1912,) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt. 



Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 

 ARROWKOOT (Natal) lb. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt. 



Zanzibar Yellow ,, 

 East Indian, bleached „ 

 „ unbleached „ 

 Madagascar ,, 

 CAMPHOR, Japan „ 

 China ,, 

 CARDAMOMS, Tuticorin 



Malabar, Tellirherry 

 < alicut 

 Mangalore ,, 

 Mysore ,, 

 Malabar 

 & Ceylon „ 

 Long w ild ,, 

 1L, Calcutta,, 

 /anzibai cwt 

 Japan „ 

 A BAKh - lb. 



Ceylon, 



Seeds, E. I, 

 Ceylon 

 CAb'iun u 

 CHILLIES 



CINCHON 



Ceylon 



CINNAMON, Ceylon lex* 

 per lb, zndf 

 3rd* 

 4tlis 

 Chips, (Sc.. 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt. 

 Native 



Liberian „ 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. „ 



Native Estate ,, 

 Java and Celebes „ 

 COLOMUU kuui „ 

 CKOTON SEEDS, sift. cwt. 

 CUBEBS 



aiNUEK, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut a „ 

 B& C ,, 

 Cochin Rough „ 



Japan „ 

 SUM AMMONIACUM ,, 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar „ 



*BABIC E. I. & Aden „ 

 Turkey sorts 

 Ghatti 



Kurrachee „ 



Madras „ 



ASSAFOiTlDA „ 



KINO 



MYKKB.Aden sorts cwt 

 t-omali „ 

 OLIBANUM, drop „ 



pickings „ 

 sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUbBKK lb. 



Ceylon, Straits, J 

 Malay Straits, etc. | 



Assam 



Rangoon 



air to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



-'lightly drossy to fair .. 



Fair to go.,d 



Dar- to good genuine . . 



t alk to Kcod palish 



Refined 



I air average quality 



fit i d to tine bold 



Middling lean 



liood to nut bold - .. 



Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Small fair to fine plump 

 Fair t" i o< d 

 Fair to good 

 ■ihelly to good 

 Good 2nds 



ull in hue briprbt 

 Fair bright tmall 

 down, .Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Good to tine quill 



QUOTATIONS. 



Fair to tine bold 

 Dull to tine bright pkd 

 Dull to tine 



Fair and fine bright 

 Fair 



Medium to bold 

 Good ordinary 

 Fair to bold 

 Special Marks 

 hed to good 

 Ordinary to red 

 Small to good red 

 Middling to good 

 Dull to fair 

 Ord. stalky to good 

 Fair 



Small to fine bold 

 Small and medium 

 Common to fine bold 

 Small and D's 

 Unsplit 



Ord. blocky to fair clean 

 Pale and amber, -tr. si ts 

 „ little reo 

 Bean and Pea size ditto 

 1'oir to g. od red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy soit* 

 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. almond 

 j. stony to go..d block 

 Fair to tine bright 

 Middling to good 



Good to tine white 

 Middling to fair 

 Low to good pale 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 Fine tara bis. & sheets 



„ Ceara „ „ 

 Crepe ordinary to fine 

 Fine Block 

 Scrap fair to fine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to ord. red No. 1 



<i.->s a :0s 

 50s a 8 s 6d 

 8d a 9d 



£7 a £7 2/6 

 a 17/6 a £8 2/6 

 £■ 17,6 a £6 1/6 

 £6 17s b(l a £7 5s 

 s 6d a Is bid 

 155s 



s a is 6d 

 s : J d a 3s 9d 

 is yd a 5s 3d 

 4s 2d a 4s 6d 

 4s 3d a f s bd 

 <s t d a 6s 3d 

 3s 5d a 3s 8d 



lud a 3s lid 

 Id a ^s 9d 

 4d a i^d 

 4<>8 a 45*. 

 28s rd a 32s 6d 

 3£d a 7d , 

 2d a Ud 

 Ijd a4jd 

 3d a 5£d 

 l|d a 4d 

 s 3d a ts 7d 

 is 4d a Is td 

 Is a Is 5d 

 is a is Hi 

 2d a 3d 

 I da Is Id 

 9d a lOd 

 da 9d 

 7d a lid 

 21 d 



IN DIARUBBERf Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



80s a 113s 

 Nominal 

 75s a 85s 

 77s a 90s 

 69s a 75s 

 40s a 70s 

 26s a 80s 

 12s t d a 17s 6d 

 0s a 75s nom. 

 1 .08 a 17us 

 35s nom. 

 82s bd a 85s 

 6 s a 8 s 

 •lbs a 46s 

 40s 

 139a 



40s a 72s 6d 

 £12 lbs a £14 5s 

 £:1 a tl2 

 75s a £9 10s 

 £7 a £9 

 £5 a £8 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 35s a 45s nom. 

 iis bd a 65a 

 25s a 3: s nom. 

 .'7s td a 35s ,, 

 n7s 6d a 35s ,, 

 £10 a £12 

 .0s a £9 

 ,d a Is 



52s i d a 62s 6d 

 60s a 6. s bd 

 4os a 50s 

 36s a 4os 

 12s bd a 27s 6d 



s a 22s bd 

 Is lOd 

 s 9d 



4s lOil a 5s 

 Is mid 

 3s lid a 4s 2d 



43 



3s 4d a 3s lOd 

 2s a 3s 



New Guinea 

 iNDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MYRABULANES, cwt 

 Bombay ,, 



Bengal ,, 

 NUTMEGS- lb. 

 Singapore & Penang ,, 



NUTS, ARECA cwt. 

 NUX VOMICA, Cochin 

 per Cift. Bengal 

 Madras 

 OIL OF ANISEED „ 

 CASSIA 

 LEMONGRASS 

 NUTMEG 

 CINNAMON 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED-cwl 

 Ceylon „ 

 Madagascar ,, 

 PEPPER iBlack) 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. M adras 

 TORTOISESHELL— 

 Zanzibar, <fc Bombay lb. 



TURMERIC, Bengal cwt, 

 Si adras „ 



Do. 

 Cochin ,, 



Ommon to good 

 Good r,n fine red 

 L"W white to prime red 

 Fair !o tine red ball 

 Sausage, fair to good . 

 fair to fine ball 

 Fr to fine pinky & white 

 Majunga & bli : coated , 

 Nigtreis, low to good 

 Orrlina-y t" fine ball . 



hipping mid to gd violet 

 Consuming mid. to gd. 



rdinary to middling 

 Oudes Mid^lini to fine 

 Mid. to good Kuipah 

 Low to ordinary 

 Mid. to fine Madras 

 Pale reddish to fine 

 Ordinary to fair 



,, good pale 

 Wild 



UtS and Coconada 

 Jubblepore 

 Bhimlies . 

 Rhajpore, &c. 

 Calcutta 

 \i's to 57's 

 80's 

 UO's 



ndinary to fair fresh 

 Ordinary to good 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Hingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright .Si good flavour 



V ANILLOES- 



Ai auritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 I WAX, Japan, squares 



■J 3 



lb, 



sts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS 



Is9d a 2«9d 

 3s 6d a 3s 8d 

 Is bd a vs bd 

 ■is lOd a 4s 6d 

 3s 6d a 4s jd 

 s a 4s 

 2s 9d a 3s 4d 

 2s a 2s t d 

 6d a 3s 3d 

 28 6d a 3s 6d 

 3s id a 3s 8d 

 2s 6d a 3s 



3d a 2 6d 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 2s 2d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 

 None here 

 2s 3d a za bd 

 2s a 2s : d 

 2s a 2s 4d 

 6d a 7d 

 4s 6d a 6s 6d 

 4s Ibid a 7s 

 4s Ibid a 7s 3d 

 4s Ud a 6s 

 4s a 5s 

 ltd a Is 

 7d 

 5Jd 



lis a 15s 

 9s 6d a 12s 6d 

 ts 6d 

 8s bd a 9s 

 5s 7d 



3s 5d a 3s 8rt 

 |d 



lid a l|d 

 " la Is id 

 0|d 



Fair 

 Fair 



Fair 



„ to tine bold heavy . . 



Fair 



)ull to fine 



Fair to fine 



Fair 



fair 



fair 



irdinary to good 

 Ordinary to good 

 F ir to tine fiat 

 Dark to fair round 

 Fair to tine 



Ordinary to gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 Commonspeckyand small 



Small to bold 



Fair to good 

 Sorts 



.said, to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to uold 

 fiekings 

 Fair 



Finger fair to dne bold 

 Bulbs [bright 

 Finger fair 

 Bulbs 



10s Nom. 

 Us „ 



5gd a 51 1 

 54.1 a bid 

 5}d 



6jd a 6d 

 S.d a 9d 

 aid 

 d 

 8|d 



is 9d a 2s 9d 

 Is 5d a is 8d 

 yd a lOJd 

 ; ,d a t»,d 

 Its a 19s 

 17s a 18s 6d 

 14s bd a 15s 

 45s a 60s 

 Sd a8'd 

 3d a 4jd 

 ltd a zjd 



903 a £10 12s ed 

 75s a £ 2s bd 

 £15 a£ 7 10s 

 £11 6s a £16 7/6 



4b3 a 52s bd 

 93 a 12s 

 4s a 6s 



12s a 33s 

 13s bd a 28a 



•Us 



24s a 26s 

 18s a 2us 



08 



16s 



Gd crystallized Si a8i in 13s a 18s 6d 

 Foxy & reddish 3i a „ 13a a 16s 

 Lean and inferior ... Il2s 6d a 13s 6d 

 Fine, pure, bright ..{2s lid 

 Goodhite bard ...|46s 



