MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS, 



(From Lewis A Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 13th October^ 1909.) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt. 



Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) lb. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt. 

 Zanzibar Yellow ,, 

 Bombay bleached „ 

 „ unbleached,, 

 Madagascar „ 

 CAMPHOR, Japan 



China ,, 

 CARDAMOMS, Tuticorin 



Tellieheviy 



Mangalore ,, 

 Ceylon. - Mysore „ 

 Malabar 

 SeeJs, E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon Long Wild „ 

 CASTOR OIL, Calcutta ,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



QUALITY. 



CINNAMON, Ceylon lstt 

 per lb, 2udf- 

 3rds 

 4ths 

 Chips, (Sc.. 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt. 

 Native 



Liberian .. 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. „ 



Native Estate „ 

 Java and Celebes „ 

 COLOMBO WJUT „ 

 CKOTON SEEDS.sitt. cwt. 

 UUBEBS 11 •• 



QINUKK, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut a „ 

 B & C „ 

 Cocbin Rougli ,, 



Japan >, 

 ai)M AMMONIACUM ,, 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slightly drossy to fair ... 



Fair to good 



Dark to good genuine . . 



Dark to good palish 



Refined 



Fair average quality ... 

 Good to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to fine bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 



SmHll fair to fine plump 



Fair to good 



Fair to good 



Shelly to good 



Good 2nds 



Dull to fine bright 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Good to tine quill 



Madagascar „ 



a h A MO E. I. & Aden ,, 



Turkey sorts ,, 



Ghatti ,, 



Kurracbee „ 



Madras „ 



ASS A FCETIDA „ 



KINO 



M^RRH, picked cwt 

 Aden sorts ,, 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings ,, 

 sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUBBER lb. 



Ceylon , Straits, -I 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 



Rangoon 



Fair to fine bold 

 Dull to fine 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 good red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy soits 

 Fair to good palish 



,, „ red 

 Ordinary to good pale 



85s a 90s 

 40s a 70s 

 2gd a 4d 



£6 7s 6d a £6 10s 

 £7 10s a £7 12s 6d 

 £5 Its a £6 6s 

 £K7s6da£6 12/6 

 Is fifd a Is 7Jd 

 135s 



Is lOd a 2s 2d 

 Is 7d a Is 8d 

 Is 9d a 2s 

 Is 3d a Is 7d 



s lOd a 2s 8d 

 Is Ida 2s lid 



s 4d a Is 6d 

 Is 8d 



6d a Is 6d nom 

 3d 



35s a 40s 



3§d a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 13d a 4id 

 3d a 5Jd 

 lid a 4d 

 lOdals 4d 

 9d a Is 2d 

 7£d a lUd 

 6|d a 9|d 

 2|d a 3Jd 

 Is a Is 3d 

 8d a 8id 

 7Jda 9d 

 4|d a 54d 

 ' d 



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 tine white 

 Middling to fair 

 Low to good pale 

 Slightly foul to fine 

 Fine Para bis. & sheets 

 ,, Ceara „ ,, 



Crepe ordinary to fine. . 



l ine Block 



t< i.-p tail to fine 



PLuiatkn 



Fair II to < rd. red No. 1 



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65d a 100s 

 nominal 



13s a 55s 

 60s a 74s 

 54 s a 59s 

 38s a 54s 6d 

 30s a 85s 

 15s a 17s 6d 

 3(Js a 35s 

 80s a 90s 

 30s 



eos a 85s 

 52s a 60s 

 38s a 42s 



s 6d 

 36s 



25s a 60S 

 £16 a £18 

 £13 a £15 

 75s a £12 10s 

 £9 a £13 It's 

 £6 10s. a £$ 10s 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 25s a 32s 6d nom 

 29s a 47s 6d 

 20s a 42s 6d nom 

 20s a 30s 

 -5s a 25s 

 120s a 140s 

 15s a 100s 

 6d a 9d 

 80s a 115s 

 55s a 70s 

 40s a 60s 

 25s a 35s 

 6s 6d a 17s 6d 

 13s a 15s 

 9s 2d 



IN DIARUBBER.f Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MYRABOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay ,, 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS 



Common to good 

 Good to fine red 

 Low white to prime red 

 Fair to fine red Ball ... 



Is 8d a 3s 

 2s 6d a 4s 4d 

 2s a 3s 3d 

 4s 3d a 5s 4d 



Sausage, fair to good . . '4s 2d a 5s 2d 



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 ,, 

 Madagascar ,, 



PEPPER- (Black) lb. 

 Alleppee & Tellicherry 

 Ceylon 

 Singapore 

 Acheen & W. C. Penang 

 (White) Singapore „ 

 Siam ,, 

 Penang ,, 

 PLUMBAGO, lump cwt. 



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, <Sc. 



Calcutta 



C4's to 57's 



UO's to 65's 



160's to 116's 



Ordinary to fair fresh 



Ordinary to good 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to White 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright & good flavour 



Mid. to fine not woody.. 

 Fair 



8d a 4s Sd 

 3s 2d a 4s 

 2s 6d a 3s 2d 

 Is Gd a 3s 8d 

 3s 2d a 4s 6d nom 

 2s lOd a 3s 8d 

 2s 6d a 2s lOd 

 2s 2d a 2^ 5d 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 2s 2d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 

 Is 5d a 2s 4d 

 Is lid a 2s 4d 

 Is 8d a Is lOd 

 Is 7d a 2s Id 

 id a 5d 

 5s a 5s 6d 

 4s9da 6s lO.'.d 

 4s 9d a 6s 3d 

 4s 6d a 5s 3d 

 5s a 5s 6d 

 Is 3d a Is 6d 

 4|d a Is 2d 

 4d a HA 

 14s a 16s 

 9s a lis 6d 

 a 6s 6d 

 6s 3d a 8s 

 4s 9d 

 3s 8d a 4s 

 2d a 2Jd 

 Ud a l|d 

 2Jd a Is 

 llfcl a Is Id 



a lis 



Fair 



, to tine bold heavy 



Dull to fine 

 Fair to fine 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair to fine bright bold 

 Middling to good small 

 Dull to tine bright 

 Ordinary to fine bright 

 Dull to fine 



chips 

 dust 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium 

 small ...I ,, 

 SEEDLAC cwt. Ordinary to gd. soluble 



SENNA, Tinnevelly lb. Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 Comnionspeckyand small 



8s 6d a 9s 3d 

 9s 2d 



6s8da6s lid 

 5s 6d a 6s 

 4s 6d a 5s 2d 

 3s 2d a 4s 2d 



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 ,, 



Small to bold 



Fair to good 



Sorts 



Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to bold 

 Tickings 

 Fair 



Finger fair to tine bold 

 Bulbs [bright 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



V ANILLOES— 



Mauritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 WAX, Jar an, squares 



lb. 



Ists 

 2nds 

 Srds 



4*d 



3jd a lid 

 4d 



3Jd a 3jd 

 7d a 8d 

 7d 

 6Jd 



15s a 16s 6d 

 14s a 15s 

 12s a 13s Cd 

 50s a 65s 

 4Jd a7d 

 3jd a 4d 

 2d a 2Jd 



25s a 115s nom. 

 2ls a 116s 

 £8 a £8 15s 

 £5 12/6a£1010s 

 15s a 30s nomt 

 lis a 13s 

 4s a 6s 



3s a 3)s 

 3s a 18s 6d 



' ?s 



17s a 18s 

 14s a 15s 

 15s 



13? Cd 



Gd crystallized 3J a8J in 10s a 16s 6d 

 Foxy & reddish 3} a „ 9s a I2s Cd 

 Lean and inferior ... 9s a 9s 6d 

 Fine, pure, bright . 3s 

 Good white hard ...]46s 



