240 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



{From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 17th July, 1912,) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt 

 Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 

 ABROWKOOT (Natal) lb. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt, 

 Zanzibar Yellow „ 

 East Indian, bleached ,, 

 ,, unbleached ,, 

 Madagascar ,, 

 CAMPHOR, Japan 



China „ 

 C \RDAMOMS, Tuticorin 



Malabar, Tellicherry 

 Calicut 

 Mangalore ,, 

 Ceylon, Mysore ,, 

 Malabar 

 Seeils, E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon Long Wild „ 

 CAS'Joit ulL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 

 Japan „ 

 CINCHONA BARK.— lb. 

 Ceylon 



QUALITY. 



C1NN A MON .Ceylon lste 

 per lb, 2udt 

 3rds 

 4thg 

 Chips, <Sc 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt, 

 Native 



Liberian ,, 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. „ 



Native Estate ,, 

 Java and Celebes „ 

 COLOMbU KOOT „ 

 CKOTON SHEDS, sift. cwt. 

 CUB BBS 



9 1 NU hK, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B& C ,, 

 Cochin Rough „ 



Japan ,, 

 HUM AMMON1ACUM ,, 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar 



thAKIC E. I. & Aden 



Turkey sorts 



Ghatti 



Kurracb ee 



M adras 

 ASSA * CETlitA 



KINO 



MiKKH.Aden sorts cwt 

 Somali ,, 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings „ 

 sittings ,, 

 INDIA RU1 BKK lb. , 



Ceylon, Straits, J 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 



Rangoon 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



^lightly drossy to fair .. 



Fair to good 



Dark to good genuine . , 



Hark to good palish 



Refined 



fair average quality .. 

 Good to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to tint bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 



Small fair to fine plump 



Fair to ^oi d 



Fair to good 



Shelly to good 



Good 2nds 



Dull to fine bright 



Fair bright small .. 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 

 Good to fine quill 



Fair to fine bold 

 Dull to tine bright pkd 

 Dull to fine 



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, str. srts 

 little red 

 Bean and Pea size ditto 

 Fair to good 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 s 

 com. stony to good block 

 Fair to tine bright 

 Middling to good 



Good to tine white 

 Middling to fair 

 Low to good pale 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 Fine Para bis. & sheets 



„ Ceara „ 

 Crepe ordinary to fine . . 

 Fine Block 

 Scrap fair to fine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to ord. ied No. 1 



QUOTATIONS 



60s a 70s 

 50s a 8 is 6d 

 8d a 9d 



£7 a £7 2/8 



£7 17/6 a £8 2/6 



£5 17/6 a £6 10s 



£li 17s Od a £7 5s 



Is 6d a Is h^d 



156s 



8d a 6s 2d 

 4s a 4s Ed 

 4s lid a 5s 6d 

 4s 4d a is 9d 

 4s Ed a Es Sd 

 as frd a 5s 4d 

 3s 7d a 3s lUd 

 Is a 4s Id 

 Is a 2s '.id 

 4d a 4 

 4ns a 45* 

 28s t- d a 32s 6d 

 3|d a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 yd a 4J<1 

 3d a b\d 

 lgda 4<l 

 Is 3d a Is 7d 

 ls4d a Is td 

 Is a Is 5d 

 s a Is 4d 

 2d a 3d 

 llda Is Id 

 9d a lOd 

 7|da 9d 

 7Sd a 7jd 



80s a 113s 

 Nominal 



76s a 85s 

 77s a 90s 

 69s a 76s 

 42s a 70s 

 25s a 80s 

 10s a 15s 

 0s a 75s nom. 

 150s a 170S num. 

 35s nom. 

 82s 6d a 85s 

 6f s a 80s 

 383 a 42s 6d 

 37s 6d 

 29s 



40s a 72s 6d 

 £12 10s a £14 os 

 £11 a £12 

 75s a £9 10s 

 £7 a £9 

 £5 a £H 

 £4 a £8 16s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 35s a 45s nom. 

 42s bd a 65s 

 ibi a 3fs nom 

 ■Sis td a 35s ,, 

 6d a 35s „ 

 £10 a £12 

 50s a £9 

 ud a Is 



52s t d a 62s 6d 

 50s a 6is 6d 

 45s a 60s 

 35s a 40s 

 12s 6d a 27s 6d 

 2"s a 22s 6d 



4s io; d 



is 9d 



4s lOd a 6s ljd 

 4s Hid 

 3s lid a 4s 2d 



4s 



3s 4d a 3s 9jd 

 2s a 3s 



QUALITY. 



IN DIARUBBER.f Contd.)\ 



Borneo Common to good 



Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MYRABOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay ,, 



Bengal 

 NUTMEGS— 



lb. 



Singapore & Penang ,, 



NUTS, ARECA cwt. 

 NUX VOMICA, Cochin 

 per cwt. Bengal 

 Madras 

 OIL OF ANISEED „ 

 CASSIA 

 LEMONGRASS 

 NUTMEG 

 CINNAMON 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED-cwt 

 Ceylon ,, 

 Madagascar ,, 

 PEPPER (Black) lb. 

 Alleppy & Tellicherry 

 Ceylon ,, ,, 

 Singapore 

 Acheen & \V. C. Penang 

 (White) Singapore „ 

 Siam , , 



Penang „ 

 Muntok „ 

 RHUBARB, Shenzi 

 Canton 

 High Dried. . 



AGO, Pearl, large 



medium .. 

 small 



EEDLAC 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 ,, 



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 

 Ordinary to fine ball 

 Shipping mid to gd violel 

 Consuming mid. to gd 

 < irdinary to middling 

 Oudes Midfllinsto tine 

 Mid. to good Kir pah 

 Low to ordinary 

 Mid. to fine Madras 

 Pale reddish to fine 

 Ordinary to fair 



,, ,, good pale 

 Wild 



UG and Coconada 

 Jubblepore 

 Bhimlies 

 Rhajpore, Ac. 

 Calcutta 

 <;4'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 <S good flavour 



QUOTATIONS 



ls9d a 2s 9d 

 3s 6d a 3s 8d 

 is 6d a 2s 8d 

 3s lOd a 4s 6d 

 3s 0d a 4s 5d 

 s a 4s 



2s 9d a 3a id 

 2s a 2s 6d 

 6d a 3s 3d 

 is 6d a 3s fid 

 3s 2d a 3s 8d 

 is 6d a 3s 

 s 3d a 2- ud 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 2s 2d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 

 None here 

 is 6d a 2s 8d 

 2s 2d a 4d 

 2s 4d a 2s 8d 

 7d a 8d 

 4s 9d a 6s 6d 

 4s lojd a 7s 

 4s 10id a 7s 

 4s 6d a 6s 

 4s a 6s 

 lOd a Is 

 7d 

 5id 



Us a 15s 

 9s 6d a 12s 6<1 

 es 6d 

 8s 6d a 9s 

 6s lOd 



3s 6d a • 8(1 

 i$d 



ljd a l|d 

 2Jd a Is 4d 

 la id 



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 tine flat 

 Dark to fair round 

 Fair to fine 

 »i »' 



Ordinary 't'o gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 Commonepeckyand small 



Small to bold 



Fair to good 

 Sorts 



Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to bold 

 tickings 

 Fair 



Finger fair ro dne bold 

 Bulbs |b ri g nt 

 Finger fair 

 Bulbs 



V ANILLOES— 



Mauritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



:}'} 



J o 



lb, 



sts 

 2nds 

 brds 



10s Nom. 

 lUs ,, 



5gd a 5| 1 

 6|d a 6Jd 

 5§d 



6id a 6d 

 8|d a 9d 



d 

 8d 

 Jd 



Is lid a 3s 3d 

 is 8d a 2s 2d 

 s a Is 2d 

 9d a lOd 

 Us a 19s 

 17s a 18s 6d 

 14s 6d a los 

 45s a 60s 

 5d a8Jd 

 3d a 4jd 

 lid a 2Jd 



9Ssa£10 7s 6d 

 62s 6d a £11 10b 

 £16 16s a £19 El 

 1312/6d a £17*9 

 67s bd a 76s 

 9s a 12s 

 4s a 6s 



15s a 34s 

 13s 6d a 26s 



22s 



24s a 268 

 18s a 20s 



20s 

 lCs 



Gd crystallized 3i a8J in 13s 6d a 18s 6d 

 Foxy i reddish si a ,, 13s a 16s 

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

 Fine, pure, bright 2s lid 



Goodbite hard ...l46a 



3d 



