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The tropical agriculturist, rjANi/ARv 4, ms. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 
(From Lewis & Peat's London Price Current, 8th December 1887.) 
FROM MALABAR 
COAST, COCHIN, 
CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 
BEES' WAX, White 
Yellow 
CINCHONA BARK— Crown 
Red 
CARDAMOMS Malabar 
and Ceylon 
Aleppee 
Tellicherry 
Mangalore 
Long Ceylon 
CINNAMON lsts 
2nds 
3rds 
4ths 
Chips 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COFFEE CeylonPlantation 
Native 
Liberian 
East Indian 
Native 
COIRROPE.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.sif ted 
Alleppee & Cochin „ 
Tellicherry, White 
PLUMBAGO Lump 
Chips 
dust 
RED WOOD 
SAP AN WOOD 
SANDAL WOOD, logs 
Do. chips 
SENNA, Tinnevelli 
QUALITY. 
TURMERIC, Madras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin 
VANILLOES, Mauritius & 
Bourbon, lsts 
2nd» 
3rds 
4th 
f Slightly sof tsih to good 
\ hard bright 
Do. drossy &dark ditto... 
Renewed 
Medium to fine Quill ... 
Spoke shavings 
Branch 
Renewed 
Medium togood Quill ... 
Spoke shavings 
Branch 
Twig 
Clipped, bold, bright.fin 
Middling, stalky & lean 
Fair to fine plump clipped 
Good to fine 
Brownish 
Good &fine, washed, bgt. 
Middling to good 
Ord. to fine pale quill ... 
Woody and hard 
Fair to fine plant 
Bold to good bold 
Medium 
Triage to ordinary 
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 fin e 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 andmedium 
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 
Good 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 whole 
Do split 
QUOTATIONS 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
ALOES, Soccotrine and 
Hepatic. 
CHILLIES, Zanzibar 
JE6 a £C 10s 
£4 10s a £6 
Is a 2s 6d 
I s id a 2s 
6d a Is 2d 
2d a 6d 
Sda 2s 
6d a 2s 
3d a 7d 
2d aid 
Id 
2s 6d a 3s 
Is a 2s 
Is 3d a 2s 4d 
Is 6d a 2s 
6d a Is 3d 
Is 4d a 3s 
8d a Is 4d 
8d a Is 5d 
id a Is 2d 
7d a Is 
GJd a lOd 
2f d a 8d 
80s a 85s 
72s a 78s 
53s a 66s 
90s a 94a 
87s a 90s 
84s a 87s 
82s a 88s 6d 
75s a 80s 
71s a 78s 
a 92s 
86s a 89s 
83s a 85s 
75s a 80s 
£5 a £15 
£13 a £36 
£10 a £18 
£13 a £35 
£1.3 a £35 
£11 a £15 10s 
8s a 22s 
9s a 15s 
85s a £5 5s 
35s a 58s 
28s a 45s 
20s a 27s 
30s a £6 
10s a 15s 
— a 93 
6s 6d a 8s Gd 
6s a 5s 9d 
5s a 5s Gd 
4s a 4s 6d 
Is a 3s 
jf* aid 
lid a 2d 
36s a 38s ' 
8d a 8|d 
none here 
1 2s Gd a 17s 
7s a 12s 
6s alOsGd 
5s a 9s 
£o 
£6 a £7 
£20 a £44 
£5 10s a £22 
7dals 
3d a G7U 
1(1 a 3d 
IDs a lis 
9s a 10s 
7s Gda 8s 
7s Gd a 8s 
Fine crystalised 6 a 9incb]i7s a 25s 
Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, 16s a 20s 
f Lean & dry to middling, 
\ under 6 inches ...10s a 16s 
Low, foxy, inferior and 
[pickings ts a 8s 
Good and fine dry ...i£5 a £7 
Common and good ... 65s a £7 10s 
Good to fine bright ... 3t's a 32s 
Ordinary and middling.,. 25b a 29s 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
CLOVES, Zanzibar \ 
»nd Petnba, per lb I 
,, Stems... 
COCULUS INDICUS 
GALLS, Bussorah lblue 
& Turkey jycwt. 
[cwt. 
GUM AMMONIACUM per 
ANIMI, washed, $ cwt 
scraped... 
ARABIC, E.I. & Aden., 
per cwt. Ghatti ... 
Amrad clia 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATION 
Good and fine bright 
Common dull to fair 
„ fresh 
Fair 
.JlOJda 10*4 
.. 9? a I0ld 
.. 2{i a 2*d, 
.. fls a 9s 6d 
ASSAFCKTIDA, per 
cwt. 
KINO, per cwt 
MYRRH, picked „ 
Aden sortsjMiddling to good 
OLIBANUM, drop |Fair to fine white 
per cwt. „ iReddish to middling 
pickings.. .(Middling to good pale 
sittings ... slightly foul to fine 
[NDIARUBBER Mozambi qU g ( \ ie & hard 
per lb. Ball & saus age ' } w hite sof tish 
unripe root 
liver 
FROM CALCUTTA AND 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
CASTOR OIL, lsts peroz. 
2nds 
3rds „ ... 
INDIARUBBERAssam.per 
lb. 
Rangoon ... 
scar 
SAFFLOWER 
TAMARINDS 
Fair to fine dark blue ... 55s a 60s 
Good white and green... 15s a 53s 
Blocky to fine clean ... 1 1 5s a 35s 
Picked fine pale in sorts,i£12 10s a £14 
part yellow and mixed £10 a £11 10s 
£5 a £11 
i£7 a £9 
£5 a £7 
90s a 120s 
;50s a 95s 
95s a £6 los 
45s a 82s 
35s a 40s 
25s a 30s 
42s a 46s 
£6 a £7 10s 
70s a 100s 
44s a 55s 
32s a 43s 
158 a 18s 
13s a 14s 
2s Id a 2s 3d 
Is 7d a Is 114 
7d a Is 2d 
Is 4da Is 9d 
Bean & Pea size ditto 
amber and dark bold 
Medium & bold sorts 
Sorts 
woody to fine pale 
Good and fine pale 
Reddish clean 
Clean fair to fine 
Slightly stony and foul . 
Fair to fine bright 
Fair to fine pale 
Nearly water white 
Fair and good pale 
Brown and brownish ... 
Good to fine 
Common foul and mixed 
Fair to good clean 
Good to fine pinky &white 
Fair to good black 
Good to fine pinky 
| Middling to fair 
i Inferior and pickings 
••! Mid.to &oeblacknot stony 
Stony and inferior 
FROM 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
3}d a 4d 
2|da 3d 
2$d a 2 jd 
Is lOd a 2s 3Jd 
6d a Is 8d 
Is 6d a 2a Id 
2s a 2s 4d 
lis 6d a Is lOd 
l£4 10s a £5 lOt 
i£3 5sa£4 2s6d 
i£l a £1 10s 
10s a 16s 
3s a Gs 
ALOES, Cape, per cwt. ..-Fairdry to fine bright ... 
,, ••■ Common & middling soft 
Natal ••• Fairtofine 
ARROWROOT Natal per lb Middling to fine 
23s a 26s 
7s a 22s 
25s a 30s 
ljd a 2fd 
FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 
THE EASTERN ISLANDS. 
CAMPHOR, China, cwt. 
Japan 
GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt. ... 
Block [p*rlb. 
GUTTA PERCHA, genuine 
Sumatra.. 
Reboiled.. 
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 
„ ,. P m k 
Ordinary to tine free ... 
Pressed 
Good 
Fine clean Ban j & Ma cas- 
Barky to fair [sar 
Common to fine clean ... 
Good to fine clean 
Inferior and barky 
61's a 80's, garbled 
83's a 95's 
100's a 160's 
Pale reddish to pale 
Ordinary to red 
Chips 
Good to fine sound 
Dark ordinary & middling 
Good to fine 
Dark, rough & middling 
Fairtofine 
Good pinky to white ,, 
Fair to fine 
Bullets, per cwt. 
Medium ,, 
Seed •> 
1 80s a Sos 
Sis 6d a 35s 6d 
none here 
23s 6d a 24s 
,2s 4d a 3d 3d 
6d a 2s 3d 
Id a Is 4d 
lid a Is 3d 
Id a8d 
2s lod a 4s 
1i 4d a 2s 9d 
Is 4d a 2s 3d 
2s 7d a 2s 8d 
2s Id a 2s 6d 
Is 9d a 2s 3d 
Is 4d a 3s 2d 
8d a Is 3d 
s^d a lOd 
3d a 7d 
10s a 14s 6d 
9s a 14s 
8s 64 a 13s 6d 
9s a 10s 
2 id a 2*d 
i^i a 2fd 
los a 18s 6d 
27s a 28s 
21s Gd a 22a 6d 
19s a 2(js 
