THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[Al'g. 1 1900, 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS 
(From Lewis S Peat's Fortniahtly Prices Current, London, July 11th, 1900.) 
ALOES, Socootrine cwt. 
Zanriha'* *V Hepatir 
ARROWROOT (Natal) lb. 
BEES' WAX, cwt, 
Zanzibar* ( White ,, 
Bombay < Yellow,, 
CAMPHOR, China 
Japan ,, 
CARDAMOMS, Malabarlb 
Ceylon. — Mysore ,, 
,, Tellicherry,, 
,, Long ,, 
,, Mangalore,, 
TAHTOIl on.. Calcutta,, 
CHILLIES. Zanj:it'«.r cwt. 
CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 
Ceylon 
CINNAMON. Ceylon IstB 
per lb 2i\df 
3rds 
4th.s 
Chltis 
CLOVES, Penanp; lb. 
Amboyna 
Zanzibar \ 
and Peraba I 
Stems 
COFFEE 
Ceylon Plantation ,, 
Native 
Liberian 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COLOMHO ROOT 
COIR ROPE, Ceylon ton 
Cochin ,, 
FIBRE, Brush 
Cochin ,, 
Stuffing ,, 
COIR YARN, Ceylon „ 
Cochin ,, 
do. „ 
CROTON SEKI>S,aift.cwt. 
CUTCH 
UINU KH, Bengal, rough „ 
Calicut, Cut A ,, 
B & C „ 
Cochin Rougli ,, 
Japan „ 
eVM AMMONIACUM,, 
ANIMI, Zanzibar „ 
Madagascar ,, 
ARABIC t;. T. & Aden ,, 
Turkey sorts ,, 
Ghatti ,, 
Kurrachee ,, 
Madras ,, 
A8SAFCETIDA „ 
KINO 
MiRRH, picked „ 
Aden sortu ,, 
OLIBANUM, drop 
picking.^ ,, 
«iftings ,, 
INDlARUIiBEK.Assamlb 
Rangoon 
i^orneo 
QUALITY. 
Fair to Hue dry 
I'ommori to good 
Fair to fine 
Good (0 tine 
Fair 
Dark to good palish 
Fair average quality 
Clipped, bold, briglit,fine 
Middling, stalky & lean 
Fair to fine plump 
Seeiis 
Good to fii]f 
Brownish 
Shelly to good 
Med brown to good bold 
Ists and 2nds 
IJull III inie i>r|glit 
Ledgeriana Orig. Stem 
Crown, Renewed 
Org. Stem 
Red Org. Stem 
Renewed 
Hoot 
Ordinary to fine quill 
Dull to fine bright bold 
Dull to tine 
Good and tine bright 
Coii;uion dull to fair 
Fair 
Bold to fine bold colory 
Middling to tine mid . 
Low mid. and low grown 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium and fair 
Native 
Middling to good 
Ordinary to fair 
Ord. to tine long straight 
Ordinary to good clean 
Common to fine 
Common to superior 
.. very fine 
Roping, fair to good 
Dull to fair 
Fair to fine dry 
Fair 
Good to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Common to fine bold 
Small and D's 
Unsplit 
Sm. blocky to fine clean 
Picked fine pale in sorts 
Part yellow and mixed 
Bean and Pea size ditto 
Amber and dk. red bold 
Med. & bold glassy sorts 
Fair to good palish ... 
„ red 
Ordinary to good pale 
Pickings to fine pale ... 
Good and fine pale 
Reddish to pale selected 
Dark to fine pale 
Clean f r to gd. almonds 
Ord. stony and blocky 
Fine bright 
Fair to fine pale 
Middling to good 
Good to fine white 
Middling to' fair 
LoW to good pale 
.Slightly foul to fine 
Ciood to fine 
Common to foul & nixd. 
Fair to good clean 
Coninion to &n« 
£C a .£7 10s 
£B10sa£7 s 6d 
m .5s a £6 17/6 
192s 6d 
2s ed a 2s 9d 
Is h(l a Is 7d 
Is 7d a 4s 2d 
2s a 2s vd 
2s lid a 3s 
2s 6d 
2s lid a 3s 6d 
I s 1 Od a as 6d 
ajd a 4id 
37s 6d a 47s Cd 
aid a t^jd 
5d a 7d 
3}d a 5|d 
4|d a 5Jd 
.5jd a. 7}d 
3^d a4d 
lid a Is Sd 
lOd a Is 7d 
9|d a Is 6d 
85 d a 11^ 
■Jid. a «d 
5|d a 9d 
45d a Sjd 
3|d a 4d 
3fd a 3Jd 
lid 
100s a 115s 
85s a 9.is 
75s a b2s 6d 
55s a 75s 
30s a 70s 
37s a 45s 
!)0s a II Os 
78s a S7s Cd 
65s a 73s 
12s a 2('s 
nominal 
£\i a £19 
£16 a £19 
£18 a £24 
£7 a £9 
£15 a £33 
£12 a £32 
£10 a £14 lOs 
30s a 40s 
23s a 35s 
27s 
87s 6d a 92s 6d 
35s a 7?s 6d 
25s a 33s 
25s a 28s 
24s 
20s a 45s 
£107s6da £20 
£8 2/6 a £10 10s 
70s a £9 -.'/a 
£5 10s a £7 10s 
80s a 100s 
£4 8s a £8 
£4 5s a £9 
35s a 60s 
67s 6d a 85s 
12s 6d a 35s 
52s 6d a 55s 
30s a 41 s 
23s a 35s 
40s a 85s 
8s a 25s 
Is a Is 3d 
65s a 75s 
33s a 55s 
35s 6d a 50s 
^5s a 353 
17s a 20s 
163 6d a 18s 
23 lO^d a 3s 2Jd 
Is 4d a 2s 6d 
23 3d a 3s 3d 
la a 28 ii 
INDIARUBBER, (Contd). 
Java, Sing. & Penanglb. 
Mozambique 
Nyassaland 
Madagascar 
INDIGO, E.L 
MACE, Bombay & Penang 
per lb. 
MYRABOLANS, "1 
Madias J 
Bombay ,, 
Bengal „ 
NUTMEGS- lb. 
Bombay & Penang ,, 
NUTS, ARECA cwt. 
NUX VOMICA. Bombay 
per cwt. Madras 
OIL OF ANISEED lb 
CASSIA 
LEMONGRASS 
NUTMEG 
CINNAMON 
CITRON ELLE 
ORCHELLA WEED-cwt 
Ceylon ,, 
Zanzibar. ,, 
PEPPER (Black) lb. 
AUeppee & Tellicherry 
Singapore 
Acheen & W. C. Penang 
PLUMBAGO, lump cwt. 
chips ,, 
dust ,, 
SAFFLOWER 
SANDAL WOOD— 
Bombay, Logs ton. 
Chips ,, 
Madras. Logs ., 
Chips „ 
SAPANWOOD Ceylon „ 
Manila ,, 
Siam 
SEEDLAC cwt. 
SENNA, Tinnevelly lb 
SHELLS, M. o'PBARL— 
Bombay cwt, 
Mergui ,, 
Mussel „ 
TAMARINDS, Calcutta.. 
per cwt. Madras 
TORTOISESHELL— 
Zanzibar & Bombay lb. 
TURMERIC, Bengalcwt. 
Madras ,, 
Do. 
Cochin „ 
Ql'ALny. 
iQUOTATIONS 
VANILLOES- 
Mauritius 
Bourbon 
Seychelles 
VERMILION 
lb. 
... 1 Ists 
.../ 2nd» 
3rds 
lb. 
Foul to good clean . 
Good to fine Ball 
Ordinary to fair Ball. 
Low sandy Ball 
Sausage, fair to good 
Liver and livery Ball 
F;.ir to fine ball 
Fr to tine pinky & white 
F.iir to good black 
Niggers, low to fine 
Bengal- - 
Shipping mid to gd violet 
Consuming mid. to gd. 
Ordinary to mid. 
Mid. to good Kuipah 
Low to ordinnry 
Mid. to good Madras 
Pale reddish to fine 
Ordinary to fair 
Pickings 
Dark to fine pale UG 
Fair Coast 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Rhajpore. &c. 
Calcutta 
64's to 57's 
llO's to 65's 
leo's to 130's 
Ordinary to fair fre.sh 
Ordinary to middling 
Fair to good bold fresh 
Small ordinary and fair 
Fair merchantable 
According to analysis 
Good flavour & colour 
Dingy to white 
Ordinary to fair sweet 
Bright di good flavour 
Mid. to tine not woody 
Picked clean flat leaf 
,, wiry Mozambique 
Fair to bold heavy 
Fair 
Dull to fine 
Fair to tine bright bold 
Middling to good small 
Dull to tine bright 
Ordinary to fine bright 
Good to fine pinky 
Inferior to fair 
Fair to fine flavour 
Fair to good flavour 
Inferior to fine 
Fair to good 
I Rough & rooty to good 
1 bold smooth . 
Ord. dusty to gd. soluble 
Good to fine bold green 
Fair middling medium 
Common ilark and small 
Bold and A's 
D's and B's 
Small ... ( 
toall to bold 
Small to bold 
Mid. to fine bl'knot stony 
Stony and inferior 
Small to bold dark 
mottle part heavy 
Fair 
Finger fair to fine bold 
bright 
Bulbs 
Finger 
Bulbs 
WAX, Jiipan, squarescwt 
Gd. crysallized 3J a 9 in 
Foxy & reddish 4i a 8 „ 
Lean and inferior 
Fine, pure, brignt 
8d a 3s 3d 
2s 8d a 3s 6d 
a 2s lOfd 
Is 3d a Is 7d 
3s 2d a 3s 7d 
2s 4d a 3s lid 
s a 3s 4ra 
3s a 3i 3d 
2s a 2s 10|d 
Uda2s 8d 
3s 7d a 4s 6d 
3s a 3s 6d 
.'s t d a 3d 
2s 4d a 3s 
2s a 2s 3d 
Is 7d a 2s 6d 
2s a 3s 
Is 4da1s Ud 
Is4dals4id 
6s a 7s 
5s 6d a 63 
4s 3d a 7s 
4s 9d a 9s 6d 
4s 3d a 8s 
4s 6d a 6s 
2s 4d a 2s 6d 
lljd a 2s 3d 
Cd a lid 
l.^s a 17s 
4s a 5s Cd 
7s a 10s 
5s 6d 
es Udx 7s 
3s 8d a 4s 
d 
3d a 3|d 
34d a Is 6d 
lid a 1 'Oid 
10s a 12s -Cd 
10s a 16s 
Ids a lis 
6Jd a ef 
eWae 516d 
5|d a 6{d 
4us a 45s 
2-3 a a5s 
10s a 20s 
4s a lis 
65s a 75s 
40s a 60s 
£20 a .£50 
5s a £8 
£2U a £50 
t4 a £8 
£6 a £6 lOi 
£4 10s a £5 15s 
t7 
53s a 59 s 
5d a 8d 
4d a 5jd 
ltd a .iid 
£4 a £3 7s 6d 
£5 15s a £9 
18s a £3 
15s a 16s 
73 6d a lis 
19s a 263 6d 
36s nom. 
25s a 273 6d 
:0s a 21s 
243 
7s 6d 
17s 6d a 27s 
15s a 22g 
10s a 13s fid 
. 3s 6d 
Qood yrhite bard ,„ 328 ed a 3g« 
