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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [November i, i88g. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NRW PRODUCTS. 
(From Lewis & Peat's London Price Current, 11th October 1888.) 
FROM MALABAR 
COAST, COCHIN, 
CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 
BEES' WAX, Whit.- 
Yellow 
CINCHONA BARK-Crowi 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS. 
FROM BOMISAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATTO? 
Red 
f Slightly softish. to good 
\ hard bright ... £G a £6 10s 
Do. drossy &dark ditto..., 85s a I05s 
Renewed ... 
Medium to line Quill .. 
Spoke shavings 
Branch 
Renewed 
Medium togood Quill .. 
iSpoke shavings 
Branch 
! Twig ... ( — 
CARDAMOMS Malabar Clipped, bold, blight, fine Is lOd a 2s 6d 
and Ceylon Middling, stalky & leau[Sda Is 6d 
Alleppee Fair to fine plump clipped Is 3d a 2s 
Tel licherry 1 Good to line 
Brownish 
Mangalore iGood &fine, washed, bgt. 
Long Ceylon Middling to good... 
CINNAMON lsts lord, to fine pale quill 
2nds| „ „ ,, „ 
3rds| „ „ „ „ 
4ths,Woody and hard ... 
Chips ... Fair to fine plant... 
COCOA, Ceylon Bold to fine bold 
...(Medium 
ITriage to ordinary 
COFFEE CeylonPlantation'Boldto fine bold colory 
Middling to fine mid. , 
Low mid. and Low grown I 
Smalls 
Good ordinary ... 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold... 
Medium to fine ... 
Small 
Good to fine ordinary 
Mid. coarse to fine straight 
Ord. to fine long straight 
Coarse to fi ne 
^Ordinary to superior 
Ordinary to fine 
Roping fair to good 
Middling wormy to fine.. 
Fair to tine 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.. 
MYRABOLANES Pale, ... Good to fine picked 
Common to middling .. 
Fair Coast... 
Burnt and defective 
Fair to fine heavy 
Bright & good flavour 
Native 
Liberia n 
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 
Pickings 
OIL, CINNAMON 
CITRONELLE 
LEMON GRASS 
ORCHELLA WEED .. 
PEPPEli,MaIabar,blk.sifte<liF a i r to bold heavy 
Alleppee & Cochin - 
Tellicherry, White 
PLUMBAGO Lump 
Mid. to fine, not woody.. 
Chips 
dust 
RED WOOD 
SAPAN WOOD 
SANDAL WOOD, logs ... 
Do. chips ... 
SENNA, Tinuevelly 
TURMERIC, Madras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin 
VANILLOES.Maurilius & 
Bourbon, lsts 
Is a Is Gd 
6d a lid 
Is a 2s 4d 
8d a Is 4d 
8d a ls4d 
6|d a Is yd 
6d a Is 
5d a lOd 
l^d a6§d 
90s a 96s 
84s a 88s 
GOs a 75s 
lOOs a 106s 
90s a 98s 
85s a 88s 
80s a 83s 
t>5s a 75s 
60s a 73s 6d 
9Ss a Ills 
-*7s a 96s 
75s a 82s Gd 
70s a 75s 6d 
£10 a £18 
£12 a £23 
£8 a £17 
£12 a £36 
£10 a £36 
£10 10s a £14 
15s a 40s 
8s 6d a 13a 
52s 6d a 75s 
25s a 33s 
20s a 35s 
16s a 20s 
20s a £5 
10s a 12s 
7s a 9s 
7s a 8s 6d 
5s a 6s 6d 
6s a 6s 6d 
3s 6 1 a is 
Si a 2i Gd 
11 a id 
l£d a lfd 
28s a 32* Gd 
7Jd a 8jd' 
none here 
12s Gd a 17s 
7s a 12s 
7s a lis 6d 
5s a 9s 
£4 10s a £5 
£6 a £9 
£20 a £44 
.Fair to fine bright bold. 
Middling to good small... 
[Slight foul to fine bright 
Ord inary to fi ne bright .. . 
Fair and fine bold ... . 
Middling coated to good 
Fair to good flavor ... ; 
Inferior to fino £5 10s a £22 
Good to fine bold green. ,.[8d a Is 3d 
Fair middling medium.. ...3d a Gd 
Common dark and small jd a 2§-d 
Finger fair to fine bold 8s a 8s Gd 
Mixed middling [bright[6s 6d a 7s 6d 
Bulbs whole |6s a 7s 
Do split ,9a a 9s 6d 
.Fine crystalised 6 a 9inclijl2s a 25s 
2nds;F 0X y & reddb''" c •• ° 
3rds 
4th 
8 ,, ,8s a 15s 
ddling 
... 5s a 10s 
Low, foxy, inferior and 
[pickings Gd a Is 
I Lean He dry to 1 
\ under G inches 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
ALOES, SOSSOtrioe anl Good and fine dry ...45 a £7 
Hepatic... Common and good ... 00s a £7 10s 
CHILLIES, Zanzibar ... Fair to fino bright ... .'18s a 10s 
Ordinary and middling,,, 3O3 a 37s 
.. 8jd a 93d 
.. 7d a 84d 
.. 2d a 244 
.. 8s a 9s 
. . 55s a 62s 6d 
45s a 53s 
,10a a 35s 
CLOVES, Zanzibar | Good and fine b i«ht 
and Pemba, per lb f Common dull to fair 
» Stems... Fair fresh 
COCULUS INDICUS ... Fair 
GALLS, Bussqrah i L, . . „ , . . . 
& Turkey V cwt. } j Fair to nne dark blu0 ■ 
[cwt, [Good white and green. 
GUM AMMONIACUM periBlocky to fine clean . 
ANIMI, washed, $ cwt JPieked fine pale in sorts, £13 a £14 10J 
I part yellow and mixed'£ll a 412 10s 1 
jBean & Pea size ditto ...£Ga£10 
lamber and red bold ... 49 10s a 412 J 
scraped... Medium & bold sorts ... £5 a 47 
ARABIC, E.I. & Aden ..(Sorts 90s a 130s 
per cwt. Ghatti ...'Woody to fine pale ...i35s a £6 2s 6dl 
Amrad chaiGood and fine pale ...[90s a £6 10s I 
'Reddish to pale brown ...|4Qs a 80s 
Clean fair to fine ...,35s a 40s 
Slightly stony and foul ... 25s a 30s 
Fair to fine bright 
Fair to fine pale 
ASSAFCETIDA, per 
cwt 
KINO, per cwt- 
M1RRH, picked „ 
Aden sort*, Middling to good 
OLIBANUM, drop IFair to fine white 
per cwt. „ Reddish to middling 
p ; ckings. .. jMiddling to good pale 
sif tings ...I Slightly foul to fine 
[NDIARUBBER Mozambique, 1 red hard 
per lb. Ball & Saus age j white softish 
unripe root 
liver 
FROM CALCUTTA AND 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
Nearly water white 
Fair and good pale 
Brown and brownish 
30s a 33s 
46 a £8 5s 
70s a 1003 
31s a 50s 
25s a 30s 
lis a 20s 
lis 6da 15s 
Is 6d a Is lid! 
lOd a Is 6d 
4|d a Is 
9d a Is 5d 
CASTOR OIL,' lsts per qz 
2nds ., .. 
3rds ,, .. 
INDIARUBBER Assam, per, Good to fine 
lb. j Common foul and m xe'i 
Rangoon ...[Fair to good clean 
Madagascar jGoodto fine pinky & white 
I Fair to good black 
SAFFLOWER ...:Good tofinepinky 
Middling to fair 
Inferior and pickings ... 
TAMARINDS ...iMid.tofineMac/juot stony 
Stony and inferior ■ 
i\i a 4j-d 
2|d a JJd 
2d a 2id 
Is 7d a Is 10i 
6d a Is 6d 
Is 3d a Is lOd 
Is 9d a 2s 
Is 2d a Is 6d I 
,85 s al05s 
55a a 80s 
Il5s a 25s 
i9s a 14s 
4s a 8s 
FROM 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
ALOES, Cape, per cwt. ...[Fair dry to fine bright ... 18s 6d a 22 
„ ..^Common & middling soft 7s a 17s 6d 
Natal ... Fair to fine ... none here 
ARROWROOT Natal per lb Middling to fine ... lfd a 3d 
FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 
THE EASTERN ISLANDS 
CAMPHOR, China, V cwt. 
Japan 
GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt. ... 
Good, pure, & dry white 
>, ,1 pink. 
Ordinary to fine free 
[Pressed (none here,) 
Block [p«r lb.lGood 
GUTTA PERCHA, genuine 
Sumatra... 
Reboiled... 
White Borneo 
NUTMEGS, large, per lb... 
Medium 
Small 
MACE, per lb. 
|82s6da 92s 6d 
38s a 39s 
35s a 37s 
26s 61 a 27s 
RHUBARB, Sun dried 
lb. 
High dried 
per 
Fine clean Banj & Macas-[2s 4d a 3s 3d 
Barky to fair [sarlcd a 2s 3d 
Common to fiue clean ...|.3dals4d 
Good to fine clean ... 'lid a Is 3d 
Inferior and barky ...lid a 8d 
57's a SO's, garbled ...|2s loi a 4s 4d 
83'sa95's ... 2s 6d a 2s 91 
100'salGO's ... Is 7<f a 2s 5d 
Pale reddish to fine pab 2s lOd a 3s 
Ordinary to fair ... 2s 6d a 2-; fid 
Chips and dark ... 2s 2d a 2s 5d 
Good to fine sound ... Is 4d a 4s 3d 
Darkordinary & middliuglsd a Is 3d 
Good to fine ...fed a lid 
Dark, rough & middling |3d a 7d 
SAGO, Pearl, large, $ cwt. [Fair tofine ...10s6d al2s6d 
medium ... „ ,, ,, ... (Sm 6d a 12s 6d 
small ...j ,, „ ,, ... 9s a 12s 
Flour [per lb, 'Good pinky to white ... 8s 6d a 9a 6(1 
TAPIOCA, Penaug Flake Fair to fiue ... 2.}da3d 
Singapore ...! ,, „ ...f2£d a2?d 
Flour ...j ,, „ ...,12s a 20s 
Pearl ...iBullet, per cwt. ... 22s 6d a 23s 6 j 
[Medium ,, ... 2ls6da23s 
ISeed ,, ... 21b a 22a 
