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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST, 
[Feb.  i 1893. 
MARKET  RATES  FOR  OLD  AND  NEW  PRODUCTS. 
( From  S.  Figgis  <&  Co.’s  Fortnightly  Price  Current,  London,  January  12th,  1893. ) 
EAST  INDIA. 
Bombay,  Ceylon,  Madras 
Coast  and  Zanzibar. 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS. 
EAST  INLI4  Continued 
E-ist  Coast  Africa.  Mala- 
bar and  Madras  Coast, 
Bengal. 
QUALITY, 
QUOTATIONS. 
ALOES.  Soeotrino  
Good  and  tine  dry  liver.,. 
£4  a £5 
INDIGO,  Bengal 
Middling  to  fine  violet... 
Zanzibar  & Hepatic 
Common  and  good 
*0s  a £h  10s 
Ordinary  to  middling  ... 
BARK, CINCHONA  Crown 
Renewed  ...  
3d  a 8d  * 
Kurpah  
Fairto  good  reddish  violt 
3s  9d  a 4s  4d 
Medium  to  fine  Quill  ... 
Spoke  shavings 
4d  a 7d 
2d  a 4d 
Madras  (Dry  Leaf). 
Ordinary  and  middling  .. 
Middling  to  good 
3s  2d  a 3s  8d 
3s  a 3s  lOd 
Red... 
Branch  
Renewed  
Medium  to  good  Quill... 
Ii  a 21 
2d  a 7d 
4d  a 6d 
IVORY— Elephants’  Teeth- 
65  lb  & upwards 
Low  to  ordinary 
Soft  sound 
2s  4d  a 2s  lOd 
£65  a £71  10s 
Spoke  shavings  
2d  a 3d 
over  30  & under  65  lb 
£53  a £68 
Branch  
Ida  2d 
60  a 100  lb. 
Hard  - ,,  ,, 
£.4  a £54 
BEES’ WAX,  E.I.,  Whitt 
Twig  
Id  a ljd 
Scrivelloes  
Soft  ,,  ,, 
£25  a £39  10s 
Good  to  fine  
£7  a £8  10s 
Hard  ,,  „ 
£l8a£27 
Yellow  .. 
Fair  to  flue  
£6  a £7 
Billiard  Ball  Pieces 2|a  3Jm 
Sound  soft 
£70  a £82 
Mauritius  & Madagascar.. 
£4  10s  a £5  10s 
Bagatelle  Points 
Sli  def.io  fine  sound  soft 
£63  a £69  10s 
CARDAMoMS- 
Allepee  
Fair  to  fine  clipped 
Is  a 2s  6d 
Cut  Points  for  Balls 
Mixed  Points  & Tips... 
Shaky  o fine  solid  sd.  eft 
Defective,  part  hard 
£55  a £67  10s 
£38  a £i8  10s 
Mangalore  
Bold,  bright,  fair  to  flue.. 
Is  6d  a 3s  3d 
Cut  Hollows 
Thin  to  thick  to  sound, 
Malabar  
Goodto  line  plump, cl'ped 
Isa  2s  6d 
soft 
£30  a £51 
Ceylon.  Malabar  sort 
Fail  to  fi:  e bold  bleached 
,,  ,,  medium  ,, 
2s  31  a 3s  3d 
Is  6d  a 2s  2d 
Sea  Horse  Teeth  — 
| a H lb. 
Straight  erkel  part  close 
Is  2d  a 4s  5d 
Alleppee  and 
,,  ,,  small 
Small  to  bold  brown  ... 
Fair  to  fine  bold 
Is  •*  Is  fid 
Is  a Is  fid 
2s  3 1 a 3s  lOd 
I1YRABOLANES,  Bombay 
Bhimlies  I,  good  & fine 
pale 
,,  II,  fair  pickings 
10s  a lis  3d 
os  6d  a 7s  3d 
Mysore  sort 
Long  wild  Ceylon... 
CASTOR  OIL,  lsu 
„ ,,  medium 
,,  ,,  small 
Common  to  good 
White  
Is  fid  a 2s  2d 
Is  a lb  5d 
-^d  a 2s  2d 
3d  a 3*  l 
Jubhleporel,  good  & fine 
pale 
,,  II,  fair  re- 
jectio  s 
8s  9d  a 9s  6d 
5s  9d  a 7s  3d 
2nd- 
Fair  and  good  pale 
2|  a 2Jd 
Vingor.as.  g.od  and  fine 
6.  91  a 7a  6d 
3rds 
Brown  and  brownish  ... 
2J  a 2Jd 
Madras,  Upper  Godavery 
Good  to  fine  picked 
8s  a 8s  6d 
CHILLIES,  Zanzibar  .. 
Fair  to  tine  bright  nom.. 
50 < a 55s 
Common  to  middling  ... 
5s  6J  a 7s  3d 
CINNAMON,  lsts 
Ord*y.  and  middling  ... 
5s  a 50s 
Coast  
Fair  ... 
7s  a 7s  3d 
Ord'y.  to  fine  pale  quill.. 
a la  5d 
Pickings 
Burnt  and  defective  ... 
5s  3d  a 6.“  64 
2nds 
„ ,»  » f> 
6 1 a Is 
MACE,  Bombay  ... 
Dark  to  good  bold  pale... 
Is  7d  a 2s  lid 
3r  's 
,,  »»  J>  »» 
5§d  a lOd 
W’d  cum.  darkto  nne  bold 
6.i  a Is  6d 
4th- 
,,  ,, 
5d  a 9d 
NUTMEGS, 
65’s  a 81’s 
2S  5d  a 3s  Id 
Chips 
Fair  to  fine  plant 
•2£d  a 7d 
90’s  a 125’s 
13  6d  a 2s  4d 
GLOVES,  Zanzibar 
Fiiir  to  fin**  bright 
3 15-1  fid  a 4jd 
NUX  ) Cochin,  Madras 
( lair  to  nne  bold  fresh 
8s  a 9s  6d 
and  Pemba.  I 
Common  dull  a d mixed 
•i|  i a 3|d 
VOMICA  ( and  Bo  nb  y 
( Small  ordinary  and  fair 
6s  a 89 
„ STEMS 
Common  to  good 
t * a &d 
OIL,  CINNAMON 
fc1  air  to  fine  heavy 
9d  a 29 
COCULUS  INDICUS  ... 
Fair  sifted  .. 
89  a 9s 
CITRONELLE 
Bright  & good  flavour 
Mid.  to  fine,  not  wood\ 
fd  a fd 
COFFEE  
M d.  Plantation  Ceylon 
109-1  a l'Os 
LEMON  GRASS  ... 
lid  a lid 
Low  Middling  ,,  ,, 
Good  to  fine  bright  sound 
105s  a 103s 
0R™LA|^°ibar  ::: 
2 is  a 289 
COLOMBO  ROOT 
2 s a 27s 
Picked  clean  flat  leaf  ... 
14s  a 233 
CROTON  SEEDS,  sifted... 
CTJTCH  
Ordinary&  midd  iug 
Ids  a 20s 
WEE  J y,iozambiqUe 
,,  wiry  
27s  a 35s 
Fair  to  fine  fresh 
Fair  to  fine  dry 
15s  a 20s 
20s  a 32s 
PEPPER— 
Malabar,  Black  sifted  ... 
Alleppee  & Tellicherry 
Fair  to  bold  heavy ...  \ 
3d  a3Jd 
DRAGONS  BLOOD,  Zan. 
Ordinary  to  good  drop  ... 
5US  a 90s 
,,  good  1 
GALLS,  Bussorah& Turkey 
Fair  10  fine  dark  blue  ... 
55s  a 6 'S 
Tellicherry,  White 
,.  ,,  nom 
10J  a Is 
Good  white  and  green  ... 
50s  a 57s  63 
PLUMBAGO,  Lump 
Fair  to  fine  brigl  t bolu  15s  a 25s 
GINGER,  Cochin,  Cut  ... 
Good  to  fine  bold 
90s  a £5 
Middlmgto  good  small.. 
lls  a 14s 
, , 
Small  and  medium 
08s  a 70s 
Chips 
Sli’tiy  foul  to  fiue  bright  9s  a 12s 
Rough.. 
Fair  to  fine  bold 
5 'a  a 57s  6d 
Dust 
Ordmaiy  to  fine  brighi... 
28  9d  a 6s 
Bengal,  Rough 
Small  and  medium 
45s  a 50s 
RED  WOOD  
Fair  and  fine  bold 
£3  a £3  10s 
Fair  to  good  
30  a 35s 
SAFFLOWER,  Bengal 
Goodtofiuepiuky  nominal  60s  a 80s 
GUM  AMMON1ACUM  ... 
Blocky  to  tine  cleau 
25s  a 50s 
Ordinary  to  fair 
409  a 55s 
ANIMI,  washed  ... 
Picked  fine  pale  in  sorts. 
£11  0s  a £13  0s 
Inferior  and  pickings  .. 
2os  a 30s 
Part  yellow  & mixed  du. 
£9  lisa  £10  10 
SALTPETRE,  Bengal  ... 
.Ordinary  to  good 
16s  6d  a 17s 
Bean  & Pea  size  ditto  ... 
£5  a £8  lus 
SANDAL  WOOD,  Logs  .. 
[Fair  to  fine  flavour  ... 
£35  a £65 
Amber  and  red  bold  ... 
£8  a £9  15s 
,,  ,,  Chips.. 
Inferior  to  fine 
£9  a £30 
Medium  & bold  sorts 
£6  a £9 
SAPAN  WOOD  ... 
Leau  to  good  bold 
£4  a £7 
scraped... 
Goodto  fine  pale  frosted 
50s  a 70s 
SEEDLAC  
lOrdinary  to  fine  bright  40s  a 90s 
ARABIC  E.I.  & Aden  .. 
sifted  
SENNA,  TinneygUy  ... 
Good  to  fiue  bold  green... 
'9d  a Is  4d 
Sorts,  dull  red  to  fair  ... 
35s  a 45s 
iMedium  to  bold  green... 
6d  a 8d 
Ghatti  .. 
Good  to  fine  pale  selected 
Sorts  middling  to  good... 
40s  a 50s 
23s  a 33s 
Small  «nd  <»  edium  green 
Common  dark  and  small 
3d  a 5d 
Id  a 3d 
Good  and  tine  pale 
5 5s  a 708 
Bombay 
O) dinar  to  good 
id  a 3d 
Amrad  cha. 
Reddish  to  pale  brown  ... 
25a  a 50s 
SHELLS,  M.-o’-P. 
Egyptian— bold  clean... 
92s  6d  a 102s  6d 
Madras 
ASSAFCETIDA 
Dark  to  tine  pale 
Fair  to  tine  pinky  block 
and  drop  
15s  a 50s 
40s  a 80s 
large  
medium  part  stout 
chicken 
Bombay— good  to  fineti.ic 
110s  a 122s  6d 
85s  a 97o  6d 
s5s  a UOs 
Ordinary  stony  to  midling 
15s  a 35s 
medium  part  stout 
clem  part  good  color 
£5  109  a £6 15s 
KINO  
Fair  to  tine  bright 
11 0s  a 120s 
chicken  part  srout 
it  it  it 
bold  sorts  (1  lot  75s) 
100s  a 10 -8 
MYRRH,  picked 
Fair  to  tine  pale 
£5  a £7 
oyster  & broken  pcs 
55s  a 72s  6d 
Aden  sorts 
Middling  to  good 
70s  a 80s 
Mussel 
45s  a 67s  6d 
OLIBANUM,  drop.. 
Fair  to  tine  white 
35s  a 60s 
small  and  medium  sorts 
36*  h 42s 
Reddish  to  middling 
22s  6d  a 32s  6d 
Lingah  Ceylon  ... 
Thin  and  goed  stout  sort* 
3s  a 12s 
pickings.. 
Middling  to  good  pale  .. 
las  a 18s 
TAMARINDS  
Mid.  tofineblacknotstony 
-s  a 9s 
siftings  .. 
Slightly  foul  to  fine 
lO.s  a 15  s 
Stony  and  inferior 
4s  a 6s 
INDIARUBBER  
Red  hard  clean  ball 
Is 10d  a 2s  2§d 
TORTOISESHELL 
Si  rts  good  mo.tle,  heavy 
20s  a 229 
East  African  Ports,  Zai  zi 
White  softish  ditto 
1b  7d  a la  lid 
Zanzibar  and  Bombay 
Pickings  thin  to  heavy 
8a  a 15a 
bar  and  Mozambique  Coas 
Unripe  root  
lOd  a Is  5d 
TURMERIC, Bengal 
Leamsh  to  fine  plump 
Liver  
Is  4d  a 1 8 lOd 
- 
finger  ... 
22  a 24s 
Sausage,  fairtofineonstickfc 
Is  8rt  a Is  ltd 
Madras  .. 
Fin . fair  to  fine  bold  brgt 
29s  a 34s 
Assam, 
Good  to  fine 
Is  7d  a 2s  3d 
,, 
Mixed  middling 
24s  a 28s 
Common  foul  & middling 
9d  a 1<  6d 
, , 
Bulbs  ...  
9s  a 123 
Rangoon  
Fair  to  good  clean 
s 7-1  a Is  Id 
Cochin 
Finger  ...  
23s  a 25s 
Madagascar,  Tamatave,  j 
IMajunga  und  .Nossibe  j 
Goodto tinepinky  &wliit. 
Fair  to  good  b lack 
'8  lid  a 2s  4d 
In  4£d  a li  9d 
VANILLOES, 
Bourbon,  | lsts  ... 
Fiue,  cryst’ed  5 to  9 in. 
13s  a 24s 
ISt>A  BLN  or  1 Tonrrue 
FISH  MAWS  J 10  gUe 
J good  to  fine  pale 
ts  8d  a 2s  4d 
Mauritius,  2 ads... 
Foxy  & reddish  5 to  8 in. 
lls  a 168 
\ dark  to  fair 
Is  a Is  6d 
Seychelles,  > 3rds... 
Lean  & dry  to  mid,  un- 
Bladder  Pipe  .. 
Cieau  th.11  to  fine  bold... 
8 6d  a 2j  9d 
der  6 in. 
7s  a lls 
Purse  ... 
Dark  mixed  to  fine  pale 
6d  a Is  8d 
Madagascar,  j 4ths.„ 
Low,  foxy,  inferior  and 
Karraehee  L«af  ... 
Commos  to  fine  pale 
18  a 2s  9d 
pickings 
5s  a 89 
