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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
fSEPr. I, 1893. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS 
(From S. Figgis (t Co.'g Fortnightly Price Current, London, August 10th, 1893. J 
EAST INDIA. 
Bombay, Ceylon, Madras 
Coast and Zanzibar. 
QUAIITY. 
/quotations 
ALOES, Socotrine Oood aiid tine dry liver.. 
Zanzibar & Hepatic Common ami good 
BARK, CINCHONA Crown Beuewed 
Medium to fine Quill ,. 
Spoke shaviiigti 
Brauch 
Eed... Renewed 
Medium to good Quill.. 
Spoke shavings 
Branch 
Twig 
Good to fine 
BEES' WAX, E.I., White 
Yellow ... 
Mauritius & Madagascar... 
CARDAMOMS— 
AUepee 
Mangalore 
Malabar 
Fair to fine 
Fair to fine clipped 
Bold, bright, fairto flue... 
jGoodtofineplump.cliped 
Ceylon. Malabar sort Fairto flue bold bleached 
medium ,. 
>, ,, small 
Small to bold brown ... 
Fair to fine bold 
fi >, medium 
,, ,, small 
Common to good 
White 
Fair and good pale 
Fair to fine bright nom... 
Ord'y. and middling ... 
Ord'y. to fine pale quill." 
Alleppee and 
Mysore sort 
Long wild Ceylon.. 
CASTOR OIL, l8t« 
2nds 
CHILLIES, Zanzibar 
CINNAMON. 
lets 
2ndB 
3rJB 
4tbB 
Chips 
CLOVES, Zanzibar 1 
and Pemba. j 
„ STEMS 
COOULUS INDICUS ... 
COFFEE 
OOlJoMBO root!.'.' 
CKOTON SEEDS, sifted... 
CUTCH 
DRAGONS BLOOD, Zan. 
GALLS, Bus80rah& Turkey 
GINGER, Cochin, Cut ... 
Bough... 
Bengal, Rough 
GUM AMMONIACUM ... 
ANIMI, washed ... 
scraped. 
ARABIC E.I. & Aden 
Ghatti .., 
Amrad cha. 
Madras 
ASSAFCBTIDA 
KINO , 
MYRRH, picked 
Aden sorts 
OLIBANUM, drop.. 
pickings.. 
sittings ,. 
INDIARUBBEE 
East African Ports, Zanzi- 
bar and Mozambique Coast 
INDIA RUBBER Assam, 
Rangoon 
Madagascar, Tamatave, I 
Majunga and Nossibe ) 
IsKnGLASS or It, 
FISH MAWS 
Bladder Pipe ., 
Puree .. 
Fair to tine plant 
Fair to fine bright 
Common dull and mixed 
Common to good 
Fair silted 
Mid. Plantation Ceylon 
Low Middling ,, „ 
Good to fine bright souud 
Ordinary* middling 
Fair to fine fresh 
Fair to fine dry 
Ordinary to good drop ... 
Fair to fine dark blue ... 
Good white and green ... 
Good to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Fair to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Fair to good 
Blocky to fine clean 
Picked fine pale in sorts, 
Fart yellow & mixed do. 
Bean & Pea size ditto ... 
Amber and red bold ... 
Medium & bold sorts 
Good to fine pale frosted 
sifted 
Sorts, dull red to fair 
Good to fine pale selected 
Sorts middling to good... 
Good and fine pale 
Reddish to pale brown ... 
Dark to fine pale 
Fairto fine pinky block 
and drop 
Ordinary stony to midling 
Fair to hne bright 
Fair to tine pale 
Middling to good 
Fair to fine white "] 
Reddish to middling 
Middling to good pale 
Slightly foul to fine ] J 
Red hard clean ball 
White sof Dish ditto ... 
Unripe root ] 
Liver 
Su..»age, fair to fine ... 
" without sticks... 
Good to fine 
Common foul & middling 
Fair to good clean 
Goodto tine pinky & whi te 
Fair to good black 
I good to fine pale 
■\dark to fair 
Clean thin to fine bold.,. 
Dark mixed to fine pais 
Coofuoii t9 ^9 pale ,„ 
£4 u £5 
UOsa es lOs 
'21 a 6d 
r.id a 6d 
lid a ii 
1 I a l|l 
2d a 6 I 
3d a 6d 
4d a. 3d 
|ld a M 
|ld a li'l 
|£7 a £6 lOa 
£C a £7 
£6 a £7 
Is a 2s 6d 
Is 6d a 39 
Ja» an 6d 
3i a 38 
Is lid a la lOd 
'Is n Is 6d 
lis a Is 6d 
2s 3d a 38 61 
{is lid a 29 
lis a Is 5d 
lid a 28 2d 
2}d a 31 
. a 2|d 
3.J8 a 3tis 
1269 a Ma 
le^d a Is 6d 
,6a a Is 
;eida lOJ 
5d a 9d 
2id a 7d 
,2jd a 3d 
l^td a ai-l 
i^la Id 
as a 8s 6d 
102a 6d a lOSd 
il»s a 102s 
15s a 2.9 
lus a 139 
2es a 2"s ed 
2Us a 32s 
:3Us a 6O9 
628 6d a 37 (id 
45s a 50s 
729 6d a bos 
169 a 70s 
029 8d a 70s 
5U8 a 60s 
')6s a 40s 
258 a 60s 
£11 Oi a £13 Oe 
£9 Itsa £10 10 
£5 a £8 lus 
£8 Os a £» 109 
£U Os a £9 
30s a 70s 
359 a 459 
358 a 50s 
23s a 308 
55s a 708 
25s a 50s 
16s a 50s 
50s a 909 
20s a 45s 
£15 a £20 
£5 a £7 
8D3 a H5i 
358 a tius 
j224 6d a 328 6d 
|li!8 a 188 
|12s a Itii 
|ls lid a 23 3id 
lis 7d a 2s 
lOd a Is 6d 
|ls 4d !. la lid 
|ls Md a As lOd 
'28 a 2s 3d 
Is 7d a 25 3d 
9d a Is 6d 
Ijs7d al9 lid 
'2s a 29 6d 
Is 6d a l9 Ud 
Is tid a 29 3d 
aa a Is 4d 
IS 6d a 39 
M a Is 3d 
,8>l a 2a 4 
uuALi ry. 
EAST INDIi Gr,Hti,.ued 
East Coast Africa. Mala- 
bar and Madrjs Const, 
Bengal. { 
INDIGO, Bengal ... Middling to flue violet . 
Ordinary lo Dj ddliiiK .. 
Kurptth jFairto good r ddish violi 
Ordinary and middling .. 
Madras (Dry Leaf) Middling to good 
Low to ordiuary 
IVOKY— Elephants' TeeUi- 
60 lb. & upwards ... Soft sound 
over 30 & under 60 lb.) ,, ,, 
50 a 100 lb. ...IHard ,, „ 
Scrivelloes 'Soft, ,, ,, 
'Hard 
Uilliard Ball Piece»>2is 3iin, Sound soft 
QUOTATIONS. 
Bagatelle Point* 
Cut PoiuU for Balls 
Mixed Points & Tips... 
Cut Hollows 
Sea Horse Teeth - 
\ a li lb. 
>f YRABOLANE.S, Bombay 
Vs 6i a 61 
i» lOd a Bs 4<1 
3a 6d a 4a 
as 44 a a* 3d 
28 6d a 3s Id 
Is 3d a 2a 4d 
CU a £74 
£(7 8 
£49 a £Si 
£2«IOs a £40 
£16b£I9 
£71 a £K1 
SIi. det.to fine sound soft 
.Shaky 10 fine solid sd. lit};^ 2 1:6 ioi 
Defective part hard ...,£41 a £«9 
Thiu to thick (o aound, I 
•o't £3t a £61 
Straight crkel part cloae|i, m^^t td 
Coast 
MACE, 
NUTMEGS, 
Pickings 
Booibiy 
Uhimlies 1, good ft fine' 
I Kit; 'r'"' ^a T^'^'I^ a 6s »d 
JubDleporeI,good & fine 
P»'e'79 »d a »s 
,, II, fair re-| 
jectio 8 ... 5s a 6« 6d 
V'ingoi'.as. good and Ifae & ;g 
Madras, Upper Godaver>|Good to fiue picked ...Js 6d a 8s 
Common to middling ...!4e 9d a 6« 6d 
Fair ... ... ... «, M a 7a 
Burnt and defective ...i4a 6d a&>9d 
Dark to good bold pal«...ii( ed a 2« 
Wd com. dark tonne bold 6(1 a lOd 
«6's a 81's ... ...'2t Id a 2? Ud 
90'8 a 126'b ... ... it 61 a i» 
NUX j Cochin, Madras! j Fair to tine bold freab 8s a Us 
VOMICA j and Bombay! ( Small ordinary and fair tfs a 8t 
)IL, CINNAMON ...iFair to fine heavy ... »d a 28 
CITRONELLE ... Bright t good flavour.. |d a id 
LEMONQRASS ..) , a 2^ 
nrtnvvTT a I Ceylon ... Mid. to fine, not wood\ ,i2< a 28a 
' Zanzibar ... Picked clean flat leaf ...lite a saa 
Mozambique! ,, wiry l87a a Sbt 
PEPPER— ! 
Fair to boldheavy ... ll.,,. 
' ,. good „ ...t ^i^ • M 
,, .. .. Dom lOd a Is 
Fair to fine bright bold 15s a 2.%8 
Middling to good small lls a 148 
Sli'tly foul to flnebrigh(i9B a 128 
Ordinary to fine bright. ..|2b »d a 6a 
^Fair and fine bold ....£3 a £3 jog 
Goodtofinepinkynomioal 808 a lujs 
Ordinary to fair ...|60s a Tos 
Inferior and pickings ... 408 a 5o9 
Ordinary to good ...'169 M a 17. 
{Fair to fine flavour ...j£35 a £55 
Inferior to fine ...j£9 a £30 
... Lean to good bold ... £4 a £7 
...lOrdinary to fine bright 40s a TOs 
... Good to tinebold green...|9J a le 4d 
Medium to bold green. ..|6d a gd 
Small and medium green 3d a 6d 
Malabar, Black sifted ... 
Alleppee & Tellicherry 
Tellicherry, White 
PLUMBAGO, Lump 
Chips 
Dust 
RED WOOD 
SAFFLOWER, Bengal 
SALTPETRE, Bengal . 
SANDAL WOOD, Logs 
Chips 
SAP AN WOOD ... 
iEEDLAC 
sENNA, Tinnevelly 
Bombay 
SHELLS, M.-o'-i'. 
large 
medium part stout 
chicken part stout 
oyster & broken pea 
Mussel 
Lingah Ceylon ... 
TAMARINDS 
TORTOISESHELL 
Zanzibar and Bombay 
rURMERlC.Beagal 
Madras ... 
Cochin 
VANILLOES, 
Bourbon, 
Mauritius, 
Seychelles, 
Ists .. 
2nds.. 
3rdB.. 
Madagascar, ) iths,,. 
Common dark and small 
Oidinat) to good 
EOTPTlAx — bold c!ean. 
medium part stout 
chicken 
Bomb AT— good to finetnic 
clean part good color 
Id a M 
Id a 3d 
M2g 61 a IO08 
1026 6da 1178 6d 
s7s 6da 95j 
lOtB a 105s 
iOSs a 12oe 
,80s a 1078 6d 
'706 a 82i 6d 
bold sorts ,4'J8 a 6"8 gd 
small and medium sortejiiOg a 42i gd 
Thin and good stout sorts 6s a IBs 
Mid. tofineblacknotstony 89 a 99 
Stony and inferior ... 48 a 68 
Sorts.good mo tie, heavy 2Is a 23g gd 
Pickings thin to heavy tii a l6s 
Leanish to fine plump 
finger '17s a 20b 
Fiu. fairto fine boldbrgt235 a 269 
Mixed middling 20s a 239 
Bulba ... ilOs a i6s 
Finger ... 178 a 20s 
Fine, cryst'ed 5 to 9 in. 108 a 175 6d 
Foxy & reddish 5 to 8 in. 7s a 13s 
Lean & dry to mid. un-| 
del 6 in, .,, 48 a 78 
Low, toxy, inferior and] 
pickingt ,„ 8s ft 9i 
