THS TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[October i, 18 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD A.NO N«:W PRODUCTS. 
(From Lewi" <£ Peat's London Price Current, 13th September 1888.) 
FROM MALABAR 
COAST, COCHIN, 
CEYLON, MADRAS, &e. 
BEES' WAX, White 
Yellow 
CINCHONA BARK-Crown 
Red 
CARDAMOMS Malabar 
and Ceylon 
Alleppee 
Telliclierry 
Mangalore 
Long Ceylon 
CINNAMON lsts 
2nds 
brds 
4ths 
Chips 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COFFEE Ceylon Plantation 
( Slightly softish to good 
I liard bright 
Do. drossy &dark ditto... 
Renewed ... 
Vledium to fine Quill 
Spoke shavings ... 
Branch 
Renewed 
Medium togood Quill 
Spoke shavings ... 
Branch 
Twig 
Clipped, bold, bright, fine 
Middling, stalky & lean 
Fair to fine plump clipped 
Good to line 
Brownish 
Good &fine, washed, bgt. 
Middling to good... 
Ord. to fine pale quill 
Native 
Liberian 
East Indian 
Native 
COIRROPE.Ceylou&Cochir 
FIBRE, Brush 
Stuffing .. 
COIR YARN, Ceylon " .. 
Cochin 
Do 
COLOMBO ROOT, sifted .. 
CROTON SEEDS, sifted .. 
GINGER, Cochiu, 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 
Woody and hard 
Fair to fine plant 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium 
Triage to ordinary 
Bold to fine bold colory.. 
Middling to fine mid. .. 
Low mid.andLow growi 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium to fine 
Small 
Good to fi n e ord i nary 
Mid.coarse to fine straight 
Ord. to fine long straight 
Coarse to fiae 
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 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 
„ good ,, 
TURMERIC, Madras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin 
Fair to fine bright bold.. 
Middling to good small.. 
Slight foul to fine bright 
Ordinary to fine bright ... 
Fair and fi ne bold 
Middling coated to 
Fair to good flavor 
QUOTATIONS. 
£G a £6 10s 
85b a 105s 
5d a Is 6d 
6d a Is 
4d a 9d 
2d a 6d 
3d a la 6d 
4d a 9d 
3d a 7d 
2d a 4d 
Id a l£d 
Is lOd a 2s 6d 
3d a Is 6d 
Is 3d a 2s 
Is a Is Gd 
6d a lid 
Is. a 2s 2d 
a Is 4d 
Sd a Is 4d 
6id a Is 3d 
6d a Is 
5d a lOd 
d a6|d 
86s a 90s 
q 0s a 84s 
60s a 78s 
98s 
S5s a 97s 
78s a 85s 
72s a 80s 6d 
60s a 70s 
58s a 73s 
9>s a 105s 
87s a 94s 
70s a 78s 
60s a 70s 
£5 a £15 
612 a £26 
£9 a £15 
612 a £35 
612 a £35 
£10 10s a £14 
8s a 20s 
8s 6d a 13s" 
52s 6d a 80s 
25s a 40* 
20s a 35s 
16s a 20s 
23s a £5 
10s a 12s 
7s a 9s 
6s a 8s 
4s a 5s 6d 
5s a 5s 6d 
39 3d a 3s 9d 
8d a 2s 6d 
fl aid 
m a l|d 
30s a 35s 
Jd 
id a I 
none here 
2s 6d a 17s 
7s a 12s 
7s a lis 6d 
5s a 9s ' 
\£i 10s a £5 
ood £6 a £9 
... £20 a £44 
Inferior to fine !£5 10s a £22 
Good to fine bold green. ,.;8d a Is 3d 
Fair middling medium... 3d a 6d 
Common dark and small l^d a 2£d 
Finger fair to fine bold ( 8s a 8s 6d 
■ Mi*ed middling [bright 6s Od a 7s Gd 
■ Bulbs whole Gs a 7s 3d 
VANILL01!S,Mauritius ft) D ° *«* ; 93 a 9s 6 * 
Bourbon, lsts Fin( . c ry3 talised 6 a Binch 12s a 25s 
2nds Foxy ft reddish 5 a 8 ,, 8s a 15s 
3rds / Lean & drylo middling 
, |\ under 6 inches ,..5ijal0s 
Low, foxy, inferior and 
[pickings 6d a 4s 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
aloks, Soceotrine an l 
Hopatic, 
CHILLIES, Zanz bar 
Good and lino dry 
Common and (food 
Fair to fine bright 
Ordinary and middling.. 
£5 a £7 
60s a £7 10s 
35s a 36s 
21s a 31s 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
CLOVES, Za^db^ T 
and Pemba, per lb i 
». Stems... 
COCULUS INDICUS 
GALLS, Bussorah i 
ft Turkey V cwt. ( 
[cwt. 
GUM AMMONIAC UM per 
ANIMI, washed, $ cwt. 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIO 
Good and fine bright 
Common dull to fair 
Fair fresh 
Fair 
7J4 a9Jd 
6Jd a 7|d 
, lid a l|d 
8s a 9s 
Fair to fine dark blue ... 55s a 62s 6d 
scraped... 
ARABIC, E.I. & Aden .. 
per cwt. Ghatti ... 
Amrad cha 
ASSAFCET1DA, per 
cwt. 
KINO. per cwt. 
MyRRH, picked „ 
Aden sorts 
OL1BANUM, irop 
per cwt. ,, 
P'ckings... 
sittings ... 
INDIARUBBER Mozambi 
per lb. Ball & Saus 
Good white and green... 
Biocky to tine clean 
Picked fine pale in sorts, 
part yellow and mixed 
Beau & Pea size ditto ... 
amber and red bold 
Medium & bold sorts 
Sorts 
Woody to fine pale 
Good and fine pale 
Reddish to pale brown ... 
Clean fair to fine 
Slightly stony and foul 
Fair to line bright 
Fair to fine pale 
Middling to good 
Fair to fine white 
Reddish to middling 
Middling to good pale 
Slightly foul to fine 
que, ) red hard 
age ) white softish 
unripe root 
liver 
45s a 53s 
10s a 35s 
£12 a £12 1 
£10 a £11 II 
£5 a £10 
£8 a £10 15i 
£5 a £7 
90s a 1309 
35s a £6 2s ( 
;90a a £6 
40s a 80s 
35s a 40s 
25s a 30s 
34s a 36s 
£6 a £8 5s 
70s a 100s 
31s a 50s 
25s a 30s 
lis a 20s 
lis 6d a 15s 
Is 6d a Is 10 
lOd a Is 6d 
4Jd a Is 
Is a Is 4d 
FROM CALCUTTA AND 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
CASTOR OIL, lsts per or.. 
2nds 
3rds 
IND1ARUBBER Assam, per 
lb. 
SAFFLOWER 
TAMARINDS 
Nearly water white 
Fair and good pale 
Brown and brownish 
Good to fine 
Common foul and mixed 
Rangoon ...iFair to good clean 
Madagascar jGood to fine pinky & white 
[Fair to good black 
..i Good to fine pinky ..,! 
Middling to fair 
Inferior and pickings ... 
..! Mid. to fineiiac&not stony 
[Stony and inferior 
FROM 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
ALOES, Cape, per cwt. .. 
Natal 
ARROWROOT Natal per lb 
3}d a 4}d 
2fd a 2id 
2d a 2Jd 
Is 7d a Is 1( 
6d a Is 6d 
Is 3d a Is 10 
Is 9d a 2s 
Is 2d a Is 6i 
,85 s alOOs 
,55s a 80s 
15s a 25s 
9s a 14s 
4s a 8s 
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. 
RHUBARB, Sun dried, per 
lb. 
High dried .. 
SAGO, Pearl, large, $ cwt 
medium .. 
small 
Flour [per lb, 
TAPIOCA, Penang Flake 
Singapore 
Flour 
Pearl 
Fair dry to hue bright 
Common & middling soft 
Fair to fine 
Middling to fine 
18s a 21s 
7s a 17s 6d 
none here 
lfd a 3d 
Good, pure, & dry white 
,, ,, pink 
Ordinary to fine free ... 
Pressed 
Good 
Fine clean Ban j & Macas- 
Barky to fair [sar 
Common to fine clean 
Good to fine clean 
Inferior and barky 
Gl'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 fine sound 
Darkordinaryft middling 
Good to fine 
Dark, rough & middling 
Fair to fine 
Good pinky to white 
Fair to fine 
Bullet, per cwt. 
Medium ,, 
Seed ,, 
■ 80s a 85s 
33s 6d a 35s 
30s 
25s 6d a 25s 
2s 4d a 3s 3 
6d a 2s 3d 
3d a Is 4d 
lid a Is 3 d 
Id a8d 
2s lOd a 3s i 
2s 6d a 2s 9.1 
Is 7d a 2s 5d 
2s lOd a 39 
2s 6da2s9d 
2s 2d a 2s 5<j 
Is 4d a 4s Sd 
8d a Is 3d | 
8Jd a lid 
3d a 7d 
10s a 12s Od 
7s a lis | 
8s a 12s 
a 10s 
2,}da3d 
!2|d a 2|d 
,.|12sa20s ! 
229 a 23s (i 
...|21s 6d a 
Il3s 6d a20i;i 
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