552 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 24th April, 1912.) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt. 



Zanzibar & Hepatic ,, 

 ARROWKOOT (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 „ 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb 

 Ceylon 



QUALITY. 



CINNAMON, Ceylon lsts 

 per lb, and? 



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 

 CUBEBS „ 

 SINGER, Bengal .rough , , 

 Calicut, Cut A ,, 

 B&C ,, 

 Cochin Rough ,, 



Japan „ 

 HUM AMMONIACUM ,, 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



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 good 

 Fair to good 

 Shelly to good 

 Good 2nds 

 Dull to Siiebrigrht 

 Fair bright small 

 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 



QUOTATIONS. 



65s a 70s 

 50s a 8 is 6d 

 8d a 9d 



£7 a £7 2/6 



£7 17/6 a £8 2/6 



£517/6 a £6 12/6 



£6 17s 6d a £7 2s 



Iso^da Is 8d 



140s 



a 4s 2d 

 3s 3d a 3s 6d 

 3s 2d a 3s 4d 

 2s lOd a 3s 

 is 3d a 4/i nom 

 2s 9d a 4s 6U 

 2s lOd a 3s 

 3s 6d a 3s 7d 

 6d a 2s 3d 

 3£d a 4d 

 4us a 45s 

 28s Bd a 32s 6d 

 3f d a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 l^d a 4Jd 

 3d a 5£d 

 ljd a 4d 



id a Is 7d 

 ls4d a Is 6d 

 Is a Is 5d 

 Is a Is 4d 

 2Jd a 3d 

 lida Is Id 

 9d a lOd 

 7ida 9d 

 6id a 7d 

 2id 



IN DIARUBBER.f Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



VI ACE, Bombay 4t Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MYRABOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay 



Bengal 

 NUTMEGS — 



Madagascar „ 



ARABIC E. I. & Aden „ 



Turkey sorts ,, 



Ghatti „ 



Kurrachee „ 



Madras „ 



ASSAFQSTIDA 



KINO 



Ml'BRH, Aden sorts cwt 

 Somali ,, 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings „ 

 sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUBBER lb. 



Ceylon, Straits, ,| 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 



Rangoon 



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 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 

 coin, 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. 



80s a 113s 

 Nominal 



70s a 80s 

 71s a 90s 

 64s a 70s 

 40s a 67s 

 25s a 80s 

 15s a 20s 

 70s a 75s 

 150s a 170s 

 35s nom. 

 80s a 85s 

 60s a 70s 

 40s a 45s 

 40s 

 31s 



40s a 72s 6d 

 £12 los a £14 os 

 £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 ed 

 5s a 3: s nom 

 :7s 6d a 35s „ 

 27s 6d a 35s ,, 

 £10 a £12 

 50s a £9 



a Is 

 52s 6d a 62s 6d 

 50s a 52s 6d 

 45s a 60s 

 35s a 40s 

 12s 6d a 27s 6d 

 2i s a 22s 6d 

 s 2d 

 5s 



5s Id a 5s 2d 

 5s 2d 



4s 3d a 4s 5d 

 4s 2d 

 3s 8d a 4s 

 2sia 2si9d 



lb. 



Singapore & Penang „ 



NUTS, ARECA cwt 

 NUX VOMICA. Cochin 

 per c»vt. 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. 



SHELLS, M. o'PEARL— 

 Egyptian cwt. 

 Bombay ,, 

 Mergui ,, 

 Manilla ,, 

 Banda ,, 

 TAMARINDS, Calcutta.. 



per cwt. Madras 

 TORTOISESHELL — 

 Zanzibar, & Bombay lb. 



TURMERIC, Bengal cwt. 



i) adras 



Do. 

 Cochin 



QUALITY. 



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 piDky & white 

 Majunga & blk coated .. 

 Niggers, low to good . . 

 Ordinary to fine ball .. 

 Snipping 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 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright Ji 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 tine flat 

 Dark to fair round 

 Fair to tine 



QUOTATIONS. 



Ordinary to gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 Commonspeckyand small 



Small to bold 



Fair to good 

 Sorts 



Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to bold 

 Pickings 

 Fair 



Finger fair to rine bold 

 Bulbs Lbright 

 Finger fair 

 Bulbs 



V ANILLOES — 



lb. 



c in-ii 11 .. ~y ": ■ • ■ 



Madagasca. .. 



Seychelles .. J 

 VERMILLION .. 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



2nds 

 brds 



Gd crystallized 3£ a8i in 

 Foxy & reddish 3i a ,, 

 Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 Goodhite hard 



Is 9d a 2s 9d 

 3s lOd a 4s 3d 

 Is 6d a 3s 

 3s lOd a 4s 7d 

 3s 6d a 4s 6d 

 is a 4s 2d 

 2s yd a 3s 6d 

 2s a 2s 6d 

 6d a 3s 3d 

 2s 6d a 3s 6d 

 3s 2da3s8d 

 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 4d 

 6d a 7d 

 4s 6d a 5s 

 4s 9d a 6s 6d 

 4s 10Jd a 6s 9d 

 4s6da5s 9d 

 3s 9d a 4s 3d 

 lOd a Is 

 7id 

 6d 



14s a 15s 



9s 6d a 12s 6d 



7s 6d 



7s 6d a 8s 6d 



5s 8d 



3s 6d a ?s 9d 

 4jd 



lid a l|d 

 2jd a Is 4d 

 Is lid 



10s Nom. 



Us „ 



5id 



5id a 5|d 

 5}d 



j,}d a 6d 

 7id a 9d 

 8d 



7 H 



8£d 



is 9d a 2s 9d 

 is 5d a Is Hd 

 9d a 10id 

 7id a 8jd 

 18s a 19s 

 17s a 18s 6d 

 Us 6d a 15s 

 45s a 60s 

 5d a8^d 

 3d a 4id 

 l.'.da 2 .Id 



|s03 a 177s Gd 

 72s 6d a 195s 

 £13 2/6a£l6 7/8 

 £10103 a £14 6s 

 26s a 75s 

 9s a 10s 

 4s a 5s 



l2s a 29s 

 12s 6d a 23s 



22s 



2 5s a 27s 

 18s a 20s 

 2is 

 15s 



13s a 18s 6d 

 133 a I69 

 12s tid a 13s 6d 

 2s lid 

 43s 



