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MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 6th December, 1911,) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt. 



Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 

 ARROWROOT (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 ,, 

 CABTOK OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 

 Japan „ 

 ©INCHON A BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



CINNAMON , Ceylon lsts 

 per lb, 2nds 

 3rds 

 4ths 

 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. 

 OUBEBS 



GINGER, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B& C ,, 

 Cochin Rough ,, 



Japan „ 

 HUM AMMONIACUM ,, 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar 



i R ABIC E. I. & Aden 



Turkey sorts 



Ghatti 



Kurrach ee 



Madras 

 ASSAFCETIUA 



KINO 



M'iRRH, Aden sorts cwt 

 Somali „ 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings ,, 

 sittings „ 

 INDIA RUBBKK lb. / 



Ceylon, Straits, J 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 



Rangoon 



QUALITY. 



Pair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slightly drossy to fair ... 



Fair to good 



Dark to good genuine . . 



Hark to good palish 



Refined 



Fair average quality „, 

 Good to fiue bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to nut bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 



Smll fair to fine plump 



Fair to good 



Fair to good 



Shelly to good 



Good 2nds 



Dull to tinebrlght 



Fair bright good bright. . 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Good to tine 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 

 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 t" good red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy sorts 

 Fair to good palish 



,, „ red 

 Ordinary to good pale 



Sorts to fine pale 

 Reddish to good pale .. 

 Dark to fine pafe 

 Clean fr. to gd. almonds 

 com. stony to good block 

 Fair to tine bright 

 Middling to good 



67s 6d a 72s 6d 

 40s a 7^s 6d 

 8d a 9d 



£6 12s 6d a£6 15s 

 £8 a £8 5s 

 £5 15s a £6 7s 6d 

 £6 10s a£6 17s 6d 

 ls6jd a Is 9d 

 140s 



2s Hda3s3dnom 

 2s 5d a 2s 8d „ 

 2s 9d a 3s 3d „ 

 2s 3d a 2s 7d „ 

 3s a 4s 3d „ 

 2s 9.d a 4s 

 2s 2d a 2s 4d 

 3s a 3s 2d 

 6d a 2s nom. 

 3Jd a 3£d 

 4os a 45s 

 40s a 45s 

 3gd a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 |d a 41d 

 3d a 5id 

 Jd a 4d 

 Bid a Is 5d 

 |d a Is 4d 

 5d a Is 

 Hd a Sjd 

 |d a 3d 

 Ida is 2d 

 9d a lOd 

 9d a lOd 

 5d a 5£d 

 2Jd 



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. 



80s a 113s 

 Nominal 

 70s a 78s 

 75s a 85s fd 

 65s a 73s 

 43s a 64s 

 25s a 80s 

 15s a 20s 

 is a 75s 

 160s a 170s 

 35s nom. 

 80s a 85s 

 60s a 70s 

 40s a 45s 

 40s 

 37s 



40s a 72s 6d 

 £15 a £16 

 £12 a £14 

 75s a £11 

 £7 a £9 

 £5 a £8 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 40s a 50s nom. 

 47s 6d a 62s ed 

 35s a 45s nom. 

 30s a 40s „ 

 27s 6d a 40s 

 £17 a £19 

 25s a £15 



a la 

 52s 6d a 60s 

 50s a 6-ls 6d 

 45s a 60s 

 35s a 40s 

 12s 6d a 27 s 6d 

 2US a 22s 6d 

 4s lOd 

 4s 6d 



4s 8d a 4s lid 



4s a 4s 2d 

 4s 



3s 3d a 3d 9d 

 Is 9d a 2s 2d 



INDIARUBBER.f ConJd.; 

 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 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 „ 

 RHUBARB, Shenzi 

 Canton 

 High Dried.. 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium . . 

 small 



SEEDLAC cwt, 

 SENNA, Tinnevelly lb. 



Common to good 

 Good to fiDered 

 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 Middling to 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, <£e. 



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 & good flavour 



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 „ 



V ANILLOES 



Mauritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



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lb, 

 lsts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



QUALITY. 



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 



NiO : y'V ( ^ 



Ordinary 't'o gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 Commonspeckyand small 



Small to bold 



QUOTATIONS. 



Is 3d a 2s 2d 

 3s 6d a 3s 9d 

 Is a 2s 

 3s 3d a 4s Id 

 s 6da 3s lid 

 2s 9d a 3s 6d 

 2s 6d a 3s 

 2s a 2s 2d 

 6d a 3s 

 2s 6d a 3s 

 3s 2d a 3s 8d 

 2s 6d a 3s 

 2s 3d a 2s 6d 

 2s 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 4.1 

 6d a 7d 

 4s 6d a 5s 

 4s 6d a 6s 3d 

 5s a 6s 6d 

 4s 6d a 5s 9d 

 9d a 4s 3d 

 led a Is 

 64 d a 7(1 

 5Jd 



14s a 15s 

 10s 6d a 12s 

 8s 6d a 9s 6d 

 9s a lOd 

 59 8d 



3s 6d a 3s lOd 

 4Jd 



l*d a l|d 

 2Jd a Is 4d 

 lljd 



Fair to good 

 Sorts 



Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to bold 

 Pickings 

 Fair 



Finger fair to tine bold 

 Bulbs [b ri g nt 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



Gd crystallized 3£ a8£ in 

 Foxy & reddish 3i a 

 Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 Good white hard 



10s 

 10s 



5Jd 



5id a 6d 

 5Jd 



54 d a 6d 

 7Jd a 9d 

 7Jd 

 7£d 

 8id 



Is 9d a 2s 9d 

 Is 5d a Is 8d 

 9£d a lOJd 

 7jd a 8Jd 

 las a 19s 

 17s a 18s 6d 

 14s a 15s 

 52s 6d a 62s fid 

 5d a8^d 

 3d a 4£d 

 l|d a 2Jd 



66s a 185s 

 503 a 187s 6d 

 £10 12/6 a 14 2/6 

 £10 53 a£18 17/8 

 263 a 31s 



103 a 123 

 4s a 5s 



9s a 31s 

 lis a 25s 

 22s 



25s a 27s 

 18s a 20s 

 18s 

 15s 



14s a 19s 6 

 13s 6d a 17 3 

 12s 6d a 14s 



3s' 



403 6d 



