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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[June i, i88g 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUGTS. 
(From Lewis & Peat's London Price Current, 9th. May, 1889.) 
FROM MALABAR 
COAST, COCHIN, 
CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS. 
BEES' WAX, White 
Yellow 
CINCHONA BARK— Crown 
Red 
CINNAMON 
CARDAMOMS Malabar 
and Ceylon 
Alleppee 
Tellieherry 
Man galore 
Long Ceylon 
lsts 
2nds 
3rds 
4ths 
Chips 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COFFEE CeylonPlantation 
Native 
Liberian 
East Indian 
f Slightly sottish to good 
\ hard bright 
Do. drossy &dark ditto... 
Renewed 
Medium to fine Quill ... 
Spoke shavings 
Branch 
Renewed 
Medium to good Quill ... 
Spoke shavings 
Branch 
Twig 
Clipped, bold, bright, fine 
Middling, stalky & lean 
Fair to fine plump clipped 
Good to fine 
Brownish 
Good &fine, washed, bgt, 
Middling to good 
Ord. to fine pale quill ... 
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. and Low grown 90s a 96s 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium to fine 
Small 
Native Good to fine ordinary ...95s a 92s 6d 
no rn ROPE Cevlon&Cochin Mid.coarsetofinestraight £16 a £22 
^"Ji™™' -nL.h ... Ord to fine long straight £18 a £32 
FIBRE, Brush 
Stuffing ■■ 
COIR YARN, Ceylon 
Cochin 
Do 
COLOMBO ROOT, silted .. 
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.sitted 
Alleppee & Cochin , 
Tellieherry, White 
PLUMBAGO Lump 
Chips 
dust 
RED WOOD 
SAPAN WOOD 
SANDAL WOOD, logs 
Do. chips 
SENNA, Tinnevelly 
£G a £7 10s 
85s a 105s 
5d a Is 6d 
«d a Is 
4d a9d 
2d a Gd 
Jd a Is 6d 
4d a 9d 
3d a 7d 
2da4d 
Id a ljd 
2s 2d a 3s 
Is 4d a 2s 
Is lOd a 2s lOd 
Is 6d a 2s 6d 
Is a Is Gd 
2s 6d a 3s 
Is 6d a 2s 
8.1 a Is 7d 
7*d a Is 4d 
6£d a Is 3d 
5id a lid 
lfd a6|d 
82s a 92s Gd 
76s a 80s 
50s a 70s 
lu2s a 108s 
96s a 100s 
91s a 95s 6d 
85s a 92s 6d 
... a 90s 6d 
,. 103s a 115s 
94s a 100s 
... 88s a 94s 
Coarse to fine 
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 
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 
TURMERIC, Madras 
Do. 
Do. ••■ Bulbs 
Cochin ... Finger 
VANILLOES, Mauritius & 
Bourbon, lsts 
2nds 
3rds 
4th s 
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 
■ • Fair to good flavor 
Inferior to fine ... 
Good to fine bold green. 
Fair middling medium... * 
Common dark and small |d a 4d 
Finger fair to fine bold 9s a 10s 
" :ed middling [bright 
FROM BOM I'. A V 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
ALOKS, Soceotrine and 
Hepatic. 
CHILLIES, Zanzibar 
Fine crystalised G a 9inch 
Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, 
' Lean & dry to middling 
under 6 inches 
Low, foxy, inferior and 
[pickings 2s Gd a 8s 
£10 a £20 10s 
£17 a £36 
£17 a £44 
£15 a £20 
12s a 40s 
12s a 17s 
40s a 60s 
23s 6d a 35s 
18s a 30s 
. 14s a 17s 
. 15s a 68s 
lis a 12s 
7s a 10s 
7s a 8s 6d 
5s a 6s 
5s 9d a 6s 3d 
3s Gd a 4s 3d 
Is a 2s 6d 
fd a jd 
l±d a lfd 
20s a 33s 
7Jd a 7f d 
Is a Is 6d 
12s a 17s 
7s a 12s 6d 
9s a lis Gd 
7s 6d a 10s 6d 
£4 15s a £5 
£5 a £8 
£20 a £44 
£5 10s a £22 
8 jd a Is 3d 
4td a 8d 
7s 6d a 8s 6d 
Gs a 7s Gd 
9s a 6d 10s 
17s a 25s 
12s a 17s 
10s a 12s 
Good and fine dry ... £4 18s a £8 
Common and good ... 40s a £5 10s 
Fair to fine bright ... 31s a 33s 
Ordinary and middling,.. 28s a 30s 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
CLOVES, Zanzibar . I 
and Pemba, per lb ' 
Stems.. 
COCULUS INDICUS 
GALLS, Bussorah 1 
& Turkey V cwt. ( 
[cwt. 
GUM AMMONIACUM per 
ANIMI, washed, $ cwt 
scraped... 
ARABIC, E.I. & Aden .. 
per cwt. Ghatti 
Amrad cha 
ASSAFGETIDA, per 
cwt. 
KINO, per cwt. 
M1RRH, picked „ 
Aden sorts 
OLIBANUM, Irop 
per cwt. ,, 
pickings... 
sittings ... 
INDIARUBBER Mozambi 
per lb. Ball & Saus 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS 
Good and fine b'ieht ...|7fd a 7^d 
Common dull to fair ...;7id a 7jd 
Common to good ... ljd a 2d 
Fair ... 9s a 10s 
Fair to fine dark blue .. 
Good white and green.. 
Blocky to fine clean 
Picked fine pale in sorts 
partyellow and mixe* 
Bean & Pea size ditto .. 
amber and red bold 
Medium & bold sorts 
Sorts 
Sorts to fine pale 
Good and fine pale 
Reddish to pale brown ... 
Clean fair to fine 
Slightlystony and foul ... 
Fairto line bright 
Fair to tine pale 
Middling to good 
Fair to fine white 
Reddish to middling ... 
Middling to good pale ... 
Slightly foul to fine 
que, ) red hard 
age J white softish 
unripe root 
liver 
1 55s a 60s 
1 458 a 53s 
10s a 3Gs 
,'£16 a £18 
i' £12 a £15 
.,£7 10sa£1010 
.|£11 a £13 
. £5 a £7 
. 45s a 85s 
. 'J0s a 75s 
55s a 95s 
25s a 52s 6d 
35s a 40s 
25s a 30s 
28s a 30s 
£6 a £8 
80s a 95s 
37s6d a 55s 
27s 6d a 55s 
12s a 20s 
10s a 15s 
Is 8d a Is lOd 
Is 2d a Is 7d 
4jd a Is 
9d a Is 6d 
FROM CALCUTTA AND 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
CASTOR OIL, lsts per oz. 
2nds 
3rds „ ... 
INDIARUBBER Assam, per 
lb. 
Rangoon ... 
Madagascar 
SAFFLOWER 
TAMARINDS 
Nearly water white 
Fair and good pale 
Brown and brownish 
Good to fine 
Common foul and mixed 
Fair to good clean ...I 
Good to fine pinky &white 
Fair to good black 
Good to fine pinky 
Middling to fair 
Inferior and pickings ... 
Mid.to fineitac&not stony 
Stony and inferior 
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, rer lb. 
RHUBARB, Sun dried, per 
lb. 
High dried .. 
SAGO, Pearl, large, $ cwt 
medium ... 
small 
Flour [per lb, 
TAPIOCA, Penang Flake 
Singapore 
Flour 
Pearl 
3id a 4j-d 
3d a 3 l-16d 
2$d a 2|d 
Is 6d a Is lid 
7d a Is 3d 
ls6J a Is lOd 
Is lOd a 2s 2d 
,1s 4d a Is 8d 
85 s alOSs 
55s a 80s 
15s a 25s 
7s 6d a 10s 
4s a 6s 
Fair dry to fine bright 
Common & middling soft 
Fair to fine 
Middling to fine 
Good, pure, & dry white 
,, ,, pink 
Ordinary to fine free ... 
Pressed 
Good 
Fine clean Banj & Maca- 
Barky to fair [sar 
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 160's 
Pale reddish to fine p 
Ordinary to fair 
Chips and dark 
Good to fine sound 
Darkordinary & middling 
Good to fine 
Dark, rough & middling 
Fair to fine 
Good pinky to white 
Fair to fine 
Bullet, per cwt. 
Medium „ 
Seed ,, 
18s 6d a 21s 
10s a 17s Gd 
none here 
l^d a 3d 
► 95s a 102s 
40s a 43s 
30s a 35s 
26s a 27s 
2s 6d a 3s 6d 
8d a 2s 6d 
4d a Is Sd 
lid a Is 6d 
2d alOd 
2s 8|d a 4s 
2s 6d a 2s 8d 
2s Id a 2s 5d 
2s lOd a 3s 3d 
2s 3d a 2s Gd 
Is lOd a 2s Id 
Is 4d a 4s 
8d a Is 3d 
d a lid 
Md a 7d 
12s a 13s 6d 
12s a 12s 6d 
12s 6d a 14s 
12s a 13s 
2gda 2£d 
2Jd a 2|d 
15s a 17s 6d 
20s a 21s 
19s a 20s 
19s a 20s 
