264 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis it Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 16th February, 1910,) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt 

 Zanzibar & Hepat ic ,, 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) lb. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt. 

 Zanzibar Yellow ,, 

 Bombay bleached ,, 

 „ unbleached ,, 

 Madagascar ,, 

 CAMPHOR, Japan 



China „ 

 CARDAMOMS, Tuticorin 



Tellicherry 



Mangalore ,, 

 Ceylon.- Mysore „ 

 Malabar ,» 

 Seeds, E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon Long Wild „ 

 CABTOK OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



CINff A MOM, Ceylon 1st* 

 per lb, 2nds 

 3rd* 

 iths 

 Chips, &c. 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt. 

 Native 



Liberian .. 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. ,, 



Native Estate ,, 

 Java and Celebes „ 

 COLOMBO ROOT „ 

 CROTON SEEDS.sift. cwt. 



CUBEBS ii ■■ 



GIKGKB, Bengal, rough,, 



Calicut, Cut a „ 

 B& C ,, 

 Cochin Rough ,, 



Japan ., 

 SUM AMMONIACTJM ,, 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar ,, 



ARABIC E. I. & Aden „ 



Turkey sorts ,, 



Ghatti „ 



Kurrachee „ 



Madras ,, 



ASSAFamDA 



KINO 



MYRKH.Aden sorts cwt 

 Somali ,, 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings ,, 

 sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUBBER lb. 



Ceylon, Straits, j 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 



Rangoon 



QUALITY. 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slightly drossy to f *ir 



Fair to good 



Dark to good genuine 



Dark to Kood palish 



Refined 



Fair average quality 

 Good to tine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Geo i to fine bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 



Small fiir to Gi.e plump 



Fair to (.ood 



Fair to good 



Shelly to good 



Good 2nds 



Dull to tine bright 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Good to fine quill 



QUOTATIONS 



Fair to fine bold 

 Jull to fine bright pkd 

 Dull to fine 



Fr.ir and fine bright 

 Fair 



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 



Sm. blocky to fair clean 

 Pale and amber, str. si ts. 



rl ,, litt.e red 



Bean and Pea size ditto 

 Fair to gi od 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 

 . stony to go d block 

 Fair to tine bright 

 Middling to good 



Good to tine while 

 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 



80s a 85s 

 40s a 70s 

 6d a 7d 



£6 12s 6d a £6 15s 

 £7 10s a £7 12s 6d 

 £5 lis a £6 7s 6d 

 £«10s a£015s 

 is 6£d a Is 7^d 

 136s 



2s a 2s fid 

 Is 9d a Is lOd 

 2s a 2s 3d 

 Is 6d a Is 9d 

 is K:d a 2s tid 

 Is 4da 2s lid 

 Is 3d a Is 4d 

 Is 7d alsSd 

 6d a ls9d 

 3jd a 3}d 

 4us a 45s 



3fd a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 lid a 4}d 

 3d a 5id 

 lgd a 4d 

 lodals 4d 

 9d a Is 2d 

 7Jd a ll'd 

 6£d a 9|d 

 2|d a 3Jd 

 Id 5s a Is 6d 

 9d a lOd 

 9d a lOd 

 5|d a 5gd 

 2d 



IN DI ARUBBER.fCoJiW.; 

 Borneo 



Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb, 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MYRABOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay ,, 



QUALITY. 



IQUOTATIONS. 



65d a 100s 

 nominal 

 43s a t is 



60s a 75s 

 53s a 59s 

 39s a 53s 

 30s a 85s 

 20s a 22s»6d 

 47s 6d a 50s 

 UOs a 120s 

 40s nom. 

 65s a 85s 

 55s a 60s 

 44s a 50s 

 42s td 

 42s 



35s a 73s 6d 

 £16 a £18 5s 

 £13 a £15 

 5s a £14 2s 6d 

 £9 a £13 lis 

 £6 5s a £i 10s 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 25s a 32s 6d nom. 

 30s a 47s 6d 

 :0s a 42s 6d nom 

 20s a 30s 

 15s a 25s 

 £9 a 10s 10s 

 15s a £8 

 6d a 9d 

 60s a 70s 

 55s a 00s 

 45s a 60s 

 iOs a 40s 

 It's a 25s 

 13s a 15s 

 9s 3d 

 8s 9d 

 9s a 9s 4d 

 s6d 



s 3d a 7s 8d 

 5s6aa6s 

 4s a f's 5d 

 3s a 3s 6d 



Bengal 

 NUTMEGS— 



lb. 



Bombay & Penang ,, 



NUTS, ARECA cwt. 

 iNUX VOMICA, Cochin 

 per c *t. Bengal 

 Madras 



OIL OF ANISEED „ 

 CASSIA 

 LEMONGRASS 

 NUTMEG 

 CINNAMON „ 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED— cwt 

 Ceylon ,, 

 Madagascar „ 

 PEPPER - (Black) 11). 

 Alleppee & Tellicherry 

 Ceylon 

 Singapore 

 Acheen & \V. C. Penang 

 (White) Singapore „ 

 Siam ,, 

 Penang ,, 

 Muntok „ 

 RHUBAhB, Shenzi 

 Canton 

 High Dried.. 



AGO, Pearl, large 



medium . 

 small 



SEEDLAC cwt. 

 SENNA, Tinnevelly lb. 



SHELLS, M. o'PEARL— 

 Egyptian ewt. 

 Bombay ,, 

 Mergui ,, 

 M anilla , , 

 Band* ,, 

 TAMARINDS, Calcutta.. 



per cwt. Madras 

 TORTOISFISHELL — 

 Zanzibar, & Bombay lb. 



TURMERIC, Bengal cwt. 



il adras 



Do. 

 Cochin 



VANILLOES— 

 Mauritius 

 Madagascar 

 Seychelles 



VERM1L1 ION 



Common to good 

 Good to fiDe 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 Kurpah 

 Low to ordinary 

 Mid. to fine Madras 

 Pale reddish to fine 

 Ordinary to fair 



,, ,, good pale 

 Wild 



UG and Coconada 

 Jubblepore 

 Bhimlies 

 Rhajpore. <$o. 

 Calcutta 

 b'4's to 57's 

 110's to 65's 

 160's to 115's 

 Ordinary to fair fresh 

 Ordinary to gotd 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright & good flavour 



Mid. to fine not woody.. 

 Fair 



Fair 



„ to fine bold heavy . 



Dull to fine 

 Fair to fine 



Fair .. 



Fair . . 



Fair 



Ordinary to good 

 Ordinary to good 

 Good to fine flat 

 Dark to fair round 

 Dull to fine 



Ordinary to 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 



Sma.ll to nold 



Pickings 



Fair 



Finger fair to dne bold 

 Bulbs [bright 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



lb, 



Ists Gd crystallized 3£ a8j in 

 2nds Foxy & reddish 4 a ,. 

 i ds Lean and inferior 

 I Fine, pure, bright 



WAX, Japan, squares Good white hard 



2s 2d a 3s 3d 

 2s 10da4s 

 2s 6d a 3s 2d 

 5s a 5s 9d 

 4s 8d a 5s 8d 

 4s a 4s Sd 

 3s 6d a 4d 

 2s lOd a 3s 2d 

 Is 6d a 3s 6d 

 3s 2d a 4s 2d nom 

 2s lOd a 3s 8d 

 2s 6d a 2s lOd 

 2s 2d a 2i 5d 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 2s 2d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 

 Is 5da 2s 4d 

 Is lid a 2s 4d 

 Is 8.1 a is lOd 

 Is 7d a 2s 

 4d a 5d 

 5s a 5s 6d 

 5s a 6s 

 5s 3d a 6s 6d 

 4s 9d a 5s 6d 

 ns 6d a 6s 

 Is a Is 6d 

 4|d a Is 

 4d a 4id 

 15s a 17s 6d 

 9s a lis 6d 

 6s a 6s Cd 

 68 3d a 8s 

 4s 6d 



3s 6d a 3s lOd 

 2Jd a 3d 

 Ud a lid 

 2Jd a Is 

 Is 



gsalOs 



3Jd 



3*d 



4d a -lid 

 Sid 



«3d a 3|d 

 6Jd a 8d 

 «id 

 7id 



Is 3d a 2s 8d 

 Hd a Is 2d 

 Is a Is Id 

 =d a 6id 

 18s a 20s 

 16s a 17s 

 15s a 17s 

 45s a 60s 

 4£d a 7d 

 3jd a 4£d 

 Igd a 2^d 



28s a 127l6nom. 

 18s a 127s 6d 

 £bl0sa£9 5s 

 £6 10s a £10 15s 

 25s a 30s nom 

 Us al2s6d 

 4s a 5s 



Is t'daais 

 Is a 17s 

 77s 6s 

 19s a 21s 

 14s a 15s 

 17s 



13s (d 



12s a l£s 

 lis a 14a 

 lis a Us 6d 

 3s 3d 

 43s 



