July 2, 1900.J THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
63 
CEILON EXPORTS AND DISTRIBUTION, 
1X99-1900. 
scarce. 
do 
R41-00 
R3400 
R27-00 
(Fvmished by the Chamber of Ccmmerce.) 
EXPORTS. 
Colombo, iad July, 1900 
• Cabdamoms; — 
All round parcel, well bleached per lb. Rl-50 
Do dull medium do. 1 io 
Special assortment, 0 and 1 only do. 170 
Seeds 1 "5 
Cinchona Bark:— 
Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine lOc-U to 3 o/o 
Cinnamon: — , 
Ordinary assortment per b. 58gC. 
Nos. 1 and 2 only per lb. b3c. 
Nos. 3 and 4 only per lb. 54c. 
Cinnamon Chips :— 
Per candy of 5601b R87-50 
^ Fi'nesT estate red ; unpicked per cwt R52 00 
Medium do do 
Bright native, unpicked and undried , 
Ordinary do do 
Coconuts— (husl<ed). 
Selected per thousand 
Ordinary „ 
Smalls ), 
^ Poonac ?n robins f . o. b. per ton RSO Sellers at R81/25 
Do. in bags none. 
Coconut (Desiccated). 
Assorted all grades per lb. ISsC 
Coconut Oil— D,,.nr. 
Dealers' Oil per cwt. R14 00 
Coconut Oil in ordinary packages, f. o. b. per ton 
R317'50.— Business done. 
Coffee — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the apot per bus. 
Rll-OO — None offering. , , , , , . 
Plantation Estate Coffee f.o.b. (ready) per cwt.- 
R65.0O.— None offering. xx ■ 
Native Coffee, f.o.b per cwt. R42-50.-None offering. 
OlTRONELLA OiL — 
Ready do per lb. 65c. 
Copra— 
Boat Copra per candy of 5oU 
Calpentyn Copra do do 
Cart do do do 
Estate do do^ do 
Croton Seed per cwt R22-00 
^ Smmd per ton at Govt, depot R175.— As 
Government Sales, of 15th November. 
Inferior R120.— As per last Government sales of 15tn 
November. 
Fibres^" 
Coconut Bristle No. 1 per cwt 
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CO I- o — 
0-1 00 (M c; 
lb 
R4500 
114500 
R42 00 
E4500 
per 
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to 8 
to 8 
Do „ 2 
Do mattress „ 1 
Do „ 2 
Coir Yarn, Kogalla „ 1 
Do Colombo „ 1 
Kitool all sizes 
Palmyriih 
Pepper— Black per lb 
Plumbago — 
Large lumps per ton 
Ordinary lumps do 
Chips 00 
Dust do 
Do (Flying) 
Sapanwood — 
RlOoO 
8-00 
3-50 
3-00 
1800 
1600 
3800 
16-00 
2bc. 
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R800 
700 
500 
400 
150 
R52-50 
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per ton 
Satinwood (ordinary) per cubic ft. R2-40 
High Grown Medium Low Grown 
i^E^ Average. Average. Average. 
TO 
Broken Pekoe and Broken eta 
Orange Pekoe per lb 55 
Orange Pekoe do 55 
Pekoe do 43 
Pekoe Souchong do 3s) 
Pekoe Fanaingado 29 
Brpken mixed— ^u&ti &o. per^lb 
26 20 
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42 
37 
33 
28 
29 
eta 
32 
29 
28 
24 
23 
18 
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