280 



[September, 1908. 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



{From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Price Current, London, 12th August, 1908,) 



ALOE, S occotrine cwt 

 Zanzibar & Hepatic ,, 

 ARROW KOOT (Natal) lb, 

 BEES' WAX, cwt 

 Zanzibar Yellow „ 

 Bombay bleached „ 

 „ unbleached ,, 

 Madagascar ,, 

 CAMPHOR, Formosa „ 

 China ,, 

 C ARDAMOMS. Malabarlt 



Tellicherry 



Mangal ore ,, 

 Ceylon. Mysore ,, 

 Malabar 



Long Wild ,, 

 CASTOR OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIER, Zanzibar cwt 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



CINNAMON, Ceylon lsts 

 per lb. 2nd? 



Srds 

 4ths 

 Chips, 4c. 

 CLOVES, Fenang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation ,, 



Native 



Liberian ,, 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. „ 



Native Estate ,, 



COLOMBO ROOT „ 

 CKOTON SEEDS, sift, cwt. 

 OUTCH 



13 I NGKR, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B& C ,, 

 Cocbiu Rougb ,, 



Japan ■• 

 ailM AMMONIACUM ,' 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar ,' 



Madagascar „ 



ARABIC F. I. & Aden ,, 



Turkey sorts ,, 



Ghatti ,, 



Kurrachee „ 



M adras „ 



ASSAFtETlDA „ 



KINO 



MiRRH, Lacked 



Aden sorts , 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings , 



siftings , 

 INDIA RUBBER lb. 

 Ceylon, straits, 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 

 Rangoon 



QUALITY. 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slightly drossy to fair ... 



Fair to goud 



LVrk to good genuine .. 



Dark to good palish 



Crude 



Fair average quality 

 Good to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to tine bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Sm.'ill fair to fine plump 

 Fair to good 



Seeds 



Shelly to good 

 lsts and 2nds 

 Dull to tine bright 



QUOTATIONS. 



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 



Sru. blocky to fair clean 

 Pale and amber, str. srts. 



,, little red 

 Bean and Pea size ditto 



ir to gi.od red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy soits 

 Fair to good palish ... 



,, red 

 Ordinary to good pale 



Sorts to tine pale 

 Reddish to goad pale ... 

 Dark to tine pale 

 Clean fr to gd. almonds 

 com. 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 tine 

 Fine Para bis. & sheets 



, Ceara „ 

 Crepe ordinary to tine 

 Fine Block 

 Scrap fair to fine 

 Plantation 



Fair n to good red No.l 



85s a 90s 

 20s a 82s 6d 

 2Jd a id 



£6 10s a £6 l?s 6d 

 £7 10s a £7 12s 6d 

 £5 15s a £6 10s 

 £6 7s 6d a £6 12/6 

 nom. 

 162s 6d 

 Is lOd a 2s 

 Is 5d a Is 7d 

 3s a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a Is !)d 

 Is 9d a 2s 9d nom 

 Is 5d a 3s 6d 

 Is 6d a Is 7d 

 Is 7da Is lOd 

 6d a is 9d 

 3d a 34,(1 

 20s a 26s 



3|d a 7d 

 2d' a 6d 

 13d a i\d 

 3d a 5id 

 lid a id 

 7id a Is 3d 

 7d a Is 2d 

 6d a Is 

 5d a S£d 

 2Jd a 3|d 

 91 a lid 

 7}d a 8d 

 7da 8d 

 fid 

 2d 



QUALITY. 



INDIARUBBER.fCtmJri!.; ~ 



Rorneo Common to good 



Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



110s a 116s 

 80s a 100s 

 nominal 

 42s 6d a 46s 6cl 



78s a 90s 

 70s a 77s 

 50s a 74s 



12s a 15s 

 27 s 6d a 32s 6d 

 Is a 23s nom. 

 30s nom. 

 72s 6d a 85s 

 48s a 65s 

 32s 6d a 35s 

 33s 

 28s 



25s a 60s 

 £18 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 6d a 50s 

 17s a 42s 6d 

 20s a 30s nom. 

 Ins a 25s 

 S5i a 10 n s 

 25s a 75s 

 6d a Is 

 £5 a £6 

 55s a 70s 

 45s a 55s 

 30s a 40s 

 10s a 22s 6d 

 lis a 15s 

 4S 2d 

 it 2d 



4s Id a 4s 3d 

 4s 4d 



2s 4d a 2s 9d 

 3s 4d 

 2s a 2s 8d 

 2s 2d a 2s id 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 



MYRABOLANES, cwt 

 Madras 

 Bombay ,, 



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 pinky & white 

 Majunga & blk coated . . 

 Niggers, low to good 

 Ordinal y to 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 tine 

 Ordinary to fair 



„ ,, good pale 



QUOTATIONS 



Bengal ,, 

 NUTMEGS- lb. 

 Bombay & Penang ,, 



NUTS, ARECA cwt. 

 NUX VOMICA, Cochin 

 per cwt. Bengal 

 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 — 



Mauritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 VERMILLION . 

 .WAX, Japan, squares 



lb. 

 lsts 

 ... > 2nds 

 ...J 3rd. 



UG and Coconada 



Jubblepore 



Bhimlies 



Rhajpore, &e. 



Calcutta 



64's to 57's 



110's to 65's 



160'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 >Si good flavour 



Mid. to tine not woody- 

 Picked clean flat leaf ... 

 wiry Mozambique 



Fair 



„ to tine bold heavy . . 



Dull to tine 



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 

 Fair 



Finger fair to fine bold 

 Bulbs |bright 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



Gd crystallized 3£ a8£ in 

 Foxy & reddish 3J a 8 

 Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 Sood white hard 



6d a 2s 2d 

 Is 9d a 2s 6d 

 Is 4d a 2s 3d 

 2s 6d a 3s 6d 

 2s 6d a 3s 4d 

 2s :-da 2s 4d 

 Is lOd a 2s 2d 

 Is a Is 6d 

 6d a 2s Id 

 Is 6d a 2s 6d nom 

 3s 5d a 3s lOd 

 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 

 Is 6d a 2s 4d 

 Is 5d a is 10d 

 Is 2d a Is 6d 

 Is Id a Is 6d 



4s 6d a 4s 9d 

 4s 9s a 5d 

 5s a 5s 6d 

 4s 9s a 5s 

 5s a 5s 3d 

 Is 4d a Is 5d 

 5$d a Is 5d 

 4£d a 5id 

 16s a 18s 

 9a a lis 6d 

 7s 6d a 7s 9d 

 7s 9da 9s 

 4s 5d 



4s 6d a 4s 9d 

 2d 



lid a 2d 

 2£d a Is 3d 

 Is 



10s a 12s 6d 

 nom. 



31d 



3d a 4d 

 3d 



3d a 3Jd 

 isd a 8d 

 5d 

 4gd 



35s a 45s nom. 



25s a 40s 



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 



65s a £5 10s 

 25s a £5 It's 

 £4 a £7 

 £4 5s a £7 15s 

 25s a 30s nom. 

 lis a 12s 

 4s a 5s 



12s a 30s 

 6s a 22s 

 17s 



19s a 22s 

 13s a 16s 

 16s 

 13s 



7s a 14s 

 6s a 10s 

 5s a 6s 

 2s 9d a 2s lOd 



53s 



