552 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



{From Lewis <L- PeaVs Monthly Prices Current, London, lOlh November, 1909.) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt. 



Zanzibar & Hepatic ,, 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) lb. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt, 

 Zanzibar Yellow 

 Bombay bleached ,, 

 i unbleached , , 

 Madagascar 

 CAMPHOR, Japan 



China ,, 

 C ARDAMOMS, Tuticorin 



Tellieherry 



Mangalore „ 

 Ceylon.- Mysore ,, 

 Malabar 

 Seeds, E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon Long Wild ,, 

 CAb'iOK OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



QUALITY. 



CIKK AM Of*. Ceylon lots 

 per lb, 2ndt- 

 3rdb 

 4tbs 

 Chips, (Sc. 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt 



Native 



Liberian •> 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. ., 



Native Estate >, 

 Java and Celebes „ 

 COLOMBO BOOT „ 

 CROTON SEEDS.Bift. cwt 



G jM?Bb! BengalV rough', 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B & C ,, 

 Cocbin Bougli ,, 



Japan >, 

 SUM AMMONIACUM ,, 

 AN1MI, Zanzibar 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slightly drossy to fair ... 



Fair to good 



Dark to good genuine . . 



Hark to gcod palish 



Refined 



Fair average quality ... 

 Good to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to fine bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 



Small 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 

 Gooil to tine quill 



Fair to fine bold 



Dull to fine bright pkd 



Dull to fine 



Fair and fine' bright 

 Fair 



QUOTATIONS. 



85s a 90s 

 40s a 70s 

 4d a 5d 



£6 7s 6d a £6 10s 

 £7 10s a £7 12s 6d 

 £5 ICS a £6 5s 

 £0 7s6da£6 12/6 

 is 6fd a Is 7jd 

 135s 



Is lOd a 2s 2d 

 Is 7d a Is 8d 

 Is 9d a 2s 

 Is 3d a Is 7d 

 Is lOd a 2s 8d 

 lsf da 2s lid 

 Is 4d a Is 6d 

 Is 8d als9d 

 6d a Is Cd nom 

 3d 



35s a 40s 



3|d a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 lid a 4$d 

 3d a 5Jd 

 ljd a 4d 

 lodals 4d 

 9d a Is 2d 

 7Jd a ll^d 

 :,d a 9|d 

 2§d a 3£d 

 lid a Is 2d 

 8d a 81 d 

 7Jda9d 

 4fd a bid 

 lid 



INDIARUBBER.fConW.; 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MVRABOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay ,, 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS 



Bengal 

 NUTMEGS — 



lb. 



Madagascar 



ARABIC E. I. & Aden 



Turkey sorts 



Ghatti 



Kurraehee 



M adras 

 ASSAIOiTlDA 



KINO 



Mi KBH, licked cwt 

 Aden sorts „ 

 OLIBANUM.drop 



pickings „ 

 sif tings ,, 

 INDIA RL1 Btk lb. 



Ceylon, Straits, - 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 



Rangoon 



Medium to Bold 

 Good ordinary 

 Fair to bold 

 Special Marks 

 Bed 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. sits. 



„ „ 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 



Sorts to fine pale 

 Reddish to good pale .. 

 Dark to fine pale 

 Clean fr. to gd. almond! 

 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 „ ,, 



Crepe ordinary to fine 



line Block 



Scrap fair to fine 

 1m li mil 



Fair II u ( id. red No. 1 



65d a 100s 

 nominal 

 43s a 55s 

 a 74s 

 54s a 59s 

 38s a 54s 6d 

 3Us a 85s 

 16s a 17s 6d 

 45s a 49s 

 80s a 90s 

 30s nom. 

 60s a 85s 

 52s a 60s 

 38s a 42s 

 37s 6d 

 38s 6d 

 25s a 60s 

 £16 a £18 5s 

 £13 a £15 

 75s a £14 2s 6d 

 £9 a £13 10s 

 ;£6 10s a £& 10s 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 25s a 32s 6d nom. 

 29s a 45s 

 20s a 42s Od nom. 

 20s a 30s „ 

 15s a 25s „ 

 I20sa 140s „ 

 15s a 100s „ 

 6d a9d 

 80s a 115s 

 55s a 65s 

 40s a 60s 

 •/5s a 35s 

 Gs 6d a 17s 6d 

 13s a 15s 

 8s lid 

 8s 4d 

 8s 4d a 9s 

 9s 2d 



6s 4d a 6s 8d 

 5s4da5s 8d 

 4s 2d a 4s lOd 

 3s 2d a 3s 6d 



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 ,, 



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 . 

 Ordinal y 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 

 .lubblepore 

 Bhimlies 

 Rhajpore, (Sc. 

 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 & good flavour 



Mid. to tine not woody.. 

 Fair 



ls8da 38 

 2s 6d a 4s 

 2s a 3s 

 4s 3d a 5s 2d 

 4s 2d a 5s Id 

 3s 8d a 4s 8d 

 3s 2d a 43 

 2s 6d a 3s 2d 

 Is 6d a 3s 8d 

 3s 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 5da 2s 4d 

 Is lid a 2s 4d 

 Is 8d a Is lOd 

 Is 7d a 2s 

 4d a 5d 

 5S a 5s 6d 

 4s 9d a 6s 10?. (I 

 4s 9d a 6s 3d 

 4s 6d a 5s 3d 

 5s a 5s Od 

 Is 3d a Is 6d 

 ,|d a Is 2d 

 4d a 4£d 

 14s a 16s 

 9s a lis 6d 

 ... a 6s 6d 

 6s 3d a 8s 

 4s 6d 

 3s 8d a 4s 

 2d a 2Jd 

 idaljd 

 -Ijd a Is 

 ll|d a Is Id 



9s a lis 



9s 



PEPPER- (Black) lb. 

 Alleppee & Tellicherry 

 Ceylon 

 Singapore 

 Acheen & W. C. Penang 

 (White) Singapore „ 

 Siam ,, 

 Penang „ 

 PLUMBAGO, lump cwt 



chips 

 dust 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium . 



<5TTii'r>TAC Sma11 cwt lordinary to gd. soluble 

 SENNA Tinnevelly lb. Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 |Commonepeckyand small 



SHELLS, M. o'PEARI 



Fair 



„ to fine 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 



Egyptian cwt. 

 Bombay ,, 

 Mergui ,, 

 Manilla ,, 

 Banda ,, 

 TAMARINDS, Calcutta.. 



per cwt. Madras 

 TORTOISESHELL — 

 Zanzibar, & Bombay lb. 



Small t<> bold 



Fair to good 

 Sorts 



Mid.to fine bl'k not st ony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to bold 

 Pickings 

 TURMERIC, Bengal cwt. Igair 



Madras „ Finger fair to tine bold 

 rjo iBulbs [bright 



Cochin " | Finger 

 Bulos 



V ANILLOES— lb. , , 



Mauritius .. "\ Ists'Gd crystallized 31 a8£ in Us 6d a ies 

 Madagascar ... > 2ndsFoxy & reddish 3J a ,, 10s 6d a 14* 

 Seychelles ..J Srds Lean and inferior ... losed a Us 

 VERMILLION .. | Fine, pure, bright . 3s 3d 



WAX, J ai an, squares Good white hard ... 44s 



Jda4d 

 ■d a4d 

 4d 



3Jd a 3|d 

 7da 8d 

 7d 

 6Jd 



15s a 16s 6d 

 14s a 15s 

 12s a 13s 6d 

 50s a 65s 

 4\d a7d 

 V a a 4d 

 2d a 2}d 



25s a 115s nom. 

 21s a 115s 

 £8 a £8 15s 

 £5 12/6 a£10 10s 

 25s a 30s nom* 

 Us a 12s 

 4s a 5s 



8s a 31s 

 3s a 18s 6dl 

 18s 



17s a 18s 

 14s a 15s 

 15s 



13s ed 



