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 ARDAMOMS, Tuticorin 



Malabar, Tellicherry 

 Calicut 

 Mangalore ,, 

 Ceylon, Mysore „ 

 Malabar 

 Seeds, E. I, & Ceylon „ 

 Ceylon Long Wild ,, 

 CASTOR OIL, Calcutta,, 

 CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt 



CINCHONA BARK.— lb. 

 Ceylon 



CINNAMON, Ceylon lste 

 per lb, 2ndf> 

 8rds 

 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 HOOT „ 

 CKOTON SEEDS, sift. cwt. 

 OUBEBS 



SINGER, Bengal, rough,, 

 Calicut, Cut A „ 



B&e „ 



Cochin Rough ,, 



Japan ,, 

 SUM AMMONIACUM ,, 

 ANIMI, Zanzibar 



Madagascar „ 



ARABIC E. I. & Aden „ 



Turkey sorts ,, 



Ghatti „ 



Kurrachee „ 



Madras „ 



A8SAF03TIDA ,, 



KINO 



MTlRRH, Aden sorts cwt 



Somali „ 



OLIBAN UM, drop „ 



pickings ,, 



sittings „ 

 INDIA RUBBER lb. / 



Ceylon, Straits, J 

 Malay Straits, etc, | 



Assam 



Rangoon 



Fair to fine 

 Common to good 

 Fair to fine 



Slightly drossy to fair 

 Fair to good 

 Dark to good genuine 

 Dark to Rood palish 

 Refined 



Fair average quality 

 Good to fine bold 

 Middling lean 

 liood to fine bold 

 Brownish 



Med brown to fair bold 

 Small fair to fine plump 

 Fair to good 

 Fair to good 

 Shelly to good 

 Good 2nds 

 Uull to tine bright 



QUOTATIONS 



Crown, Renewed 



Org. Stem 

 Red Org. Stem 



Renewed 

 Root 



Good to tine quill 



Fair to fine bold 



Dull to fine bright pkd 



Dull to fine 



Fair and fine bright 

 Fair 



■ 70s a 75s 

 40s a 7 is 6d 

 8d a 9d 



£6 15s a£617s6d 

 £7 10s a £7 15s 

 £5 Ins a £6 7s 6d 

 £6 10s a £7 

 ls5|da Is 8d 

 !55s 



2s 4d a 2s 8d 

 Is lOda 2s Id 

 2a iA a 2s 8d 

 Is 8d a 2s 2d 

 2s 3d a 3s 2d 

 Is 8(1 a 3. 

 Is 8d a Is lOd 

 Is lid a 2s 

 6d a Is 6d 

 3£d a 3|d 

 4us a 4os 



Sid a 7d 

 2d a 6d 

 l|d a 4id 

 3d a 6£a 

 lid a id 

 tijdals 5d 

 5|d a Is 4d 

 5d a Is 

 4|d a 8£d 

 2jd a 3d 



d a Is 2d 

 9d a lOd 

 9d a lOd 

 8d a 8Jd 

 3d 



Medium to bold 70s a 113s 



Good ordinary 



Fair to bold 62s a 68s 



Special Marks 75s a 80s 6d 



tied to good 65s a 73s 



Ordinary to red 4is a 64s 



Small to good red 25s a 77s 



Middling to good 1 s 6(1 a 15s 



Dull to fair 47s 6d a 55s 



Ord. stalky to good 190s a 20us 

 Fair 35s nom. 



Small to fine bold 80s 

 Small and medium 

 Common to fine bold 

 Small and D's 

 Unsplit 



Ord. blocky to fair clean 

 Pale and amber, str. srts 

 _j ,, little red 



Bean and Pea size ditto 

 Fair to good red sorts 

 Med. & bold glassy soils 

 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 

 com. stony to good block 

 Fair to fine 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 fine 

 Fine Block 

 Scrap fair to fine 

 Plantation 



Fair II to ord. red No. 1 



Bengal 

 NUTMEGS — 



NUTS, ARECA 

 NUX VOMICA, 

 per est. 



40s a 42s t'd 

 40s 



368 



40s a 67s 6d 

 £15 a £16 

 £12 a £14 

 75s a £12 10s 

 £7 a £10 

 £5 a £7 

 £4 a £8 15s 

 £4 a £7 10s 

 25s a 32s 6d nom . 

 47s 6d a 60s 

 20s a 42s 6d no m 

 20s a 30s „ 

 15s a 25s ,, 

 £l8 10da £21 6d 

 25s a £15S 

 9d a Is 

 55s a 60s 

 50s a 52s 6d 

 45s a 50s 

 35s a 40s 

 12s 6d a 27s 6d 

 2us a 22s 6d 

 5s 6d 

 5s 



5s 3d a 5s 7d 

 5s 7d 



4s 4d a 4s 8d 

 4s 2d 

 3s a 3d 6d 

 2s 6d a 3d 



IM DIARUBBER.f Contd.) 

 Romeo 

 Java 

 Penang 

 Mozambique 



Nyassaland 

 Madagascar 



New Guinea 

 INDIGO, E.I. Bengal 



MACE. Bombay & Penang 

 per lb. 



Java 

 Bombay 

 MYRABOLANES, cwt 

 Bombay 



QUALITY. 



lb. 



Singapore & Penang ,, 



cwt. 

 Cochin 

 Bengal 

 Madras 



OIL OF ANISEED „ 

 CASSIA 

 LEMONGRASS 

 NUTMEG 

 CINNAMON 

 CITRON ELLE 

 ORCHELLA WEED-cwt 

 Ceylon „ 

 Madagascar 

 PEPPER- (Black) lb. 

 Alleppy & Tellicherry 

 Ceylon 

 Singapore 

 Acheen & VV. C. Penang 

 (White) Singapore „ 

 Siam „ 

 Penang „ 

 Muntok „ 

 RHUBARB, Shenzi 

 Canton 

 High Dried.. 



SAGO, Pearl, large 



medium . . 

 small 



SEEDLAC cwt. 

 SENNA, Tinnevelly lb. 



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 Middling to fine 

 Mid. to good Kurpab 

 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 



QUOTATIONS 



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 ,, 



Fair merchantable 

 According to analysis 

 Good flavour & colour 

 Dingy to white 

 Ordinary to fair sweet 

 Bright iS good flavour 



Fair 

 Fair 



Fair 



„ to fine bold heavy . 



Fair ... 



Dull to fine 

 Fair to fine 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair 



Ordinary to good 

 Ordinary to good 

 Fair to fine flat 

 Dark to fair round 

 Fair to fine 



Ordinary to gd. soluble 

 Good to fine bold green 

 Fair greenish 

 CommoiiBpeckyand small 



Small to bold 



VANILLOES — 



Mauritius 



Madagascar 



Seychelles 

 VERMILLION 

 WAX, Japan, squares 



lb. 



sts 

 2nds 

 3rds 



Fair to good 



Sorts 



Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 

 Stony and inferior 



Small to oold 

 Pickings 

 Fair 



Finger fair co rine bold 

 Bulbs [bright 



Finger 

 Bulus 



Gd crystallized 3i a8J in 

 Foxy in reddish 34 a 

 Lean and inferior 

 Fine, pure, bright 

 Good white hard 



Is 9d a 2s Sd 

 2s lOd 

 is 8d a 2s 6d 

 3s tid a 4s 2d 

 is 6d a 4s id 

 3s 4da 3s lid 

 3s a 3s 4d 

 2s Id a 2s 6d 

 8d a 2s lOd 

 2s 6d a 3s 6d 

 3s 2d a 3s 8d 

 2s 8d a 3s Id 

 2s od a 2s 8d 

 2s 6d a 2/8 nom. 

 2s 2d a 2s 6d 

 Is 6d a 2s 

 None here 

 2s 3d a 2s fid 

 2s a 2s 2d 

 2s a 2s 4d 

 4d a 5d 

 4s 6d a 5s 

 4s 6d a 6s 3d 

 5s a 6s 6d 

 4s 6(1 a 5s 9d 

 4s a 4s 3d 

 lOd a Is 

 6<d a7d 

 5Jd 



17s 6d a 20s 

 8s 6d a 9s 6d 

 7s a 7s 6d 

 7s a 8s 6d 

 4s lOd 



3s 3d a 3s 7d 

 4jd 



l*d a l|d 

 2d a Is 4d 

 lid 



10a 

 10s 



5Jd 



5d a 5Jd 

 5d 



lid a 5}d 

 71d a 9d 

 73d 

 7d 

 8*d 



Is 2d a 2s 6d 

 lOd a la 

 s.'.d a 9Jd 

 5id a 7jd 

 18s a 19s 

 17s a 18a 6d 

 14s a 15a 

 52a 6d a 72a 6d 

 4jd a 7d 

 2|d a 4d 

 ljdaljd 



7oa a 127s 6d 

 41 is a 150a 

 £10 5s a £13 6s 

 £8 5a a £14 12/6 

 21a 6d a 29a Od 

 10s a 12s 

 4s a 5a 



8s a 30s 

 8s 6d a 19s 

 20s 



25s a 278 

 20s 

 18a 



143 



14s a 193 

 13a a 15s 6d 

 12a 6d a 13s 6d 



3a , / *l 

 408 



