794 
TM r. TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[May i, i88 J 
MARKET RATES V OR OLD AND NKW PRODUGTS. 
(From Leioi* St Peat's London Price. Current, 11th April 188 9.) 
FROM MALABAK 
COAST, COCHIN, 
CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 
BEES' WAX, White 
Yellow 
CINCHONA BARK-Crown 
Retl 
CARDAMOMS Malabar 
and Ceylon 
AUeppee 
Tellicherry 
QUALITY. 
Mangalore 
Long Ceylon 
CINNAMON 
Chips 
COCOA, Ceylon .. 
lsts 
2uds 
3rds 
4ths 
J Slightly snftish to good 
( hard bright 
Do. drossy &dark ditto... 
(Renewed ... 
'Medium to fine Quill ... 
Spoke shavings 
I Branch 
Renewed 
Medium togood Quill ... 
(Spoke shavings ... 
jRrauch 
Twig 
Clipped, bold, bright, fine 
Middling, stalky & lean 
lair to fine plump clipped 
Good to fine 
Brownish 
Good &fine, washed, bgt. 
Middling to good 
Ord. to fine pale quill ... 
QUOTATIONS. 
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, .. 
Picking: 
OIL, CINNAMON 
CITRONELLE 
LEMON GRASS 
ORCHELLA WEED 
PEPPER.Malabar.blk 
Alleppeo & Cochin 
Tellicherry, White 
PLUMBAGO Lump 
Woody and hard 
Fair to hue plant 
Bold to tine bold 
Medium 
Triage to ordinary 
Doldto tiuebold colory... 
jMiddling to fine mid. ... 
Low mid.andLow grown 
I Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to line bold 
Medium to fine 
Small 
Good to fine ordinary ... 
Mid .coarse tofine straight 
Ord. to fine long straigl ' 
Coarse to fine 
Ordinary to superior 
Ordinary to fine ... 
Roping fair togood 
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 anil fair.. 
Good to fine picked 
Common to middling .. 
Fair Coast... 
Burnt and defective 
Fair to fine heavy 
Bright & good flavour .. 
iited 
Mid. to fine, not woody... 
Fair to bold heavy 
,, good „ 
£G a. £G 10s 
85s a lOSs 
5d a Is 6d 
,d a Is 
4d a 9d 
2d a 6d 
3d a Is 6d 
4d a Md 
3d a 7d 
2d u 4d 
Id a lfd 
2s 4d a 3s 4d 
s 4d a 2s 6d 
Is Kid a 2s lOd 
Is 9d a 2s fld 
Is a Is 6d 
2s 6d a 3s 3d 
Is (id a 2s 4d 
8.1 a Is 7d 
7fd a Is 4d 
6f d a Is 3d 
5fd a lid 
lfd a 6jd 
-2s a 93s 
J3s a 78s 
50s a 70s 
102s a 117s 
94s a 98s 
90s a 97s 
89s a 94s 
82s a 88s 
80* a 90s 6d 
1 009 a 1 10s 
94s a 100s 
js a 94s 
80s a 88s 
£16 a £22 
,£18 a £32 
.|.£10 a £20 
£17 a £36 
,£17 a £44 
| £17 a £22 
12s a 40s 
12s a 17s 
40s a 60s 
22s a 34s 
18s a 30s 
14s a 17s 
68s . 
lis a 12s 
. a 10s 
7s a 8s 6d 
5s a 6s 
5s 9d a 6s 3d 
3s 6d a 4s 3d 
1s a 2s 6d 
gd a f d 
lfd a lfd 
20s a 33s 
Chips 
dust 
RED WOOD 
SAPAN WOOD 
SANDAL WOOD, logs 
Do. chips 
SENNA, Tinnevelly 
T 1 1 RM ERIC, Madras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin 
VANILLOES, Mauritius & 
Bourbon, IhIk 
2nd* 
3rds 
4ths 
7Jd a 7fd 
Is a Is 6d 
1 2s a 16s 
7s a 12s 6d 
9s a lis 6d 
7s Gd a 10s 6d 
£4 15s a £5 
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 £5 a £8 
Fair to good flavor ... £20 a £44 
Inferior to fine !£510sa£22 
Good to fine bold green. .. S$d a Is 3d 
Fair middling medium. ,.[4fd a 8d 
Common dark and small f d a 4d 
Finger fair to fine boldlSs a 8s 6d 
Mixed middling [bright|6s 6d a 7s 6d 
; Bulbs |6sa. 7s6d. 
Finger 19s a 9s Ed 
Fine crystaliser] I! a ninch 
Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, 
< Lean & drylo middling 
\ under 6 inches 
Low, foxy, inferior and 
[pickings 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
ALOES, Soc 
"olrine and 
Hepatic 
CHILLIES, Zan/.l'iar 
17s a 25s 
,12s a 10s 
10s a 12s 
2s 6d a 8s 
Good and fine dry ... £4 10s a £7 
. Common and good ...|40s a £5 10s 
• • Fairtofine bright ... 33s a 35s 
Ordirjary and middling... 30s a 32s 
FBOM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
CLOVES, Zanzibar \ 
and Fimba, per lb ' 
,, Stems... 
COCULUS INDICUS 
GALLS, Bussorah I 
& Turkey V cwt. ( 
[cwt. 
GUM AMMONIACUM pej 
ANIMI, washed, cwt. 
scraped . . . 
ARABIC, E.I. & Aden .. 
per cwt. Ghatti ... 
Amrad elm 
ASSAFOETIDA, per 
cwt. 
KINO, per cwt. 
M\RRH, picked ,, 
Aden sorts 
OLIBANUM, Irop 
per cwt. ,, 
pickings... 
sittings ... 
INDIA RUBBER Mozambi 
per lb. Ball & Saus 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS 
Good and fine b'iffht 
Comintn dull to fair 
Common to good 
Fail- 
Fair to fine dark blue 
Good white and green... 
Blocky to h'ueclean 
Picked line pale in sorts, 
pari yellow and mixed 
Bean & Pea size ditto ... 
amber and red bold 
Medium & bold sorts 
Sorts ... 
8orts to fine pale 
Good and fine pale 
Pveddish to pale brown ... 
Clean fair to fine 
Slightly stony and foul ... 
Fair to line bright 
Fair to line pale 
Middling to good 
Fair to fine white 
Keddish to middling ... 
Middling togood pale ... 
Slightly foul tofine 
que, ) red hard 
age J white sof tish 
unripe root 
liver 
FROM CALCUTTA AND 
CAPE OE GOOD HOPE. 
CASTOR OIL, lsts per oz Nearly water white 
2nds Fair and good pale 
. 7d a 7.'d 
GJd a Hjd 
. 2d a 2Jd 
. 8s a 9s 
. ,55s a 60s 
45« a 53s 
J Os a SGs 
£16 a £18 
£12 a £15 
£7 10s a £1010 
£11 a £13 
£5 a £7 
50s a 85s 
20s a 76s 
55s a 95s 
2"S a 52sI6d 
3Se a 40s 
,25s a 30s 
28s a 30s 
£6 a £8 
80s a 100s 
37s6d a 55s 
27s 6d a 35s 
12s a 20s 
Bis a 15s 
|l« 8d a Is lOd 
lie 2d a Is 7d 
4fd a Is 
9d a Is 6d 
3rds .. 
INDIARUBBER Assam , pel 
lb. 
Rangoon .. 
Madagascar 
SAFFLOWER 
TAMARINDS 
Brown andbrownis! 
Good to fine 
Common foul and mixed 
Fair to good clean ...I 
Goodto finepinky &white 
Fair to good black 
Good to fine pinky 
Middling to fair ... 
Inferior and pickings ... 
...jMid.tofineMae/inot stony 
Stony and inferior 
Bid a 4^d 
2^d a 3d 
2|d a 2f d 
Is 6d a Is lid 
7d a Is 3d 
Is 01 a Is lOd 
lis lOd a 2s Id 
Is 4d a Is 8d 
!85sal05s 
i55» a 80s 
15s a 25s 
7s 6d a 10s 
4s a 6s 
EROM 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
ALOES, Cape, per cwt- ... 
Natal 
ARROWROOT Natal per lb. 
Fairdry to fine bright ...Il8s Gd a 20s 
Ccmmon & middling fott 10s a 17s 6d 
Fairtofine ..Jnone here 
Middling to fine ...lfd a 3d 
FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 
THE EASTERN ISLANDS 
CAMPHOR, China, f cwt, 
Japan 
GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt. .. 
Block [per lb, 
GUTTA PERCH A, genuine 
Sumatra., 
Reboiled. 
White Borneo 
NUTMEGS, large, per lb. 
Medium 
Small 
MACE, per lb. 
RHUBARB, Sun dried, pci 
lb. 
High dried .. 
SAGO, Pearl, large, $ cwt 
medium .. 
email 
Flour [per lb 
TAPIOCA, Penang FTake 
Singapore 
Flour 
Pearl 
Good, pure, & dry white 
,, ,, pink 
Ordinary to fine free ... 
Pressed 
Good 
Fine clean Banj & Maca- 
Barky to fair [ear 
Common to fine clean ... 
Good to fine clean 
Inferior and barky 
57's a 80's, garbled 
83's a 95's 
100's a IGO's 
Pale reddish to fine pale 
Ordinary to fair 
Chips and dark 
Good to fine sound 
Darkordinary & middling 
Good to fine 
Dark, rough & middling 
Fairtofine 
Good pinky to white ... 
Fair to fine 
Bullet, per cwt. 
Medium 
Seed ,, 
► 90s a 92= 6d 
40s' a 43s 
30s a 35s 
26s a 26s 6d 
2s 6d a 3s 6d 
8d a 2s 6d 
4d a Is M 
lid a Is 6d 
2d a lOd 
2s 8f d a 4s 
2s 6d a 2s 8d 
2s Id a 2s 5d 
2s 7d a 2s 9d 
2s 3d a 2s 6d 
Is lOd a 2s Id 
Is 4d a 4s 
8d a Is 3d 
8f d a lid 
3d a 7d 
12s a 13s Gd 
12s a 13s 
12s a 13s 
12s a 13s 
2|da 2M 
2.4d a 2Jd 
15s a 17s 6d 
20s a 21s 
l?s a 20s 
19s a 20s 
