576 



MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 12th May, 1909.) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt 

 Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 

 AEEOVVKOOT (Natal) lb. 

 LEES' WAX, cwt 

 Zanzibar Yellow „ 

 Bombay bleached „ 

 unbleached,, 

 Madagascar „ 

 OAMPHOK, Japan 

 China 



CiRDAMOMS, Malabar 



Tellicherry 



Mangalore ,, 

 Ceylon. Mysore „ 

 Malabar 

 E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon hong Wild ,, 

 CAb'Joli U1L, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 

 CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 

 Ceylon 



i M ON, Ceylon let> 

 per lb, 2nd> 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 to tine 



Slightly drossy to fair .. 

 Fair to good 

 Dark to good genuine .. 

 Dark to good palish 



Chips, <&e , 

 CIA'VIiS, Penang lb, 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



L OFF EE 



Ceylon Plant ation cwt 



Native 



Liberian ,, 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. ., 



Native Estate ,, 

 Java and Celebes „ 

 OOIjOMUO kuut ,, 

 CKOTON s>KliI>S,9ift. cwt 

 CUBEBS 



(j I huhK, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B&C ,, 

 Cochin Kougl. „ 



Japan „ 

 HUM AMMONIACUM ,, 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar 



*fcABie F. 1. & Aden 

 Turkey sorts 

 Ghatti 

 Kurracbee 

 Madras 



AaSAFlfcTIUA 



KINO 



M1RKH, picked c 

 Aden sorts 

 OUBANUM, drop 



pickings 

 sittings 

 INDIA RULBliK II 



Ceylon, Straits, 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Fair average quality 

 Good to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to nnebold 

 Brownish 

 Med brown to fair bold 

 Sm; 11 fair to tine plump 

 Fair to nood 

 Seeds 



Shelly to go, d 



and 2nds 

 Dull to fine blight 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Roct 

 Good to tine quill 



Fair to tine bold 



Uull to tine bright pkd 



Dull to tine 



Rangoon 



QUOTATIONS. 



2|d a id 



£6 15s a £6 17s 6d 

 t7 10s a £7 12s 6d 

 £5 15s a £'i 10s 

 Dili's a £617s6d 



s 7d a Is 9d 



45s 



Is 8d a 2s 2d 

 s fd a Is Ml 



:s a 2s 5d 

 Is 5d a .s lCd 

 2s 2d a 3s 2d 

 Is Sd a 3s id 

 is 4d a is fd 



s lOd a is lid 



d a Is9d 

 2Jd a 3$d 

 35s a 40s 



3gd a 7d 

 2da6d 

 d a 4id 

 I a 5id 

 ljd a 4d 



s 4d 

 ad a Is 2d 

 id a 114.d 

 6£d a 9jd 

 2Jd a 3id 

 Ilia Is 

 7,',d a 9d 

 7da 8d 



4|d 



If 



Bold to fine 

 Medium to good 

 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. i 



„ „ little red 



Bean and Pea size ditto 

 Fair to good red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy soit 

 Fair to good palish .. 

 red 



Ordinary to good pal. 



Sorts to fine pale 

 Reddish to good pale .. 

 Dark to fine pale 

 Clean fr. to gd. almon is 

 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 



B'air II to ord. red No. 



INDIARUBBER.("Co>iM.; 

 Romeo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MYRABOLANES, 

 Bombay 



QUALITY. 



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 flue pinky & white 

 Majunga & blk coated . . 

 Niggers, low to good . . 

 Ordinal y to fine ball .. 

 Shipping mid to gd violet] 

 Consuming mid. to gd. '3s Id a 3s 4d~ 

 Ordinary to middling |y s 9d a 3s 



QUOTATIONS. 



a 28 8d 

 |2s a 3s 9d 

 Is 6d a 2s lOd 

 3s 'd a 4s 6d 

 3s 3d a 48 3d 

 2.sl0da 3s 8d 

 2s lod a 3s 8d 

 2s 3d a 2s 9d 

 Is a 2s ltd 

 3s 2d a 38 8d nom 

 " 5d a 3s I (Id 



NUTMEGS- 



i^n 1 



lb. 



Bombay & Penang ,, 



Oudes Midolin'.! to fine 

 Mid. to good Kurpbh 

 Low to ordinary 

 Mid. to fine Madi as 

 Pale reddish to fine 

 Ordinary to fair 



„ ,, good pale 

 Wild 



UG and Coconada 

 Jubblepore 

 'Bhimlies 

 ,Rhii.jpore, <Sc. 

 Calcutta 

 Voi's to 57's 



110's to 65's 

 IGU's to 115's 

 NUTS, ARECA cwt. Ordinary to fair fresh 

 NUX VOMICA, Cochin Ordinary to good 

 per c.vt. Bengal 

 Madras 



IOIL OF ANISEED „ 



HOsa 112s 

 i 1083 

 nominal 



27s 



&5s a 85s 

 48s a 52s 

 35s a 42s 



CASSIA 

 ! LEMONGRASS 

 : NUTMEG 

 ! CINNAMON 

 I CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED- 

 Ceylon * 

 Zanzibar. 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Idngy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright Ji good flavour 



Mid. to fine not woody... 

 Picked clean flat leaf ... 

 „ wiry Mozambique 



PEPPER - (Black) 10. 

 Alleppee & Tellicherry Fair 

 Ceylon j „ to fine bold heavy , . 



Singapore ... „ ... 



Acheen & W. C. Penang; Dull to fine 



(White) Singapore „ Fair to tine 



Siam ,. | Fair 



Penang „ IFair 



PLUMBAGO, lump cwt. Fair to fine bright bold 

 Middling to good small 



31s 



a 603 nom 

 £16 a £18 

 £13 a £15 



£12 

 £9 a £13 li s 

 £7 a .£9 15s 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 25s a 32s 6d nom. 



a 42s 6d nom. 



ia30s 



i a 25s ,, 

 i a 100s 

 i a 75s 



40s a 60s 

 5s a 35s 

 10s a 20s 



chips 

 dust 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



Dull to tine bright 

 Ordinary to fine bright 

 Dull to fine 



)LAC cwt. Oidinary to gd. soluble 



SA, Tinnevelly lb Wood to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 iCouimonspeckyand small 

 SHELLS, M. o'PHARL — ' 



Egyptian cwt. Small to bold 

 Bombay ,, » 



Mergui „ ... .. 



Manilla „ Fair to good 

 Banda „ Sorts 

 TAMARINDS, Calcutta., i "id. to fine bl'k not stony 



per cwt. Madras 'Stony and inferior 

 I'ORTOISESHELL- 

 /.anzibar, & Bombay lb. Small to bold 



| lickings 

 TURMERIC, Bengal cwt. , Fair 



Madras „ Finger fair to one bold 

 Do. ,, Bulbs [bright 

 Cochin „ Finger 

 Bulbs 



VANILLOES — lb. 



Ajiuritius IstsCd crystallized 3^ a8£ in 



Ma. a^ascar ... > 2nd- > y jl reddish a 

 Seycheles ...J ^rds .^.n ^nd inferior 

 VERjiiiLUON .. Fine, pure, bright 



WAX, Jai-an, squares {Good white hard 



i2s gd a 2/8 non 

 ■2s 3d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 2d 

 lis 5da2s 4d 

 IsSda 2s 4d 

 Is I a Is Sd 



s5da2sld 



1-1 



5s a 5s 6d 



9d a 6s 9d 



9da7s 

 4s 6d a 6s 3d 



a 5s Id 

 is 2d a lsld 

 4|d a Is 2d 

 id a 4id 

 12s a 14s 



alls 6d 



a es 6d 

 6s 3d a 8s 

 4s 4£d 

 4s a 4s 4d 

 2d a 2Jd 

 lid a l|d 

 8Jd a la 

 is id a Is 2d 



31d 



d a4d 

 3jd 



3d a 3id 

 5Jd a 8d 



14s a 16s 

 12s Cda 15s 

 10s 6d a I3i 

 60s a 90s nom. 

 5d a7d 



d 



31d a 4*d 

 Uda2.!d 



a 90s nom. 

 30s a 90s 

 £-28bda£710s 

 £5 15s a £9 6s 

 26s a 303 nom i 

 lis a 13s 

 4s a 5s 



7s 6d a 9s 

 2s lid 



47s 



