320 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



{From Lewis dfe Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 14th Avgnst, 1912,) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt 



Zanzibar & Hepatic 

 ARROWKOOT (Natal) lb. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt. 



Zanzibar Yellow ,, 

 East Indian, bleached ,, 

 „ unbleached ,, 

 Madagascar ,, 

 CAMPHOR, Japan „ 

 China „ 

 C ARDAMOMS, Tuticorin 



Malabar, Tellicherry 

 Calicut 

 Mangalore „ 

 Ceylon, Mysore ,, 

 Malabar 

 Seeds, E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon Long Wild ,, 

 CAb'luB ulL, Calcutta,, 

 CH1I.I.1E8, Znnzibai cwt 

 Japan ,, 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb 

 Ceylon 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



CINNAMON.Ceyloi. 

 per lb, 



leu 



2ndf 

 3rds 

 4tlls 

 <Sc. 

 lb. 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slightly drossy to fair 



Fair to good 



Dark to good genuine 



balk to gcod palish 



Refined 



Fair average quality 

 Gcr d to flue bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to tint bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Small fair to fine plump 

 Fair to (.ood 

 Fair to good 

 Shelly to good 

 Good 2nds 

 Dull to hup bright 

 Fair bright small 

 Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Good to fine quill 



Chips, 

 CLOVES, Penang 



Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation 



Native 



Liberian 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant 



Native Estate ,, 

 Java and Celebes ,, 



COLOMBO BOOT 



CKOTON SEELS, sift. cwt. 



CUBEBS 



1) ING hR, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A 



B & C „ 

 Cochin Rough „ 



Japan „ 

 HUM AMMONIACUM ,, 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar 



4RABIC E. I. & Adin 

 Turkey sorts 



Ghatti 



Kurrachee 



Madras 

 ASS A FG£T11>A 



KINO 



MYRRH, Aden sorts cwt 

 Somali ,, 

 OLIBAN UM, drop 



pickings „ 

 sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUBBER lb. , 



Ceylon, Straits, J 

 Malay Straits, etc. I 



Assam 



Rangoon 



Fair to fine bold 



Dull to fine bright pkd. 



Dull to fine 



Fair and fine bright 

 Fair 



Medium to bold 

 Good ordinary 

 Fair to bold 

 Special Marks 

 Ked 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 

 F..ir to good red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy soits 

 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 

 com. stony to good block 

 Fair to fine 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. red No. 



■ 1 65s a 70s 

 50s a 82s 6d 

 8d a 9d 



£7 a £7 2/6 



£7 17/6 a £8 2/6 



£5 17/6 a £6 10s 



£6 17s 6d a £7 5s 



Is 6d a Is bid 



155s 



4s 8d a 5s 2d 

 4s a 4s fd 



is lid a 5s 5d 

 4s 4d a 4s 9d 

 4s Ed a 6s 8d 

 3s ill a 6s 4d 

 3s 7d a 3s lOd 

 4s a 4s Id 

 Is a 2s 9d 

 4d a 4Jd 

 40s a 45s 

 28s fd a 32s 6;1 

 3fd a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 If d a 4id 

 3d a 5£d 

 lid a 4d 

 !s 3d a Is 7d 



s4d a Is f d 

 Is a Is 5d 

 Is a Is 4d 

 2d a 3d 

 lid a Is Id 

 Std a lOd 

 da 9d 

 7*d a 7|d 

 2|d 



80s a 113s 

 Nominal 



75s a 8Ss 

 77s a 90s 

 69s a 7rs6d 

 42s a 75s 

 25s a 87 s 

 10s a 15s 

 0s a 80s nom. 

 KOs a 17us nom 

 35s nom. 

 82s 6d a 8fis 

 6, ; s a 80s 

 38s a 42s 6(1 

 37s 6d 

 29s 



40s a 72s 6d 



£12 10, a £14 5s 



£11 a £12 



75s a £9 10s 



£7 a £9 



£5 a £8 



£4 a £8 15s 



£4 a £7 10s 



35s a 45s nom. 



42s 6(1 a 6?s 



25s a 3f s nom, 

 7s 6d a 35s „ 

 ,7s 6d a 35s ,, 



£10 a £12 



50s a £9 



6d a Is 



52s fd a 62s 6d 

 50s a 62s 6d 

 45s a 60s 

 36s a 40s 

 12s 6d a 27s 6d 

 20s a 22s 6d 

 4s 9,' d 

 4s 8(1 

 4s 9d a 4s lOd 

 4s lOd 



3s 6d a 3s 8d 

 3s lid 



3s 4d a 3s 9d 

 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 St 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 & W. C. Penanj 

 (White) Singapore ,, 

 Siam ,, 

 Penang ,, 

 Muntok „ 

 RHUBARB, Shenzi 

 Canton 

 High Dried. . 



"<AGO, 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 ,, 



Bo- 

 Cochin ,, 



VANILLOES- 



Mauritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



::.} I 



J 3i 



lb. 



sts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



QUOTATIONS 



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 violet 

 Consuming mid. to gd 

 ordinary to middling 

 Oudes Middlingto 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 

 Jubblepore 

 Bhimlies 

 Rhajpore, Ac. 

 Calcutta 

 64's to 57's 

 80's 

 UO's 



Ordinary to fair fresh 

 Ordinary to good 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright At good flavour 



Fair 

 Fair 



Fair 



„ to tine bold heavy . 



Fair ... 



Dull to tine 

 Fair to fine 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair 



Ordinary to good 

 Ordinary to good 

 Fair to tine flat 

 Dark to fair round 

 F'air 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 dne bold 

 Bulbs [bright 

 Finger fair 

 Bulbs 



Is 9d a 2s 9d 

 3s 4d a 3s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 8d 

 3s lOd a 4s 6d 

 3s 6d a 4s 5d 

 3s a 4s 



2s 9d a 3s 4d 

 2s a 2s 6d 

 6d a 3s 3d 

 2s 6d a 3s fid 

 3s 2d a 3s 8d 

 2s 6d a 3s 

 2s 3d a 2, 6d 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 2s 2d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 

 None here 

 2s fid a 2s 8d 

 2s 2d a 2s 4d 

 2s 4d a 2s 8d 

 7d a 8d 

 4s 9d a 5s 6d 

 4s lOJd a 7s 

 4s 10£d a 7s 3d 

 4s 6d a 6s 

 4s a 5s 

 lOd a Is 

 d 



5Jd 



14s a 15s 

 9s 6>1 a 12s 6d 

 t's 6d 

 8s 6d a 9s 

 5s lOd 



3s od a .-s 8(1 

 l|d 



I'd a Ud 

 2£d a Is 4d 

 Is 4d 



10s Nom. 

 Us „ 



S§d 



5£d a fjgd 

 5Jd 



da 5jd 

 8jd a 9d 

 8*d 

 Sd 

 yd 



is lid a Ss 3d 

 is Sd a 2s 2d 

 is a is 2d 

 9d a lOd 

 18s a 19s 

 17s a 18s 6d 

 14s 6d a 15s 

 45s a 60s 

 5d a8|d 

 3d a 4£d 

 ljda 2Jd 



95s a £10 7s 6d 

 62s 6d a £11 10s 

 £15 15s a £19 6s 

 1312/6d a £17 5s 

 57s 6d a 75s 

 9s a 12s 

 4s a 6s 



15s a 34s 

 13s 6d a 25s 



22s 



24s a 26s 

 18s a 20s 

 20s 

 16s 



Gd crystallized 3i a8} in Il3s 6d a 18s Cd 

 Foxy & reddish 3i a „ 13s a 16s 

 Lean and inferior ... 12s 6d a > 3s 6d 

 Fine, pure, bright 2s lid 



Goodhite hard ... 147s 



