584 December, 1908. 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 11th November, 1908,) 



QUALITY. 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt. 



Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 

 AKBOWKOOT (Natal) lb. 

 bEES' WAX, cwt 

 Zanzibar Yellow ,, 

 Bombay bleached „ 

 ,, unbleached,, 

 Madagascar ,, 

 CAMPHOR, Formosa „ 

 China ,, 

 C ARDAMOMS MalabarH 



Tellicherry 



Mangalore ,, 

 Ceylon. Mysore 

 Malabar 



' Long Wild ",, 



CASi OR Ol L, Calcutta „ 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



CINN A M OK , Ceylon lsts 

 per lb 2udf 

 3rds 

 4ths 

 Chips, &c. 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt. 



Native 



Liberian >i 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. ., 



Native Estate ,, 



COLOMBO BOOT ,, 

 CHOTON SEKDS.eift.cwt 



GINGER, Bengal.rougb,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B& C ,, 

 Cochin Rough „ 



Japan ., 

 GUM AMMONIACUM " 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar " 



Madagascar 



ARABIC K. I. & Aden 



Turkey sotts 



Ghatti 



Kurrachee 



M adras 

 ASSAEUiTIDA 

 KINO lb] 

 MYRRH, picked cwt' 

 Aden sorts „' 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings ,, 

 sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUBBKR lb. 

 Ceylon, Straits, ! 

 Malay Straits, etc. J 



Assam 

 Rangoon 



Fair to fine 

 Common to 

 Fair to fine 



;ood 



QUOTATIONS 



^lightly drossy to f iir 



Fair to good 



D. to good genuine 



liark to good palish 



Crude 



Fair average quality 

 Good to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to 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 Jull to fine bright bold 

 Dull to fine 



Fair and fine 

 Fair 



bright 



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 hold 

 Small and medium 

 Common to tine bold 

 Small and D's 

 Unsplit 



Sm. blocky to fair clean 

 Pale and amber, str. srts. 



,, little red 

 Bean and Pea size ditto 

 Fr ir to good 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 

 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 fine 

 Fine Para bis. & sheets 



... Ceara ,, ,, 

 Crepe ordinary to fine 

 Fine Block 



crap fair to fine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to good red No.l 



9Cs a 95s 

 20s a 823 6d 

 ?id a 4d 



£6 5s a £6 7s 6d 

 a 10s a £7 12s 6d 

 £5 10s a £fi 2s 6d 

 £B 2s 6d a £6 10s 

 nom. 



140s nom. 

 Is lOd a 23 

 Is 6d a Is 8d 

 is a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a Is 9d 

 2s a 3s 

 Is fda 3s 6d 

 Is 5d a Is 6d 

 is 8da Is lOd 

 6d a Is 9d 

 3d a 3Jd 

 25s a 30* 



3|d a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 l|d a 4jd 

 3d a 5Jd 

 lid a 4d 

 8Sdals 5d 

 7 Id a Is 4d 

 6|d a Is 

 5d a 9.M 

 2Jd a 3id 

 loi a Is 

 7Jd a 8d 

 7da 8d 

 od a 5id 

 2d 



UOs a 112s 

 80s a 108s 

 nominal 

 42s 8d a 46s 6d 



7,is a 90s 

 08s a 74 s 

 40s a 65s 



15s a 17s 6d 

 27s Od a 32s 6d 

 21s a 23s nom. 

 30s nom. 

 72s 6d a 85s 

 48s a 05s 

 32s 6d a 35s 

 33s 

 27s 



25s a 60s nom. 

 £16 a £1 8 

 £13 a £15 

 75s a £12 

 £9 a £12 

 £7 a £H 15s 

 £4 a £8 10s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 25s a 32s 6d nom. 

 31s a 5os 

 17s a 42s Od nom. 

 20s a30s „ 

 15s a 25s „ 

 85s a 100s 

 25s a 75s 

 6d a 9s 

 90s a 100s 

 52s 6d a 65s 

 45s a 65s 

 30s a 40s 

 10s a 22s 6d 

 Us a 15s 

 5s 8d 

 5s 8d 



5s 4d a 5s 9d 

 5s 9d 



3s 8d a 4s 

 4s 3d 



2s 6d a 33 ad 

 2s 8d a 3s 



IN DIARUBBER.f Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 



QUALITY. 



M YRABOL ANES, 

 Bombay 



Bengal ,, 

 NUTMEGS— lb. 

 Bombay & Penang ,, 



NUTS, ARECA 

 NUX VOMICA, 

 per cwt. 



cwt 

 Cochin 

 Bengal 



Madras 



OIL OF ANISEED „ 

 CASSIA 

 LEMONGRASS 

 NUTMEG „ 

 CINNA MON 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED-cwt 

 Ceylon „ 

 Zanzibar. „ 



PEPPER- (Black) lb. 

 Alleppee & Tellicherry 

 Ceylon 

 Singapore 

 Acheen & W. C. Penang 

 (White) Singapore ,, 

 Siaiu ,, 

 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 ,, 



cwt UG and Coconada 

 Jubblepore 

 Bhimlies 

 Rhajpore, &c. 

 Calcutta 

 o4's to 57's 

 UO's to 65's 

 160's to 115's 

 Ordinary to fair fresh 

 Ordinary to good 



Common to good 

 Good to fine red 

 Low white to prime red 

 Fair to fiue red Ball .. 

 Sausage, fair to good . 

 Fair to fine ball 

 Fr to fine pinky & white 

 Majunga & blk coated . . 

 Nigaeis, low to good . 

 Ordinal y to fine ball .. 

 Shipping mid to gd violet 

 Consuming mid. to gd. 

 Ordinary to middling 

 Oudes Middline to fine 

 Mid. to good Kurpah 

 Low to ordinary 

 Mid. to fine Madras 

 Pale reddish to fine 

 Ordinary to fair 



,, good pale 



QUOTATIONS. 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright & good flavour 



Mid. to fine not woody... 

 Picked clean flat leaf ... 

 wiry Mozambique 



Fair 



„ to fine bold heavy . . 



Dull to tine 



Fair to tine 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair to fine bright bold 

 Middling to good small 

 Dull to tine bright 

 Ordinary to fine bright 

 Dull to tine 



5s a 5s 6d 

 5s 6d a 5s 9d 

 5s 3d a 7s 

 5s a 6s 

 59 a 5s 6d 

 Is 4d a Is 5d 

 5d a Is 3d 

 4}d a 4fd 

 Hs a 15s 

 99 a Us 6d nom. 

 7s a 7s 6d 

 7s 3d a 8s 6d 

 4s 5d 



4s 5d a is 9d 

 l|d 



lid a 2d 



2id a Is 

 Is 



12s 6d a 18s 

 nom. 



VANILLOES — 



Mauritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 ^VERMILLION 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



■ 



> 2ni 

 J 8r. 



lb. 



sts 

 nds 

 ds 



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 

 Pickings 

 Fair 



Finger fair to fine bold 

 Bulbs [bright 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



Gd crystallized 3J aSJ in 

 Foxy & reddish 3J a 

 Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 Good white hard 



9d a 2s Pd 

 2s a 3s 6d 

 Is Sd a 3s 

 3s fd a 4s 8d 

 3s 6d a 4s 6d 

 is a 4s 3d 

 is 9d a 3s 

 2s 3d a 2s 9d 

 Is a 2s 9d 

 3s4da4s nom. 

 3s 5d a 3s lOd 

 3s Id a 3s 4d 

 2s 9d a 3a 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 2s 3d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 2d 

 Is 5da 2s 4d 

 Is 5d a Is lOd 

 Is 2d a Is 6d 

 Is Id a Is 6d 



3Jd 



3d a 4d 

 3d 



2|d a 3|d 



d a 8d 

 5d 

 4d 



35s a 45s nom. 

 25s a 40s 

 15s a 30s 

 s a 15s 

 14s a 16s 

 12s 6da 15a 

 Us a 13s 

 £5 a £6 nom. 

 5d a 7d 

 3id a 4|d 

 lJda2Jd 



65s a £5 10/nom 

 35s a £5 10s 

 £62/6 a £7 7/6 

 £4 10s a £7 10s 

 25s a 30s nom 

 Us a 12s 

 4s a 5s 



83 6da 27s 

 6s 6d a 18s 6d 

 18s 



19s a 223 

 15s a 17s 

 16s 

 133 



6s a 13s 6d 

 5s a 9s 

 is 6d a 5s 6d 

 23 9d a 2s lOd 

 52s 



