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MARKET RATES FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS. 



(From Lewis & Peat's Monthly Prices Current, London, 19th July, 1911,) 



ALOES, Socotrine cwt, 

 Zanzibar & Hepatic ,, 

 ARROWROOT (Natal) lb. 

 BEES' WAX, cwt. 

 Zanzibar Yellow 

 Bombay bleached 



„ unbleached 

 Madagascar 

 CAMPHOR, Japan 

 China 



C \RDAMOMS, Tuticorin 



Malabar, Tellicherry 

 Calicut 

 Mangalore „ 

 Ceylon, Mysore „ 

 Malabar 

 Seeds, E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon Long Wild ,, 

 CASTOR OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 



CINCHONA 

 Ceylon 



BARK.— lb. 



CINNAMON, Ceylon Isle 

 per lb, 2ndf 

 3rds 

 4ths 

 Chips, &c. 

 CLOVES, Penang lb. 

 Amboyna 

 Ceylon 

 Zanzibar 

 Stems 



COFFEE 



Ceylon Plantation cwt, 

 Native 



Liberian „ 

 COCOA, Ceylon Plant. ,, 



Native Estate ,, 

 Java and Celebes „ 

 COLOMBO ROOT „ 

 CROTON SEEDS.sift. cwt, 

 CUBEBS „ ,. 



SINGER, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 

 B& C ,, 

 Cochin Rough ,, 



fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slightly drossy to fair ... 



Fair to good 



Dark to good genuine . ■ 



uark to good palish 



Refined 



Fair average quality 

 Good to fiue bold 

 Middling lean 

 Good to tine bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 



Small fair to fine plump 



Fair to cood 



Fair to good 



Shelly to good 



Good 2nds 



Dull to hue bright 



Crown, Renewed 

 Org. Stem 



Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Good to tine quill 



Fair to fine bold 



Dull to fine bright pkd, 



Dull to tine 



Fair and fine bright 

 Fair 



SUM AMMONIACUM , 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar „ 



ARABIC E. I. & Aden „ 



Turkey sorts ,, 



Ghatti „ 



Kurrachee „ 



Madras „ 



A3SAFGSTIDA 



KINO 



MXBRH, Aden sorts cwt 



Somali „ 

 OLIBAN UM, drop 



pickings ,, 



sittings ,, 

 INDIA ROBBER lb. j 



Ceylon, Straits, J 

 Malay Straits, etc. 



Assam 



Rangoon 



Medium to bold 70s a 113 



Good ordinary 



Fair to bold 6Js a 65s 



Special Marks 70s a 85s 6d 



Red to good 65s a fi9s 



Ordinary to red 40s a fi-'s 



Small to good red 25s a 77s 



Middling to good ios a zos 



Dull to fair 47s 6d a 55s 



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 

 Fair to good red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy soits 

 Fair to good palish 



,, „ red 

 Ordinary to good pale 



QUOTATIONS 



70s a 75s 

 40s a 7 is 6d 

 8d a 9d 



£6 15s a£617s6d 

 10s a £7 15s 

 15s a £6 7s 6d 

 £6 10s a £7 

 ls5id a Is 8d 

 55s 



2s 4d a 2s 8d 

 Is lOd a 2s Id 

 2s 2d a 2s 8d 

 s 8d a 2s 2d 

 2s 3d a 3s 2d 

 Is 8d a 3s 

 Is 8d a Is lOd 

 Is lid a 2s 

 Bd a Is 6d 



d a ifd 

 4us a 4os 



3|d a 7d 

 2d a fid 

 ljd a 4id 

 3d a 5id 

 ljd a 4d 

 ti^dals 5d 

 5§d a Is 4d 

 5d a Is 

 4§d a 8£d 

 zjd a 3d 

 lid a Is 2d 

 9d a lOd 

 3d a lOd 

 7d a 7Jd 

 3d 



INDIARUBBER.f ConJd.) 

 Borneo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE, Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 M YRABOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay 



Bengal 

 NUTMEGS- 



1b. 



Sorts to fine pale 

 Reddish to good pale 

 Dark to fine pale 

 Clean fr. to gd. almonds 

 com. stony to good block 

 Fair to tine bright 

 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 tine . . 

 Fine Block 

 Scrap fair to fine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to ord. red No. 



190s a 20i)s 

 35s nom. 

 80s a 85s 

 60s a 70s 

 10s a 4^s td 

 40s 

 3t5d 



40s a 67s 6d 

 £15 a £16 

 £12 a £14 

 75s a £12 10s 

 £7 10s a £10 

 £5 a £7 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 25s a 32s 6d nom. 

 17s 6d a 60d 

 20s a 42s 6d nom. 

 20s a 30s 

 15s a 25s ,, 

 £18 lOd a £21 5d 

 25s a £15s 

 9d a Is 

 55s a 60s 

 50s a 62s 6d 

 45s a 60s 

 35s a 40s 

 12s 6d a 27s 6d 

 2i 's a 22s 6d 

 4S lid 

 4S 6d 

 4s 9d a 5s 

 5s 



3s lOd a 4s 4d 

 oS 6d 

 2s 9d a 3s 

 2s a 2d 9s 



Singapore & Penang ,, 



NUTS, ARECA cwt. 

 NUX VOMICA, Cochin 

 per c-vt. Bengal 

 Madras 

 OIL OF ANISE KD „ 

 CASSIA 

 LEMONGRASS 

 NUTMEG 

 CINNAMON 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED-cwt 

 Ceylon „ 

 Madagascar ,, 

 PEPPER - (Black) lb. 

 Alleppy & Tellicherry 

 Ceylon ,, 

 Singapore 

 Acbeen & W. C. Penang 

 (White) Singapore 

 Siam 

 Penang 

 Muntok 

 RHUBARB, Shenzi 

 Canton 

 High Dried. . 



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 violet 

 Consuming mid. to gd 

 Ordinary to middling 

 Oudes Middlint? 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 



Rhajpore. &c. 



Calcutta 



64's to 57's 



80's 



110's 



Ordinary to fair fresh 

 Ordinary to good 



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 

 TOR rOISESHELL — 

 Zanzibar, & Bombay lb. 



TURMERIC, Bengal cwt 

 Madras „ 



Do. 

 Cochin ,, 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright Ji good flavour 



Fair 

 Fair 



Fair 



, to tine bold heavy . 



Fair 



Dull to fine 

 Fair to fine 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair 



Ordinary to good 

 Ordinary to good 

 Fair to tine flat 

 Dark to fair round 

 Fair to fine 



VANILLOES — 



Mauritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



J 3 



11). 



sts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



Ordinary to gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 Commonspeckyand «mall 



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 fine bold 

 Bulbs [bright 

 Finger 

 Bulbs 



Gd crystallized 3J a8$ in 

 Foxy & reddish 3$ a 

 Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright, 

 Good white hard 



Is fid a 2s 2d 



2s 3d 



is 8d a 2s 6d 

 3s fid a 43 id 

 -is 6da 4s Id 

 3s 4d a 3s lid 

 3s a 3s 4d 

 2s Id a 2s fid 

 8d a 2s lOd 

 2s 6d a 3s 6d 

 3s 2d a 3s 8d 

 2s 8d a 3s id 

 2s od a 2 i 8d 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 2s 2d a 2s fid 

 Is 6d a 2s 

 None here 

 2s 3d a 2s 6d 

 2s a 2i 2d 

 2s a 2s 4d 

 4d a 6d 

 4s 6d a 5s 

 4s 6d a 6s 3d 

 5s a 6s 6d 

 4s 6d a 5s 9d 

 4s a 5s 6d 

 lOd a Is 2d 

 6Jd a7d 

 5Jd 



1 7s 6d a 20s 



8s 6d a 9s 6d 

 7s a 7s fid 

 7s a 8s 6d 

 4s lOd 



3s 3d a 3s 7 d 



4id 



l|d a 



2d a Is 4(1 



lid 



10s 

 It's 



5d 



5d a 51d 

 lid 



ud a 5d 

 7|d a 9d 

 7|d 

 6§d 

 8£d 



Is 2d a 2s 6il 

 lOd a 1 s 

 81-d a 9Jd 

 [54a a 7jd 

 18s a 19s 

 |l7s a 18s 6d 

 14s a 15s 

 52s 6d a 72s 6d 

 4id a7d 

 2|d a td 

 IJdalJd 



7os a 12 7s 6d 

 40s a 150s 

 £10 5s a £13 6s 

 £8 5S a £141 2/6 

 21s fid a 29s ltd 

 10s a 12s 

 4s a 5s 



8s a 30s 

 8s fid a 19d 

 20s 



25s a 27s 

 20s 

 18s 

 Us 



14s a 19s 

 13s a 15<t 6d 

 12s 6d a Via 

 3s 

 40s 



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