280c 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis <fc Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 17th February, 1909, 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt, 

 Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 

 AEEOWKOOT (Natal) )b. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt. 

 Zanzibar Yellow 

 Bombay bleached „ 

 „ unbleached,, 

 Madagascar „ 

 CAMPHOR, Japan 



China „ 

 CARDAMOMS, Malabar 



Tellicherry 



Mangalore „ 



„ Long Wild "„ 

 CAS'iOB OIL, Calcutta. ,, 

 CH1T.LIE8, Zanzibar cwt. 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



CINNAMON, Ceylon lets 

 per lb, 2nd? 



3rds 

 4ths 

 Chips, (Sc.. 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt. 



Native 



Liberian ,, 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. ,, 



Native Estate , t 



COLOMBO BOOT 

 CKOTON SEEDS, si ft. cwt. 

 CUBEBS 



GIInGEB, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B& C „ 

 Cochin Rough ,, 



Japan „ 

 GUM AMMONIACUM ,, 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar „ 



* B ABIC E. I. & Aden „ 



Turkey sorts ,, 

 Ghatti 



Kurraehee „ 



Madras „ 

 At>SAFCBTIDA 



KINO 



M\ BKH, picked cwt 

 Aden sorts ,, 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings ,, 

 sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUBBEK lb. 

 Ceylon, Straits, / 

 Malay Straits, etc. I 



fair 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 to fine 



Slightly drossy 

 Fair to good 

 D r'< to good genuine 

 iark to good palish 

 Refined 



Fair average quality , 

 Gord to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to line bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Small fair to fine plump 

 Fair to |.ood 



Seeds 



Shelly to good 

 lsts and 2nds 

 Dull to tine bright 



Crown, Renewed 

 Org. Stem 

 Org. Stem 

 Renewed 

 Root 

 Good to fine quill 



Rangoon 



QUOTATIONS 



23d a 4d 



£6 12s 6d a £6 15s 

 is a £7 12s 6d 

 £5 10s a £6 6s 

 X>> 7s tid a £6 15s 

 Is 5dals7d 

 132s t?d 

 2s a 2s 5d 

 Is 7d a Is lOd 

 is 3d a 2s 8d 

 Is 7d a 2s 

 2s 2d a 3s 2d 

 ls7da 3s (3d 

 is 6d a Is 7d 

 is 1 da 2s 

 6d a is Kid 

 2±d a 3d 

 3( s a 35s 



3|d a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 li'i a 4 |d 



3d a 5k 



Fair to fine bold 

 )ull to tine 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 

 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 

 F i' t g. od red sntt 

 Med. & bold glassy sotts 

 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 

 •on', stony to go <l block 

 Fair n. 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 

 Scrap fair to tine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to good red No.l 



INDIARUBBER.f Contd.) 



l£d a 4d 

 .Is 4d 

 Is 2d 

 7kl a lUd 

 9}d 



aid a 3jd 

 Rii a is 

 id a 9d 

 7da 9d 

 4Jd a 5Jd 

 2d 



nominal 



13s a 50s 

 73s a 83s 6d 

 05s a 71s 6d 

 42s a 64s 



5s a 17s 6d 

 ' s a 35s 

 70s a 80s 

 nom. 

 a 85s 

 48s a 52s 

 35s a 4ts 



16 a £18 

 £13 a £15 

 a £12 

 a £12 

 £7 a£sl5s 

 £4 a £8 10s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 ;5s a 32s 6d nom. 

 2s a 60s 

 Os a 42s 6d nom 

 20s a 30s 



a 25s „ 

 a 10 s 

 25s a 75s 



0s a 65s 

 0s a 55s 

 5s a 35s 

 0s a 20s 

 3s a 15s 

 s 5 d 

 5 s 5§d 



5s7£d 

 5s lOd 



2d a 4s 9d 

 3s ad 



2s a 2 

 2s id 



;6d 



New Guinea 

 LNDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MYRABOLANES, 

 Bombay 



Bengal 

 NUTMEGS- lb. 



Bombay & Penang „ 

 NUTS, ARECA cwt. 

 NUX VOMICA, Cochin 

 per cvt. Bengal 

 Madras 

 OIL OF ANISEED „ 

 CASSIA 

 LEMONGRASS 

 NUTMEG 

 CINNAMON 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA VVEED-cwt 

 Ceylon „ 

 Zanzibar. „ 



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 



Common to good 

 Good to tine red 

 Low white to prime i 

 Fair to fine red Ball 

 Sausage, fair to good 

 Fair to fine ball 

 Fr to fine pinky & white 

 Majunga & blk coatee 

 Niggers, low to good 

 Ordinary to fine ball 

 Shipping mid to gd violet 

 Consuming mid. to gd 

 Ordinary to middling 

 Oudes Middlinato fine 

 Mid. to good Kurpah 

 Low to ordinary 

 Mid. to fine Madras 

 Pale reddish to tine 

 Ordinary to fair 

 „ good ; 



Wild 



UG and Coconada 



bblepore 

 Bhimlies 

 Rhajpore, &c. 

 Calcutta 

 64's to 57's 



QUOTATIONS. 



is a 2s 8d 

 2s a 3s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 8d 

 3s 3d a 4s 3d 

 3s 3d a 4s 

 a.slOda 3s 8d 

 2s lOd a 3s 6d 

 2s 3d a 2,s 9d 

 Is a 2s 6d 

 3s id a 3s 8d nom 

 3s 5d a 3s lOd 

 3s Id a 3s 4<1 

 2s 9d a 3s 

 2s Od a 2/8 nom. 

 is 3d a 2s 6d 

 s 6d a 2s 2d 

 s 5da 2s 4d 

 s 6d a 2s 4d 



110's to 65's 

 100's to 115's 

 Ordinary to fair fr 

 Ordinary to good 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright J; good flavour 



Mid. to fine not woody.. 

 Picked clean flat leaf ... 

 wiry Mozambique 



to fine bold heavy . . 



Dull to fine .. ... 

 Fair to fine 

 Fair 



Fair 



Fair to fine bright bold 

 'Middling to good small 

 Didl to fine bright 

 Ordinary to fine bright 

 Dull to tine 



Ordinary ro gd. soluble 

 lb jGood to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 Commonspeckyand small 



o'PEARL 



Egyptia: 

 Bombay 

 Mergui 

 M nilla 



i cwt. Suaiill to bold 



good 



TAMARINDS, Calcutta . 



ier cwt. Madras 

 TORI'OISESHELL- 

 Zanzibar, & Bombay lb. 



Cochin 



VANILLOES— 

 Mauritius .. "i 

 Madagascar ... J- 2 

 Seychelles J ; 



VERMILLION .. 



WAX, Jajan, squares 



Fair 



Sorts 



Hid. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to Dold 



I'ickings 



Fair 



Finger fair to 

 Bulbs 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



Is 3d a Is 6d 

 id 



5s a 5s 6d 

 4s 9d,a 6s 9d 

 4s 9d a 7s 

 4s 6d a 6s 3d 

 5s a 5s 6d 

 Is 4d a Is 5d 

 4|d a Is 3d 

 4d a 4Jd 

 Us a 12s 

 9< a lls6d 

 '■'s a €s fid 

 6s 3d a 8s 

 4s 5d 



4s 4d a i« 8d 

 2d a 2|d 

 l*d a 2d 

 2id a Is 

 Is Id 



1 a 4 Id 

 3id 



■ 3|d 

 4jd a 8d 

 5d 

 4±d 



65s a 95s nom. 

 od a7d 

 34d a 4id 

 ljd a 2^d 



25s a 90s nom' 



a £ '-> 10s 

 £<a£7 

 £.5 a £8 10s 



fine bold 

 Lbright 



Gd crystallized 3J a-S| i 

 Foxy j£ reddish 3J a 

 Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 Good white hard 



