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The tropical agriculturist. 
[July 2, 1888 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NSW PRODUCTS. 
(From Lewis & Peat's London Price Current, 7th June, 1888.) 
FROM MALABAR 
COAST, COCHIN, 
CEYLON, MADRAS, &0. 
QUALITY. 
BEES' WAX, White 
Yellow 
CINCHONA BARK— Crown 
Red 
QUOTATIONS. < FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
< Slightly sof tish. to good 
\ hard bright ...£6a£6 103 
Do. drossy &dark ditto... 85s a 105s 
Renewed 5d a Is 6d 
Medium to fine Quill ...8dals 
Spoke shavings 4d a 9d 
Branch 2d a 6d 
Renewed 3d a Is 6d 
Medium to good Quill ... 6d a 9d 
Spoke shavings 3d a 7d 
.Branch |2da4d 
(Twig jldaljd 
(Clipped, bold, bright, fine.ls 10d a 2s 6d 
Middling, stalky & lean 3d a Is 6d 
Fair to fine plump clipped is 3d a 2s 
CARDAMOMS Malabar 
and Ceylon 
Alleppee 
Tellicherry 
Mangalore 
Long Ceylon 
CINNAMON lsts 
2nds 
3rds 
4ths Woody and hard 
Chips ... Fair to fine plant... 
COCOA, Ceylon jBold to good bold 
... Medium 
Triage to ordinary 
COFFEE Ceylon Plantation Bold to finebold colory 
Good to fine 
Brownish 
Good &fine, washed, bgt 
Middling to good 
Ord. to fine pale quill .. 
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 
PLUMBAGO Lump 
Chips 
dust 
RED WOOD 
SAP AN WOOD 
SANDAL WOOD, logs 
Do. chips 
SENNA, Tinnevelli 
TUKM ERIC, Madras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin 
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.coarseto fine straight 
Ord. to fine long straight 
Coarse to fine 
Ordinary 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 palo 
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 i 
good „ f 
Is a Is 6d 
6d a lid 
is a 2s 2d 
8d a Is 4d 
8d a Is 4d 
7§d a Is 3d 
6§d a Is 
5§d a lOd 
l|d a 7d 
86s a 88s 
78s a 83s 
60s a 75s 
90s a 104s 
75s a 87s 6d 
75s a 78s 
72s a 74s 
60s a 70s 
50s a 68s 
88s a 104s 
77s a 86s 
69s a 73s 6d 
60s a 70s 
£5 a £15 
£13 a £28 
£9 a £16 
£13 a £35 
£13 a £35 
£10 a £14 
8s a 24s 
10s a 15s 
63s a 80s 
27s a 45s 
21s a 40s 
15s a 23s 
30s a £6 
10s a 12s 
7s a 9s 
5s 3d a 7s 6d 
33 6d a 4s 9d 
4s 9d a 5s 
2a 6da 33 3d 
_d a 2s 6d 
|1 a Id 
'fd 
35s a 38s 6d 
7|d a 8d 
none here 
2s 6d a 17s 
Fair to fine bright bold. . . - 
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 10s a £4 15s 
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... 8d a Is 3d 
Fair middling medium... 3d a Gd 
Common dark and smallljd a 2Jd 
• Finger fair to fine bold 7s 6d a 8s 
Mixed middling [brightlSs 6d a 6s 6d 
Bulbs whole 5s a 5s Gd 
Do split |5s a 5s 3d 
VANIIJ.OES,. Mauritius & 
Bourbon, lsts'Fine crystallised 6 a 9inch 17s a 25s 
2nds Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, jl4s a 19s 
3rds 
4th 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
J Lean & dry to middlingj 
\ under 6 inches ... 9s a 14s 
Low, foxy, inferior and 
[pickings 4s a 8s 
AI.OKS, SoaOOtriue and (Good and fine dry ... £5 a £7 
Hepatic.., Common and good ... GOs a £7 10s 
CHILLIES, Zanzibar ...'Fair to fine bright ... 30s a 33s 
Ordinary and middling.,, 24s a 29s 
CLOVES, Zanzibar 1 
and Pernba, per lb f 
Stems... 
COCULUSINDICITS 
GALLS, Bussorah 
& Turkey fcwt. 
[cwt. 
GUM AMMONIACUM per 
ANIMI, washed, $ cw fc. 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS' 
Good and fin* b-ight ... ft* a 7|d 
Common dull to fair .. Gd a 7d 
Fair fresh ... W a „ ljd 
Fair ... ° 8 a " s 
'Fair to fine dark blue ... 55s a 62s 6d 
scraped... 
ARABIC, E.I. & Aden .. 
per cwt. Ghatti ... 
Amrad elm 
ASSAFQETIDA, per 
cwt. 
KINO, per cwt. 
MYRRH, picked „ 
Aden sorts 
OLIBANUM, drop 
per cwt. ,, 
P'ckings. 
sittings .. 
INDIARUBBER Mozambi 
per lb. Ball & Saus 
FROM CALCUTTA AND 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
Good white and green... 
Blocky to fine clean 
Picked fine pale in sorts, 
part yellow and mixed 1 
Bean & Peasize ditto ... 
amber and red bold 
Medium & bold sorts 
Sorts 
Woody to fine pale 
Good and tine pale 
Reddish to pale brown ... 
Clean fair to line 
Slightly stonv and foul 
Fair to tine bright 
Fair to line pale 
Middling to good 
Fair to fine white 
Reddish to middling 
'Middling to good pale 
Slightly foul to fiue 
que, I red hard 
age J white sof tish 
unripe root 
liver 
CASTOR OIL, lsts per oz. Nearly water white 
2nds ,, ... Fairand good pale 
3rds ,, ... Brown and brownish 
INDIARUBBER Assam, pei^Good to fine 
lb- Common foul and mixed 
Rangoon ...[Fair to good clean 
MadagascarjQoodto fine pinky &white 
Fair to good black 
SAFFLOWER -. 'Good to fine pinky 
Middling to fair 
Inferior and pickings ... 
TAMARINDS ...iMid.tofineiZacitnot stony 
Stony and inferior 
15s a 53s 
10s a 35s 
£12 a £12 10s 
£10 a £11 10s 
£5 a £10 
£8 a £10 15s 
£5 a £7 
90s a 130s 
45s a 120s 
95s a £6 10s 
40s a 80s 
35s a 40s 
25s a 30s 
32s a 34s 
£6 a £7 10s 
70s a 100s 
40s a 55s 
30s a 38s 
12s a 20s 
11, fid a 15s 
Is lOd a 2s 
Is 3d a Is 8d 
5d a Is 2d 
Is 2d a lstfd 
FROM 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
ALOES, Cape, per cwt. .. 
Natal 
ARROWROOT Natal per lb 
FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 
THE EASTERN ISLANDS 
CAMPHOR, China, f cwt. 
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 
3id a 4ld 
2*d a 2|d 
2d a 21d 
Is lOd a 2s 
6d a Is 8d 
Is 6d a 2s 
2s a 2s Id 
Is 6d a Is lOd 
85sal00s 
55s a 80s 
153 a 25s 
10s a 16s 
3s a 6s 
Good, pure, & dry white 
, ,, pink 
Ordinary to fine free ... 
Pressed 
Good 
Fine clean Banj & Macas- 
Barky to fair [sar|6d a 2s 3d 
Common to fine clean ... Id a Is 4d 
20s a 22s 
7s a 19s 
none here 
ljd a 2|d 
1 70s a 75s 
32s 6d a 33s 6d 
26s a 30s 
22s 6d a 23s 
2s 4d a 3s 3d 
Good to fine clean 
Inferior and barky 
61's a 80's, garbled 
83's a 95's 
100's a 160's 
... lid a Is 3d 
...|ld a8d 
...12s 8d a 3s 4d 
... 2s 3d a 2s 7±d 
, Is 3d a 2s Id 
RHUBARB, Sun dried, per 
lb. 
High dried .. 
SAGO, Pearl, large, $ cwt 
medium ... 
small 
Flour [per lb, 
TAPIOCA, Peuaug Flake 
Singapore 
Flour 
Pearl 
Pale reddish to fine pale 2s 9d a 3s 
Ordinary to red ... 2s 4d a 2s 8d 
Chips and dark ... 2s a 2s 3d 
Good to fine sound ... Is 4d a 3s 6d 
Darkordiuary&middlinglSd a Is 3d 
Good to fine ...ted a lid 
Dark, rough & middling 3d a 7d 
Fairtofine ...10s a 13s 
9s a 12s 
8s a lis 
8s a 9s 
2}d a 3d 
2[d a 2|d 
10s a 18s 
22s 6d a 233 
21s a 22s 
19s a 20s 
Good pinky to white 
Fair to fine 
Bullet, per cwt. 
Medium ,, 
Seed 
