Yhf tropical agriculturist. 
[February i, 181 
MARKET RATES 
( From Lewi* & Peat's 
FOR OLD AND NTKW PRODUCTS. 
London Price Current, 16th Janurary 1890.) 
FROM MALABAR 
COAST, COCHIN. 
CEYLON, MADRAS. &c. 
BEES' WAX, White 
Yellow 
CINCHONA BARK-Orow" 
Red 
CARDAMOMS Malabar 
and Ceylon 
Alleppee 
Tellieherry 
CINNAMON 
QUALITY. 
I Slightly snftieh to good 
I hard bright 
Do. drossy &dark ditto... 
Renewed ... •• ••• 
Medium to fine Quill ... 
Spoke shavings 
Branch 
Renewed ... ■■■ ••• 
Medium to good Quill... 
Spoke shavings 
Branch 
Twig 
Clipped, bold, bright, fine 
Middling, stalky & lean 
Fair to fine plump clipped 
Good to fine 
Brownish •■ 
Good &fine, washed, bgt 
Middling to good... ... 
Ord. to fine pale luill ... 
QUOTATIONS 
Mangalore 
Long Ceylon 
l9tS 
2nds 
3rds 
4ths Woody and hard 
Chips ... Fair to fine plant... 
COCOA, Ceylon Bold to fine bold 
... Medium 
Triage to ordinary 
COFFEE CeylouPlantation Bold to fine bold colory 
Native 
Liberian 
East Indian 
Native 
COIR ROPE, Ceylon&Cochin 
FIBRE, Brush 
Stuffing .. 
COIR YARN, Ceylon 
Cochin 
Do 
COLOMBO ROOT, sifted .. 
CROTON SEEDS, sifted .. 
GINGER, Cochin, Cut 
Rough 
GUM ARABIC, Madras.. 
NUX VOMICA 
MYRABOLANES Pale, .. 
Pickings 
OIL, CINNAMON 
CITRONELLE 
LEMON GRASS 
ORCHELLA WEED 
PEPPER.Malabar.blk.sifted 
Alleppee & Cochin ,, 
Tellieherry, White ... 
PLUMBAGO Lump 
Chips 
dust 
RED WOOD 
SAPAN WOOD 
SANDALWOOD, logs 
Do. chips 
SENNA, Tiunevelly 
Middling to fine mid 
Low mid.andLow grown 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium to fine 
Small 
Good to fine ordinary ... 
Mid.coarse to fi ne straight 
Ord. to fine long straight 
Coarse to fine 
Ordinary to superior ... 
Ordinary to fine 
Ropin g f ai r to good 
Middlingwormy to fine... 
Fair to fine fresh 
Good to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Fair to fine bold 
Small 
Dark to fine pale 
Fair to fine bold fresh ... 
Small ordinary and fair... 
Good to fine picked 
Common to middling , 
Fair Coast 
Burnt and defective 
Fair to fine heavy 
Bright & good flavour , 
Mid. to fine, not woody. 
Fair to bold heavy 
good , , 
Fair to fine bright bold.. 
Middling to good small... 
Slight foul to fine bright 
Ordinary to fine bright.. 
Fair and fine bold 
Middling coated to good 
Fair to good flavor 
Inferior to fine ... 
Good to fine bold green... 
Fair middling medium... 
Common dark and small 
Finger fair to fine bold 
Mixed middling [bright 
Bulbs 
Finger 
£6 a £7 10s 
9 0 3 a 105s 
3d a is 
4d a 9d 
2d a 3d 
Id a 3d 
2d a Is 
4d a 9d 
2d a 6d 
Id a 3d 
Id a lfd 
is 6d a 2S 3d 
Is 2d a li fi d 
is 3d a 2s 6d 
is 3d a 2s fd 
lOda Is 6<* 
Is 6d a 2* 8d 
6d a Is 61 
7d a Is 6d 
6f d a Is 
6d a Is 10.|d 
5|d a lid 
lfd a8|d 
95s a 113s 
86s a 95s 
60s a 70s 
110s a 116s 
102s a 1095 
96s a 101s 
92s a 99s 6s 
85 a a 92s 6d 
80s a 95s 
104s a 110 s 
99s a 102s 
959 a 98s 
859 a 92s 6d 
£14 a £22 
£20 a £32 
£7 a £21 
£14 a £34 
£14 a £40 
£12 a £18 
10s a 18s 
159 a 25s 
559 a 60s 
24s a 35s 
16s a 25s 
14g 6d a 189 
15g a 5oS 
8s 6d a 10s 
6s a 8s 
8s 6d a 9s 
6s a 7s 6d 
7s 
4s 9d a 6s 
Is a 2s 6d 
fd a Jd 
l|d a lfd 
20s a 33s 
[6d a 6Jd 
Is a Is 6d 
189 a 21s 
15s a 179 
103 a 12s 
is a 10s 
£6 a £6 5s 
£5 a £8 
£30 a £58 
£9 a £30 
81 a Is 4d 
4d a 6d 
1.1 a 3'§d 
10s 6d a lis 6d 
8s 6d a 9n 6d 
7s a 99 
8s 6d a 9s Gd 
TURMERIC, Madras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin 
VANILLOES, Mauritius & 
Bourbon, IstsFine crystalised 6 a 9inch 
2nds Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, 
3rds / Lean & dry to middling 
\ under 6 inches 
4thsj,ow, foxy, inferior and 
[pickings 3s a 8s Gd 
18s a 23s 
15s a 20s 
10s a 14s 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
ALORS, Soecotrine ...Good and fine dry ...'£4 a £7 
Zanzibar & Hepatic. Common and good ...jdOs a £f> 5s 
CHILLIES, Zanzibar ... Fair to fine bright ...'80s a 33s 
Ordinary and middling„.278 a 29j 61 
ROM BJ.nV.r- 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
CLOVES, Zanzibar 
and Pemba, per lb 
Stems... 
COCULUS INDICUS 
GALLS, Bussorah { 
& Turkey f cwt. ( 
[cwt. 
GUM AMMONIACUM per 
ANIMI, washed, $uwt. 
QUALITY 
.yjor.vrcoMS, 
Good and fin« b-iirht 
(Common dull to fair 
"ommoo to good 
Fair 
Fair to fine dark blue 
scraped.. 
ARABIC, E.I. & Aden . 
per cwt. Ghatti .. 
Amrad c'.ia 
ASSAFOETIDA, per 
cwt. 
KINO, per cwt. 
MYRRH, picked „ 
Aden sorts 
OLIBANUM, irop 
per cwt. „ 
pickings... 
siftings .. 
INDTARUBBER Mozamb 
per lb. Ball & S ius 
Good white and green... 
Blocky to fine clean 
Picked fine pale in sorts, 
I part yellow and mixed 
Bean & Pea size ditto ... 
amber and red bold 
Medium & bold sorts ... 
jSorts 
ISorts to fine pule 
(Good and tine pale 
i Reddish to pale brown 
Clean fair to tine 
Slightlystonyand foul ... 
Fair to line bright 
Fair to rine pale 
Middling to good 
Fair to fine white 
Reddish to middling 
Middling to good pale 
Slightly foul totiue 
jque, ) red hard 
age j white softish 
unripe root 
liver 
5jd a 6fd 
lid a 5*d 
'lfd a l£d 
J 10s a 12s 
, o2s 61 a 57s ( 
10s a 50s 
15s a lis 
£12 a £14 10! 
£10 a £12 
£5 a £8 10s 
£8 a £11 
£4 a £7 
32s a 75s 
2Us a 70s 
50s a 65s 
25s a 45s 
26s a 34s 
2Us a 25s 
22s 6d a 25s 
B5 a £7 
72 s Gd a 85s 
37s 6d a 55 s 
27s 6d a 35s 
12s a 20s 
10s a 15s 
Is 9d a 2s 2d 
Is 4d a la 9d 
8d a Is 5d 
Is a Is 9f 
FROM CALCUTTA AND 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
CASTOR OIL, lsts per oz 
2uds 
3rds „ ... 
ISDIARUBBER Assam, pel 
lb. 
Rangoon ... 
Madagascar 
SAFFLOWER 
TAMARINDS 
FROM 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
Nearly water white ... 4jd 
Fair and good pale ... 4d a 4jd 
Brown and brownish ... 3£d a 4d 
Good to fine ..Jls 8d a 2s 2d 
Summon foul and m xed'7d a Is 6d 
Fair to good clean ... Is 7d a Is lOd 
Goodtofinepinky&white Is lOd a 2s 4d 
Fair to good black ...lis 4d a Is 9d 
Good to fine pinky ... 60s a 80s 
Middling to fair ...|40s a 6us 
Inferior and pickings ...H5s a 25* 
Mid. to fineiJaciuot stony 7s 6d a 10s 
Stony and inferior ...4saGs 
ALOES, Cape, per cwt. 
Natal 
ARROWROOT Natal per lb 
FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 
THE EASTERN ISLANDS. 
CAMPHOR, China, f* ewt. 
Japan 
GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt. 
Block [porlb. 
GUTTA PERCHA, genuine 
Sumatra. 
Reboiled, 
White Borneo 
NUTMEGS, large, per lb. 
Medium 
Small 
MACE, per lb. 
..Fair dry to tine bright ... 24s a 28s 
.. Common & middling soft 12s a 23s 
Fairtofine ... none here 
Middling to fine 
RHUBARB, Sun dried, pe 
lb. 
High dried .. 
SAGO, Pearl, large, $ cwt. 
medium ... 
small 
Flour [per lb, 
TAPIOCA, Penang Flake 
Singapore 
Flour 
Pearl 
Good, pure, & dry white i 
„ pink |la0sal60s 
Ordinary to fine free ... 40s a 42s 6d 
Pressed n0 m 
Good ... 27s 
Fine clean Ban j& M;ica- 4s a 5s 
Barky to fair [ s ar 2s 6d a 3s 9d 
Common to fine clean ... 7d a 2s 
Good to fine clean ... Is lOd a 2s 8d ; 
Inferior and barky ...lis 4d a Is 9d 
57's a 80's, garbled ...|2s6jda4s 
83'sa95's ... 2s 4d a 2s 6d 
100's a 160's ... 2s a 2s 4d 
Pale reddish to fine palp 2s 8d a 3s 3d 
Ordinary to fair ... 2s21a2s6d 
Chips and dark ... Is lOd a 2s Id 
Good to tine sound ... Is 3d a 3s 2d 
Darkordiuary&middlinglSd a Is 3d 
Hd a 3d 
Good to fine 
Dark, rough & middli 
Fair to fine 
Good pinky to white 
Fair to fine 
Bullet, per cwt. 
Medium ,, 
Seed 
9d a Is Id 
3da7d 
15s 6d a 17s 6d 
16s a 17s 6d 
15s a 16s 
is a 12s 
lfd a 2|d 
lfd a 2d 
~0s a 17s Gd 
Os a 22s 
16s a 18s 6d 
Us 6d a 18s 6d 
