Aug. 1, 1900.1 THE TROPICAL AGRICtJLTUBi«T. 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
137 
CE1L05 EXPORTS A\B DISTRIBtJTIOS' 
1H99-1900. 
[Famished hy the Chamber of Commerce.) 
EXPORTS. 
Colombo, 6th Aug. 1900. 
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Cardamoms: — 
All round parcel, well bleached per lb. 
Do. dull medium do. 
Special assortment, 0 and 1 only;do. 
Seeds ^o. 
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1-55 
lo5 
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Cinchona BiRK:— , „ . . „ n f„ q n/n 
Perunitof Sulphate of Quinine llc-l^ to 3 o/o 
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CO .n in o 
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per lb. 57o 
per lb. 62c, 
per lb. 53c. 
R4S-00 
45-00 
R4800 
K37 00 
R29-00 
Cinnamon • — 
Ordinary assortment 
Nos. 1 and '2 only 
No9. 3 imd 4 only 
Cinnamon Chips : — 
Per candy of 560 lb BS7-50 
Cocoa :— . , , t 
Finest estate red ; unpicked per cwt 
Mediom do do ■, • j" 
Bright native, unpicked and undried „ 
Ordinary do do do 
Coconuts — (husked). 
Selected per thoasand 
Ordinary 
Smalls ,, 
Coconut Cake— T,oc.r,n 
Poonac in robins f. o. b. per ton 5U 
Do. in bags none. 
Coconut (Desiccated). 
Assorted all grades per lb. 13ic 
Coconut Oil— ^ ,, ^ ,. 
Dealers' Oil per cwt. R14 374-Small transactions. 
Coconut Oil in ordinary packages, f. o. b. per ion 
R325-00 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bus. 
Plantation Estate Coffee f.o.b. (ready) per cwt.— 
None. , , .^^ 
Native -Coffee, f.o.b per cwt.— iSone. 
'jlTRONELLA Oll^ — 
Beady do per lb. 65c. 
Copra 
Boat Copra per candy of 560 lb. R45-50 
Calpentyn Copra do ' 
Cart do do 
Kstate do do 
Croton Seed per cwt R22-00 
^Sound per ton at Govt, depot R175.-As per last 
Govt, sales. Next sale 3rd September. 
Inferior B120.— As per last Govt, sales. 
3rd September. 
Fibres — 
Coconut Bristle No 1 per cwt B10'50 
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1 to 8 
1 to 8 
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Coir Yarn, Kogalla „ 
Do Colombo „ 
Kitool all sizes 
Palmyra h 
Pepper— Black 
Plumbago — 
Jjarge lumps 
Ordinary lumps 
Chips 
Dust 
Do (Flying) 
Sapanwood — 
per lb 
3-50 
3-00 
1800 
16 00 
3800 
1600 
28c. 
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per ton R750 
do 650 
do 500 
do 350 
150 
per ton R52-50 
Satinwood (ordinary) per cubic ft. R2'50 
HighGrowB Mediom 
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Broken Pekoe and Broken cts 
Orange Pekoe per lb 76 
Orange Pekoe do 70 
Pek06 do 
Pekoe. Souchong do «i 
Pekoe Fanuipgsdo 41 
Btokeu mised— fluat, ,&o. 
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42 
39 
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Low Grown 
Average. 
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