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THE  TROPIOHL  AQWUOLTU R1  ST. 
[August  i, 
MARKET  RATES  FOR  OLD  AND  NEW  PRODUCTS. 
(From  S.  Figgis  <£■  Co.'s  Fortnightly  Price  Current . London , June  30th , 1892.) 
EAST  INDIA, 
orabay,  Ceylon,  Madri 
Coast  and  Zanzibar. 
ALOES,  Socotrine 
Zanzibar  & Hepatic 
Red.. 
BEES’ WAX,  E.I.,  White 
Yellow  .. 
Mauritius  & Madagascar.. 
CARDAMOMS— 
Allepee 
Mangalore  ... 
Malabar 
Ceylon.  Malabar  sort 
AUeppee  and 
Mysore  sort 
Long  wild  Ceylon.. 
CASTOR  OIL,  1st 
2nd.- 
3rd.' 
CHILLIES,  Zanzibar 
CINNAMON,  lsts 
2nd* 
3r.ls 
4th; 
Chips 
CLOVES,  Zanzibar 
and  Pemba. 
„ STEMS 
COCULUS  INDICUS 
COFFEE  
COLOMBO  ROOT."." 
CROTON  SEEDS,  sifted 
CUTCH  
DRAGONS  BLOOD.  Zan. 
GALLS  .Bussorah  & Turkey 
GINGER,  Cochin,  Cut  ... 
Rough.. 
Bengal,  Rough 
GUM  AMMONIACUM  ... 
ANIMI,  washed  ... 
scraped... 
ARABIC  E.I.  & Aden  .. 
Ghatti  ... 
Amrad  cha. 
Mad  ras 
ASSAFCETIDA 
KINO  
MYRRH,  picked 
Aden  sorts 
OLIBANUM,  drop... 
pickings., 
siftings  .. 
INDIARUBBER  
East  African  Ports,  Zanzi- 
bar and  Mozambique  Coast 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS 
Good  and  tine  dry  liver... 
£4  a £6 
Common  and  good 
40s  a £5  10s 
Renewed  ...  
3d  a 8d 
Medium  to  fine  Quill  ... 
4d  a 7d 
Spoke  shavings 
2d  a 4d 
Branch  
11  a 21 
Renewed  
2d  a 7d 
Medium  to  good  Quill... 
4d  a 6d 
Spoke  shavings  
2d  a 3d 
Branch  
Id  a 2d 
Twig  
Id  a l|d 
Good  to  fine  
£7  a £8  103 
Fair  to  fine  
£6  a £7 
£6  a £6 
Fair  to  fine  clipped 
Is  a 2s  6d 
Bold, bright,  fairto  fine... 
Is  6d  a 3s  3d 
Good  to  fine  plump,  cliped 
2$  a 2s  6d 
Fairto  good  bold  bleached 
2s  3d  a 33  3d 
,,  ,,  medium  ,, 
Is  6d  a 2a  2d 
,,  ,,  small 
Small  to  bold  brown  ... 
Is  a Is  6d 
Is  a Is  6d 
Fair  to  fiue  bold 
2s  31  a 4s  Id 
„ ,,  medium 
Is  6d  a 2s  2d 
,,  ,,  small 
Common  to  good 
19  a Is  5d 
6d  a 2s  2d 
\Vhite  
3d 
Fair  and  good  pale 
2|  1 a 2|d 
Brown  and  brownish  .. 
2 ; a 2| 1 
Fair  to  fine  bright 
40s  a 45s 
Jrd’y.  and  middling 
jrd’y.  to  fine  pale  quill... 
35s  a 40s 
6|d  a Is  5d 
M »»  )|  ,, 
6d  a Is 
**  »>  >»  »»  - 
5|d  a lOd 
od  a 9d 
Fair  to  tine  plant  ...  2|d  a 7d 
Fair  to  fine  bright  ...  2J  a 3Jd 
Common  dull  and  mixei  2£d  a cfd 
Common  to  good  ...  | i a §d 
Fair  sifted 10s  a 11s 
Mid.  Plantation  Ceylon  lots  a 1081 
bow  Middling  „ „ 975  a 103s 
Good  to  tine  bright  sound  25s  a 33s 
Ordinary  & middling  ..  17s  a 22s  6d 
Fair  to  tine  fresh  ...  153  a 20s 
Fair  to  fine  dry  ...  21s  a 34s 
Ordinary  to  good  drop  ...  50s  a 90s 
Fair  to  fine  dark  blue  ...  ;os  a 80s 
Good  white  and  green  ...  60s  a 65s 
Good  to  fine  bold  ...  90s  a £-5 
Small  and  medium  ...  58s  a 70s 
Fair  to  fine  bold  ...  47s  a 50s 
Small  and  medium  ...  42s  a 46s 
Fair  to  good  30  a 35s 
Blocky  to  fine  clean  ...  25s  a 60s 
Picked  fine  pale  in  sorts,  £10  10sa£ll  10s 
Part  yellow  & mixed  do.  £9  lusa  £10  10 
Bean  & Pea  size  ditto  ...  £5  a £7  10s 
Amber  and  red  bold  ...  £7  10s  a £8  10s 
Medium  & bold  sort3  ...  £6  a £9 
Good  to  fine  pale  frosted 
sifted  55s  a 80 
Sorts,  dull  red  to  fair  ...  35s  a 50® 
Good  to  fine  pale  selected  40s  a 50s 
Sorts  middling  to  good...  25s  a 33s 
Good  and  fine  pale  ...  55s  a 70s 
Reddish  to  pale  brown  ...  25s  a 50s 
Dark  to  fine  pale  ...  15s  a 50s 
Fair  to  tine  pinky  block  I 
and  drop  40s  a 100s 
EAST  INDIA  Continued 
East  Coast  Africa.  Mala- 
bar and  Madras  Coast, 
Bengal. 
INDIGO,  Bengal 
Kurpah 
Madras  (Dry  Leaf) 
IVORY— Elephants’  Teeth 
65  lb.  & upwards 
over  30  & under  60  lb 
40  a 100  lb. 
Scrivelloes 
Billiard  Ball  Pieces2ia  3Jiu 
Bagatelle  Points 
Cut  Points  for  Balls 
Mixed  Points  & Tips... 
Cut  Hollows 
Sea  Horse  Teeth— 
fall  lb. 
MYRABOLANES,  Bombay 
Madras,  Upper  Godavery 
QUALITY. 
Coast 
MACE, 
NUTMEGS, 
Pickings 
Bombay 
Ordiuarystonytomidling  15s  a 35s 
Rangoon 
Madagascar, 
Assam, 
Tamatave, 
Majunga  and  Nossibe 
ISINGLASS  or  \. Tongue  . 
FISH  MAWS  f LonKue-‘ 
Bladder  Pipe... 
Purse 
Eunathee  Leaf 
Fair  to  fine  bright 
Fair  to  fine  pale 
Middling  to  good 
Fair  to  fine  white 
Reddish  to  middling 
Middling  to  good  pale 
Slightly  foul  to  fine 
Red  hard  clean  ball 
White  softish  ditto 
Unripe  root 
Liver  
Sa  usage, fairtofineonsticlis 
Good  to  fine 
Common  foul&  middlin, 
Fair  to  good  clean 
Good  to  fine  pmky  &whitc 
Fair  to  good  black 
I good  to  fine  pale 
\dark  to  fair 
Clean  t un  to  line  bold... 
Dark  mixed  to  fine  pale 
Common  to  good  pale  ... 
70s  a 72s  6d 
£5  a £7 
70s  a 80s 
35s  a 60s 
22s  6d  a 323  6d 
12s  a 18s 
10s  a 15s 
Is  lid  a 2s  3d 
Is  7d  a Is  lid 
lOd  a 1 8 4d 
Is  4d  a Is  lOd 
Is  8d  a Is  lid 
Is  6d  a 2s  2d 
9d  a Is  5d 
ls7d  a Is  lOd 
is  10d  a 2s  31 
Is  5d  a Is  9d 
Is  Bd  a 2s  3d 
Is  a Is  61 
is  6d  a 3s 
8d  a Is  4d 
Is  49  ft  29  6d 
NITX  j Cochin,  Madras 
VOMICA  ( and  Bombay 
OIL,  CINNAMON 
OIT RONELLE 
LEMONGRASS 
ORCHELLA  I 
Wppii  > Zanzibai 
vY-tun  j Mozambique 
PEPPER— 
Malabar,  Black  sifted  .. 
AUeppee  & Tellicherry 
Tellicherry,  White 
PLUMBAGO,  Lump 
Chips 
Dust 
RED  WOOD 
SAFFLOWER,  Bengal 
SALTPETRE,  Bengal 
SANDAL  WOOD,  Logs 
,,  >,  Chips.. 
3APAN  WOOD  ... 
8EEDLAC 
SENNA,  Tinnevelly 
Bombay 
SHELLS,  M.-o’-P. 
Middling  to  fine  violet .. 
Ordinary  to  middling 
Fair  to  good  reddish  violt 
Ordinary  and  middling  .. 
MiddUng  to  good 
Low  to  ordinary 
Soft  sound 
Hard  ,,  ,, 
Soft  ,,  ,, 
Hard 
Souod  soft 
Sli.  def.to  fine  sound  soft 
Shaky  to  fine  solid  sd.  sft 
Defective,  part  hard 
Thin  to  thick  to  sound, 
soft 
Straight  crked  part  close 
Bhimlies  I,  good  & fine 
pale 
,,  II,  fair  picking 
Jubbleporel,  good  & flue 
pale 
,,  II,  fair  re- 
jections 
Vingorlas,  good  and  fine; 
Good  to  fine  picked 
Common  to  middling  ... 
Fair  ... 
Burnt  and  defective  ... 
Dark  to  good  bold  pale... 
W’d  com.  darkto  fine  bold 
65’s  a 81’s 
90’s  a 125’s 
Fair  to  fine  bold  fresh 
Small  ordinary  and  fair 
Fair  to  fine  heavy 
Bright  & good  Uavour... 
8s  6d  a 9s  6dl 
Mid.  to  fine,  not  woody 
Picked  clean  flat  leaf  ... 
,,  wiry  
QUOTATION 
4s  2d  a 5s  2d 
3s  4d  a 4s 
3s  2d  a 3s  6c 
2s  4da  3s 
2s  8d  a 3s 
Is  lOd  a 2a  t 
£70  a £76  10; 
£55  a £71 
£41  a £58  10 
£30  a £43  K 
£19  10da£26  11 
£83  a £100 
£70  a £80 
£60  a £74  10< 
£40  a £51 
£32  a £55 
Is  3d  a 4s  Id 
9s  a 10s  3d 
6s  a 7s  3d 
6s  a 7s  fid  I 
7s  a 73  9d  j 
3s  9d  a 9s  9 
6s  6d  a 7s  Od  I 
8s  a 9s 
5s  9d  a 6s  9(}| 
is  «d  a 3s  j 
6d  a Is  6d  i 
2s  lOd  a 3s  6 
2a  Id  a 2s  i, 
8s  a 9s  6d  s 
6s  a 8s 
Is  a 2s  6d 
|d  a Jd 
l|d  a l|d  , 
20s  a 25s 
10s  a 20s  | 
25s  a 35s  I 
Fair  to  bold  heavy ...  I L , ... 
good  ..  ...  f 3,1  a 3*d 
,.  ,,  nom'ls  a Is  lei 
Fair  to  fine  bright  bold  15s  a 25s 
large  ... 
medium  part  stout 
chicken  part  stout 
oyster  part  thin 
Mussel 
Lingah  Ceylon 
TAMARINDS 
TORTOISESHELL 
Zanzibar  and  Bombay 
CUR  MERIC, Bengal 
Madras 
Cochin 
VANILLOE8, 
Bourbon, 
Mauritius, 
Seychelles, 
Madagascar, 
Middlingto  good  small.. 
Sli’tly  foul  tu  flue  bright 
Ordinary  to  fine  bright 
Fair  and  fine  bold 
Goodtofinepiukynominal 
Ordinary  to  fair 
Inferior  and  pkkings 
Ordinary  to  good 
Fair  to  fine  flavour 
Inferior  to  fine 
Lean  to  good  bold 
Ordinary  to  fine  bright 
Good  to  fine  bold  green... 
Medium  to  bold  green... 
Small  and  medium  green 
Common  dark  and  small 
Ordinary  to  good 
Egyptian— bold  clean... 
medium  part  stout 
oyster  and  chicken 
Bombay — good  to  finethic 
clean  part  good  color 
bold  sorts  (1  lot  75s) 
small  and  medium  sorts 
Thin  and  good  stout  sorts 
Mid.  tofineblackuotstouy 
Stony  and  inferior 
Sorts.good  mottle,  heayy 
Pickings  thin  to  heavy 
Leamsh  to  fine  plump 
finger  ... 
Fin.  fair  to  tine  boldbrgt 
Mixed  middling  ... 
Bulbs  ... 
Finger  ... 
I 
lsts  ...  Fine,  cryst’ed  5 to  9 in. 
2uds...  Foxy  & reddish  5 to  8 in. 
3rds...  Lean  & dry  to  mid.  un- 
der! in. 
iths,.,|Low(  foxy,  inferior  and 
pickings,,. 
Us  a 14s  ; 
9s  a 12s  ,$ 
2s  9d  a 5s 
£3  a £3  lli 
60s  a 80s 
40s  a 55s 
20s  a 308  ' 
I6s  6d  a 17 
£35  a £60 
£9  a £30  t 
£4  a £7 
40s  a 70s 
8d  a Is 
5d  a 7d 
2|d  a 4d 
Id  a 2d 
Id  a 2d 
853  a 87s  41 
£52s6da£51  U 
87s  6d  a 976;, 
95s  a 102s 6 
£6  2s  6d  a £ 
92s  6d  a 97fc. 
55s  a 70s 
50s  a 60s 
35s  a 47s  6 
6s  a 12s 
8s  a 10s 
4s  a 6s 
23s  a 25s 
7s  6d  a 18s 
17s  a 19s 
28s  a 32s 
23s  a 27s 
9s  a 12s 
14s  a I7s 
1 0s  a 20s 
7s  a 12s 
4s  a 6s 
2s  a 6a 
