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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
[Sept,  i,  1892 
MARKET  RATES  FOR  OLD  AND  NSW  PRODUCTS. 
(From  S.  Figgis  db  Co.’s  Fortnightly  Price  Current.  London , August  lltli,  1892., 
EAST  INDIA. 
Bombay,  Ceylon,  Madras 
Coast  and  Zanzibar. 
ALOES,  Socotrine  ... 
Zanzibar  & Hepatic 
BARK, CINCHONA  Crown 
Red... 
BEES’  WAX,  E.I.,  White 
Yellow  ... 
Mauritius  & Madagascar... 
CARDAMOMS— 
Allepee 
Mangalore  ... 
Malabar 
Ceylon.  Malabar  sort 
Alleppee  and 
Mysore  sort 
Long  wild  Ceylon... 
CASTOR  OIL,  lsts 
2nds 
3rds 
CHILLIES,  Zanzibar 
CINNAMON,  lsts 
2nds 
3rds 
4ths 
Chios 
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  .. 
QUALITY. 
^QUOTATIONS 
Good  and  tine  dry  liver...  £4  a £6 
Common  and  good 
Renewed  ... 
Medium  to  fine  Quill 
Spoke  shavings  ... 
Branch  
Renewed  
Medium  to  good  Quill... 
Spoke  shavings  ... 
Branch  
Twig  
Good  to  fine 
Fair  to  fine 
...  40s  a £5  10s 
...  3d  a 8d 
Id  a Id 
2d  a 4d 
Id  a 21 
2d  a 7d 
id  a 6d 
2d  a 3d 
Id  a 2d 
Id  a Rd 
£7  a £8  10s 
£6  a £7 
£5  a £6 
scraped... 
ARABIC  E.I.  & Aden 
Ghatti 
Amrad  clia. 
Mad  ras 
ASSAFCETIDA 
KINO 
MTRRH,  picked 
Aden  sorts 
OLIBANUM,  drop- 
pickings... 
siftings  ... 
INDIARUBBER  
East  African  Ports,  Zanzi 
bar  and  Mozambique  Coast 
Assam, 
Rangoon  
Madagascar,  Tamatave,  I 
Majunga  and  Nossibe  | 
ISJNGLASS__or  \,Ton„ue 
FISH  MAWS 
Bladder 
Pufsa 
^Rfyachee  Leaf 
Fair  to  fine  clipped 
Bold,  bright,  fairto  fine. 
Good  to  fine  plump,  cliped 
Fairto  good  boldbleaeheri 
,,  ,,  medium  ,, 
,,  ,,  small 
Small  to  bold  brown 
Fair  to  fine  bold 
„ ,,  medium 
,,  ,,  small 
Common  to  good 
White  
Fair  and  good  pale 
Brown  aud  brownish 
Fair  to  fine  bright 
Ord’y.  and  middling 
Ord’y.  to  fine  pale  quill... 
Fair  to  fine  plant 
Fair  to  fine  bright 
Common  dull  and  mixel 
Common  to  good 
Fair  sifted 
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  aud  medium 
Fair  to  fine  bold 
Small  and  medium 
Fair  to  good  
Blocky  to  fine  clean 
Picked  fine  pale  in  sorts, 
Part  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 
Fair  to  fine  pinky  block 
and  drop  
Ordinary  stony  to  midlin 
Fair  to  fine  bright 
Fair  to  fine  pale 
Middling  to  good 
Fair  to  line  white 
Reddish  to  middling  .. 
Middling  to  good  pale  . 
Slightly  foul  to  fine 
Red  hard  clean  ball 
White  softish  ditto 
Unripe  root  ... 
Liver  
Sausage,  fairtofineonsticks 
Good  to  fine 
Common  foul  & middling 
Fair  to  good  clean1  ... 
Goodtofinepinky  &white 
Fair  to  good  black 
good  to  fine  pale 
3d 
Is  a 2s  fid 
Is  fid  a 3s 
2s  a 2a  fid 
2s  3d  a 33  3d 
Is  fid  a 2s  2d 
Is  ■»  Is  fid 
Is  a Is  fid 
2s  31  a 4s 
Is  fid  a 2s  2d 
Is  a Is  5d 
fid  a 2s  2d 
3d 
2|  l a 2fd 
2 i a 2jd 
38s  a 48s  fid 
30s  a 3fis 
6£d  a Is  5d 
6d  a Is 
5|d  a lOd 
od  a 9d 
2^d  a 7d 
2J  a 2$d 
Rd  a z|d 
id  a fd 
10s  alls 
lOfis  a 110s 
97s  a 105s 
35s  a 40s 
20s  a SOs 
15s  a 20s 
24s  a 34s 
50s  a 90s 
70s  a 80s 
fiOs  a fi5s 
90s  a £5 
58s  a 70s 
47s  a SOs 
42s  a 4fis 
30  a 35s 
25s  a 60s 
£10  10s  a £12  10s 
£9  10s  a £10  10s 
£5  a £7  10s 
£7  lCs  a £9 
£6  a £9 
55s  a 80s 
35s  a 50s 
40s  a 50s 
25s  a 3.3s 
55s  a 70s 
25s  a 50s 
I5s  a 60s 
40s  a 80s 
15s  a 35s 
75s  a 80s 
£5  a £7 
75s  a 85s 
35s  a 60s 
22s  fid  a 32s  fid 
12s  a 18s 
10s  a 15s 
Is lOd  a 2s  2§d 
is  7d  a Is  lid 
lOd  a Is  4d 
Is  4d  a Is  10d 
Is  8d  a Is  lid 
Is  6d  a 2s  2d 
9d  a Is  od 
Is  7d  a Is  lOd 
Is  lOd  a 29  3d 
Is  5d  a Is  9d 
Is  8d  a 2a  3d 
,dark  to  fair  ...(Is  a Is  6d 
Pipe. ..(Clean  thin  to  fine  bold. ..(is  fid  a 3s 
..JDark  mixed  to  fine  palc[8d  a Is  4d 
...  (Common  to  good  pale  ...  U 4d  a 2a  fid 
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  Pieces2Ja  3Jin 
Bagatelle  Point-i 
Cut  Points  for  Balls 
Mixed  Points  & Tips... 
Cut  Hollows 
Sea  Horse  Teeth  — 
I a If  lb. 
MYRABOLANES,  Bombay 
Madras,  Upper  Godavery 
Coast 
MACE, 
NUTMEGS. 
Pickings 
Bombay 
N1TX  ( Cochin,  Madras 
VOMICA  i and  Bo-nbay 
OIL,  CINNAMON 
CITRONELLE 
LEMONGRASS 
ORCHELLA  I 5ey!°?  „ 
WEED  ( Zanzibar 
) Mozambique 
PEPPER— 
Malabar,  Black  siftel  .. 
Alleppee  & Tellickerry 
Tellicherry,  White 
PLUMBAGO,  Lump 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS. 
Middling  to  flue  violet ..  4s  Sd  a 5s  fid 
Ordinary  to  middling  ...  3s  lOd  a 4s  fid 
Fair  to  good  reddish  violt  3s  6d  a 3s  lud 
Ordinary  and  middling...  2s  lOd  a 3s  4d 
Middling  to  good  ...  2s  8d  a 3s  2d 
Low  to  ordinary  ...(2s  a 2s  6d 
Soft  sound 
Hard  ,,  , 
Soft  ,,  , 
Hard  ,, 
Sound  soft 
Sli  def.to  flue  souud  soft 
Shaky  io  fine  solid  sd.  sft 
Defective,  part  hard 
Thin  to  thick  to  sound, 
soft 
Straight  crkcd  part  close 
Bhimlies  I,  good  & fine 
pale 
If,  tair  pickings 
Jubbleporel,  good  & fiue 
pale 
,,  II,  fair  re- 
jections 
Vingorlas,  good  and  fiue 
Good  to  fiue  picked 
Common  to  middling  ... 
Fair  ... 
Burnt  and  defective  ... 
Dark  to  good  bold  pale... 
W’d  com.  darktofine  bold 
65’s  a 81’s 
90’s  a 12o’s 
( Fair  to  fine  bold  fresh 
i Small  ordinary  and  fair 
Fair  to  fine  heavy 
Bright  & good  flavour.. 
Mid.  to  fiue,  not  woody 
Picked  clean  flat  leaf  ... 
,,  wiry  
£63  a £74  10s 
£52  a £68 
£40  a £53 
£25  a £40 
£15a£27  10s 
£75 a £83  los 
£65  a£79  10s, 
£58  a £63  10s 
£40  a £50 
£33  a £53 
Is  a 3s  fid 
9s  a 10s  fid 
5s  fid  a 6s  fid 
8s  3d  a 9s  fid 
os  61  a 7s 
7s  6d 
8s  3d  a 9s  fid 
fis  a 7s  6d 
s fid  a -s 
5s  fid  a 6s  9d 
Is  fid  a 3s 
fid  a Is  fid 
2s  lud  a 3s  6d 
2s  Id  a 2s  9d 
8s  a 9s  6d 
fis  a 8s 
Is  a 2s  fid 
fd  ajl 
ljd  a Rd 
20s  a 25s 
10s  a 2Us 
25s  a 35s 
Chips 
Dust 
RED  WOOD 
SAFFLOWER,  Bengal 
SALTPETRE,  Bengal 
SANDAL  WOOD,  Logs 
,,  ,,  Chips.. 
SAPAN  WOOD  ... 
SEEDLAC 
SENNA,  Tinnevelly 
Bombay 
SHELLS,  M.-o’-P. 
large 
medium  part  stout 
chicken  part  stout 
oyster  & broken  per 
Mussel 
Lingah  Ceylon 
TAMARINDS 
TORTOISESHELL 
Zanzibar  and  Bombay 
TURMERIC, Bengal 
Madras 
Cocjiin 
VANILLOES, 
Bourbon,  i lsts 
Mauritius,  2nds... 
Seychelles,  V3rds... 
Madagascar,  J 4ths.„ 
Fair  to  bold  heavy...  1 ,,, 
„ good  .,  ...  f 1 1 
,.  ,.  ,,  nom  10d  a Is 
Fair  to  fine  bright  bolu  15s  a 25s 
Middlingto  good  small...  Us  a 14s 
Sli’tly  foul  to  fiue  bright  9s  a 12s 
Ordinary  to  fine  bright...  2s  9d  a 5s 
Fair  and  fiue  bold  ...  £3  a £3  10s 
Goodtofmepinkynomiual  60s  a 80s 
Ordinary  to  fair  ...  4Us  a 55s 
Inferior  and  pickings  ...  20s  a 30s 
Ordinary  to  good  ...  lfis  fid  a 17s 
Fair  to  fine  flavour  ...  £35  a £fiu 
Inferior  to  fiue  ...  £9  a £30 
Lean  to  good  bold  ...  £4  a £7 
Ordinary  to  fine  bright  40s  a 70s 
Good  to  fine  bold  green...  8d  a Is 
Medium  to  bold  green...  od  a 7d 
Small  aud  medium  green  2£d  a Id 
Common  dark  aud  small  Id  a 2d 
Ordinary  to  good  ...  Id  a 2d 
Egyptian — bold  clean...  87s  6d  a 100s 
medium  part  stout  £5  5s  a £6  5b 
chicken  £4  15s  a £5  os 
Bombay — goodtofinetn,c|s5s  a 110s 
clem  part  good  color  £5  12s  6oa£6 1.5s 
,,  „ 1,  ( 95s  a 100s 
,,  ,.  „ 55s  a 70s 
bold  sorts  (1  lot  75s)  50s  a 60s 
small  and  medium  sorts  35s  a 47s  fid 
Thin  and  good  stout  sorts  fis  a 12s 
Mid.  tofinoblacknotstony  8s  a 10s 
Stony  aud  inferior  ...j4s  a 6s 
Scrts’.good  mo. tie,  heavy  23s  a 25s 
Pickings  thin  to  heavy 
Leanish  to  fine  plump 
finger  ... 
Fin.  fair  to  fine  boldbrgt 
Mixed  middling  ... 
Bulbs  ... 
Finger  ...  .;. 
Fine,  cryst’ed  5 to  9 in. 
Foxy  & reddish  5 to  8 in. 
Lean  & dry  to  mid,  un- 
der in. 
Low,  foxy,  inferior  and 
pickings 
7s  6d  a 18s 
18s  a 20s 
28s  a 32s 
23s  a 27s 
9s  a 12s 
14s  a 17s 
11s  6d  a 2Qs 
8s  fid  aI4s 
os  a 9s 
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