168 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis <k Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 7th July, 1909,) 



A LOES, Socotrine cwt 

 Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 

 ARROWKOOT (Natal) lb. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt 

 Zanzibar Yellow ,, 

 Bombay bleached „ 

 „ unbleached,, 

 Madagascar „ 

 CAMPHOR, Japan 



China ,, 

 C 4.RDAMOMS, Tuticorin 



Tellichen y 



Mangalore ,, 

 Ceylon, Jijsoit ,, 

 Malabar 

 Seeds, E. I, & Ceylon ,, 

 Ceylon Long v\ ild ,, 

 CAfci'luJt olL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



C1NN AM 0>, Ceylon lots 

 per lb. 2nd 

 3rds 

 4ths 

 Chips, &c. 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt. 

 Native 



Liberian , , 



COCOA, Ceylon Plant. ., 



Native Estate ,, 

 Java and Celebes „ 

 C OLUM.no boo'I ,, 

 CH.OTUN SliULS.sift. cwt. 

 uL'BEBS 



HI Mi Kh, Bengal, rough,, 

 i alitut, Cut A „ 

 B & C ,, 

 Cocbiu Kougli ,, 



Japan ,, 

 SUM aMMONIACIIM ,, 

 AN IM I. Zanzibar 



Madagascar ,' 



* K A Hie K. I. & Aden „ 



Turkey sorts ,, 



Uliatti ii 



Kurracbee „ 



Madras ., 



ASSA Ml I 1 I'A ,, 



KINO 



MAKKtl , | icked cwt 

 Aden sorts ,, 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings „ 

 sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUIiBliK lb. j 



Ceylon. Straits, J 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 



Rangoon 



QUALITY. 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slightly drossy to fair ... 

 Fuir to good 

 Dark to good genuine . . 

 I/ark to good palish 

 Refined 



lair average quality 

 0(i< d to line bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to fine bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Sm II fair to fine plump 

 Fair to goo'' 

 Fair to good 

 Shelly to good 

 Good 2nds 

 Dull to tine bright 



QUOTATIONS. 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Good to tine quill 



Fair to fine bold 

 Dull to tine bright pkd. 

 Dull to fine 



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 good red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy soits 

 Fair to good palish ... 



i, ,i red 

 Ordinary to good pale 



Sorts to fine pale 

 Reddish to good pale ... 

 Dark to fine pale 

 Clean fr to gd. almonds 

 coin, stony to go.id 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 „ „ 



C repe ordinary to fine . . 



l n.t Block 



. i ikt tail to fine 



Pl;u«.*ui, 



Fair II to c rd. red No. 1 



85s a 90s 

 4Us a 8 is 

 2Jd a 4d 



£6 12s 6d a £6 15s 

 £7 10s a £7 12s 6d 

 £5 16s a £6 10s 

 £li los a £0 15s 

 Is 6jd a Is 9d 

 110s 



Is yd a 2s 2d 



s 4d a Is ed 

 Is 9d a 2s 

 Is 3d a is 7d 

 2s a 3s 5d 

 Is d a 3s 



s 4d a Is ed 

 is 7d a Is 8d 

 lid a Is 6d nom 

 3d 



35s a 4 r s 



3§d a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 II d a 4}d 

 3d a 5Jd 

 lid a 4d 

 lOdals 4d 

 fid a Is 2d 

 7|d a ll^d 

 6£d a 9Jd 

 2Jd a 3£d 

 Is Id a is 3d 

 8d a 9d 

 7Jd a t)d 

 4id a 4|d 

 l|d 



nominal 

 nominal 



43s a 55s 

 65s a 73s 

 00s a 03s 

 4t's a 54s 

 30s a 86s 

 16s a 17s 6d 

 3i s a 35s 

 80s a 90s 

 30s 



60s a S5s 

 52s a 60s 

 38s a 42s 

 37s 6d 

 32s 



:5s a 60s nom . 

 £16 a £18 

 £13 a £15 

 75s a £12 

 £9 a £13 11 s 

 £7 a £9 5s 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 25s a 32s 6d nom. 



6d a, 47s 6d 

 20s a 42s 6d nom. 

 20s a 30s „ 

 15s a 25s „ 

 85s a 100s 

 25s a 75s 

 6d a 9d 



a 115s 

 55s a 70s 

 40s a 60s 

 26s a 35s 

 10s a 20s 

 13s a 15s 

 6s r d 

 6s 6d 



6s a 6s lOd 

 7s 



5s Id a 5s 4d 

 4s 10a a 5s 

 4s a . 6d 

 3s 2d**a 48 



INDIARUBBER.f Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 .Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO. K.I. Bengal 



.VI ACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb 



Java 

 Bombay 

 .VIYlUvBOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay ,, 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS 



Is 6d a bs 6d 

 2s 6d a 4s 6d 

 2s a 3s 3d 

 3s 8d a 5s 



Common to good 

 Good to fine red 

 Low white to prime red | 

 Fair to fine red Ball 

 Sausage, fair to good .. 3s 6d a 4s lOd 

 Fair to fine ball ... 3s 8d a 4s 7d 



Fr to fine pinky & white 2s lOd a 3s 8d 

 Majunga & blk coated .. 2s 3d a 2s 9d 

 Niggers, low to good . . h s 6c ; a p. g id 

 Ordinary to fine ball . . 3s2d a 4s 6d nom 

 shipping mid to gd violet|3s 5d a 3s tod 

 Consuming mid. to gd. 3s Id a 3s 4d 

 Ordinary to middling 2s 9d a 3s 

 Oudes Middling to fine j2s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 Mid. to good Ku.pah 

 Low to ordinary 

 Mid. to fine Madras 

 Pale reddish to fine 

 Ordinary to fair 



,, good pale 



Wild 



2s 3d a 2s 6d 

 'is 6d a 2s 2 1 



NUTMEGS- 



Bengal 



lb. 



Bombay & Penang ,, 



NUTS, ARECA 

 NUX VOMICA, 

 per cwt. 



cwt. 

 Cochin 

 Bengal 



Madras 



OIL OF ANISEED „ 

 CASSIA 

 LEMONGRASS 

 NUTMEG 

 CINNAMON 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED— cwt 

 Ceylon ,, 

 Madagascar ,, 



UG and Coconada 

 Jubblepore 

 Bhimlies 

 Rhajpore, <&c. 

 Calcutta 

 d4'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 A good flavour 



Mid. to tine not woody.. 



Fair . ... 



PEPPER - (Black) lb. 

 Alleppee & Tellicherry Fair 

 Ceylon | „ to tine bold heavy . 



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 

 TORl'OISESHELL— 

 Zanzibar, & Bombay lb. 



TURMERIC, Bengal cwt. 



Madras „ 

 Do. „ 

 Cochin 



Dull to fine 



Fair to fine 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair to tine bright bold 

 Middling to good small 

 Dull to tine bright 

 Ordinary to tine bright 

 Uull to tine 



Is 5d a 2s 4d 

 Is lid a 2s 4d 

 Is 8d a Is lOd 

 Is 7d a 2s Id 

 5d 



5s a 5s 6d 

 4s 9d a 6s 9d 

 4s 9d a 7s 

 4s 6d a 6s 3d 

 5s a 5s 6d 

 Is 3d a Is 6d 

 4ld a Is 2d 

 4d a 4Jd 

 12s a 14s 

 9s a lis 6d 

 a 6s ed 

 6s 3d a 8s 

 4s 5d 



3s luda 4s 2d 

 2d a 2£d 

 ljd a lid 

 2Jd a Is 

 Is 0.;d a Is Id 



ICS 

 10s 



12 s 



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 Dold 

 tickings 

 Fair 



Finger fair to dne bold 

 Bulbs [bright 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



V ANILLOES— 



Mauritius .. •> istslGd crystallized 3J a8j in 

 Madagascar ... V 2nds|Foxy ii reddish ;.J a „ 

 Seychelles ...J . rdsj Lean and inferior 

 VERMILLION .. J Fine, pure, brij, lit 



WAX, Japan, squares IGood white hard 



31d 



3|d a 4d 

 3Jd 



3d a 3id 

 5fd a 8d 

 5d 

 4Jd 



15s a 16s 6d 



14s a, 15s 



lis 6d a 13s ad 



5us a Sos nom. 



5d a 7d 



3id a 4}d 



Uda2Jd 



37s a 97/6 nom. 

 36s a 80s 

 £7a£S 2s 6d 

 £5 5s a £9 7s 6d 

 z5s a 30s nom 

 lis a 13s 

 4s a 5s 



K s od a 26b 

 6s a 243 

 18s 



17s a 19s 

 Us a 15s 

 15s 



13s ed 



f s a 16s 

 8s 3d a 12a 

 8s 3d a 8si)d 

 2s lid 



