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COLUMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
(Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce). 
Colombo, May 27, 1895. 
Exchange on London. — Bank Selling Bates : — On 
demand 1/1 5-16 to 11-32; 4 months' sight 1/18 to 
13-32 ; 6 months' sight 1/1 7-10. Bank Buyxnij Bates : — 
Credits 3 months' sight 1/1 15-32 to k ; 6 months' sight 
1/1 17-32 to 9-16} Documents 3 months' sight 1/1$ to 
17-32 ; 6 months' sight 1/1 il-10 to 19-32. — Closing rates. 
Coffee. — Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot 
per bushel, R16\50 to R17 75. 
Estate Crops in Parchment, delivery to end Feb. 
per bushel, — No quotations. 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b. on the spot per 
cwt, 1188-00 to R9200.— Nominal. 
Plantation Estate Coffee f.o.b. Special Assortment 
per cwt, — No quotations. 
Liberian parchment on the spot per bushel, 
R12-00 to E12-75. 
Garden and Chetty Parchment on the spot per 
bushel, R15-00 to 10 - 50. Nations. 
Garden and Chetty Coffee f.o.b. per cwt, — Noquot- 
Native Coffee f.o.b. per cwt, R7P00 to R72-00. 
Tea. — Average Prices ruling during the week: Broken 
Pekoe, per lb. 51c. Pekoe per lb. 43c. Pekoe 
Souchong, per lb. 34c. Broken mixed and Dust, per 
lb. 28c. — Averages of Wednesday's sale. 
Cinchona Bark. — Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb. Ol^c— For 1 to 4 %. 
Twigs and Branch. — No quotations. 
Cardamoms. — per lb. 80c. to R200. 
Coconut Ovl-. — Mill oil per cwt. R15*75 to R1587. 
Dealer's oil per cwt, R1502 to 1.V87. 
Coconut oil in ordinary packages f.o.b. per ton 
R347 -50.— Buyers, 
Cocoa. — | LTnpii ka<l ami uudried) per cwt , R30 to R40. 
Copba.— Per candy of 560 lb. R41 00 to Rl't OO. 
Coconut Cake. — (Poonac) f.o.b. per ton, R55toR72. 
Com Yarn.— Nos! 1 to 8 per cwt, R600 to R1200. 
Cinnamon. — Nos. 1 and 2 only per lb. 51c. — Small 
supplies. [supplies. 
Cinnamon. — Ordinary Assortment, per lb. 51c. — Small 
Plumbago. — Large Lumps per ton, R150 to R300. 
Do Ordinary Lumps per ton, R130 to R290. 
Do Chips perton,R80 to R150. 
Do Dust per ton, R30 to R100. 
Ebony. — Per ton. — Govt, sales on 19th June. 
Rice.— Soolye per bag, R7-00 to R8'00. 
Pegu and Calcutta Calunda per bag R7 - 10 to R785 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R305 to R3"20! 
Muttusamba per bushel, R3*25 to R3'50. 
Kadappa and Kuruwe per bushel, — No quotations. 
Rangoon Raw 3 bushel, bag 
Freights. 
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Tea 
Coconut Oil 
Plumbago 
Coconuts in bags 
Other Cargo 
Broken Stowage 
S.\l LERS. 
Coconut Oil . . 35/ 
Plumbago . . 35/ 
New York rate9 per steamer with transhipment 
12 0 <i 15/ above London rates. 
LOCAL MARKET. 
By Mr. A. .If. Chtttambalam, 7, Bctillic St., Fort. 
Colombo, June 1st, 1895. 
EUS'50 tci 1 i per bushel. 
WOO to ltt'25 do 
62-00 to 63-00 per cwt. 
70"0Q 
IS'OO per bushel (nominal). 
68 i«i per cwt. 
o-ro to too per lb. (nominal). 
•22 00 to 86'QO per cwt. do 
Garden Parchment : — 
Chetty do :— 
Native Coffee :— 
do ftn.b. :- 
Liberiau I'." i uinenl . 
do Coffee, 
( UTOAMOHS 
Coc6a. (nominal) 
Kiel - .. -Market is quiet : 
Kastla 
Soolyt 
BO-50 to 
VtW to 
ti'7"i per bug. 
(W do 
Callunda, (new) 7q5 to 
Coast Callunda 2'05 to 
Kuruve 2 S7 to 
.Muttusamba 3 25 to 
Cinnamon.— quoted Nos. 1 to 4, at 
54 cents per Hi. (nominal). 
CHIPS.— R55'00 per candy (nominal). 
Coconuts.— Ordinary R38 - 0Q to 42-00 per i;000 (nominal) 
do 
do 
7 30 
300 per buskjl. 
3'00 do 
3-90 do 
51c and Nos. 1 and 
do Selected 45-00 to 43 '00 ' do 
Coconut Oil.— 1575 to 15-87 per cwt. 
Copra.— Market steady :— 
Kalpitiya 
Marawila 
Cart Copra 
Poonac.— Gingelly 
Chekku 
Mill (retail) 
Ebonv.— quotations at 
Satinwood.— cubic feet 
Halmilla.— do 
R48-50 to 40-ou per candy. 
47-00 to 47-75 do 
44 00 to 40-00 do 
(WOO to 02-50 per ton. 
70-00 to 75-00 do 
00-00 to 62-50 do 
R100 to R1S5 (nominal). 
1-50 to 2-12 do 
100 to 1-25 do 
Kitul Fibre.— Quoted at R30-00 per cwt (nominal) 
Palmyra Fibre.— Quoted nominally:— 
Jaffna Black.— Cleaned R1000 to 20-00 
do Mixed 13 00 to 15TJ0 
Indian do 8'00 to 10-00 
Do Cleaned 12'00 to 15 00 
Sapan Wood.— Quoted. 50 00 to 00 00 
Kerosine Oil— American 7 00 to 712 
do Russian 2 S5 to 2-00 
Kapok.— Cleaned f.o.b :— 22 00 to 25 00 (nominal ) 
do Uncleaned 4-50 to 5-50 do 
Croton Seed 13-00 to 17'00 do 
NUx. Vomica 2"50 to 3"00 per cwt. 
per cwt. 
do 
do 
per ton. 
per case, 
per tin. 
CEYLON EXPORTS AND DISTRIBUTION 1895. 
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