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MARKET RATES EOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS 



(From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 20th June, 1911.) 



QUALITY. 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt. 



Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) lb. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt. 

 Zanzibar Yellow 

 Bombay bleached ,, 

 „ unbleached „ 

 Madagascar ,, 

 CAMPHOR, Japan „ 

 China „ 

 CARDAMOMS, Tuticorin 



Tellicherry 

 Calicut 

 Mangalove ,, 

 Ceylon. Mysore ,, 

 Malabar 

 Seeds, E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon Long Wild ,, 

 CASTOR OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 



CINCHONA BARK.— lb. 



Ceylon 



CINNAMON. Ceylon Isle 

 per lb, 2uds 

 3rds 

 4ths 

 Chips, &c. 

 CLOV KS, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt, 

 Native 



Liberian ,, 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. ., 



Native Estate ,, 

 Java and Celebes ,, 

 COLOMBO BOOT „ 

 CROTON SEEDS, sift, cwt, 

 CUBEBS ,, ,. 



GING KK, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A ,. 



B& C ,, 

 Cochin Kougli ,, 



Japan „ 

 GUM AMMONIACUM ,, 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar ,, 



ARABIC E. I. & Aden „ 



Turkey sorts ,, 



Ghatti „ 



Kurrachee „ 



Madras „ 



ASSAFOSTIDA „ 



KINO 



MYRRH, Aden sorts cwt 



Somali ,, 

 OLIBANUM, drop 



pickings „ 



sittings ,, 

 INDIA RUHBEK lb. , 



Ceylon. .Straits, J 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 



Rangoon 



fair to fine 

 Common to 

 Fair to fine 



;ootl 



Slightly drossy to fiir ... 



Fair to good 



Dark to good genuine . . 



Dark to good palish 



Refined 



Fair average quality .. 

 Good to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to tine bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 



Small fair to line plump 



Fair to pood 



Fair to good 



Shelly to good 



Good 2nds 



Dull to fine bright 



Crown, Renewed 

 Org. Stem 



Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Good to fine quill 



Fair to fine bold 



Dull to fine lirigbt pkd. 



Dull to tine 



Fair and fine bright 

 Fair 



QUOTATIONS 



lib 15s a£617s6d 



10s a £7 15s 

 £.: 15s a £6 7s 6d 

 £6 10s a £7 

 is 6d a Is 8§d 

 5'.s 



is bd a 3s 



s a 2s 3d 



i 6d a 3s 

 is 9d a 2s 3d 

 2s 2d a as Bd 

 Is 7d a 3s 3d 

 is 8d a Is lOd 

 2s a 2s Id 

 (id a Is 6d 

 Bid 



4u.s a 45 s 



3|d a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 lid a 4Jd 

 3d a 5£d 

 ljd a 4d 

 Bid a 1 s 5d 

 5§d a Is 4d 

 5d a Is 

 4|d a 8fd 

 2|d a 3d 

 lid a Is 2d 

 9d a lOd 

 9d a lOd 

 Bid a 7d 

 3d 



Medium to bold 70s a 113s 



Good ordinary 

 F'air 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 



Ord. blocky to fair clean 

 Pale and amber, str. srts 

 ., ,, little red 



Bean and Pea size ditto 

 F<tir to good led sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy soits 

 Fair to good palish 



., red 

 Ordinary to good pale 



Sorts to fine pale 

 Reddish to good pale 

 Dark to tine pale 

 Clean fr to gd. almonds 

 coui. stony to good block 

 Fair to tine bright 

 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 fine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to ord. red No. 



6lis a 65s 

 76s a 85s 6d 

 63s a 69s 

 40s a 62s 

 25s a 77s 

 5s a 30s 

 47s 6d a 55s 

 165s a 175s 

 35s nom. 

 80s a 85s 

 60s a 70s 

 40s a 45s 

 40s 

 36 s 



40s a 67s 6d 

 £15 a £16 

 £12 a £14 

 5s a £12 10s 

 £7 10s a £10 

 £5 a £7 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 25s a 32s 6d 

 15s a 60s 

 20s a 42s 6d nom 

 20s a 30s „ 

 15s a 25s ,, 

 £17a£18 

 25s a £l3s 

 : 9d a is 2d 

 55s a 60s 

 50s a 52s 6d 

 45s a 60s 

 35s a 40s 

 12s 6d a 27s 6d 

 2us a 22s 6d 

 4s 11 

 4s 6d 

 4s 9d a 53 

 5s 



3s lOd a 4s 

 S Bd 



2s 9d a 3s 

 2s a 2d 9s 



IN DIARUBBER.C Contd.) 

 Horneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, K.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MYRABOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay ,, 



Bengal 

 NUTMEGS— 



Hi. 



Singapore & 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 „ 

 PEPPER- (Black) lb. 

 Alleppy & Tellicherry 

 Ceylon ,, „ 

 Singapore 

 Acheen & W; C. Penan; 

 (White) Singapore „ 

 Si am ,, 

 Penang ,, 

 Muntok „ 

 RHUBARB, Shenzi 

 Canton 

 High Dried. 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium . . 

 small 



SEEDLAC cwt. 

 SENNA, Tinnevelly lb. 



SHELLS, M. o'PEARL— 

 Egyptian cwt, 

 Bombay ,, 

 Mergui ,, 

 Manilla ,, 

 Banda ,, 

 TAMARINDS, Calcutta... 



per cwt. Madras 

 TORTOISESHELL — 

 Zanzibar, & Bombay lb. 



TURMERIC, Bengal cwt. 



Madras „ 



Do. 

 Cochin ,, 



QUALITY. 



Common to good 

 Good to fine red 

 Low white to prime red 

 F'air 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 MidiUinqto fine 

 Mid. to good Kurpah 

 Low to ordinary 

 Mid. to fine Madras 

 Pale reddish to fine 

 Ordinary to fair 



,, „ good pale 

 Wild 



VG and Coconada 



Jubblepore 



Bhimlies 



Rhajpore, &c. 



Calcutta 



64's to 57's 



80's 



110's 



Ordinary to fair fresh 

 Ordinary to good 



QUOTATIONS 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour 6c colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright & good flavour 



Fair 

 Fair 



Fair 



„ to fine bold heavy . 

 Fair 



Dull to fine 

 Fair to line 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair 



Ordinary to good 

 Ordinary to good 

 Fair to tine flat 

 Dark to fair round 

 F'air to fine " .. 



VANILLOES 



Mauritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



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lb. 



Ists 

 2nds 

 brds 



Ordimry to gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 F'air greenish 

 Commonspeckyand «mall 



Small to bold 



,, ,, Nom. 



Fair to good 

 Sorts 



Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to oold 

 Tickings 

 Faii- 

 Finger fair to tine bold 

 Bulbs [bright 

 Finger . . 



Bulbs 



Gd crystallized 3J a8j in 

 Foxy i reddish sj a ,, 

 Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 Good white hard 



ls6d a 2s 2d 

 2s 3d 



Is 8d a 2s 6d 

 3s a 3s lOd 

 is 6da 3s 9d 

 3s ada 3s 8d 

 3s a 3s 2d 

 2s Id a 2s 6d 

 *d a 2s lOd 

 2s 6d a 3s Bd 

 3s 2d a 3s 8d 

 2s Sd a 3s Id 

 2s 5d a 2s 10d 

 2s 6d a 2/s nom. 

 2s 2d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 

 None here 

 2s 6d a 2s Sd 

 2s a 2s 6d 

 2s a 2s 6d 

 Id a 5d 

 4s 6d a 5s 

 4s 6d a 6s 3d 

 5s a tis 6d 

 4s6da5s 9d 

 4s a os 6d 

 lOd a Is 2d 

 6jd ai7d 

 5jd 



17s 6dis, 20s 

 8s 6d a 9s 6d 

 7s a 7s 6d 

 7s a 8s 6d 

 4s lOd 



3s 3d a 3s 7d 

 4d 



l£d a l|d 

 2d a Is 4d 

 lid 



10s 

 10s 



4|d a nd 

 4jd a 5d 

 4Jd 



4d a 5d 

 7Jd a 8d 

 7id 

 d 

 Sd 



Is 2d a 2s 6d 

 Kid a Is 

 8kl a 9±d 

 5^d a 7jd 

 18s a 19s 

 17s a 18s 6d 

 13s a 15s 

 52s 6d a 72s 6d 

 4.Jd a7d 

 2£d a 4d 

 IJdalid 



62s 6d a 150s 

 45s a 150s 

 £10 2/6a£12 2/6 

 £7 7/6 a. £13 5s 

 25s a 30s nom. 

 10s a 12s 

 4s a 5s 



10s a 33s 

 8s a 23s 

 20s 



25s a 27s 

 16s 6d 

 19s 

 14s 



14s a 19s 

 13s a 15s 6d 

 12s 6d a 13s 

 3s 

 lis 



