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MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



{From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 11th October, 1911,) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt, 

 Zanzibar & Hepatic ,, 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) lb. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt. 



Zanzibar Yellow ,, 

 East Indian, bleached ,, 

 „ unbleached „ 

 Madagascar ,, 

 CAMPHOR, Japan 



China „ 

 CARDAMOMS, Tuticorin 



Malabar, Tellicherry 

 Calicut 

 Mangalore ,, 

 Ceylon, Mysore ,, 

 Malabar 

 Seeds, E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon Long Wild ,, 

 CAhTou OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 



CINCHONA BARK. — lb. 

 Ceylon 



CINNAMON, Ceylon lets 

 per lb, 2nds 

 3rds 

 4ths 

 Chips, dec. 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt. 

 Native 



Liberian , , 



COCOA, Ceylon Plant. ,, 



Native Estate ,, 

 Java and Celebes „ 

 COLOMBO KOU'l „ 

 CHOTON SEEDS, sift. cwt. 

 CUBEBS 



QINGKK, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B& C ,, 

 Cochin RoukIi „ 



Japan „ 

 9UM AMMoNIACUM ,, 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar „ 



4 H AUK' E. I. & Aden „ 



Turkey sorts ,, 

 Ghatti 



Kurracb.ee „ 



Madras „ 

 ASSAFOSTIDA 



KINO 



My KRH , Aden sorts cwt 

 Somali ,, 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings ,, 

 sif tings ,, 

 INDIA RUBBEK lb. , 



Ceylon, Straits, J 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 



Rangoon 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slightly drossy to fair 



Fair to good 



Dark to good genuine 



Dark to good palish 



Refined 



Fair average quality 

 Good to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to fine bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Sm .11 fair to fine plump 



Fair to good 

 Fair to good 

 Shelly to good 

 Good 2nds 

 Dull to fine bright 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Good to tine quill 



QUALITY. 



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 



mail 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 sot ts 

 Fair to good palish 



i, „ red 

 Ordinary to good pale 



Sorts to fine pale 

 Reddish to good pale 

 Dark to fine pale 

 Clean fr. to gd. almonds 

 cou). stony to good block 

 Fair to fine bright 

 Middling to good 



Good to fine 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 



QUOTATIONS 



67s 6d a 72s 6d 

 40s a 7 is 6d 

 8d a 9d 



£6 12s Sda £6 15s 

 iS a £8 5s 

 £t las a £6 7s 6d 

 £'i 10s a £6 17s 6d 

 is 6jd a Is 9d 

 140s 



2s lid a 3s 3d 

 2s 5d a ;s 8d 

 2S ijd a 3s 3d 

 2s 3d a is 7d 

 2s lOd a 3s 7d 

 is d a 3s 8d 

 2S Id a 2s 3d 

 23 8d a 2s 9d 

 tjd a Is 6d 

 3£d a 3|d 

 4us a 45.1 



3fd a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 lid a 4id 

 3d a 5£d 

 ljd a 4d 

 Bid a Is 5d 

 5^d a Is 4d 

 5d a Is 

 4jda a|d 

 2gd a 3d 

 lid a is 2d 

 9d a lOd 

 3d a lOd 

 7d a 73d 

 2id 



IN DI ARUB B ER.(Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



80s a 113s 

 Nominal 



70s a 78s 

 75s a 85s 6d 

 65s a 73s 

 43 s a 64s 

 25s a 80s 

 15s a 20s 

 ls a 75s 

 ICOs □ 170s 

 35s nom. 

 80s a 85s 

 60s a 70s 

 40s a 45s 

 403 

 37 s 



40s a 72s 6d 

 £15 a £16 

 £12 a £14 

 75s a £12 10s 

 £7 a £10 

 £5 a £7 

 £i a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 ios 

 40s a 50s nom. 

 50s a 65s 

 35 a 45s nom. 

 30s a 40s „ 

 27s 0d a 40s ,, 

 £18 10s a £21 £ 

 *5s a £15 

 »a a Is 

 »2s 6d a 60s 

 6Us a Si's 6d 

 45s a 60s 

 3ft s a 40s 

 12 s 6d a 27s 6d 

 '^s a 22s 6d 

 4« 6d 

 4s 3d 



43 6d a 4s 8d 

 48 9d 



t s 9d a 3s lid 

 ds lOd 

 3s a 3d 6d 

 13 9d a 2s 2d 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 fNDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



VIACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MYRABOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay 



QUALITY. 



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. Penang 

 (White) Singapore 

 Siam 

 Penang 

 Muntok 

 RHUBABB, 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. Madras 



TOR TOISESHELL — 



Zanzibar, & Bombay lb. 



TURMERIC, Bengal cwt. 



Madras „ 



Do. 

 Cochin ,, 



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 . . 

 Niggers, low to good . . 

 Ordinary to fine ball . . 

 Shipping mid to gd violet 

 Consuming mid. to gd. 

 Ordinary to middling 

 Oudes Middlinstto 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, &c. 

 Calcutta 

 64'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 ife 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 fine flat 

 Dark to fair round 

 Fair to fine 



Ordinary to gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 Commonspeckyand small 



QUOTATIONS 



Small to bold 



good 



VANILLOES — 

 Mauritius 

 Madagascar 

 Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



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lb. 



lsts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



Fair to 

 Sorts 



M id. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to cold 



Pickings 



Fair 



Finger fair to dne bold 

 Bulbs |b ri f? ht 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



Gd crystallized 3J a8£ in 

 Foxy it reddish 34 a 

 Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 Good white hard 



Is 3d a 2s 2d 

 3s 6d a 3s 9d 

 Is a 2s 

 3s 3d a 4s Id 

 is 6d a Is 

 2s 9d a 3s 3d 

 2s fc'd a 3s 

 2s a 2s 2d 

 6d a 3s 

 2s 6d a 3s 

 3s 2d a 3s 8d 

 2s 6d a 3s 

 •is 3d a 2j 6(1 

 ;s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 2s 2d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 

 None here 

 2s 3d a 2s 6d 

 2s a 2s 2d 

 2s a 2s 4d 

 6d a 7d 

 4s 6d a 5s 

 4s 6d a 6s 3d 

 5s a 6s 6d 

 4s 6d a 5s 9d 

 3s 9d a 4s 3d 

 lOd a Is 

 6;d a 7d 

 5|d 



Us a Ids 

 10s 6d a 12s 

 8s 6da9s 6d 

 9s a lOd 

 5s 8d 



3s 8d a 4s 



4jd 



L*d a lfd 

 2|d a Is 4d 

 nid 



10s 

 10s 



5jd 



5id a 6d 

 5id 



?d a 6d 

 7£d a 9d 

 7*d 



U 

 8jd 



Is 9d a 2s 9d 

 Id 5d a Is 8d 

 9$d a lOJd 

 7jd a 8Jd 

 18s a 19s 

 17s a 18s 6d 

 14s a 15s 

 52s 6d a 72s 6d 

 5d a8jd 

 3d a 4*d 

 ljda 2jd 



s 6d a 165s 

 45s a 167s 6d 

 £10 12/6 a 14 2/6 

 £8 a £14 2/6 

 21s 6d a 29s 6d 

 10s a 12s [nom. 

 4s a 5s 



Us 6d a 28s 

 8s 6d a 21s 

 223 6d 

 259 a 27s 

 18s a 20s 

 18s 

 15s 



14s 6d a 19s 

 13s 6d a 17s 

 12s 6d a Us 

 3s 

 40s 



