80 [January, 1909. 



market rates for tropical products. 



(From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 9th December, 1908,) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt 

 Zanzibar * Hepatic „ 

 ARB OW i .OUT (Natal) Hi. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt 

 Zanzibar Yellow „ 

 Bombay bleached „ 

 unbleached „ 

 Madagascar „ 

 CAMPHOK, F rmosa „ 

 China ,, 

 CARDAMOMS Malabar 



Tellicherry 



Mangalore „ 

 Ceylon. - Mysore ,, 

 Malabar 



Long Wild "„ 

 CASTOR OIL, Calcutta ,, 

 CHILLIES. Zanzibai cwt 

 'JINCHONA BARK.- Ib. 

 Ceylon 



CI S N A M N , Ceylon lsts- 

 per lb 2nd> 

 3rds 

 tths 

 Chips, & c . 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt. 



Native 

 Liberian 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. ., 



Native Estate „ 



COLOMUO KOOT 

 CKOTONSEKLS.sift.CWt. 

 uUTCH ., ..- 



SINGER, Bengal rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut * i, 

 B&C „ 

 Cochin Kougi. „ 



Japan >, 

 SUM AMMONIACUM" 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar " 



Madagascar 



ARABIC V, I. & Aden 

 Turkey sorts 

 Ghatti 

 Kurrachee 

 Madras 



ASSAFO,TlUA 



KINO 



M\RRH, picked ct 

 Aden sorts 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings 

 sittings 

 INDIA RUBBER 11 

 Ceyh n. .Sir its, 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 

 Rangoon 



QUALITY. 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



^lightly drossy to fair . 

 Fir to gn.'d 



i r'J to good genuine . 



ark to uood palish 

 Crude 



Fair average quality ., 

 Off d to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to tine bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Small fair to fine plump 

 Fair to good 

 Seeds 



helly to good 



its and 2nds 

 Dull to tine bright 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 

 Good to fine quill 



Fair to fine bold 



ull to tine bright bold 

 Dull to fine 



and fine bright 



QUO! ATIONS 



f'Cs a 95s 

 20s a 82s 6d 

 2gd a 4d 



£6 5s a £fi 7s 6d 

 c710s a£:i'X'id 

 £5 Its a £<i 2s 

 £6 2s 6d a £6 1! 



135s nom. 

 s lOd a 2s 

 Is 6d a Is 8d 

 is a 2s 6d 

 Ls 6d a Is 9d 

 2s a 3s 2d 

 ls fid a 3s (id 

 ls 4d a ls fid 

 a ls lUd 

 ls LOd 

 Hd a 3d 



UoM to fine 

 VIedium to good 

 Good ordinary 

 Fair to bold 

 Special Marks 

 Red to good 

 Ordinary to red 



Middling to good 

 Dull to fair 

 Fair to fine dry 

 Fair 



mall to ffne bold 

 Small and medium 

 Common to fine bold 

 Small and D's 

 Unsplit 



Sin. blocky to fair clean 

 Pale and amber, str. si ts. 



little red 

 Bean and Pea size ditto 

 V i r V g- 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 

 •0">. stony to go .d block 

 Fair t<i 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. 

 Fine Block 

 Scrap fair to fine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to good red No. 



gd a 7d 

 id a 6d 



lid a 4jd 



3d a 5id 



lid a 4d 

 ud a i a 4d 

 d a ls 2d 

 jd a ll.'.d 



«*d a 9Jd 



HlaSid 



l"i a ls 



7id a 9d 



7da ad 



5d a 5Jd 



2d 



UOsa 112s 

 l lCSs 

 nominal 



od a 46s 

 75s a 90s 



,74s 

 40s a 65s 



15s a 17s 6d 

 3 s a 35s 

 2is a 23s nom. 

 30s nom. 

 72s 6d a S5s 

 a 65s 

 6d a 35s 



5s a 60s nom. 

 £16 a £18 

 £13 a £15 

 a £12 

 £9 a £12 

 £7 a.£< 15s 

 £4 a £8 10s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 lis a 32s 6d non 

 31s a us 

 17s a 42s Gd non 

 20s a 30s 



.25s 



a 100s 

 ^5s a 75s 

 6d a9d 

 a 90s 

 50s a 65s 

 0s a 55s 

 5s a 35s 

 0sa20s 

 3s a 15s 

 - 3d 

 8d 



53 a5sCd 

 os 7d 



IN DIARUBBER.f Ccmfci J 

 korneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 



lb. 



MYRABOLANES, 



Bombay 



Bengal 

 NUTMEGS — 



Bombay & Penang ,, 

 NUTS, ARECA cwt 

 NUX VOMICA. Cochin 

 per c *t. Bengal 

 Madras 



OIL OF ANISEED „ 

 CASSIA 

 LKMONGRASS 

 NUTMEG 

 CINNAMON 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED— cwt 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 



Common to good 

 Good to fine red 

 Low white to prime red 

 Fair to tine red ball 

 Sausage, fair to good 

 F air to fine ball 

 Fr to fine pink; & 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 ' 



QUOTATIONS. 



9d a 2s 6d 

 a 3s 4d 

 ls 6d a 2s 8d 



*d 



3d a 4s 2d 



PEPPER - (Black) 



1!.. 



Ceylon 

 Singapore 

 Acheen & \V. C. Penang 

 (White) Singapore „ 

 Siam ,, 

 Penang ,, 

 PLUMBAGO, lump cwt. 



chips 

 dust 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium . . 

 small 



SEEDLAC cwt 

 sKNNA, Tinntvelly lb 



SHELLS, M. o'PEARL— 

 Egyptian cwt. 

 Bombay ,, 

 Mergui ,, 

 Manilla ,, 

 Banda ,, 



TAMARINDS, Calcutta., 

 per cwt. Madras 



TORTOISESHELL— 



I Zanzibar, & Bombay lb. 



TURMERIC, Bengal cwt, 

 Madras „ 



Do. 

 Cochin ,, 



UG andCoconada 



Jubblepore 



Bhimlies 



Rhajpore, <Sic. 



Calcutta 



o4's to 57's 



UO's to 65's 



I60'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 <S good flavour 



Mid. to tine not woody 

 Picked clean fiat leaf 



wiry Mozambique 



Fair 



to fine bold heavy .. 



Dull to fine .. 

 Fair to line 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair to tine bright bold 

 Middling to good small 

 Dull to tine bright 

 Ordinary to tine bright 

 Dull to fine 



Ordinary 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 bold 



Pickings 



Fair 



Finger fair to 

 Bulbs 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



VANILLOES— 



.v auritius .. "| 1 

 Madagascar ... \ 2: 

 Seychelles . J i 



1 VERMILLION .. 



IVVAX, Japan, squares 



line bold 

 [bright 



Gd crystallized 3ta8|i 

 Foxy & reddish 34 a 

 Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 Good white hard 



s ed 

 2s 3d a 2s 9d 

 a 2s 2d 

 d a 3s 8d nom 

 3s5da3s md 

 3s Id a 3s 4d 

 2s 9d a 3s 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 2s 3d a 2s 6d 

 ls 6d a 2s 2d 

 ls 5da 2s 4d 

 ls 5d a ls lOd 

 Is 2d a ls 6d 

 ls Id a ls 6d 



5s a 5s 6d 

 4s4^da 5s 9d 

 4s 6d a 7s 

 4s 3d a 6s 

 5s a 5s 6d 

 ls4d als5d 

 4fd a ls 3d 

 4id 



3 a 15s 



a lis 6d nom. 



a 6s ed 



4s 5d 



4s 4d a4s8d 

 13d 



ljd a 2d 

 2id a ls 

 Is 0£d 



id 



m a Sid 

 4|d a 8d 

 5d 

 4ld 



35s a 45s nom. 

 25s a 40s 

 15s a 30s 

 7s a 15s 

 14s a 16s 

 12s 6da 15s 

 lis a 13s 

 £5 a £6 nom. 

 5d a7d 

 3id a 4^d 

 l$da2$d 



60s a £5 10/nom 



" 1 £5 10b 

 £6 2/6 a £7 15s 

 £5 ICS a £9 

 25s a 30s nom 

 lis a 14s 

 6s 



5s bda 22l 

 183 



i 21s 



13s 



Tsal4s 

 3s a lOd 

 5s a 7s ed 

 2s 9d a 2s lOrt 

 54s 6d 



