184 February, 19C9. 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis <fc Peafs Monthly Prices Current, London, 20th January, 1909,) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt. 



Zanzibar & Hepatic ,, 

 ABKOWKOOT (Natal) lb. 

 bEES' WAX, cwt. 

 Zanzibar Yellow „ 

 Bombay bleached „ 

 „ unbleached,, 

 Madagascar „ 

 CAMPHOB, Formosa ,, 

 China „ 

 C4BDAMOMS, Malabar 



Tellicherry 



Mangalore ,, 

 Ceylon.- Mysore „ 

 Malabar 



Long Wild '*„ 

 CAK'lOE OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 

 CINCHONA BABK.-lb. 

 Ceylon 



CINIv AMO>, Ceylon lets 

 per lb, 2nd" 

 3rd 

 4th 



Chips, <Sc 

 CI.C'VKS, Penang lb, 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 

 COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt. 



Native 

 Liberian 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. „ 



Native Estate ,, 



COLOMBO BOOT 

 CKOTON SKkUS.sift.cwt, 

 ctlCH 



u I Mi >F, Bengal, rough,, 

 calicut, Cut A „ 

 B&C „ 

 Cochin Rough „ 



Japan „ 

 GUM AMMuNlACUM ,, 

 AN1MI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar „ 



4 BABir k. T. & Aden „ 



Turkey sorts , 



Ghatti ,, 



Kurrachee „ 



Madras „ 



ASS^Ktlll'A „ 



KINO 



M1RBH, ticked cwl 

 Aden sorts „ 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings „ 

 sittings „ 

 INDIA RUBBJSK lb. 

 Ceylon, Straits, 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



QUALITY. 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slightly drossy to fair .. 



Fair to good 



D. rk to good genuine . . 



Dark to flood palish 



Crude 



Fair average quality .. 

 Gord to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to fine bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Small fair to fine plump 

 Fair to good 



Seeds 



Shelly to good 

 lsts and 2nds 

 Dull to tine bright 



Crown, Benewed 

 Org. Stem 

 Org. Stem 

 Benewed 

 Root 

 ) fine quill 



Bangoon 



Fair to fine bold 

 Dull to fine bright bold 

 Dull to tine 



Fair and fine" bright 

 Fair 



Bold to fine 

 Medium 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 



Small to fine bold 

 Small and medium 

 Common to fine bold 

 Small and D's 

 Unsplit 



Sm. bloeky to fair clean 

 Pale and amber, str. srts. 



„ „ little red 



Bean and Pea size ditto 

 F^ir to good red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy soit: 

 Fair to good palish .. 



„ red 

 Ordinary to good pali 



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 

 Fine Block 

 Scrap fair to fine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to good red No.l 



QUOTATIONS 



2gd a 4d 



£6 7s 6d a £6 10s 

 7 10s a £7 12s 6d 



£5 10s a £6 2s 6d 



£i;7si;d a £61»/6 

 35s a 145s 



132s 6d 



2s a 2s 5d 



Is 7d a Is lOd 



is 3d a 2s 8d 

 7d a 2s 

 2d a 3s 2d 



ls8da 3s 6d 

 5d a is 6d 



is ltd a Is lid 



6d a is lOd 



2£d a 3d 



30s a 35s 



3|da7d 

 2d a 6d 

 l|d a 4jd 

 3d a 5Jd 

 ljd a 4d 

 lud a Is 4d 

 9d a Is 2d 



a 11 id 

 6£d a 9Jd 

 2Jd a 3&d 

 loi a Is 

 7Jd a 9d 

 7da 9d 

 5Jd 

 2d 



UOsa 112s 

 8"s a 108s 

 nominal 

 42s 6d a 46s 6d 

 71s a 80s 

 65s a 70s 

 40s a 65s 



15s a 17s Cd 

 31 s a 35s 

 21s a 23s nom. 

 30s nom. 

 55s a 85s 



28s 6d 



'25s a 60s nom. 

 £16 a £18 

 £13 a £15 

 75s a £12 

 £9 a £12 

 £7 vl£# 15s 

 £4 a £8 10s 

 £4 a £7 LOs 

 25s a 32s 6d nom 

 31s a 60s 

 17s a 42s 

 •i'H a Wis 



INDIARUBBER.f Contd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



I nom 



15s a 25s , 

 853 a 100s 

 25s a 75s 

 6d a9d 

 80s a 90S 

 50s a 65s 

 40s a 55s 

 25s a 35s 

 10s a 20s 

 13s a 15s 

 5s lid 

 5s l±d 

 5s a 5s 6d 

 5s 8d 



3s lOd a 4s 2d 

 3s ed 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 M YRABOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay ,, 



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 „ 

 Zanzibar. , , 



PEPPER- (Black) lb. 

 Alleppee & Tellicherry 

 Ceylon 

 Singapore 

 Acheen & VV. 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 cwl 

 Bombay „ 

 Mergui ,, 

 Manilla ,, 

 Banda „ 

 TAMABINDS, Calcutta. 



per cwt. Madras 

 TORl'OISESHELL — 

 Zanzibar, & Bombay lb. 



TUBMEBIC, Bengal cwt. 



Madras 



Do. 

 Cochin 



QUALITY. 



QUOTATIONS. 



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 viole 

 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 

 Ithajl'.ore, &c. 

 Calcutta 

 64's to 57's 

 UO's to 65's 

 to U5's 

 Ordinary to fair fresh 

 Ordinary to good 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright ifi good flavour 



Mid. to fine not woody. 

 Picked clean flat leaf ., 

 wiry Mozambique 



9d a 2s 6d 

 2s a 3s 4d 

 Is 6d a 2s 8d 

 3s ?d a 4s 2d 

 3s f d a 4s 

 .'s Oda 3s 8d 

 is t d a 3s 4d 

 2s 3d a 2s 9d 

 Is a 2s 2d 

 3s 2d a 3s 8dnom 

 is 5d a 3s 10d 

 3s Id a 3s 4d 

 2s 9d a 3s 

 2s 6d a 2/8 noa. 

 s 3d a 2s 6d 

 s 6d a 2s 2d 

 Is 5da 2s 4d 



5d a is lOd 

 Is 2d a Is 6d 

 is Id a Is 6d 

 4d 



5s a 5s 6d 

 4s 9d a 6s 3d 

 4s 6d a 7s 

 4s 6(1 a Us 3d 

 5s a 5s 6d 

 Is 4d a is 5d 

 4^d a Is 3d 

 4^d 



12s a 13s 

 i lis 6d 

 a 6s 6d 

 6e 3d a 8s 

 4s 5d 



4s 4d a 43 8d 

 2d a 2Jd 

 lid a 2d 



Uoln 



VANILLOES- 

 Mauritius 

 Madagascar , 



| Seychelles 

 VEBMILLION 



I WAX, Japan, squares 



.. •» is 

 ... !• 2n 

 ..J 3r 



;0 tine bold heavy , 



Dull to fine .. 

 Fair to fine 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair to fine bright bold 

 Middling to good 

 Dull to fine bright 

 Ordinary to fine blight 

 Dull to fine 



Ordinary to gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 CommonBpeckyand small 



Small to bold . . 



Fair to good 

 Sorts 



Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to uold 

 Tickings 

 Fair 



Finger fair to fine bold 

 Bulbs [bright 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



Gd crystallized 3£ a8§ in 

 Foxy & reddish 3i a 

 Lean and inferior 



3Jd 



3}d a 4d 



3d a 3|d 

 4|d a 8d 



.Ml 



1 as a 30s 



s a 15a 

 14s a 16s 

 12s 6da 15a 

 lis a 133 

 70s a 100s nom. 

 5d a7d 

 3Jd a 4*d 



ida2Jd 



25s a 90s nom 



l £5 10s 

 £tfa£7 

 £5 a £8 10s 

 25s a 30s nomi 

 lis a 13s 

 4s a 5s 



2s a 26s 

 s6dal9s 6d. 



l 9s a 21s 

 a 17s 



i a 14a 

 i a lOd 



j9da 2s 10 d 



