864 
THF tftOPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[June 2, 189 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 
(From Lewis & Peat's London Price Current, 8th May 1890. ) 
FROM MALABAR 
COAST, COCHIN, 
DEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 
BEES' WAX, White 
Yellow ... 
CINCHONA BARK— Crown 
Red 
CARDAMOMS Malabar 
and Ceylon 
Alleppee 
Tellicherry 
Man galore 
Long Ceylon 
CINNAMON lsts 
2nds 
3rds 
4ths 
Chips 
COCOA, Ceylon 
QUALITY. 
J Slightly sottish to good 
\ hard bright 
Do. drossy &dark ditto... 
Renewed ... 
Medium to fine Quill ... 
gpoke shavings 
Branch 
Renewed 
IVjediuin to good Quill... 
Spoke shavings 
B r anch 
Twig 
Clipped, bold, bright, fine 
Middling, stalky & leaD 
Fair to fine plump clipped 
Good to fine 
Brownish 
Good &fine, washed, bgt. 
Middling to good 
Ord. to fine pale ^uill ... 
'COFFEE Ceylon Plantation 
Native 
Liberian 
East Indian 
Native 
COlfiROPE.Ceylon&Coohin 
FlBBE, Brush 
• Stuffing . 
COIR YARN, Ceylon 
Cochin 
Do 
■COLOMBO ROOT, sifted . 
CROTON SEEDS, sifted . 
<JINGER, 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 
SANDAL WOOD, logs 
Do. chips 
SENNA, Tinnevelly 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
Woody and hard 
Fair to fine plant 
Bold to fine bold ,.i 
Medium 
Triage to ordinary 
Bold to fine bold colory... 
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 tofine straight 
Ord. to fine long straight 
Coarse to fine 
Ordinary to superior 
Ordinary to fine ... 
Roping fair 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 
Fair to fine bright bold.. 
Middling to good Email 
£6 a £7 10s 
a 105s 
3d a Is 
4d a 9d 
2d a 9d 
Id a 3d 
2d a Is 
4d a 9d 
2d a 5d 
Id a 3d 
Id a ljd 
Is 6d a 2s 9d 
lOd a Is 6d 
Is 4d a 3s 4d 
Is 3d a 2s 3d 
9d a Is 3d 
Is 6d a 2s 8d 
Bd a 2s 
6jd a Is 6d 
Bd a Is Id 
5Jd a Is 8d 
5Jd a lid 
2$d a 7d 
105s a 112 s 6d 
95s a 100s 
60s a 90s • 
104s a 110s 
101s a 103s 
95s a 98s 
. 94s a 97s 6d 
90s a 95s 
90s a 97s 
lU4s a 115s 
100s a 105s 
93s a 9 is 
90s a 95s 
£14 a £22 
£15 5s a £32 
£5 a £18 
£13 a £34 
£12 a £38 
£12 a £16 
10s a 18s 
10s a 15s 
60s a 70s 
32s a 43s 6d 
21s a 34s 
21s a 23s 
15s a 55s 
a 12s 
tis a 8s 
8s 9d i 
-- a 8s 
7s 6d a 8s 
4s 9d a 0s 
Is a 2s 6d 
fdafd 
ijd a lfd 
20s a 33s 
5f d a 6d 
Is 9d a 2s 
15s a 19s 
lis a 14s 
i 9s 6d 
UilUVlli^fg " 
Slight foul to fine bright ? 3 a Us 6d 
Ordinary to fine bright ... 58 a 9 a 
Fair and fine bold ... ** 10s a £4 15s 
Middling coated to good • £8 
Fair to good flavor ... ^0 a £58 
Inferior to fine ;£9 a £30 
Good to fine bold green. „:§d a lOd 
Fair middling medium... ^d a 5d 
Common dark and small Id a 3d 
Finger fair to fine bold 113 a 15s 6d 
Mixed middling [bright 138 a 14s 
Bulbs 10s a 12s 
Finger '10a a lis 
TURMERIC, Madras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin 
VANILLOES.Mauritius & 
Bourbon, lsts Fine crystalised 6 a 9inch 18s a 2os 
2nds foxy & reddish 5 a 8 „ |15s a 20s 
q.j„ ( Lean & dry to middling 
6 \ under 6 inches ... ;10s a 14s 
4ths Low, foxy, inferior and 
[pickings 3s a 8s 6d 
ALOES, Soccotrine ... Good and fine dry 
Zanzibar & Hepatic... Common aud good 
CHILLIES', Zanzibar ...fair to fine bright 
a £7 
,„i40a a £5 
bright _ ...|5 aa i 8a 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
CLOVES, Zanzibar 1 
and Pemba, per lb f 
Stems... 
COCULUS INDICUS 
GALLS, Bussorah ) 
& Turkey f cwt. j 
[ewt, 
GUM AMMONIACUM per 
ANIMI, washed, $ cwt. 
scraped... 
ARABIC E.I. & Aden .. 
per cwt. Ghatti ... 
Amrad cha 
ASSAFCETIDA, per 
QUALITY. 
Good and fine bright 
Common dull to fair 
Common to good 
Fair 
Fair to fine dark blue ... 52s 6d a 57s 6d 
Good white and green... 409 a 50s 
Blocky to fine clean ...affls-a 50s 
Picked fine pale in sorts.^10 10s a £13 
part yellow and mixed!£9 a £10 
Bean & Pea size ditto ...|£5a£8 10s 
amber and red bold ...|£8a£ll 
Medium & bold sorts ... 1 £4 a £7 
Sorts 32s a 75s 
Sorts tofine pale ... 20s a 70s 
Good and fine pale ... 5°s a 65s 
Reddish to pale brown ... 25s a 45s 
Clean fair to fine ... 26s a 34s 
cwt. Slightlystony and foul ... 208 a 25s 
KINO, per cwt. Fair to fine bright ... 25s a 30s 
MYRRH, picked „ Fair to fine pale ... £5 a £7 
Aden sorts [Middling to good ... 72s 6d a 80s 
OLIBANUM, drop [Fair to fine white ... 408 a 55s 
per cwt. „ Reddish to middling ... 27s 6d a 37s 
pickings.. . Middling togood pale 12s a 2Us 
sittings ...ISlightly foul to fine . 10sal5s 
INDIARUBBER Mozambique, 1 red hard " 2s a 2s 6d 
per lb. Ball & Sauslage / white softish ... 18 5d a 2s 
unripe root 8d a Is 6d 
liver "' Is a 2s 
FROM CALCUTTA AND 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
CASTOR OIL, lsts per oz. 
2nds „ ... 
3rds „ ... 
INDIARUBBER Assam, pei 
lb. 
Rangoon ... 
Madagascar 
SAFFLOWER 
TAMARINDS 
Nearly water white 
Fair and good pale 
Brown and brownish 
Good to fine 
Common foul and mixed 
Fair to good clean ...1^ 
Goodtofinepinky &white 2s 4 d a 3s 
r™A° g r dbla , ck -'Is lid a 2s aa 
Goodtofinepinky .... 60 sa70s 
(Ordinary and middling...^ 88 a 3 3a K 
FROM 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
ALOES, Cape, per cwt. 
Natal 
ARROWROOT Natal per lb. 
4d a 4Jd 
3|d a 3|d 
3|d a 3£d 
2s a 2s 5d 
7d a Is lOd 
Is lOd a 2s 
Middling to fair 
Inferior and pickings 
Mid. to fine&iac&not stony 
Stony and inferior 
40s a 6us 
15s a 25s 
10s a 12s 6d 
4s a 6a 
FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 
THE EASTERN ISLANDS. 
CAMPHOR, China, ewt. 
Japan 
GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt. .. 
Block [per lb, 
GUTTA PERCHA, genuine 
Sumatra.. 
Reboiled.. 
White Borneo 
NUTMEGS, large, per lb... 
Medium 
Small 
MACE, per lb. 
Fair dry to fine bright ... 
Common & middling soft 
Fair to fine 
Middling to fine 
EHUBARB, Sun dried, per 
lb. 
High dried 
SAGO, Pearl, large, $ cwt 
medium ... 
3 mall 
Flour [per lb, 
TAPIOCA, Penang FUke 
Singapore 
Flour 
Pearl 
Good, pure, & dry white 
» pink 
Ordinary to fine free 
Pressed 
Good 
Fine clean Banj & Maca 
Barky to fair [ sa 
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 palely 8d Vtoi 
Ordinary to fair ... 2 S 4da2s7l 
C^Ps and dark ...lslOdafcM 
Good to fine sound .. 'i s -;d a 3s 2d 
Dark ordinary & middling 8d a Is 3d 
Good to fine 
23s a 24s 6d 
12s a 23s 
none here 
l^d a 3d 
1 130s a 14 
38s a 41s 
nornin 
27s 3d 
3s 6d a 4s ( 
2s a 33 4d 
4d a 2s 
Is lOd a 2s 8 
Is 4d a Is S 
2s 8£d a 
2s 7 M a 2s 8 
2s a 2s 7d I 
. 9da Is Id 
Dark rough & middling 3d a 7d' 
Fair tofine 
Good pinky to white 
Fair to fine 
(Bullet, per cwt. 
Medium 
Seed 
17s a 17s 61 
16s a 17a Mi 
12s a 13s 6d 
8s a 12s 1 
l|da 2Jd J 
l|da2Sd 
10s a 178 M 
32s 
... 17s al8s 6d, 
...il6s 6d a Ifl 
