168 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS, 



(From Lewis d- Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 20th July, 1910.) 



ALOES, Soeotrine cwt. 



Zanzibar & Hepatic ,, 

 ARROWKOOT (Natal) lb. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt. 

 Zanzibar Yellow 

 Bombay blenched 



,, unbleached 

 Madagascar 

 OAMPIIOR, Japan 

 China 



C ARDAMOMS, Tutieorin 



Tellicherry 



Mangalore ,, 

 Ceylon. Mysore „ 

 Malabar 

 Seeds, E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon Long W ild ,, 

 CASTOK OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb, 

 Ceylon 



QUALITY. 



CINNAMON, Ceylon late 

 per lb, 2ndi? 



3rds 

 4ths 

 Chips, die. 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt. 



Native • 



Liberian ,, 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. „ 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 

 9 



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 tine bold " .. 



Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Small fa,'r to fine plump 

 Fair to good 

 Fair to good 

 Shelly to good 

 Good 2nds 

 Dull to fine bright 



QUOTATIONS. 



80s a 85s 

 40s a 70s 

 7d a 8d 



£6U's 6da£6 15s 

 £7 7!6 a £7 12s 6d 

 £5 10s a £6 5s 

 £6 Ins a £7 

 Is Cd a Is 7d 

 145s 



2s a 2s 5d 

 Is 9d a Is lOd 

 2s a 2s 3d 

 Is 3s a Is 9d 

 2s a 2s lid 



3d a 2s lOd 

 is 3d a Is 4d 

 Is 7d a Is 9d 

 CJd a Is 7d 

 3;d 



4us a 45s 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Good to fine quill 



Fair to fine bold 



Dull to fine bright pkd 



Dull to tine 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



QUALITY. 



Common to good 

 Good to fine red 

 Low white to prime red 

 Fair to fine red ball 

 Sausage, fair to good 



Fair and fine 

 Fair 



bright 



Native Estate „ 

 Java and Celebes „ 

 COLOMBO BOOT „ 

 CttOTON SLEDS, sift, cwt 

 UL'BEBS 



GINUhB, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A 

 B & C „ 

 Cocbin Kougu „ 



Japan ,, 

 HUM AMMONIACUM ,, 

 AN1MI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar ,, 



ARABIC E I. & Aden ,, 



Turkey sorts ,, 



Gbatti „ 



Kurrachee '„ 



Madras „ 



ASSAFUiTIJJA „ 



KINO 



MY KB H.Aden sorts cwt 



Somali „ 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings „ 



sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUBBfeK lb. I 



Csylon, Straits, J 



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 



Sm. blocky to fair clean 

 Pale and amber, str. srts, 

 ,, „ little red 



Bean and Pea size ditto 

 Fair to good 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 goud 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. 



„ Ceara 

 Crepe ordinary to fine. . 

 Fine Block 

 Scrap fair to fine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to ord. red No 



3gd a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 lid a 4i.d 

 3d a 5id 

 lid a 4d 

 6£dals 5d 

 5|d a Is 4d 

 5d a Is 



d a 8jd 

 2Jd a 3d 

 Is 5d a is 6d 

 9d a lOd 

 9d a lOd 

 5§d a 6d 

 2d 



65s a 100s 

 nominal 

 43s a 55s 

 63s a 6Ss 

 57s a 62s 

 37s a 50s 

 30s a 8us 

 30s a 35s 

 45s a 60s 

 180s a 200s 

 40s nom. 



is a 85s 

 55s a 60s 

 45s a 50s 

 45s a 47s 6d 

 J 7s a 38s 

 35s a 67s 6d 

 £15 a £16 

 £12 a £14 

 75s a £12 10s 

 £8 a £10 

 £6 a £8 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 25s a 32s 6d 

 34s a 52s 6d 

 20s a 42s 6d nom 

 20s a 30s „ 

 15s a 25s ,, 

 £18 15s a£il 10 s 

 15s a £8 

 9d a Is 3d 

 55s a 65s 

 50s a 55s 

 45s a 50s 

 35s a 40s 

 10s a 26s 

 16s a 20s 

 8s K d 

 Sd 



9s a 9s 4d 

 9s 4d 



6s 6d a 7s 6d 



68 



4s lCd a Es 3d 

 3s 3d a 4s 6d 



INDIARUBBER.f Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland Fair to fine ball 



Madagascar Fr to floe 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 Middlinsto 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. 

 Bengal ,, (Calcutta 

 NUTMEGS— lb. 64's to 57's 



Singapore & Penang ,, j80's 

 UO's 



NUTS, ARECA cwt. Ordinary to fair fresh 

 NUX VOMICA, Cochin Ordinary to good 

 per Crit. Bengal ,, ,, 



QUOTATIONS. 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb 



Java 

 Bombay 

 .\I YRABOLANES, 



Bombay 



cwt 



3s a 4s nom. 

 s a 5s 



2s 8d a 4s 3d 

 7s a 7s 6d 

 lOd a ?s 3d 



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. . 



•SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium 

 smalt 



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 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to White 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright & good flavour 



Mid. to fine not woody... 



Fair 



Fair 



„ to fine bold heavy 



Dull to fine 

 Fair to fine 



Fair 



Fair 



t?air 



Ordinary to good 

 Ordinaryto good 

 Fair to tine flat 

 Dark to fair round 

 Dull to fiue 



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 

 Tickings 

 Fair 



Finger fair to one bold 

 Bulbs (bright 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



VANILLOES— 



M auritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



lb. 



.. "\ Ists Gd crj 

 ... V 2nds Foxy ; 

 ...J 3rdsLeana 



ystallized 3i a8i in 

 & reddish 3J a „ 

 nd inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 Good white hard 



4s 6d a 6s 3d 

 is 6d a 4s 9d 

 is 3d a 3s 6d 

 Is 3d a 3s 6d 

 3s 6d a 5s 

 2s lOd a 3s 8d 

 2s 6d a 2s lOd 

 2s 2d a 2 1 5d 

 2s Cd a 2/8 nom 

 2s 2d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 

 Is5da2s4d 

 Is Ild a 2s 4d 

 Is 8d a Is lOd 

 Is 7d a 2s 

 3jd a 4d 

 5s a 5s 6d 

 4s 10£d a 6s 

 5s a 6s 3d 

 4s 9d a 5s 6d 

 5s 6d a 6s 

 Is a Is 6d 

 7£d a 8d 

 Id a ild 

 14s a 15s 

 8s a9d 

 6s 3d a 6s 6d 



3d a 7s 

 4s 6&d 



3s 3d a 3s 7d 

 2id 



ljd a lfd 

 2d a Is 4d 

 Hid 



8s a 10s 

 10s 



4d 



3|d a 4Jd 

 4d 



3£d a 3^d 

 6§d a 8d 

 6Jd 

 6id 



7|d a 7jd 

 Is 2d ft 2s 6d 

 lOd a is Id 

 a lid 



d a 6Jd 

 22s a 2ls 



0s a 2 >a 

 19s a 2Us 

 45s a 60s 

 d a;d 

 2|d a 41d 

 Uda2id 



30s a 135s 

 28s a 13os 

 £il5/a£91!/a 

 £7 a £11 6/ 

 25s a 30s nom 

 lis a l is Cd 

 Is a 5s 



7s a 30s 

 i a 22s 

 J 8s 



22s a 2ls 

 17s a 18s 

 18s 

 I3s 



13s a IBs 

 lis a 14s 

 10s a Us 

 3s 2d 

 43s Cd 



