2646 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



[From Lewis <fc Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 3rd January, 1912,) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt. 



Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 

 AERO W ROOT (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 ,, 

 CAHTOK OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 

 Japan „ 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



CINNAMON, Ceylon Ute 

 per lb, 2ndp 

 3rds 

 4tbs 

 Cbipa, &c. 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Am boy n a 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt. 

 Native 



Liberian ,, 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. ., 



Native Estate „ 

 Java and Celebes „ 

 COLOMBO BOOT „ 

 CKOTON SEEDS.sift. cwt. 

 CUBEBS „ ,. 



a I N G KB, Bengal , rough „ 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B4C „ 

 Cochin Bougb „ 



Japan ,, 

 SUM AMMONIACUM „ 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



QUALITY. 



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 Ado bold 

 Middling lean 

 (Jood to tint bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Sin- .11 fair to fine plump 

 Fair to eood 

 Fair to good 

 Shelly to good 

 Good2nds , 

 Dull to tine bright 

 Fair bright good bright. . 

 Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 

 Good to fine quill 



QUOTATIONS. 



Madagascar „ 



iBABIC E. I. * Aden „ 



Turkey sorts ,, 



Ghatti „ 



Eurracbee „ 



Madras „ 



ASSAFOSTlbA 



KINO 



M1BBU, Aden sorts cwt 



Somali „ 



OLIBANUM, drop „ 



pickings „ 



sittings ,. 

 INDIA BUBBKK lb. 



Ceylon, Straits, 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Rangoon 



Fair to fine bold 

 Dull to fine bright pfcd, 

 Dull to fine 



Fair and fine' bright 

 Fair 



Medium to bold 

 Good ordinary 

 Fair to bold 

 Special Marks 

 Bed 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 good red sorts 

 Med. A 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 

 com. stony to good block 

 Fair to fine bright 

 Middling to good 



Good to fine white 

 Middling to fair 

 Low to good pale 

 Slightly fool to fine 

 Fine Para bis. & sheets 



„ Ceara „ „ 

 Crepe ordinary to fine 

 Fine Block 

 Scrap fair to fine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to ord. red No. 



65s a 70s 

 40s a 72s 6d 

 8d a ad 



£6 12s 6d a£6 15s 

 £8 a £8 5s 

 £5 15s a £610s 

 £6 10s a£6 17s 6d 

 Is Bid a Is yd 

 40s 



2s lid a 3/ 3d nom 

 2s 5d a is 8d „ 

 2s 9d a 3s 3d „ 

 2s 3d a is 7d „ 

 3s a 4s 3d „ 

 2s td a 4s 

 2s 2d a 2s 4d 

 3s a 3s 2d 

 6d a 2s 

 iUl a -id 

 40s a 45s 

 40s a 45s 

 3gd a 7d 

 a 6d 

 lfd a 4l<X 



afild 

 l}d a 4d 

 ej-dals 5d 

 5id a Is Id 

 5d a Is 

 4*d a Bid 

 2|d a 3d 

 lid a is 2d 

 yd a lOd 

 9da lOd 

 ad a 6id 

 2id 



80s a 113s 

 Nominal 

 70s a 78s 

 75s a 85s ed 

 65s a 73s 

 43s a 64s 

 25s a 80s 

 12s 6d a 20s 

 70s a 75s 

 150s a 170s 

 36s nom. 

 80s a 86s 

 60s a 70s 

 40s a 45s 

 40s 



38s fid 

 40s a 72s 6d 

 £15 a £16 

 £12 a £11 

 75s a £11 

 £7 a £9 

 £6 a £8 

 £4 a £8 16s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 40s a 60s nom. 

 47s 6d a 57s ed 

 35s a 45s nom. 

 30s a 40s „ 

 27s 6d a 40s 

 £17 a £19 

 26s a £16 

 9d a is 

 52s 6d a 60s 

 50s a 62s 6d 

 46s a SOs 

 36s a 40s 

 12s 6d a 27s 6d 

 20s a 22s 6d 

 4s led 

 4s 6d 



4s8dals lid 

 4a lid 

 3a lid a 4b 



3s lOd 



3s 3d a 3s 7d 

 Is 9d a 23 2d 



Bengal 

 NUTMEGS- 



NUTS, ARECA 

 NUX VOMICA, 

 per cwt. 



IN DIARUBBER.f Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 fNDlGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay A Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MYRABOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay ,, 



QUALITY. 



lb. 



Singapore & Penang ,, 



cwt. 

 Cochin 

 Bengal 

 Madras 



OIL OF ANISEED „ 

 CASSIA 

 LEMONGRASS 

 NUTMEG 

 CINNAMON 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED— cwt 

 Ceylon „ 

 Madagascar „ 

 PEPPER- (Black) lb. 

 Alleppy & Tellicherry 

 Ceylon „ M 

 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. 



SHELLS, M. o'PEARX— 

 Egyptian cwt, 

 Bombay „ 

 Mergui „ 

 Manilla „ 

 Banda „ 

 TAMARINDS, Calcutta.. 



per cwt. Madras 

 TORTOISESHELL — 

 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 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, &c. 

 Calcutta 

 to 67's 



8Cs 

 110's 



Ordinary to fair fresh 

 Ordinary to good 



QUOTATIONS. 



VANILLOES — 

 Mauritius 

 Madagascar 

 Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



lb. 

 lata 

 2nds 

 8rds 



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 ... 



oull 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 



Is 3d a 2s 2d 

 3s 6d a 3s 9d 

 13 a 23 

 3s 3d a 43 

 is 6d a 33 lOd 

 2s 9d a 3s 6d 

 2s fid 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 

 la fid a 2/8 nom . 

 2s 2d a 2s ed 

 Is 6d a 23 

 None here 

 2s 3d a 2s 6d 

 2s a 2s 2d 

 2s a 2s 4d 

 6d a 7d 

 4s fid a 5s 

 4s fid a 63 3d 

 6s a 6s fid 

 4s fid a 6s 9d 

 3s 9d a 43 3d 

 lOd a Is 

 6Jd a 7d 

 6Jd 



148 a 15s 

 10s fid a 12s 

 8s 6d a 6d 

 9s a 10s 

 5s 8d 



3s 6d a 3s lOd 

 lid 



lid a lfd 



d a Is 4d 

 llid 



Ordinary to gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 1 3d a 41 d 



Commonepeckyand small! l$d a 2£d 



10s 

 10s 



5}d 



5jd a fid 



58d 



5»d a fid 

 7|d a 9d 



7Jd 



»id 



Is 9d a 2s yd 

 Is 6d a Is 8d 

 9id a lojd 

 7Jd a 8jd 

 188 a 19s 

 17s a 18s 6d 

 14s a 1 os 

 52s 6d a 62s 6d 

 5d a8jd 



Small to bold 



Fair to good 

 Sorts 



Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to bold 



lickings 



Fair 



Finger fair to fine bold 

 Bulbs [bright 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



Gd crystallized 3} &S$ in 

 Foxy & reddish 3 j a „ 

 Lean and inferior ... 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 goodhite hard 



, 65s a 185s 

 . 60s a 187s id 

 £10 12/6 a 14 2/6 

 £lu 5s a£13 17/ti 

 26s a 31s 

 los a 12s 

 4a a 6a 



9s a 31a 

 lis a 25f> 

 22s 



253 a 27s 

 18s a 20s 

 18s 

 163 



14a a 19s fid 

 13s fid a li b 

 12s 6d a 14s 



3s 



40? fid 



