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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
r MAV 1 1 1895. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 
(From S. Figgis <£ Co.'s Fortnightly Price Current, London, 28th Starch 1896 J. 
EAST INDIA. 
Bombay, Ceylon, Madras 
Coast and Zanzibar. 
ALOES, Socotrine 
Zanzibar & Hepatic 
BARK, CINCHONA Crown 
Red . 
Bees' Wax, E, I. Wliite. 
Yellow . 
Mauritius & Madagascar. 
CARDAMOMS— 
Allepee 
Maugalore ... 
Malabar 
Ceylon . Malabar sort 
Alleppee and 
Mysore sort 
Long wild Ceylon.. 
CASTOR OIL, 1st 
2nd 
CHILLIES, Zanzibar .. 
QUALITY. 
CINNAMON, 
lsts 
2»dt 
3ro> 
4thb 
Chips 
CLOVES, Zanzibar 
and Pemba. 
„ STEMS 
COCVLUS INplOUS ... 
COLOMBO ROOT 
CROTON SEEDS, sifted... 
CUTCH •• ••• „ - 
DRAGONS BLOOD. Zan. 
GALLS , Bussorah & Turke; 
GINGER, Cochin, Cut ... 
Rough... 
Bengal Rough, 
QUM AMMONIAC UM 
ANIMI, washed 
Good and tine dry liver. 
Common and good 
Renewed 
Chips and shavings 
Renewed 
Chipsand shavings 
Good to fine 
Fair to flue 
Fair to fine clipped 
Rold.bright.fairtoflue . 
Goodiotiuep'ump.cl ped 
Fail to fiiiebol'l bleach.- d 
,, medium ,. 
,, small 
Small to bold brown ... 
Fair to fine bold 
„ , , medium 
„ ,, small 
Common to good 
White 
Fair and good pale 
Fair to fine bright 
Ord'y. and middling ... 
Ord'y. to fine pale quill.. 
QUOTATION" 
£3 10s a £5 
30s a « H 
Id a 4d 
>d a 4d 
id a 4d 
X' a a 
£7 OS a £8 LOS 
£t$ 0s a 2s • d 
£6 15s a £7 !<"• 
[EAST INHI4 Oonttned 
Bast Co mt Africa M.l.i 
I bar and Mudr is Const, 
Bengal. 
scraped... 
ARABIC E.I. & Aden... 
Gbatti ... 
Amrad cha 
Madras 
ASSAECBTIDA 
KINO ... - 
MYRRH, picked 
Aden sort? 
OLIBANUM, drop... 
rt 
pickings... 
siftings 
INDIA RUBBER ... •;■ 
Fa st African Ports, Zanzi- 
bar ami Mozambique Coast 
Assam, 
,. K j n ?f^r Tainatave, 1 
Madagascar,^ ( 
Majunga -- 
iai>GLA8S o^V Tongue 
*» HM ^?«Lr Pipe 
Purse 
Karracute r^af Z Good and floe pale 
Is a 2a 6d 
Is 10 i a ill 6d 
2s a 3* 6d 
2s 31 a 3s 3 1 
Is bd a as 
Is a Is 6d 
Is a Is Od 
2s 61 a 3s 9.1 
Is 6d a 2s 2d 
Is 2d a Is &d 
Is a 2»Sd 
2|d a 2 , I 
ltd a 2J i 
[lit a *7s 
20s a 23-t 
Bid a Is o.l 
Gla Is 
5$d a 101 
5d a 01 
2H a 7d 
l-jd a 31 
4d » 2|.| 
Id 
118 a 15s 
10s .1 2 Js 
■ 7s a 8s 
'20s .< 3 "a 6d 
0s a <2s 
2 s a 50s 
<7s a 5 s 
4 s .1 4 -'s *d 
6!s ad 11 7-Js 
45s a HOs 
ISo a 4 s 6d 
28s a 35s 
22s 6 1 a 25s 
20s a 50s 
£10 0s a £12 0t 
£9 I'ga £9 lo< 
£4 10s a £8 If; 
£5 10s a £7 10 
£4 0s a B7 0s 
Fair to fine plaut 
Pmr to fin« bright 
Common dull and mixed 
Common to good 
Fair sifted 
Good 10 fine bright sound 
Orriinary& middling 
Fair to hue 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 tine clean 
Picked fine pale in sorts. 
Part yellow & mixed du. 
Bean & Pea size ditto .. 
Amber and red bold 
Medium & bold sort* 
Good to fine pale frosted 
sifted 40s n 45s 
Sorts, dull red to fair ... 30^ a 37* <jd 
Good to tine paleselected ;os a 45s 
Sorts middling to good 20s a 27s 
Good and tine pale ... 3.53 a 15s 
Reddish to pale brown ... 25s a 32s 
Dark to tine pale ... 2js a 33s 
Fair to fine pinky block... 
and drop tfOs a 101s 
Ordinarystoiiytomidlin r 20s a 50s 
Fair to tine bright . . £25 a & 0 
Fair to fine pale ... £5 a £7 
Middlingto good ...61s a 75 
Fair to tine white ... 30a a 55s 
Reddish to middling .. 17s a 25s 
Middling to good pale ... 8s a 14s 
Slightly foul to fine .. 9sal3i 
Red hard clean ball ... 2s Id a 2s 5d 
White sof ush ditto ... is Sd a 2s 2d 
Unripe root 10dalS4d 
fiiver and Lamu Ball ... is 81 .1 2s 2§d 
Sausage, ordinary tp ti... Is 3d a 
>' without sticks 2s -d a 2s 5d 
Good to fine ... Is7da2s 
Common foul & middling 9d 1 Is -3d 
Fair to good clean ... L- 7d a 2s 
Good tofinepiuky&whiU 
Fair to good black 
j good to fine pale 
\dark to fcir 
Clean thin to fine bold 
ark mixed totine pa'e 
2s Id a 2s 5d 
Is tid a Is 9d 
ls8d a 2s 6d 
9d a Is 41 
ls6d a 2s 4d 
■5d a Is 5 J. 
2a a U 7d 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS. 
Re I par thin .. „ 2d a U 8d 
tliddliag l« flue violet... it gi a 5 4 7 a 
>r liuary 10 middling ... :», 41 a »»6I 
- airto good reddish violt .j, H j a 3, )od 
hruinary aod middling i s 41 ., 2* 6d 
vfidtling to gocd 
Low to ord nary 
■ U bd a Is 
••■ 7dala61 
Soft sound 
£54 a £64 
£i8 1'Jta£«0 
tit lo« a £46 
closed: wile tji « £3> i.>» 
C7 los a £93 10* 
C«31< b a £73 101 
£ <3a £U 
ta -i £<i 
INDIGO Pengal 
Kurpjh 
Madras (liry Leaf) 
IVOKY— Llepliants' Teeth 
6'J lb Sc upw irda 
over 30 4 under 60 lb. 
60 a 100 lb. ... Hard 
Scrivulioei ... . ;soft ,. 
Billiard B ill Picce,2{»3Jin;souiid soft 
Bag 1 telle Points def <o flue sound soM £ -,l a £43 
Cut Points for Bills ... shaky 0 fine solid st. sft 
Mixe.l Points & Tips... u-fectlve. part hard 
Cut Hollows iThiu t j thick to sd. sft 
8e 1 Horse Teeth — 
*, » W lb. Straight crked part close i„ , it 
ICTBABOLANKs, Bombay Bbimliea I, good A fioe 
pale 7s Dl 
| ,, II, tair pi- kings,), 0i a la 3d 
Jubbleporel.good 4c fine 
P*'e 4s a 7s 
,, II, fair rejection i s ed a 4o 3d 
Vingorias. good and fti.> ( , a ii 6d 
Upper oodarerylGood to line picked 6d aCs tid 
■ jCommou to middling ... 3s 3d » 4» 3d 
■• Fair ... '4s a 4a 6d 
. Burnt and defective ... (a a »s 6d 
» Ii irk to goo 1 bold p ile .. [a 6d a 2a 
iWMcm.d irktoiineoold 41 a 61 
■ 65s a 81's ... ...Is lid a 2a lOd 
90's a 125's ... ... Is 31 a 18 lOd 
SUX VOMICA Madras s iu all «, line bold f reah it a rs 
- Fair to fine heavy .1 a ls6d 
• • ; Briglil tt good llarour .. ,i a jd 
•■ .. • 
Mid. to fine, not wood.. U a .'.'s 
Picked clean fiat leaf ... Us a 18a 
,, wiry 22s a 32a 
Fair to bold heavy ... 1 -^i a 3H 
fair f ij 1 a 2J l 
Uadrsi 
Coast 
Pichlliaaj 
MACE, Bombay 
NUl'MEGS, 
HL, Cl.VVAMD.V 
CtrilOSELLE 
LEiIOSiltVSS .. 
JRCHELLAl^f " 
WEED ( ^I'lZioar 
J Mozaiubtqu 
PEPPER- 
Malnb.ir, Black sifte l .. 
Alleppee & Tellicherry 
Telliclierry, Wliite 
PLUMBAGO, Lump 
Chips 
Dust 
IE1) WOOD 
3AP FLOWER, Bengal 
SANDAL WOOD. Logs 
„ ,, Chip; 
sEEDLAC 
SEJ^NA, Tinnevelly 
Bombay 
SHELLS, M.-o'-P. 
large 
medium part stout 
ciiickenpart stout 
oyster febrokeu pes 
Mussel 
Lin^ali Ceylon 
TAMARINDS 
TORTOtSE-SHKLL 
. noiTJ3jd 
■ Fair to flue bright bold m a 17a 
Middling to good small 09 a lie 
• Sli'tly foul t j flnebr ghi 7 8 a 10s 
• Ordiuaiy to tine bright... 2s 91 a 6g 
• Fair aud fiue bold ...'£3 10b a £1 
Goodtonnepink> nominal pss a lose 
Ordiuarv to fair .. 70s a 80s 
Inferior and picking! ... :«s a M>s 
Fair to fiue flavour ...,£35 a £55 
■• Inferior to fine .-|*8 a £30 
•• Ordinary to fine brUht 3 js a 90s 
Medium to bold green .. 
Small »nd medium green 
Common dark aud small 
Oi dinar, to good 
ESYPTIAH —bold c.etn .. 
medium thin and stout 
chicken, part oys era 
Bombay— po;r Cotiuetrnc 
cleun part good color 
medium and bold sorts 
small and medium sort! 
jTnin aud good stout sorts 
Mid. totinoblacknot-tony 
Stony aud inferior ... 
Sorts.good mottle, he^vy 
vwiuiu^ ••• aorLs.yuvw . 
Zanzibar aud Kombay Djefcings thin to heavy 
'URMEKtC, Bengal ... Leauish to 
Cochin 
VANILLOES, 
Bourbon, 
Mauritius, 
Seychelles, 
tiue plump 
ringer ... 
Madras ... pi,,, fair to line boldbrgt 
>• "iMixed middling 
Bulbs 
iiuger ... 
51 a 81 
2d a 4d 
Id a 2d 
Id a 21 
5 'S a 57b 6d 
7'<s a 8 a 6d 
7os a 80s 
52s ISd a 60s 
77a 6d a 90* 
jus a b5s 
S5s a 77» 6d 
*Cs a 45s 
l.'s a 2's 6d 
it a 1-3 
Js a lis 
4s a tis 
28s a 3S= 
9s 6d a 21s 61 
9s a 10s 6d 
los a lis 
9= a los 
7s 6d a 8s Gl 
■s a Its 
Madagascar, 
lsts ... Fiue, cryst'ed o to 9 in. l»ia a 24s 
2nds...iFo2y &reddsho to 8 i i.ji'2s a 18s 
3Ms...|l. eaa & dry to mid. uu-i 
der 6 in. ...BS a los 
4th3.,.'i J ow. foxy, inferior audi 
I picking 0 |5sa7s61 
