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MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Price Current, London, 15th April, 1908,) 



[May 1908. 



ALOES, Soccotrine cw l 

 Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 

 ARROW HOOT (Natal) lb. 

 bEES' WAX, cwt 

 Zanzibar yellow „ 

 Bombay bleached „ 

 „ unbleached „ 

 Madagascar ,, 

 CAMPHOR, F.rmosa „ 

 China „ 

 C iRDAMOMS. Malabarli- 



Tellicherry 



Mangalore „ 

 Ceylon. - -\i ysore ,, 

 Malabar 



Long Wil l „ 

 CASTOR OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt. 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



CINNAMON, Ceylon late 

 per lb. 2nd* 

 3rds 

 4tbs 

 Chips, &c . 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation ,, 



Native 



Liberian ,, 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. „ 



Native Estate ,, 



COLOMliO KOOT „ 

 CrtOTUN SEEDS, sift, cwt. 

 uUTCH 



G I NU EK, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B&C ,, 

 Cochin Kough „ 



Japan .' 

 GUM AMMONIA CUM ,' 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar ,' 



Madagascar , 



ABABIO K I. & Aden , 



Turkey sorts , 



Ubatti , 



Kurrachee , 



M adras , 



ASSAFCa'i'lUA , 



KINO 



M1RKH, l icked , 



Aden sorts , 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings , 



sittings , 

 INDIA BUBBfcK lb. 

 Ceylon, Staits, 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



Assam 

 Rangoon 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fa ir to fine 



flight y drossy to iiir .. 



Fir to g<» d 



D. r' to good genuine . . 



l ark to tiood palish 



Crude 



Fair average quality 

 Good to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to tine bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Sm 11 fair to fine plump 

 Fair to good 



Spe is 



Shelly to good 

 lsts and 2nds 

 Dull to fine bright 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Common to fine quill 



Fair to fine bold 



Dull to tine bright bold 



Dull to fine 



Fair and fine bright 

 Fair 



Bold to fine 

 Medium to good 

 Good ordinary 

 Fair to bold 

 Special Marks 

 Red to good 

 Ordinary to red 



Middling to good 

 Dull to fair 

 Fair to fine dry 

 Fair 



Small to fine bold 

 Small and medium 

 Common to fine bold 

 Small and D's 

 Unsplit 



Sm. blocky to fair clean 

 Pale and amber, <tr. sits. 



„ „ little re.) 



Bean and Pea size ditto 

 F ir t g od red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy sotts 

 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 tine bright 

 Fair to fine pale 

 Middling to good 

 Oood 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 tine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to good red No.l 



85s a 90s 

 20- a 70s 

 2gd a 4d 



£6 10s a £6 15s 

 t!7l2s6da £7 ISs 

 £5 16s a £ii 10s 

 £6 1> s a £6 17s 6d 

 nom. 

 16 s 



!s 8d a Is lOd 

 Is 3d a Is 5d 

 Is 9da 2s 3d 

 Is id a Is 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s Sri nom 

 Is 2d a 3s 3d 

 is 3d a Is 4d 

 is fid a ls8d 

 fid a Is 6d 

 3d a Id 

 17s 6d a 20s 



3§d a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 ljd a 4jd 

 3d a 5id 

 ljda 4d 

 8dals 3d 

 id a Is 2d 

 6d a Is 

 51-d a 81d 

 2,d a 3Jd 

 91 a is 

 7id a 8d 

 7da 8d 

 5d a 6id 

 2d 



110s a U6s 

 8us a 100s 

 nominal 



48s a 51s 

 88s a 92s fid 

 78s a 85s 

 65s a 7os 



nom. 



lis a 15s 

 3 s a 35s 

 2 s a 25s 

 30s 



72s 6d a 85s 

 50s a 65s 

 35s a 38s 

 33s a 35s 

 30s 



25s a 60s 

 £16 a £18 

 £13 a £15 

 7;:s6d a£13 

 £9 a £12 

 £6 los a £7 10s 

 £4 a £8 ,0s 

 £i a £7 10s 

 -5s a 32s 6d 

 32s 6d a £ os 

 17s a 4 s 6d 

 20s a aos nom. 

 1 '.s a 25s 

 35< a 10 s 



5s a 75s 



d a Is 

 £5 a £3 

 60s a 75s 

 45s a 55s 

 'jOs a 40s. 

 10s a 20s 

 Us a 15s 

 3s 5|d a 3s 6d 

 i» 5!d a s 6d 

 3sj>id a 3s 6d 

 3s d 



2s 3d a 2s 6d 

 2s. 6d nom. 



INDIARUBBERfCoitUJ 

 Korneo 

 .Ta va 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



QUALITY. 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, B.t Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 



MYRABOLANES, cwt 

 Madras 

 Bombay ,, 



Bengal ,, 

 NUTMEGS— lb. 

 Bombay & Penang „ 



NUTS, ARECA cwt. 

 NUX VOMICA, Cochin 

 per c fit. B( ngal 

 Madras 



OIL OF ANISEED „ 

 CASSIA 

 LEMONGRASS 

 NUTMEG 

 CINNAMON 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED— cwt 

 Ceylon ., 

 Zanzibar. „ 



PEPPER - (Black) lb. 

 Alleppee & Tellicherry 

 Ceylon 

 Singapore 

 Acheen & W. C. Penang 

 (White) Singapore ,, 

 Siam ,, 

 Penang „ 

 PLUMBAGO, lump cwt, 



chips 

 dust 



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 



TORTOISESHELL — 



Zanzibar, & Bombay lb. 



TURMERIC, Bengal cwt. 



Madras „ 



Do. 

 Cochin „ 



VANILLOES— lb. 

 Mauritius ... "k lsts 

 Madagascar ... > 2nds 

 Seychelles ... J 3rd 

 2s a 2s 6d nom. f VERMILLION .. 

 2s 2d a 2s 4d | WAX, Jajjan, squares 



Common to good 

 Good to fine red 

 l ow white to prime red 

 Fair to fine red Uall 

 Sausage, fair to good 

 Fair to fine ball 

 Fr to fine pinky & white 

 Majunga & blk coated . 

 Nigtreis, tow to good . 

 Ordinal y t" 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 



UG and Coconada 

 Jubblepore 

 Bhimlies 

 Rhajpore, <Src. 

 Calcutta 

 64's to 57's 

 110's to 65's 

 ISO's to 115's 

 Ordinary to fair fresh 

 Ordinary to good 



QUOTATIONS. 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright ii£ good flavour 



Mid. to fine not woody.. 

 Picked clean flat leaf .. 

 i wiry Mozambique 



Fair 



to good heavy . . 



Dull to fine 



Fair to fine 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair to fine bright bold 

 Middling to good small 

 Dull to tine bright 

 Ordinary to fine bright 

 Dull to fine 



Oidinary to gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 Commonepeckyand small 



Small to bold 



fair to good 

 Sorts 



•I id.to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to bold 

 icwings 

 Fair 



Finger fair to fine bold 

 ilulbs [bright 

 Finger 

 Bolos 



ltd cry stallized Z\ a&i in 

 Foxy & reddish 3j a S 

 Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 I Good white hard 



6d a 2s 2d 

 Is 9d a 2s 3d 

 Is 4d a 2s 3d 

 2s 6d a 3s 

 2s 6d a 3s 

 2s da 2s 4d 

 2s Id a 2s 2d 

 Is a Is fid 

 6d a Is 9d 

 ls6da 2- fid nom 

 3s fid a 3s lid 

 3s id a 3s 5d 

 3s a 3s 2d 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 2s 4d a 2s 6d 

 is 8d a 2s 3 t 

 Is fid a. 2s id 

 Is 5d a Is lid 

 'is 2d a Is 5d 

 Is Id a Is fid 



4s 6s a 4s 9d 

 5s a 5s fid 

 5s a 6s 



4s 9s a 5s 3d 

 5s a 5s 3d 

 Is 4d a ls5d 

 5 \ d a Is 5d 

 4£da5id 

 18s a 2iis 

 9i a llsfid 

 7s 9d a 8s 

 a 9s 6d 

 4s 6d 



4s 101 a 5s 3d 

 2jd 



ljd a 2d 

 2Jd a Is 3d 

 Is 



10s a 12s 6d 

 nom. 



31d a 3fd 

 3jd a 3Jd 

 3 d 



3d a 3Jd 

 5Jd a ltd 

 5id 

 Hd 



35s a 45s nom. 

 25s a 40s 

 15s a 30s 

 s a 15s 

 14s a 15s 9d 

 Us a 16s fid 

 14s a I5s 

 £5 £6 nom. 

 4jd a 7d 

 2jd a 4d 

 ljd a 2d 



47s 6d a £5 

 20s a 'is nom 

 £417/ a £75 „ 

 £4 a £8 15s „ 

 25s a 30s nom 

 10s a 12s 

 4s a 5s 



lis a 28s 

 (is a 23s 



20s 



18s a 208 

 13s a 16s 

 17s 

 14s 



9s a 18s 

 7s fid a 13s 

 6s id a 7s fid 

 is 9d 

 48S 



