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MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis <Sc Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 9lh June, 1909,) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt. 



Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 

 ARROWBOOT (Natal) lb, 

 I EES' WAX, cwt 

 Zanzibar Yellow ,, 

 Bombay bleached „ 

 „ unbleached,, 

 Madagascar ,, 

 CAMPHOR, Japan 



China ,, 

 C \RDAMOMS, Tuticoun 



Tellicheny 



Mangalore ,, 

 Ceyl.n. ^jsore 

 Malabar 

 Seed*, E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon Long Wild ,, 

 CAb'J on oil., Calcutta ,, 

 CHI T IES, Zanzil ar cwt 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



ClNr-AMOK .Ceylon lsts- 

 per lb, 2nd:- 

 3rds 

 4ths 

 Chips, 4c. 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 [Arnboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE . , 



Ceylon Blantation cwt. 

 ISative 

 Libel ian 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. ., 



Native Estate ,, 

 Java and Celebes „ 

 COLOMBO hUO'l ., 

 CHOTON SEEUS.Sift. Cwt. 

 UVBEBS ■ > .• 



lilNOl-*, Bengal, rough,, 

 calicut, Cut a „ 

 B & C „ 

 Cochin Bough ., 



Japan „ 

 ,\ M AMMON1ACBM ,, 

 AN1MI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar „ 



itAVIC E. I. & Adtn „ 



Turkey sorts ,, 

 tibatti 



Kurrachte ,, 



Madras ,, 

 AS-SA1 tt'Jll'A 



KINO 



MiKRB, licked cwt 

 Aden sorts ,, 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings ,, 

 sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUHBEK lb. , 



Ceylon, Straits, J 

 Malay Straits, etc. | 



Assam 



Rangoon 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 

 Good to fine quill 



QUALITY. 



Fair to flue ..: 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



^lightly drossy to fair .. 

 Fair to good 

 Dark to good genuine . . 

 Liark to gcoo palish 

 Refined 



Fair average quality 

 Gocd to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to tine bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Small fair to fine plump 

 Fair to jioort 

 Fair to good 

 Shelly to good 

 lsts and 2nds 

 Bull to tine bright 



QUOTATIONS. 



Fair to fine bold 



hull to tine bright pkd. 



Dull to tine 



Fair and fine bright 

 Fair 



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 gi od red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy soits 

 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 fine 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 „ 

 Liepe ordinary to firie. . 

 tint Block 

 SiK'P fair to fine 

 PltM'tution 

 Fdir II to trd. red No. 1 



85s a 90s 

 40s a 85s 

 '?id a 4d 



!.£6 15sa£6 17t 

 £7 10s a £7 12s 6d 

 ! £5 ies a £G 10s 

 £6 10s a £6 17s 6d 

 Is 6Jd a Is 9d 

 142s 6d 

 Is 9d a 2s 2d 

 Is 6d a Is 8d 

 IsSd a 2s 

 Is 3d a Is 7d 

 2s 2d a 3s 2d 

 Is 3d a 3s 

 Is 4d a lsfd 

 Is 8d a ls9d 

 6d a ls6d 

 2*d 



35s a 4Cs 



3gd a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 lid a 4id 

 3d a 6Jd 

 lid a 4d 

 lOdals 4d 

 9d a 13 2d 

 7£da li^d 

 64 d a 9|d 

 2§d a 31d 

 Is a is Id 

 8d a 9d 

 7Jda 9d 

 4§d a 4jd 

 Ud 



INDIARUBBER.f Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



nominal 

 nominal 



43s a 55s 

 73s a 83s 6d 

 65s a 72s 6d 

 41s a 60s 

 30s a 85s 

 15s a 17s 6d 

 30s a 35s 

 80s a 90s 

 27s 



55s a 85s 

 52s a 55s 

 38s a 42s " 

 37s 6d 

 32s 



5s a 60s nom. 

 £16 a £18 

 £13 a £15 

 75s a £12 

 £9 a £13 Ks 

 £7 a £9 Es 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 25s a 32s 6d nom. 



s 6d a 47s 6d 

 20s a 42s 6d nom. 

 20s a 30s „ 

 15s a 25s „ 

 85s a IOCS 

 25s a 75s 

 6d a 9d 

 80s a 115s 

 55s a 70s 

 40s a 60s 

 25s a 35s 

 10s a 20s 

 13s a 15s 

 5s 4(1 

 5s 7d 

 5s 6d a 6s 

 6s Id 



4s 9d a 5s 2d 

 4s 8 a 



3s 8d a 4s 2d 

 2s 8d a 3« 6(1 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E,I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MYRABOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



Is a 3s 

 2s a 3s 9d 



Common to good 

 Good to fine red 



Low white to prime redllis'fiiiV'o,, in,i 

 Fair to fine red Ball ... ^ !S VL 

 Sausage, fair to good .. ■3s3da4sfld 

 Fair to fine ball •■• |as4d a 4s 3d 



Fr to flue pinky & white f I2i 

 Majunga & blk coated . . |" , d * S *J 

 Nigsei s, low to good . . If; $ » * ■? 

 Ordina.y to fine ball ..C. a ,fL" 

 Shipping mid to 1 gd^6Ut||li a a ^0d° m 

 £?IV!!l m i nS . m 1^,:!^ 3s Id a 3s 4d 



NUTMEGS 



Bengal 



lb. 



Bombay & Penang ,, 



NUTS, ARECA cwt. 

 NUX VOMICA, Cochin 

 per Civt. Bengal 

 Madras 



OIL OF ANISEED „ 

 CASSIA „ 

 LEMONGRASS 

 NUTMEG 

 CINNAMON 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED— cwt 

 Ceylon 

 Madagascar „ 



Ordinary to middling 

 Oudes Middling to fine 

 Mid. to good Kurpah 

 Low to ordinary 

 Mid. to fine Madias 

 Pale reddish to fine 

 Ordinary to fair 



good pale 



Wild 



UG and Coconada 

 Jubblepore 

 Bhimlies 

 Rhajpore, &c. 

 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 J: good flavour 



Mid. to fine not woody.. 

 Fair •* . .. 



PEPPER— (Black) lb. 

 Alleppee & Tellicheny 

 Ceylon 

 Singapore 

 Acheen & W. C. Penang Dull to fine 



Fair 



,, to tinebold heavy 



(AVhite) Singapore 



Siam „ 

 Penang „ 

 PLUMBAGO, lump cwt 



chips 

 dust 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium . 

 small 



Fair to fine 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair to fine bright bold 

 jMiddling to good small 

 Dull to fine bright 

 Ordinary to fine bright 

 Dull to fine 



SEEDLAC 



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.iOrdinary to gd. soluble 



Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 Comnionepeckyand small 



Small to bold 



VANILLOES— 

 Mauritius 

 Madagascar 

 Seychelles 



VERMILLION 



..^ is 

 ... > 2m 

 ...J 3r 



Fair to good 

 Sorts 



Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to Bold 

 lickings 

 Fair 



Finger fair lo due bold 

 ;; Bulbs L b "SM 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



lb.! 



sts Gd crystallized 3i a8| in 

 2nds|Foxy at reddish 3J a 

 " ds Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 



iWAX, Japan, squares jGood white hard 



2s 9d a 3s 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 2s 3d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 2d 

 Is 6da 2s 4d 

 Is lid a 2s 4d 

 is 8d a Is lOd 

 Is 7d a 2s Id 

 5d 



Ss a 5s 6d 

 4s9da 6s 9d 

 4s 9d a 7s 

 4s6da69 3d 

 59 a 5s 6d 

 Is 3d a Is 6d 

 4|d a la 2d 

 4d a 4>d 

 12s a 14s 

 9s a lis 6d 

 6s a 6s 6d 

 6s 3d a 8s 

 4s 6d 

 4s a 4« 4d 

 2d a 2|d 

 lid a ljd 

 2jd a Is 

 Is a Is Id 



lCsa 12s 

 10s 



3id 



3Jd a 4d 

 3id 



3d a 3£d 

 Bid a 8d 

 6d 

 4id 



15s a 10s 6d 



Ms a 15s 



lis 6d a 13s 6d 



60s a 90s nom. 



5d a 7d 



3id a 4Jd 



lida2Jd 



26s a 90s nom. 

 303 a 90s 

 £o2s 6da£7 10s 

 £5 15s a £9 6s 

 z6s a 30s nom. 

 lis a 13s 

 4s a fia 



1 2s 6d a 2es 

 6s a 24s 

 18s 



18s a 20s 

 14s a Its 

 ifis 

 13s 



f s a 16s 

 8s 3d a 12* 

 8s 3d a 8s 9d 

 2s lid 

 46s 6d 



