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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[Nov. 1, 1900. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 
{Fruin Lewis cL- Peat's Fortninhtly Prices Current, London, October ilrd, 1900.) 
ALOES, Soccotrine cwt. 
Zanzibar & llppatic ,, 
ARROWROOT (Natal) lb. 
bJiES' VA'AX, cwt, 
Zanzibar & j White ,, 
Bombay i Yellow,, 
Maiiatiasfpr 
CAMPHOR, China 
Japan „ 
CARDAMOMS, Malabar lb 
Ceylon. — Mysore ,, 
,, Tellicherry,, 
,, Long 
Mangalore,, 
('ASTOR OIL, Calcutta,, 
CHILLIER. Zanzil>ai cwt, 
CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 
Ceylon 
CI A MOM. Ceylon Ists 
per lb, 2iKis 
3rds 
i%\\s 
Chips 
CLOVES, Penang lb. 
Amboyna 
Zanzibar \ 
and Pemba / 
Stems 
COFFEE 
Ceylon Plantation ,, 
Native 
Liberian 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COLOMBO ROOT 
COIR ROPK, Ceylon ton 
Cochin ,, 
FIBRE, Brush >, 
Cochin ,, 
Stuffing „ 
COIR YARN, Ceylon „ 
Cochin ,, 
do. „ 
CROTON SEEDS.s.ft. cwt. 
CTJTCH 
Q I N G ER, Bengal, rough „ 
(.alicut, Cut A ,, 
B & C „ 
Cochin Rough ,, 
Japan 
GUM AMMONIAf'UM „ 
ANIMI, Zanzibar „ 
Madagascar ,, 
AEABIC E. I. & Aden ,, 
Turkey sorts ,, 
uliatti ,, 
Kurrachee ,, 
Madras ,, 
ASSAFCETIJJA 
KINO 
MiRKH, l)ickft(l ,, 
Aden sorts ,, 
OLIBANCvl, drop ,, 
pickings ,, 
siftings ,, 
INDlARUliUlii-'.Assamlb 
Rangoou 
Borneo 
QUALITY. 
Fair to tine dry 
Common to good 
Fair to fine 
Good to fine 
Fair 
Dark to good palisli 
Fair average quality 
Clipped, bold, briglit.fine 
Middling, stalky & lean 
Fair to fine plump 
Seels 
(iood to fine 
Brownish 
Shelly to good 
Med brown to good bold 
Ists and 2nds 
Dull til line uright 
l.edgeriana Orig. Stem 
Crown, Renewed 
Org. Stem 
Red Org. Stem 
Renewed 
Root 
Ordinary to fine quill 
Dull to fine bright bold 
Dull to fine 
Good and fine bright 
Coiunion (ii.ll to fair 
Fair 
Bnlil to fine bold colory 
Middling to fine mid . 
Low mid. ami low grown 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium and fair 
Native 
iliddling to good 
Ordinary to fair 
Ord. to fine 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 
P'air 
Good to fine bold 
Small and niGdinm 
Common to fine bold 
Small and D's 
Unsidit 
Sm. blocky tD 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 
Pici:inga to fine p.ale .. 
GofM and fine p.ale 
Reddish to polo selected 
I 'ark to fine pale 
Clean fr 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 
Good to fine 
Common to fonl & mxd 
Fair to good clean 
Common to fioe 
QUOTATIOIi.S. 
INDIARUBBER, (Contd). 
Java, Sing. & Penang lb. 
£C a £7 10s 
£5 15s a £6 2s fid 
£« a £6 5s 
lS7s 6d 
19. s 
■2s 3d a 2s id 
Is od a Is 7d 
Is d a 3s 8d 
Is 6d a 2s 
i!s lid a 3s 
2s 6d 
2s nd a 3s 6d 
Is jod a 3s 6d 
4d a iid 
37s 6d a 47s Cd 
3.5 d a i^'iA 
5d a 7d 
3|d a S'-d 
i 'id a 5Sd 
5id a 7^d 
■^d aid 
lid a Is Sd 
lOd a is 7d 
9Jd a Is (id 
Sjd a Hid 
Sid a id 
_d a 9d 
Hd a 5^d 
3id a 3|d 
3fd a 3kl 
lid 
100s a nSs 
S5s a 9rs 6d 
5s a b2s (id 
5s a 75s 
3US a 70s 
37s a 403 
90s a 105s 
S 's a 90s 
("saSCs 
2s a 20s 
nominal 
£13 Us a £1S 
£10 a £lv) 
£18 a £2-1 
£7 a £9 
£15 a £33 
£12 a £32 
■filO a £14 10s 
31 'S a JOs 
2Ss a 35s 
2Ss 6d 
sOs a lOOs 
3Ss a 72s 6d 
25s a 33s 
25s a 28s 
27s 
20s a 45s 
£10 7s 6d a £20 
£82/6 a £10 10s 
70s a £9 2/6 
£5 10s a £7 10s 
80s r<, lUOs 
£4 8s a £8 
£4 5s a £9 
36s a 60s 
67s Oda S6s 
12s Cd a 35s 
52s 6d a 55s 
30s a 4( s 
23s a 35s 
4US a 80s 
I s a 25s 
Is a is 3d 
65s a 75s 
50s a 60s 
35s 6d a 50s 
25s a 35s 
17s a 20s 
163 6d a 18s 
2s l(i*-d a 3s o;d 
Is 4d a 2s Gd 
2s 3d a 3s 3d 
Is a 2s 4(1 
Mozambique 
Nyassaland 
Madagascar 
INDIGO, E.I. 
MACE, Bombay & Penang 
per lb. 
MYRABOLANS, "1 
Madras J 
Bombay ,, 
Bengal ,, 
NUTMEGS- lb. 
Bombay & Penang ,, 
NUT.'*. ARECA cwt. 
NUX VO '.'TCA, Bombay 
per cwt. Madras 
OIL OF ANISEED lb 
CASSIA 
LEMONGRASS 
NUTMEG 
CINNAMON 
CITBONELLE 
ORCHELLA WEED-cwt 
Ceylon ,, 
Zanzibar. ,, 
PEPPER - (Black) lb. 
Alleppee & 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'PEARL— 
Bombay cwt. 
Mergui ,, 
Mussel 
TAMARINDS, Calcutta... 
per cwt Madras 
TORTOISESHELL— 
Zanzibar & Bombay lb. 
TURMERIC, Bengalcwt. 
M adras „ 
Do. 
Cochin ,, 
VANILLOES— lb. 
viauritius ... ) Ists 
Bourbon .,. / 2nds 
Seychelles 3rds 
VERMILION lb. 
WAX, Japan, squares CTvt 
QUALITY. 
Foul to good clean .. 
Good to tine Ball 
Ordinary to fair Ball.. 
Low sandy Ball 
Sausagf.. fair to good . 
Liver and livery Ball 
F. ir to fine ball 
Fr to tine pinky & white 
Fair to good black 
Niggers, low to fine .. 
Bengal- - 
Shipping mid to gd violet 
Consuming mid. to gd. 
Ordinary to mid. 
Mid. to good Kurpah 
Low to ordinary 
.VJid. to good Madras 
Pale reddish to tine 
Ordin.iry to fair 
Pickings 
Dark to fine pale UG 
Fair Coast 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Khajpore, &c. 
Calcutta 
04's to 57's 
llO's to 65's 
160's to ISO's 
Ordinary to fair fresh 
Oidinary to middling 
Fair to good bold fresh 
Small ordinary and fair 
Fair merchantable 
According to analysis 
Good flavour & colour 
i dngy to white 
Ordinary to fair sweet 
Bright 61 good flavour 
.Mid. to fine not woody 
Picked clean fiat leaf 
,, wiry jiozambique 
Fair to bold heavy 
Fair 
Dull to fine 
Fair to fine bright bold 
Middling to good small 
I ull to fine 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 
Rough & rooty to good 
I bold smooth 
Ord. dusty to gd. solubk 
Good to tine bold gi-eei 
Fair middling mediuu 
Common dark and smal. 
Bold and A's 
D's and B's 
Small 
Small • o bold 
Small to bold 
vJid.to tine bl'k not stonj 
Stony and inferior 
Small to hold dark j 
mottle part heavy 1 
Fair 
Finger fair to fine boh. 
bright 
Bulbs 
Finger 
Bulbs 
Gd. crysallized 3J a 9 in 
Foxy & reddish 4^ a 8 , 
Lean and inferior 
Fine, pure, briguc 
Good iVbite hard 
QUOTATIONS 
8d a 3s 3d 
Cs 8d a 3s 6d 
2s a 2s lOJd 
Is 3d a Is 7d 
2s Gd a 3s 3d 
2s 4d a 3s IJd 
3s Id a 3s Ijd 
3s a 3s 3d 
2s a i'slOd 
llda2s 4d 
3s 7d a 4s 6d 
3s a 3s 6d 
s 9d a 3s 3d 
2s 4d a 3s 
2s a 2s 3d 
Is id a 2s 6d 
2s a 3s 
Is 4dal8 Hd 
1 s 3d a Is 4d 
!Cs a 7s 
|5s ed a 6s 
4s 3d a 7s 
14s 9d a 9s ed 
i4s 3d a 8s 
i4s 60 a 6s 
2s 4d a 2s 6d 
ill d a 2s 3d 
!6d a lid 
l.^s a 17s 
:4s a 5s Cd 
7s a 10s 
5s Cd 
Cs 
3s 8d a 4s 
;3d 
3d a 3* d 
jd a 1 s Cd 
lid a I'Oid 
10s a 12s Od 
10s a lUs 
10s a lis 
6ld a 6id 
Old a Cgd 
5}d a 6jd 
■j.. s a 40S 
2' s a 32s 
10s a 20s 
s a OS 
5s a 75s 
40s a 603 
£20 a £50 
5s a £8 
i2u a £i;0 
■ 4 a £8 
£5 a £5 10s 
4 lOsaio 153 
7 
51s 6d a 59s 6d 
3d Sd 
4d a 5jd 
.jd a i^d 
S4 a £5?s 6d 
£5 12/6?, £7 Ifs 
8s a £i It s 
l5s a 16s 
(s 6d a 113 
I7s a 24s 
2Ss noni. 
25s a 27s 6d 
OS a 21s 
24s 
rs 6d 
l7s 6d a 273 
i5s a 2 '3 
l^s a 13s ti 
ss 3d 
