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MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 18th August^ 1909,) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt 

 Zanzibar & Hepatic ,, 

 AEROWKOOT (Natal) lb 

 BEES' WAX. cwt 

 Zanzibar Yellow „ 

 Bombay bleached „ 

 „ unbleached,, 

 Madagascar „ 

 CAMPHOK, Japan „ 

 China ,, 

 C 4RDAMOMS, Tuticorin 



Tellicherry 



Mangalore ,, 

 Ceylon.- Mysore ,, 

 Malabar 

 Seeds, E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon Long Wild ,, 

 C A b'loK OIL, Calcutta „ 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt, 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



CINNAMON .Ceylon lsts 

 per lb, 2ndp 

 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 „ 

 COLOMBO KOOT ,, 

 CHOTON SEEDS.sift. cwt. 



IMQKB. Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B& C ,, 

 Cochin Bough ,, 



Japan „ 

 QUM AMMONIACUM ,, 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



Fair to fine ., 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slightly drossy to fair ... 

 Fair to good 



Dark to good genuine . . 

 Hark to good palish 

 Refined 



Fair average quality .. 

 Good to flue bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to tiiiebold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Small fair to fine plump 

 Fair to gooH 

 Fair to good 

 Shelly to good 

 Good 2nds 

 Dull to fine bright 



QUOTATIONS 



Madagascar ,• 



ABABIO E. I. & Aden „ 



Turkey sorts ,, 



Ghatti „ 



Kurrachee ,, 



Madras >, 



ASSAFQiTIDA „ 



KINO 



MYBBH, picked cwt 

 Aden sorts ,, 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings „ 

 sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUBBKK lb. | 



Ceylon, Straits, J 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 



Rangoon 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Good to fine quill 



Fair to fine bold 



Dull 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, 

 ,i little red 

 Bean and Pea size ditto 

 Fair to good red sort3 

 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 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 



S< r,. p lair to fine 



PlaMfiticn 



Fair II to ord, red No. 1 



85s a 90s 

 40s a 70s 

 2§d a 4d 



£6 10s a £6 12s 6d 

 a 10s a £7 12s 6d 

 £5 lfs a £6 5s 

 £«7s6da£6 12/6 

 Is 61d a Is 9d 

 137s 6d 

 Is 9d a 2s 2d 

 Is 4d a Is 6d 

 Is 9d a 2s 

 Is 3d a Is 7d 

 2s a 3s 

 Is ^d a 2a 7d 

 Is 4d a Is ed 

 Is 7d a ls8d 

 6d a Is 6d nom 

 2 15-I6d a 3id 

 35s a 40s 



3-|d a 7d 

 2d a6d 

 lid a 4Jd 

 3d a 5Jd 

 lid a 4d 

 lOdals 4d 

 9d a Is 2d 

 7Jda lUd 

 6£d a 9Jd 

 2gd a 3£d 

 Is Id a is 3d 

 8d a 8id 

 " da 9d 

 4gd a d|d 

 lid 



IN DIARUBBER.f Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay A Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MYRABOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay 



QUALITY. 



nominal 

 nominal 



43s a 55s 

 60s a 73s 

 54s a 59s 

 38s a 54s 

 30s a 85s 

 15s a 17s 6d 

 30s a 35s 

 80s a 90s 

 30s 



60s a 85s 

 52s a 60s 

 38s a 42s 

 37s 6d 

 3ls 



25s a 60s nom. 

 £16 a £18 

 £13 a £15 

 75s a £12 

 £9 a £13 10s 

 £7 a £9 5s 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 25s a 32s 6d nom. 

 27s 6d a 47s 6d 

 20s a 42s 6d nom. 

 20s a 30s „ 

 15s a 25s „ 

 120s a 140s „ 

 15s a 100s „ 

 6d a9d 

 80s a 115s 

 55s- a 70s 

 40s a 60s 

 25s a 35s 

 6s 6d a 17s 6d 

 13s a 15s 

 7s 4d 

 7s 4d 



6s 6d a 7s 6d 

 8s 



5s Id a 5s 3d 

 4s 10a a 5s id 

 4s a 4s 8d 

 3s 2d a 4s 2d 



Bengal 

 NUTMEGS- 



IK 



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 „ 

 Madagascar ,, 



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. 



Common to good 

 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 

 Ordinary 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 fine 

 Ordinary to fair 



,, „ good pale 

 Wild 



UG and Coconada 

 Jubblepore 

 Bhimlies 

 Rhajpore, &e. 

 Calcutta 

 64's to 57's 

 UO's to 65's 

 160's to 115's 

 Ordinary to fair fresh 

 Ordinary to good 



QUOTATIONS 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright & good flavour 



Mid. to fine not woody- 

 Fair 



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 



Fair 



, to fine bold heavy 



Dull to fine '.. ', 

 Fair to fine 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair to tine bright bold 

 Middling to good small 

 Dull to tine bright 

 Ordinary to fine bright 

 Dull to fine 



>i " 



Ordinary to gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 Commonepeekyand small 



Small to bold " . . 



| Fair to good 



| Sorts 



j M id. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to bold 

 Pickings 

 Fair 



Finger fair to fine bold 

 Bulbs (bright 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



VANILLOES— lb, 



Mauritius .. ~| lsts Gd crystallized 31 a8i in 

 Madagascar ... \ 2nds Foxy & reddish 3J a „ 

 Seychelles ...J 3rds; Lean and inferior 

 VERMILLION .. Fine, pure, bright 



WAX, Japan, squares |Good white hard 



Is 6d a 2s gd 

 |2s 6d a 4s 4d 

 2s a 3s 3d 

 [3s 8d a 5s 2d 

 3s 6d a 5s 

 3s 8d a 4s 8d 

 2s lOd a 3s 8d 

 2s 3d a 2s 9(1 

 Is 6d a 3s id 

 39 2d a 4s 6d nom 

 2s lOd a 3s 8d 

 2s 6d a 2s lOd 

 2s 2d a 2s 5d 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 2s 2d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 

 Is 6da 2s 4d 

 is lid a 2s 4d 

 Is 8d a Is lOd 

 Is 7d a 2s Id 

 5d 



5s a 5s 6d 

 4s9da 6s 9d 

 4s 9d a 7s 

 4s 6d a 6s 3d 

 5s a 5s Gd 

 is 3d a Is 6d 

 41d a Is 2d 

 4d a 4|d 

 14s a 16s 

 9s a Us 6d 

 6s a 6s 6d 

 6s 3d a 8s 

 4s 5d 

 3s 8da 4d 

 2d a 2id 

 lid a lid 

 2id a Is 

 Is O.Jd a Is l}d 



10s a 12s 

 10s 



3Jd 



3sd a 3id 

 3Jd 



3d a 3^d 

 4jda 8d 

 5d 

 4}d 



15s a 16s 6d 

 14s a 15s 

 lis 6d a 13s 6d 

 50s a 65s 

 5d a7d 

 3id a 4£d 

 Ud a 2}d 



37s a 97/6 n»m. 

 36s a 80s 

 £7 a £8 2s 6d 

 £5 5s a £9 7a 6d 

 25s a 30s nom- 

 Us a 13s 

 4s a 5s 



12s 6da26s 

 6s a 24s 

 18s 



17s a ISs 6d 

 Us a 15s 

 16s 



13s 6d 



9s a 16s . 

 8s 3d a 12s 

 8s 3d a 8s 9d 

 3s 

 45a 



