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MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 27 th March, 1912,) 



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 „ 

 CABTOR OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt. 



Japan „ 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb 

 Ceylon 



CINNAMON, Ceylon lsts 

 per lb. 2odp 

 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, aift. cwt 

 CUBEBS 



SING KK, Bengal , rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B&C ,, 

 Cochin Rough „ 



Japan ,, 

 BUM 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 fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to tint bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 



Small fair to fine plump 



Fair to pood 



Fair to good 



Shelly to good 



Good 2nds 



Dull to tine bright 



Fair bright small , . 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 



Root 

 Good to fine quill 



Fair to fine bold 



Dull to tine bright pkd. 



Dull to tine 



Fair and fine bright 

 Fair 



QUOTATIONS. 



65s a 70s 

 50s a 82s 6d 

 8d a 9d 



£6 17s 6d a £7 

 £7 17/6 a £8 2/6 

 £517/6a£61n/6 

 £6 lfs a £7 2s 6d 

 ls6d a Is Sid 

 140s 



is a is 2d 

 3s 3d a 3s 6d 

 3s 2d a 3s 4d 

 2s lOd a 3s 

 3s 3d a 4/ ! nom. 

 2s 9d a 4s 3d 

 2s lOd a 3s 

 3s 2d a 3s 4d 

 6d a 2s 

 3Jd a 4d 

 4us a 45s 

 32s Cd a 40s 

 3|d a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 Id a 4Jd 

 3d a 5£d 

 Id a 4d 



d a Is 7d 

 s4d a Is 6d 

 Is a Is 5d 

 Is a Is 4d 

 2id a 3d 

 lid a Is Id 

 9d a lOd 

 9d a lUd 

 5$d a 6d 

 2|d 



Madagascar „ 



ARABIC E. I. & Aden ,, 



Turkey sorts ,, 



Ghatti „ 



Kurrachee „ 



Madras „ 



ASSAFOiTlDA „ 



KINO 



MiBRH.Aden sorts cwt 



Somali „ 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings „ 



sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUBBiiK lb. 



Ceylon, Straits, „ 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 



R angoon 



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 

 .j „ little red 



Bean and Pea size ditto 

 Fair to good red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy soils 

 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 



IN DIARUBBER.f Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 M V RABOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay ,, 



Bengal 

 NUTMEGS — 



80s a 113s 

 Nominal 

 70s a 80s 

 72s a 89s 6d 

 64s a 71s 6d 

 40s a 67s 

 25s a 80s 

 15s a 20s 

 0s a 75s 

 150s a 17W 

 35s nom. 

 a 85s 

 a 70s 

 40s a 45s 

 40s 

 32s 



40s a 72s 6d 

 £12 10s a £14 5s 

 £11 a £12 

 75s a £9 10s 

 £7 a £9 

 £5 a £8 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 35s a 45s nom. 

 37s 6d a 57s tid 

 •25S a 35s nom 

 27s 6d a 35s ,, 

 27S 6d a 35s , , 

 £16 a £18 

 40s a £14 

 tid a Is 



52s Cd a 62s 6d 

 50s a 52s 6d 

 45s a 60s 

 35s a 40s 

 12s 6d a 27 s 6d 

 20s a 22s 6d 



Good to fine white 



Middling to fair 



Low to good pale 



Slightly foul to fine 

 Fine Para bis. & sheetsjSs 



„ Ceara „ „ 15s 5d 

 Crepe ordinary to fine. . 5s 5d a 5s 6d 

 Fine Block .. 5agd 



Scrap fair to fine . . 4s 8d a 4s 9d 

 Plantation ,.4s3d 

 Fair II to ord. red No. 1 3s 6d a 3s lOd 

 „ 2s a 2s 8d 



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 



AGO, Pearl, large 



medium 

 small 



SEEDLAC cwt. 

 SENNA, Tinnevelly lb. 



QUALITY. 



Common to good 

 Good to tine red 

 Low white to prime red 

 Fair to fine rea 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 

 64's t 57'S 

 80's 

 110'S 



Ordinary to fair fresh 

 Ordinary to good 



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 „ 



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 fine flat 

 Dark to fair round 

 Fair to fine 



Ordinary to gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 Commonspeckyand small 



Small to bold 



QUOTATIONS. 



Fair to good 

 Sorts 



Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Is 9d a 2s gd 

 3s lOd a 4s 3d 

 is Cd a 3s 



9d a 4s 5d 

 3s tid a 4s 4d 

 is a 4s 

 2s 9d a 3s 6d 

 2s a 2s 6d 

 6d a 3s 3d 

 2s 6d a 3s 6d 

 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 Gd 

 2s a 2s 2d 

 2s a 2s 4d 

 6d a 7d 

 4s Gd a 5s 

 4s 9d a 6s Gd 

 4s 10jd a 6s 9d 

 4s 6d a 6s 9d 

 3s 9d a 4s 3d 

 lOd a Is 

 7*d 

 Gd 



14s a 15s 

 9s 6d a 12s Cd 

 7s Gd a 8s 

 3 Gd a 8s Gd 

 5s lOd 



3s 6d a 3s 9d 

 4jd 



Hd a ljd 

 2Jd a Is 4(1 

 Is lid 



10s Nom. 

 10s „ 



5|d 



6Jd a 6d 

 5jd 



Old a 6d 

 8d a 9d 

 8d 

 7id 

 8Jd 



Is 9d a 2s 9d 

 Is 5d a Is 8d 

 9d a lOJd 

 7Jd a 8jd 

 18s a 19s 

 17s a 18s 6d 

 14s Gd a 15s 

 453 a 60s 

 5d a8Jd 

 3d a 4*d 

 lid a 21(1 



80s a 177s Gd 

 72s Gd a 195s 

 £13 2/6a£15 7/« 

 £1010s a £14 6s 

 26s a 35s 

 10s a 12s 

 4s a 6s 



Small to bold 

 Pickings 

 Fair 



Finger fair to tine bold 

 Bulbs [bright 

 Finger fair 



V ANILLOES— 



Mauritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



• J 3 



lb 



sts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



Bulbs 



Gd crystallized 3£ a8J in 

 Foxy & reddish 3J a „ 

 Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 Gooduite hard 



12s a 29s 

 12s Gd a 23s 

 22s 



25s a 27s 

 18s a 20s 

 .2is 

 16s 



13s a 18s 6d 

 133 a 16s 

 12s cd a 13s 6d 



3s 

 433 



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