170 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis <fc Peafs Monthly Price Current, London, 8th, July 1908.) 



[AUGUST, 1908. 



ALOES, Soccotrine cwt 

 Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 

 ARROW KOOT (Natal) lb. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt. 

 Zanzibar Yellow „ 

 Bombay bleached „ 

 „ unbleached,, 

 Madagascar ,, 

 CAMPHOR, Formosa „ 

 China ,, 

 C ARDAMOMS. Malabarlt. 



Ceylon. 



Tellicherrj 



Mangalore 

 M y sore 

 Malabar 



Long Wild ,, 

 CASTOR OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CRIT.T.1E8, Zanzibar cwt 

 CINCHONA BARK.— lb. 

 Ceylon 



CINNAMON, Ceylon lsts 

 per lb 2ndf 

 3rds 

 4ths 

 Chips, &c 

 CI OVES, Penang lb. 

 Aniboyna 

 Ceylon 

 ' Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation ,, 



Native 



Liberian „ 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. ., 



Native Estate ,, 



fOLOMHO KO»T „ 

 CttOTON SEEiiS.sift. cwt 

 lUTCH 



G I Mi Lit, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B& C ,, 

 Cochin KvukIi ,, 



Japan " 

 HUM AMMON1ATUM ,' 

 ANIMI. Zanzibar ,' 



Madagascar ,, 



AKAMO F. I. & Aden „ 



Turkey sorts ,, 



Ghatti ,, 



Kurrachee „ 



Madras „ 



ASSAFOaTIDA 



KINO ,• 

 MYKRH, t icked 



Aden sorts ,. 

 OLIBAN I'M, drop 



pickings „ 

 siftings 

 INDIA RUKBEK lb. 

 Ceylon, straits, 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 

 Rangoon 



Fair to fine ,. 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slightly drossy to fair .. 



Fair tu good 



Dr rk to good genuine .. 



Dark to (icon palish 



Crude 



Fair average quality 

 Gocd to tine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Goon to tine bold 

 Brow nish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Sm^ll fair to fine plump 

 Fair to good 



Seeds 



Shelly to good 



lsts and 2nds . 



Dull to tine bl ight 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Common to tine quill 



Fair to fine bold 

 Dull to tine bright bold 

 Dull to tine 



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 fail- 

 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, str. srts. 



i, ,, little red 



Bean and Pea size ditto 

 J?e 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. almonds 

 cow. stony to good block 

 Fair to tine bright 

 Fair to fine pale 

 Middling to good 

 Good to tine 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 good red No.l 



QUOTATIONS 



85s a 00s 

 20s a 80s 

 ?|d a id 



£6 10s a £6 l?s 6d 

 £7 10s a £7 12s 6d 

 £5 15s a £6 10s 

 £« 7s 6d a £6 If; 

 num. 

 142s 6d 

 Is lOd a 2s 

 Is 5d a Is 7d 

 18 a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a Is 9d 

 Ls 9d a 2s 9d nom 

 Is .' d a 3s 6d 

 ls (id a Is 7d 

 ls 7da ls lOd 

 tfd a Is 9d 

 3d a 3Jd 

 0s a 25s 



33d a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 lid a 41(1 

 3d a 5Jd 

 lgd a 4d 

 id a ls 3d 

 d a ls 2d 

 6d a ls 

 5d a 8|d 

 2}d a 3Jd 

 91 a lid 

 id a 8d 

 d a 8d 

 43d a 61d 

 2d 



110s a 116s 

 »>s a 100a 

 nominal 

 Us 6d a 45s 

 80s a i-bs 

 ls a 79s 

 50s a G5s 



12s a 15s 

 27s 6d a 32s 6d 

 21s a 25s nom. 

 30s 



72s 6d a 85s 

 48s a 65s 

 35s a 37s 

 33s a 35s 

 28s 



•25s a 60s 

 H16 a £19 10s 

 £13 a £15 

 5s a £14 

 £9 a £12 

 £6 10s a £8 

 £4 a £8 10s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 25s a 32s 6d 

 32s 6da 60s 

 17s a 42s 6d 

 20s a 30s nom. 

 15s a 25s 

 85s a 101's 

 25s a 75s 

 6d a ls 

 £5 a £6 

 60s a 75s 

 45s a 55s 

 bOs a 40s 

 10s a 20s 

 lis a 15s 

 4s 21 d 

 4s 2d 



4s Id a 4s 3d 

 4s 5d 



2s 6d a 3s 

 3s 4d 



2s a 2s Set I 

 2s 2d a 2s 44 



INDIARUBBER.f Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



QUALITY. 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay * Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 



.VI YRABOLANES, cwt 

 Madras 

 Bombay 



NUTMEGS- 



Bengal 



lb. 



Bombay & Penang ,, 



NUTS, ARECA cwt 

 NUX VOMICA, Cochin 

 per c-it. Bengal 

 Madras 



OIL OF ANISEED „ 

 CASSIA ■ 

 LEMONGRASS 

 NUTMEG 

 CINNA MON 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED— cwt 

 Ceylon 



Zanzibar. ,, 



PEPPER- (Black) lb. 

 Alleppee & Tellicherry 

 Ceylon 

 Singapore 

 Acbeen & W. C. Penang 

 (White) Singapore „ 

 Siam ,, 

 Penang ,, 

 PLUMBAGO, lump cwt. 



chips 

 dust 



■vAGO, Pearl, large 



medium . 

 small 



SKEDLAC cwt. 

 SKNNA, Tinnevelly lb. 



SHELLS, M. o'PEARL— 

 Egyptian cwt. 

 Bombay ,, 

 Mergui „ 

 Manilla ,, 

 Banda „ 

 TAMARINDS, Calcutta... 



per cwt. Madras 

 TORTOISES!! ELL — 

 Zanzibar, & Bombay lb. 



| TURMERIC, Bengal cwt. 



uadras „ 

 Do. „ 

 Cochin ,, 



Common to good 

 Good to fine red 

 Low white to prime red 

 Fair to tine red Kali ... 

 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 Middlina to fine 

 Mid. to good Kurpah 

 Low to ordinary 

 Mid. to fine Madras 

 Pale reddish to fine 

 Ordinary to fair 



,, good pale 



QUOTATIONS 



V ANILLOES 



Mauritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 .WAX-. Japan, squares 



:::} 



lb. 



lsts 

 2nds 

 3rd. 



UG and Coconada 



Jubblepore 



Bhimlies 



Rhajpore, <Sc. 



Calcutta 



64's to 57's 



UO's to 65's 



100's to 115's 



Ordinary to fair fresh 



Ordinary to good 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright til good flavour 



Mid. to fine not woody.. 

 Picked clean fiat leaf .. 

 , wiry Mozambique 



Fair 



, to fine bold heavy 



Dull to fine i 

 Fair to fine 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair to fine bright bold 

 Middling to good small 

 Dull to fine 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 



Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to bold 

 Pickings 

 Faii- 

 Finger fair to fine bold 

 Bulbs [bright 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



6d a 2s 2d 

 Is 9d a 2s 6d 

 ls 4d a 2s 3d 

 2s 6d a 3s 4d 

 2s 6d a 3s 4d 

 2s .-da 2s 4d 

 ls lOd a 2s 2d 

 ls a ls 6d 

 6d a 2s Id 

 ls 6d a 2s 6d nom 

 3s 5d a 3s uid 

 3s Id a 3s 4d 

 2s 9d a 3s 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom 

 2s 3d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 2d 

 ls 5da 2s 4d 

 ls 5d a ls lOd 

 ls 2d a ls 6d 

 Is Id a ls 6d 



4s6da 4s 9d 

 4s 9s a 5d 

 5s a 5s 6d 

 4s 9s a 5s 

 5s a 5s 3d 

 ls 4d a ls 5d 

 5jd a ls 5d 

 4 Ad a 5}d 

 lis 6d a 20s 

 9s a Us 6d 

 7s 6d a is 9d 

 7s 9d a 9s 

 4s 5d 



4s 6d a 4s 9d 

 2d 



ljd a 2d 

 2Ad a ls 3d 

 Is Id 



10s a 12 s 6d 

 nom. 



3^d 



3d a 4d 

 3d 



3d a 3Jd 

 4Jd a 8d 

 5d 

 4jd 



35s a 45s nom. 



25s a 40i 



15s a 30s 



7s a 15s 



14s a 15s 9d 



14s a 16s 6d 



14s a 15s 



£5 a £6 nom. 



4£d a7d 



2£d a 4d 



lid a 2d 



45s a £5 10s 

 9s a £6 Its 

 £5 5s a £7 7s 6d 

 £4 5s a £8 2s 6d 

 25s a:t s nora. 

 Us a 12s 

 4s a 5s 



8s a 31s 



(is a 26s 

 17s 



19s a 22s 

 13s a 16s 

 16s 

 13s 



Gd crystallized 3J a8£ in 7s a 14s 

 Foxy & reddish 3j a 8 „ 6s a 18s 

 Lean and inferior ...5s a 6s I 

 Fine, pure, bright . 2s 9d a 2s lOd 

 Good white hard ...\60a 



