480 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 6th November, 1912.) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt. 



Zanzibar & Hepatic ,, 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) lb. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt. 



Zanzibar yellow ,, 

 East Indian, bleached „ 

 „ unbleached „ 

 Madagascar ,, 

 CAMPHOR, Japan „ 

 China „ 

 C iRDAMOMS, Tuticorin 



Malabar, Tellicherry 

 Calicut 

 Mangalore ,, 

 Ceylon, Mysore „ 

 Malabar 

 Seeds, E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon Long Wild ,, 

 CAHTOlt OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIE8, Zanzibar cwt 

 Japan „ 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



CINNAMON .Ceylon lets 

 per lb, 2udf 

 3rds 

 4ths 

 Chips, &c. 

 Ci. LiVES, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt 

 Native 



Liberian ,, 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. „ 



Native Estate „ 

 Java and Celebes „ 

 COLOMBO kool „ 

 CKOTON SEEDS, sift, cwt. 

 CUBEBS „ ,. 



j l Mi KK, Bengal , rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A ,, 

 B & C ,j 

 Cochin Rough „ 



Japan , 

 4UM AMMONIACUM , 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar 



ARABIC E. I. & Aden 



Turkey sorts 



(ihatti 



Kurrachee 



Madras 

 AS9AFUST1JJA 



KINO 



M1KRH, Aden sorts cwt 

 Somali ,, 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings „ 

 sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUBBER lb. | 



Ceylon, Straits, J 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



^lightly drossy to fair .. 



Fair to good 



Dark to good genuine . . 



Liark to good palish 



Refined 



Fair average quality 

 Good to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 (iood to tint bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Small fair to fine plump 

 Fair to sood 

 Fair to good 

 shelly to good 

 Good 2nds 

 Dull to Sue bright 

 Fair bright small 

 Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 lied Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Good to tine quill 



Fair to tine bold 



Dull to tine bright pkd. 



Dull to tine 



Fair and fine bright 

 Fair 



Rangoon 



Medium to bold 

 Good ordinary 

 Fair to bold 

 Special Marks 

 Red 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 gi.od red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy sot 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 

 coin, 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 tine . . 

 Fine Block 

 Scrap fair to fine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to ord. red No. 1 



QUOTATIONS. 



62s 6d a 67s 6d 

 40s a 75s 

 8d a 9d 



£6 17s 6d a £7 

 £7 17/6 a £8 2/6 

 £5 17/6 a £6 10s 

 £6 lis a £7 2s 6d 

 Is 5:?d a Is 8d 

 157s 6d 

 5s 2d a 5s 8d 

 4s 6d a 4s lid 

 is Id a 5s 7d 

 4s 6d a 4s lid 

 4s 9d a 6s 

 43 3d a 6s 2d 

 3s 9d a 43 

 4s6da 4s 9d 

 Is id a 3s 2d 

 Sid 



4us a 45<i 

 30s a 32s 6(1 

 3|d a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 l|d a 4|d 

 3d a 5jd 

 lid a 4d 

 Is 3d a Is 7d 

 ls4d a Is 6d 

 Is a Is 5d 

 Is a Is 4d 

 2d a 3d 

 Is a Is 2d 

 9d a lOd 

 8ida 9d 

 Sid a bjd 

 21d 



Nominal 

 Nominal 



5s a 9Us 

 77s a 90s 

 70s a 7es 6d 

 42s a 75s 

 25s a Sis 6d 

 lis a lus 

 70s a 80s 

 150s a 170s 

 35s nom. 

 783 a 85a 

 55s a 76s 

 36s a 40s 

 35s 

 26s 



40s a 72s 6d 

 £12 10s a £14 5s 

 £11 a £12 

 75s a £9 10s 

 £7 a £t0 

 £5 a £8 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 103 

 33i a 373 

 83 a 62s 6d 

 5s a 35s 

 25s a 30s 

 25s a 3us ,i 

 £10 a £12 

 50s a £9 

 tid a Is 5d 

 5US a 60s 

 47s 6d a 50s 

 45s a 503 

 36s a 40s 

 12s 6d a 27s 6d 

 2js a 22s 6d 

 4s 



3s 9d 



43 id a 4s ljd 



4s 3d 



3s 6d a 3s 7d 

 3s Sd 



3s a 3s 3d 

 2s a 2s lOd 



IN DIARUBBER.f Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 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 Ctft. 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. 



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 

 Nigsiers, low to good 

 Ordinary to fine ball 

 shipping mid to gd violet 

 Consuming mid. to gd 

 Ordinary to middling 

 Mid. to good Kurpah 

 Low to ordinary 

 Mid. to fine Madras 

 Pale reddish to fine 

 Ordinary to fair 



„ „ good pale 

 Wild 



UG and Coconada 

 Jubblepore 

 Bhimlies 

 Rhajpore, &c. 

 Calcutta 

 o4's to 57's 

 80's 

 UO's 



Ordinary to fair fresh 

 Ordinary to good 



nom 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright <£ 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 tine flat , 

 Dark to fair round 

 Fair to fine 



Ordinary to gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 



QUOTATIONS 



ls9d a 2s 6d 

 23 9d a 3s 

 Is Id a 2s 2d 

 3s 6d a 4s 

 3s6da3s lid 

 is a ' s 6d 

 2s 6d a 2s vd 

 Is I d a 2s 3d 

 6d a 2s 9d 

 2s 3d a 2s 9d 

 3s a 3s 6d 

 2s 3d a 2s lOd 



i 2i 2d 

 Is lOd a 2s 5d 

 Is 6d a is 9d 

 None here 

 2s 6d a 2s 8d 

 2s 2d a 2s 4d 

 2s 4d a 2s 8d 

 7d a 8d 

 4s 9d a 5s 6d 

 ts lOtd a 7s 

 4s 10id a 7s 3d 

 4s6da6s 

 4s a 5s 

 lOd a Is 



5id 



lis a 15s 



9s 6d a 12s 6(1 



9s 



9s a 9s 6d 

 6s 8d 



3s 7d a ' s 9d 

 Id 



I'd a 13d 

 ■>li a Is 4d 

 Is 6d 



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 ,, 



VANILLOES— 



Mauritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



lb 



103 Nom. 

 lus ,, 



Sjd 



5Jd a 5jd 

 5id 



o|d a 5}d 

 8Jd a 9d 



8ld 



Sd 

 Hjd 



13 lid a 3s 3d 

 Is bd a 2s 2d 

 is a is 3d 

 lOd a Is 

 las a 19s 

 17s a 18s 6d 

 lis a 16s 

 55s a 65s 

 5d a8,d 

 3d a 4}d 



Commonspeckyand sniallUida 2|d 



Small to bold 



good 



Fair to 



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 

 Bui 1)3 



... "I 1 sts Gd cry stallized 3} a Sjin 

 ... V Jnds Foxy & reddish 3J a 

 ...J 3rda Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 Good white hard 



623 6d a£1012/6 

 45s a £10 7s 6d 

 14 5s a £16 17/6 

 11 Ids a £15 15s 

 95s a 97s ttd 

 9s a 12s 

 4b a 5s 



Us a 30s 

 13s a 22s 

 ^2s nom 

 22s a 24s 

 18s a 20s 

 lis 

 16s 



13s a 17s Pd 

 Us 6d a lis 6d 

 . Us a 12s 

 ...[2s lid 

 ...117s 



