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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[April 
MARKET RATE FOR OLD AIM U N ETS PRODUCTS. 
(From Lewis & Peat's London Price Current, 13th March 1890. J 
FROM MALABAR 
COAST, COCHIN, 
CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 
BEES' WAX, White 
Yellow 
CINCHONA BARK— Crown 
Red 
CARDAMOMS Malabar 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS. 
CINNAMON 
( Slightly softish to good 
\ hard bright 
Do. drossy &dark ditto... 
Renewed. ... 
Medium to tine Quill ... 
gpoke shavings 
Igrauch 
Renewed 
j^ediuai to good Quill... 
gpoke shavings 
E r aneh 
iTwig ... 
(j)ipped, bold, bright, fine 
and Ceylon Middling) stalky & lean 
Alleppee |Fair to hue plump clipped 
Tellicherry l(j 00 d to fine 
[Brownish 
Mangalore joood &nne, washed, bgt. 
Long Ceylon| Mi ddling to good 
lsts Qrd to flue pale ijuill 
2nds 
Chips 
COCOA, Ceylon ... 
3rds 
4ths 
COFFEE CeylonPlantation 
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 , 
Tellicherry, White 
PLUM BAGO Lump 
Chips 
dust 
RED WOOD 
SAP AN WOOD 
SANDALWOOD, logs 
Do. chips 
SENNA, Tinnevelly 
£6 
90s 
3d i 
4d ; 
2>i 
Id ; 
2d i 
Id ; 
2d; 
id i 
Id 
is 
Is 
Is 
la . 
lOd l 
1 
6 
0 
bd 
6d 
Woody and hard 
Fair to fine plant 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium 
Triage to ordiuary 
Bold to fine bold colory... 
Middling to fine mid. ... 
Low mid. and Low grown 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
bold to fine bold 
Medium to fine 
Small 
Good to fine ordinary ... 
Mid.coarse to Sue straight 
Ord. to fine long straight 
Coarse to fine 
Ordiuary to superior 
Ordinary to fine ... 
Roping fair to good 
Middling wormy 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 tine picked 
Common to middling 
Fair Coast 
Burnt and defective 
Fair to tine heavy 
Bright & good flavour ... 
Mid. to tine, not woody.., 
Fair to bold heavy i 
„ good „ ( 
Fair to fine bright bold... 
iMiddling to good small... 
Slight foul to fine bright 
[Ordinary to fine bright, ... 
[Fair and fine bold 
|Middling coated to good 
l Fair to good flavor 
Inferior to fine 
Good to tine bold green... 
Fair middling medium... 
Common dark and small 
Finger fair to tine bold 
(Mixed middling [bright 
'Bulbs 
a £7 10s 
a 105s 
a Is 
a 9d 
a 9d 
dd 
a Is 
a yd 
5d 
_ 3d 
a ljd 
9d a 3s 
2d a Is 6d 
3d a 2s 6d 
3d a 2s 3d 
Is 6d 
61 a 2, 8d 
. a is 6 i 
d a Is 6d 
a Is Id 
5|d a Is 8d 
fd a lid 
jd a id 
102s a 10i a 
yos a lOda 
tills a 80s 
110s a 115s 
102s a 109s 
ytis a lui 3 
»7s a 10ls 
90s a 93s 
8 is a 90s 
106s a llos 6d 
lola a 105s 
95s a 101s 
90s a 95s 
£14 a £22 
£15 10s a £32 
£V a £24 
£14 a £31 
£12 a £38 
£12 a £16 
10s a 18s 
■0s a 15s 
51s a 55s 
23s ed a 33s 6d 
16s a -Zos 
14s 6d a 18s 
lis a 55s 
9s a 12s 
6a a 8s 
8* 9d a 9s 3d 
°s a 7s 9d 
7s 3d a 7s 6d 
4s 9d a 6s 
Is a 2s 6d 
Id a fd 
i£d a lfd 
20s a 33s 
TURMERIC, Madras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin ... ; Fin „ er 
VANILLOES.Mauritms &j rm sei. 
Bourbon, lsts Fin(J crygta lised 6 a 9inch 
• anaai Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 „ 
3rds J Lean & dry to middling 
\ under 6 inches 
s iLow, foxy, inferior and 
[pickings 
4tns, 
6d a 6|d 
Is a Is 6d 
16s a 19s 
13s a 15s 
10s a 12s 
5a a 9s 
£6 a £6 53 • 
£5 a £8 
£30 a £58 
£9 a £30 
6d a lOd 
3d a 5q 
Id a 3d 
10s 6d a lis 6d 
8s 6d a 9s 6d 
7s a 9a 
8s 6d a 9s 6d 
,18s a 23s 
15s a 20s 
10s a 14s 
3s a 8s Od 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
QUALITY. 
QUATATIOJil 
CLOVES, Zanzibar I 
and Pemba, per lb f 
Sterna... 
COCULUS LNDICUS 
GALLS, Bussorah j 
& Turkey f cwt. J 
[cwt, 
GUM AMMONIAC UM per 
ANIMI, washed, Jtcwt. 
scraped... 
ARABIC E.I. & Aden .. 
per cwt. Ghatti ... 
Amrad cha 
ASSAFCETIDA, per 
cwt. 
KINO, per cwt. 
M1RRH, picked „ 
Adeu sorts 
OLIBANUM, drop 
per cwt. ,, 
pickings... 
sif tings ... 
INDIARUBBER Moamln 
per lb. Ball & Sails 
Good aod fine bright .. 
Common dull to fair .. 
Common to good 
Fair 
jFair to fine dark blue .. 
Good white and green... 
Blocky to line clean 
Picked tine pale in sorts, 
part yellow and mixed 
Bean & Pea size ditto ... 
amber and red bold 
Medium & bold sorts 
Sorts 
Sorts to fine pale 
Good and line pale 
Reddish to pale brown ... 
Clean fair to fine 
Slightly stony and foul ... 
Fa.r to line bright 
fcair to nne pale 
iMiddling to good 
Fair to line white 
Reddish to middling ... 
Middling to good pale ... 
Slightly foul to fine 
que, | red hard 
age J white softish ... 
uunpe root 
liver 
FROM CALCUTTA AND 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
. 4|d a 5|d 
. { 4d a 4£d 
. lfd a l^d 
. 10s a 12s i 
. 52s 6d a 57s M 
.,40s a 60s 
20s a 50s 
'£10 10s a £18 
£9 a £10 
£5 a £8 10a 
£8 a £11 
£4 a £7 
32s a 75s 
20a a 70s 
50s a 65s 
25 s a 45s 
26s a 34s 
20s a 259 
22. 6d a 25s 
£5 a £7 
72s 6d a 85s 
37s 6d a 55s 
27s 6d a 35s 
12s a 2us 
10s a 15s 
Is 9da2s8d 
Is 4d a Is 10d 
8d a Is 6d 
Is a Is lOd 
CASTOR OIL, lsts per oz. 
2uds „ ... 
3rds „ ... 
INDIARUBBER Assam, pei 
lb. 
Rangoou ... 
Madagascar 
SAFFLOWER 
TAMARINDS 
FROM 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
ALOES, Cape, per cwt. 
Natal 
ARROWROOT Natal per lb 
FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 
THE EASTERN ISLANDS. 
Nearly water white 
Fair and good pale 
lirown and brownish 
dood to fine 
Common foul and mixed 
Fair to good clean 
Goodtofiuepinky & white 
Fair to good black 
Good to fine pinky 
Middling to fair 
Inferior and pickings ... 
Mid. to fineMac&not stony 
Stony and inferior 
4d a i\i 
3|d a 3Jd 1 
3id a 3£d 
la 9d a 2s 3d 
7d a Is 8d 
Is 7d a Is lid 
2s 2d a 2s 7d 
Is 7d a Is lOd 
60s a 70s 
40s a 60s 
15s a 25s 
10s a 12s 6d 
,4s a 6s 
..[Fair dry to fine bright 2 's a 2«s 6d 
..Common Sc middling soft a 23 8 
..Fair to fine ..-none here 
Middling to fine ... Ud a 3d 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
ALOES. SOSOOtrme -jGoodand fine dry 
Zanzibar & Hepatic... <j ommoaan d good 
CHILLIES, Zanzibar - pair to line bright 
,.,'£4 a £7 
„ 40s a £55s 
...;31sa34s 
Ordinary and middling... ,25s a 30s j. 
CAMPHOR, China, f cwt 
Japan 
GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt. .. 
Block [per lb 
GUTTA PERCHA, genuine 
Sumatra. 
Re boiled. 
White Borneo 
NUTMEGS, large, per lb., 
Medium 
Small 
MACE, per lb. 
RHUBARB, Sun dried, per 
lb. 
High dried 
SAGO, Pearl, large, $ cwt. 
medium 
small 
Flour [per lb, 
TAPIOCA, Penang Flake 
Singapore 
Flour 
Pearl 
Good, pure, & dry white 
» pink 
Ordinary to fine free .. 
Pressed 
Good 
Fine clean Banj & Maca- 
Barky to fair [sar 
Common to fine clean 
Good to fine clean 
Inferior and barky 
57's a 80's, garbled 
83's a 95's 
100's a 160's 
Pale reddish to fine pale 
Ordinary to fair 
Chips and dark 
Good to line sound 
Darkordinary & middling 
Good to fine 
Dark, rough & middling 
Fair to fine 
Good pinky to white 
Fair to fine 
Bullet, per cwt. 
Medium 
Seed 
1 200s a 210s 
40s a 42s 6d 
nominal 
27s 
4s a 5s 
2s 6d a 3s 9d 
7d a 2s 
Is lOd a 2s8d 
Is 4d a IS 9d 
2s 7d a 49 
2s 4d a 2s 9d 
2s a 2s 6d 
2s 8d a 3s 3d 
2s 21 a 2s 6d 
Is lOd a 2s 2d 
Is 3d a 3s 2d 
8d a Is 3d 
9da Is Id 
3d a 7d 
17s a 17s 6d 
16s a 17s 6d 
12s 6da 13s 6d 
8s a 12s 
l*d a 2$d 
HA a 2*d 
10s a 17s 6d 
20s a 21s 
17s a 18S 6d | 
17s a 181 
