MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis <fc Peat's Monthly Price Current, London, 13th May, 1908,) 



[JUNE 1908. 



ALOES, Soceotrine ewt. 



Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 

 ARROWKOOT (Natal) lb. 

 bEES' WAX, cwt. 

 Zanzibar Yellow ,, 

 Bombay bleached „ 

 „ unbleached,, 

 Madagascar „ 

 CAMPHOR, Formosa „ 

 China ,, 

 C ARDAMOMS Malabarlh 



Tellicherry 



Mangalore ,, 

 Ceylon. - Mysore ,, 

 Malabar 



Long Wild „ 

 CASTOR "11., Calcutta,, 

 CHIT LIES, Zanzibar cwt. 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



CINK AM ON, Ceylon lsts 

 per lb, 2nd? 



3rds 

 4ths 

 Chips, &c. 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Aniboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation ,, 



Native 



Liberian ■> 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. „ 



Native Estate ,, 



COLOMBO ROOT 

 CKOTON SEKUS.sift. cwt, 

 UUTCH 



G 1 NG KB, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B& C ,, 

 Cocbin Rough ,, 



Japan >> 

 GUM AMMONIA CUM ,' 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar ,' 



Madagascar , 



ARABIC E. I. & Aden , 



Turkey sorts , 



Gbatti , 



Kurrachee , 



Madras , 



ASSAFOiTlUA , 



KINO 



MXRRH, picked , 



Aden sorts , 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings , 



sittings , 

 INDIA RUBBER lb 

 Ceylon, Straits, 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 

 Rangoon 



QUALITY. 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slight'y drossy to fair ... 



Fair to gond 



Dirk to good genuine .. 



liark to gcou palish 



Crude 



Fair average quality 

 G< i d to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Goon lo tine bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Small fair to fine plump 

 Fair to good 



Seeds 



Shelly to good 

 lsts and 2nds 

 Dull to tine bright 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Common to fine quill 



Fair to fine bold 



I lull 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 tine 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, str. sits. 



little red 

 Bean and Pea size ditto 

 F>.ir to gnod red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy soi 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. almond? 

 com. stony to go. d block 

 Fair to tine bright 

 Fair to fine pale 

 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 tine.. 

 Fine Block „ 

 Scrap fair to tine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to good red No.l 



85s a 90s 

 20s a 70s 

 2Jd a 4d 



£6 10s a £6 15s 

 £7 12s 6d a £7 15s 

 £5 15s a £(j 10s 

 £6 H s a £6 17s 6d 

 nom. 

 145s 



!s 8d a Is lOd 

 Is 3d a Is 5d 

 Is 9d a 2s 3d 

 Is 4d a Is 6d 

 Is 61 a 2s 3d nom 

 is 2d a 3s 3d 

 Is 3d a Is 4d 

 Is 6da ls9d 

 6d a Is 6d 

 3d a 4d 

 17s Cd a 20s 



3gd a 7d 

 2d a 6d 



d a 4jd 

 3d a 5|d 

 lid a 4d 

 8d a Is 3d 



_d a is 2d 

 lid a Is 

 5.',d a 8£d 

 "?d a 3Jd 

 91 a Is 

 7Jd a 8d 



da Sd 

 43d a ojd 

 2d 



110s a 116s 

 80s a 100s 

 nominal 



48s a 5 is 

 82s a 88s 

 76s a 80s 

 65s a 71s 



12s 6d a 15s 

 30s a 35s nom. 

 21s a 25s nom. 



30s 



6d a 85s 

 60s a 65s 

 35s a 38s 

 33s a 35s 

 28s 



25s a 60s 

 tl6 a £18 

 £13 a £15 



s6d a £13 

 £9 a £12 

 £6 10s a£7 10s 

 £4 a £8 10s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 25s a 32s 6d 

 32s 6da 60s 

 17 s a 42s 6d 

 20s a 30s nom. 

 15s a 25s 

 85 a a lOt's 

 *5s a 75s 

 6d a Is 

 £5 a £6 

 60s a 76s 

 45s a 65s 

 o0s a 40s 

 10s a 20s 

 Us a 15s 

 3s 9fd a 3s lod 



9|d a 3s ltd 

 3s 9£d a 3s lod 

 as 



2s 4d a2s8d 

 3s nom. 



2s a 2s 6d nom, 

 2s 2d a 2s 4d 



INDIARTJBBER.f Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 



MYRABOLANES, cwt 



Madras 

 Bombay 



NUTMEGS- 



Bengal 



11.. 



Bombay & Penang , 



NUTS, ARECA cwt. 

 NUX VOMICA, Cochin 

 per cwt. Bengal 

 Madras 

 OIL OF ANISEED „ 

 CASSIA 

 LEMONGEASS 

 NUTMEG 

 CINNAMON 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED— cwt 

 Ceylon ,, 

 Zanzibar. ,, 



PEPPER— (Black) lb. 

 Alleppee & Tellicherry 

 Ceylon 

 Singapore 

 Aeheen & VV. 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. M adras 

 TORTOISESHELL— 

 Zanzibar, & Bombay lb. 



TURMERIC, Bengal cwt. 



Madras „ 



Do. 

 Cochin „ 



Common to good 

 Good to fine red 

 Low white to prime red 

 Fair to tine red Ball ... 

 Sausage, fair to good 

 Fair to fine ball 

 Fr to fine pinky & white 

 Majunga & blk coated . . 

 Niggers, low to good 

 Orriinaiy to fine ball .. 

 Shipping mid to gd violet 

 Consuming mid. to gd. 

 ordinary to middling 

 Oudes Middling to fine 

 Mid. to good Km pali 

 Low to ordinary 

 Mid. to fine Madras 

 Pale reddish to fine 

 Ordinary to fair 



„ „ good pale 



UG and Coconada 

 Jubblepore 

 Bhimlies 

 Rhajpore, <Sc. 

 Calcutta 

 64's to 57's 

 110's to 65's 

 160's to 115's 

 Ordinary to fair fresh 

 Ordinary to good 



VANILLOES 



Mauritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



lb 



lsts 

 2nds 

 Srd. 



QUOTATIONS. 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright iS good flavour 



Mid. to fine not woody.. 

 Picked clean flat leaf .. 

 wiry Mozambique 



6d a 2s 2d 

 ls9d a 2s 6d 

 Is 4d a 2s 3d 

 2s 6d »3s4d 

 2s 6d a 3s 4d 

 2s 1 1 a 2s 4d 

 Is lOd a 2s 

 Is a Is 6d 

 6d a Is 9d 

 Is 6d a 2 - fid nom 

 3s 5d a 3s lud 

 3s Id a 3s 4d 

 28 9d a 3s 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom 

 2s 3d a'2s6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 2d 

 Is 5da 2s id 

 Is 5d a Is lid 

 Is Hd a 19 6d 

 Is Id a lsfld 



4s 6s a 4s yd 

 5s a 5s 6d 

 5s a 6s 



4s 9s a 5s 3d 

 5s a 5s 3d 

 Is 4d a Is 5d 

 5 Jd a is 5d 

 4Jd a 5Jd 

 17s 6da 20s 



a lis 6d 

 7s Od a 7s 9d 

 7s 9da 9s 

 4s 6d 

 4s 8d a 5s 

 2d 



lid a 2d 

 2*d a is 3d 

 Is Id 



10s a 12s 6d 

 nom. 



Fair 



,, to fine bold heavy 



Dull to fine 

 Fair to fine 

 Fair 



Fair 



Fair to tine 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 

 Commonspeckyand small 



Small to bold 



Fair to good 

 Sorts 



.vl id. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to bold 

 S'ickings 

 Fair 



Finger fair to fine bold 

 Bulbs [bright 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



Gd crystallized 3i a8| in 

 Foxy & reddish 3i a 8 

 Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 Good white hard 



3.'.d a 31d 

 3£d a 4 Jd 



3|d 



3d a 3}d 

 od a lid 

 5id 

 4d 



35s a 45s nom. 



25s a 40s 

 16s a 30s 

 7s a 15s 

 14s a 15s 9d 

 14s a 16s 6d 

 14s a 1 5s 

 £5 a £6 nom. 

 4|d a7d 

 2 id a 4d 

 ljda2d 



47s 6d a £5 

 20s a 96s nom 

 £4 17/6 a £75 „ 

 £4 a £8 15s „ 

 z5s a3is 

 10s a 12s 

 4s a 5s 



lis a 28s 



Rs a 23s 

 19s 



8s a 20s 

 13s a 16s 

 17s 

 14s 



8s a 15s . 

 6s lid a ' lis 

 6s 9d a 6s 9d 

 2s 9d 

 46s 6d 



