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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[May 
iRSK. 
FROM MALABAR 
COAST, COCHIN, 
CEYLON, MADRAS, &c 
BEES' WAX, White 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 
(From Lewis <£• Peat's London Price Current, 12th April 1888.) 
QUALITY. [QUOTATIONS, j FROM BOMBAY QUALITY. 
Yellow 
CINCHONA BARK— Crown 
Red 
f Slightly softish to good 
\ hard bright ... £6 a £G 10? 
Do. drossy &dark ditto... 833 a 105s 
Renewed ... 5d a ls 6d 
Medium to fine Quill ... 8d a Is 
Spoke shavings Id a 91 
Branch 2d a 6d 
Renewed ,3d a Is (id 
Medium togood Quill ...[Gd a 9d 
Spoke shavings ( 3d a 7d 
| Branch 2d a 4d 
Twig ldaljd 
CARDAMOMS Malabar clipped, bold, bright,nnel2 s a 2. 6d 
and Ceylon Middling, stalky & lean 3d n 2s 
Alleppee F alr to fine plump clipped l s 3d a 2s 
Tellicherry[ Good to nne ... Is Gd a 3a 
I Brownish ... Gd a ls 3d 
Mangalore \a 00 & &fine, washed, bgt 
Long Ceylon'jaiddling to good 
CINNAMON lsts 0 rd. to fine pale quill .. 
Chips 
COCOA, Ceylon .. 
2nds 
3rds 
4ths 
Woody and hard ... 
Fair to fine plant... 
Bold to good bold 
Medium 
iTriage to ordinary 
COFFEE CeylonPlantation ^ 0 iato fine bold colory 
Native 
Liberian 
East Indian 
Native 
Middling to fine mid. . 
Low mid.andLow grawn 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium to fine 
Small 
Good to fine ordinary 
COIRROPE,Ceylon&CochiQj M jd..coarsetofinestraigh: 
FIBRE, Brush 
Stuffing ... 
COIR YARN, Ceylou 
Cochin 
Do 
COLOMBO ROOT, sifted ... 
CROTON SEEDS, sifted ... 
GINGER, Cochin, Cut 
Rough 
GUM ARABIC, Madras... 
MUX VOMICA 
MYRABOLANES Pale, ... 
Pickings 
OIL, CINNAMON 
CITRONELLE 
LEMON GRASS 
ORCHELLA WEED 
PEPPER.Malabarblk.sifted 
Alleppee & Cochin „ 
Tellicherry, White ... 
PLUMBAGO Lump 
Chips 
dust 
RED WOOD 
SAP AN WOOD 
SANDAL WOOD, logs ... 
Do. chips ... 
SENNA, Tinnevelli 
TURMERIC, Madras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin 
VANILLOES, Mauritius &c 
Bourbon, lsts 
2nds 
Is a 2s 4d 
8,1 a Is 4d 
3.1 a ls 5 1 
7f d a ls 4d 
6Jd a ls Id 
5£d a lOjd 
2$i a 8d 
30s a 90* 
74s a 78s 
6O3 a 72s 
90s a 1053 
77s a 88s 
72s a 76s 
«9s a 71s 
60s a 70s 
50s a 69s 
903 a 1043 
77s a 88s 
3 a 73s 6d 
t!03 a 70s 
£5 a £15 
£13 a £32 
£9 a £18 
£13 a £35 
£13 a £35 
£11 a £15 
3s a 24s 
10s a 15s 
6S3 a 87s 6d 
28s a 493 
253 a 453 
16s a 23s 
30s a £6 10s 
10s a 12s 
7s a 9s 
5s 3d a 7s 6d 
33 Gd a 4s 9d 
4s 9d a 5s 
2s 6da 3s 3d 
8d a 23 Gd 
}i aid 
Ifd a 2d 
35s a 37s 
fa" a 8|d 
... none here 
Fair to fine bright bold... 12s Gd a 17s 
Middling to good small... 7s a 12s 
Slight foul to fine bright 6s a 10s 
Ordinary to fine bright ... 5s a 9s 
Fair and fine bold ....£4 15s a £5 
Middling coated to good £8 a £9 
Fair to good flavor ... £20 a £44 
Inferior to fine £5 10s a £22 
Good to fine bold green. ,.|7d a lOd 
Fair middling medium... 3d a 6a 
Common dark and small|id a 2Jd 
Finger fair to fine boldj7s a 8s 
Mixed middling [bright 6s a 6s 6d 
Bulbs whole 5s a 5s Bel 
Do split i5s a 5s 3d 
Ord. to line long straight 
Coarse to fine 
lOrdinary to superior ... 
[Ordinary to fine 
Roping fair togood 
Middling wormy to fine... 
Fair to fine fresh 
Good to fine bold 
Small andmedium 
Fair to fine bold ... 
Small 
Dark to fine pile 
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 j 
Fine crystalised 6 a Oincli 17s a 25s 
Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, 14s a 19s 
3rds ' / Lean & dryto middling 
\ under 6 inches ... '93 a 14s 
Low, foxy, inferior and ! 
[pickings'ls a 8s 
K ROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
AI.OKS, Sojcotrine and 
Hepatic 
CHILLIES, Zanz bar 
'Good and fine dry ... £."> a £7 
Common and good ... G5s a £7 10s 
Fair to fine bright ..J29sa31s 
Ordinary and middling,,, 24s a 28s 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
CLOVES, Zanzibar 
mrt Pemha, per lb I 
,, Stems... 
COCULUS INDICU.S 
GALLS, Bussorah 1 
& Turkey Sf cu t. 
[cwt. 
GUM AMMONIAC UM per 
ANIMI, washed, ii>c«c 
QUOTATIONS. 
scraped... 
ARABIC, E.I. & Aden .. 
per cwt. Ghatii ... 
Amrad ohii 
ASSAFCETIDA, per 
cwt. 
KINO, per cwt. 
MYRRH, picked „ 
Aden sorts 
OLIBANUM, drop 
per cwt. „ 
pickings... 
sittings ... 
INDIARUBBER Mozambi 
per lb. Ball & sails 
Gdt 1 and fi'i- b ight 
Common dull to fair 
Fair fresh 
Fair 
Fair to fine d.irk blu - 1 
Good white and green... 
Bloeky to line clean 
Picked tine pale in sorts, 
part yellow and mixed 
Bean &. Pea size ditto ... 
amber and dark bold 
Medium & bold sorts ... 
Sorls 
Woody to fine pale 
Good and tine pale 
Reddish to pale brown ... 
Clean fair to line 
Slightly stony ami foul ... 
Fa r to line bright 
I Fair to ine pale 
Middling to good 
Fair to tine white 
Reddish to middling ... 
Middling togood pale ... 
Slightly foul to fine 
que, 1 red hard 
age J white softish 
unripe root 
liver 
.. 7 a 7 a L d 
,61a 7d 
... l'jd a ljl 
...8s 
... 55s a 62s 6d 
453 a 53s 
10s a 35s 
£12 l\si£13 1 
£10 a £11 10s 
£5 a £10 
£7 a £9 
£5 a £7 
90s a 130s 
50s a 120s 
95s a £« 15s 
45s a 90s 
35s a 40s 
25s a 30.3 
1 32s a 318 
£6 a £7 10s 
70s a 100 s 
40s a 50s 
'-309 a 38s 
jl2s a 18.3 
! 12sGla 14s 6d 
2s a 2s 2 1 
la 3d a Is lOd 
51 a ls 2d 
Is 2d a Is 7Jd 
FROM CALCUTTA AND 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
CASTOR OIL, lsts per oz Nearly water white 
2nds ., ... Fair and good pale 
3rds ,, ... ! Brown and brownish 
INDIARUBBER Assam, pei jGood to fine 
lb. Common foul and mixed 
Rangoon ...iFair to good clean 
Madagascar Goodto line pinky &white 
Fair to good black 
SAFFLOWER ... Good to fine pinky 
Middling to fair 
Inferior and picking s ... 
TAMARINDS ... Mid. to fineWacinot stony 
Stony and inferior 
FROM 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
3*d a 43- 1 
Sid a 2£d 
2d a 2}d 
ls lOda 2s 21 
6d a Is 8d 
ls <id a 2s Id 
2s a 2s 21 
ls lid a ls lOd 
85s alOOs 
55s a 80s 
15s a 25s 
10s a IBs 
3s a Gs 
ALOES, Cape, per cwt. ...[Fair dry to fine bright ... 
„ ...jConimon & middling soft 
Natal ...Fairtofine 
ARROWROOT Natal per lb j Middling to fine 
FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 
THE EASTERN ISLANDS 
20s a 22s 
7s a 193 
none here 
l^d a 2^1 
CAMPHOR, China, y cwt. 
Japan 
GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt. ... 
Good, pure, & dry white j.g 5ga . 
Ordinary to fine free ... 32s 6d a 33s 
Pressed iiione here 
Block [p°rlb.Good ...|21s 9d a 22s 
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 
Fiue clean Banj & Macas- 2s id a 3s 3d 
Barky to fair [sarjod a 2s 3d 
1 
Jommon to fine clean 
Good to fine clean 
Inferior and barkv 
Bl's a 80's, garbled 
83's a 95's 
100'sal60's 
Pale reddish to fine paU 
Ordinary to red 
Chips and dark 
Good to fine sound 
Darkordinary &. middling 
Good to line 
Dark, rough & middling 
Fairtofine 
Good pinky to white 
Fair to tine 
Bullets, per cwt. 
Medium , , 
Seed i. 
Ida ls Id 
lid a ls 3d 
Id a 8d 
2s 7d a 3s 4d 
2s 2d a 2s lid 
Is 3 1 a 2s 
2s 2d a 23 Sd 
ls lOd a 2.-, Id 
ls 6d a ls 9d 
2s a 4s 
3d a ls 8d 
S|d a lid 
sd a 7d 
10s a l is 
9s a 12s 8d 
8s a lis 
JSs Gd a 9s Gd 
:'|d» 3d 
12 jd a2|d 
15s a 20s 
23s a 25s 
•'us a 21s 
|l9g a 20s 
