THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[Dec. 1, 1900. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS 
(From Lctvis <£■ Peat's Fortnightly Prices Current, London, October olut, 1900 
QUALITY. 
ALOES, Soccotvine cwt. 
Zanzibar Hciatic ,, 
ARROWROOT (Natal) lb. 
BKKS' WAX, cwt, 
Zanzibar & ( White ,, 
Bombay i Yellow,, 
Madai^asrn'- ,, 
CAMPHOR, China 
Japan ,, 
CARDAMOMS, Malabar lb 
Ceylon.- Mysore ,, 
,, Tellicherry,, 
,, Long ,, 
Mangalore,, 
I'ASTOK. OIL, Calcutta,, 
OHir.LIES. Ziinzibar cwt. 
CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 
Ceylon 
CI SNA MOM. Ceylon Ists 
per lb, 2ih1s 
Brcls 
4ths 
ChiLS 
CLOVES, Penang lb. 
Amboyna 
Zanzibar \ 
and Peniba / 
Stems 
COFFEE 
Ceylon Plantation ,, 
Native 
Siberian 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COLOMPO ROOT 
COIR ROPE, Ceylon ton 
Cochin ,, 
FIBRE, Brush 
Cochin ,, 
Stuffing ,, 
COIR TARN, Ceylon „ 
Cochin ,, 
do. „ 
CROTON SEEDS,3ift. cwt 
CUTCH 
Q 1 N G KP , Bengal , rough „ 
t'alicut, Cut A ,, 
B & C „ 
Cochin Rougli ,, 
Japan „ 
aUM AMMONIACUM,, 
AKIMI, Zanzibar „ 
Madagascar 
AEABIC K. T. & Adtn 
Turkey sorts 
Gljatti 
Kurrachee 
Madras 
ASSAFCETIIM 
kiso 
MiUKH, pickerl 
Aden sorts 
OLIBANU.VI, drop 
pickings 
siftings 
INDIARUlfBliU.Assamlb 
llaiigoon 
Jiornuo 
Fair to fine dry 
Ocinimoii to good 
Fair to fine 
Good to fine 
Fair 
Dark to good palish 
Fair average quality 
Clipped, bold, bright,fiiifc 
Middling, stalky & lean 
Fair to filoo plump 
Seeiis ■ 
Good to fun- 
Brownish 
Shelly to good 
Med brown to good bold 
Ists and 2nds 
Dull to lino hi-ight 
Ledgeriana Orig. Stem 
Crown, Renewed 
Org. Stem 
Red Org. Stem 
Renewed 
Root 
Ordinary to fine quill 
Dull to fine bright bold 
Dull to tine 
Good and tine bright 
Coicmou dull to fair 
Fair 
Bolil to line bold colory 
Middling to fine 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 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 
Fair 
Good to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Common to fine bold 
Small and D's 
Unsplit 
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 sort.s 
Fair to good palish ... 
„ red 
Ordinary to good pale 
Pickings to fine pale ... 
Good and tine pale 
Reddish to pale selected 
Dark to fine pale 
Clean fr to gd. almonds 
Ord. stony and blocky 
Fine bright 
Fair to fine pale 
Middling to good 
(jood to tine white 
Middling to fair 
Low to good pale 
Slightly foul to flue 
Good to tine 
Common to foul & mxd. 
Fair to good clean 
Coniuion to tine 
£C a £7 10s 
iLf> 15s a £0 7s Cd 
£6 a £0 7s Cd 
lS7s ed 
lySs 
2s Sd a 2s 4d 
Is 5d a Is 7d 
Is :-d a 3s 9d 
la ed a 2s 
■Is lid a 3s 
2s 6d 
2s lid a 3s 6d 
Is lUd a 3s ed 
Id a 4id 
:i7s ed a 47s 6d 
3:jda t jd 
5d a 7d 
3}d a 5^d 
4pd a 5jd 
5Jd a 7^d 
ilA a 4d 
lid a Is 8d 
lOd a Is 7d 
9|d a Is 6d 
8id a ll^d 
3^d a fd 
5|d a 9d 
4Jd a 5^d 
3|d 3, 4 id 
3jd a 3td 
lid 
100s a 118s 
85s a 9rs 6d 
75s a 82s ed 
'.5s a 75s 
30s a 70.S 
37s a 45s 
90s a 105s 
S . s a 9Cs 
72s aSi s 
1 2s a 20s 
nominal 
£13 Us a £18 
£16 a £19 
£18 a £24 
£7 a £9 
£15 a £33 
£12 a £32 
.£10 a £14 10s 
31 s a 10s 
2."s a 35s 
28s 6d 
SOs a 100s 
3-1 s a 77s ed 
25s a 33s 
25s a 29s 
27s 
20s a 453 
£10 7s 6d a £20 
£82/6 a £10 10s 
70s a £9 2/6 
£5 10s a £7 10s 
SOs a lUOs 
£4 8s a £8 
£4 5s a £9 
36s a 60s 
07s 6da 85s 
12s ed a 35s 
52s 6d a 55s 
30s a 4Cs 
23s a ■35s 
40s a 85s 
6s a 25s 
Is a Is 3d 
9rs a 107s 6d 
50s a 60s 
35s 6d a SOs 
25s a 35s 
17s a 20s 
163 6d a 18s 
2s lOjd a 3s 0|d 
Is 4d a 2s 6d 
2s 3d a ;is 3d 
Is a 2S iiX 
INDIARUBBER, (Contd). 
Java, Sing. & Penanglb. 
Jlozambique 
Nya.'^saland 
Madagascar 
INDIGO, E.L 
MACE, Bombay & Penang 
per lb. 
MYRABOLANS, "I 
Madras / '^"'^ 
Bombay 
Bengal ,, 
NUTMEGS— lb. 
Bombay & Penang ,, 
NUTS, ARECA cwt. 
NUX VOMICA, Bombay 
per cwt. Madras 
OIL OF ANISEED lb 
CASSIA 
LEAIONGRASS 
NUTMEG 
CINNA.MON 
CITRONELLE 
ORCHELLA WEED-cwt 
Ceylon ,, 
Zanzibar. ,, 
PEPPER - (Black) lb. 
Alleppee & Tellicherry 
Singapore 
Aeheen & 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, Tiunevelly lb 
QUALH V. 
Foul to good clean .. 
Good to fine Ball 
Ordinary to fair Ball.. 
Low .sandy Ball 
.Sau.sagf., fair to good . 
Liver and livery Ball 
Fi ir to fine bali 
Fr to tine pinky & white 
I'air to good black 
Niggers, low to tii;e .. 
Bengal- - 
Sh)))pin.g mid togd violet 
Consuming mid. to gd. 
Ordinary to mid. 
Mid. to good Kurpah 
Low to ordinary 
Mid. to good -Madras 
Pale reddish to fine 
Ordinary to fair 
Pickings 
Dark to tine pale UG 
Fair Coast 
.Tubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Rhajpore, &c. 
Calcutta 
64's to 57's 
no's to G5's 
leo's to ISO's 
Ordinary to fair fresh 
C>rdinary to middling 
Fair to good bold fresh 
(iUOTAlIONS 
SJ a 3s 3d 
s Sd a 38 4i 
2s a ?s 10]d 
Is Sd a Is 7d 
?s 6d a3s 'd 
2s 4d a Ss Ijd 
3s Id a is Ifd 
i 3s 3d 
2r a I s lOd 
Uda2s4d 
.Small ordinary and fair, 5s Cd 
's 4d a 4s 4d 
23 9d "s 2d 
s jd a 2s 8d 
2s td a 2s td 
IS 1 Od a 2s 1 d 
Isfda 2s 8d 
2s a :- s 
Is 4dals lid 
1 s 3d a Is 4d 
ts a 7s 
:5s 6d a 6s 
4s 3d a 7s 
:4s 9d a 93 6d 
4s 3d a 8s 
'4s 6d a 6s 
|2s 4d a 2s 6d 
;U;d a 2s 3d 
6d a lid 
il.^s a 17s 
4 s a .5s 6d 
3 a lOs 
Fair merchantable 
According to analysis 
Good fl:ivour & colour 
iJingy to white 
Ordinary to fair sweet 
Bright & good flavour 
iMid. to tine not woody . 
Picked clean fiat leaf .. 
wiry lU ozambique 
Gs 
3s Sd a is 
3d 
Sda?Jd 
Sid a Is 6d 
llda I'Cid 
lOs a 12s 6d 
lOs a 16s 
ICS a lis 
6id a G?d 
eld a eid 
Fair to bold heavy 
Fair , , 
Dull to fine Sjdae^d 
Fair to fine bright bold| s a 40s 
Middling to good .small'"' * ^ 82b 
Dull to fine bright . . [10s a 20s 
Ordinary to fine bright'^f a ._0s 
Good to fine pinky 
Inferior to fair 
6.1S a 75s 
40s a 60.S 
SHELLS, M. o'PEARL— 
Bombay cwt. 
Mergui ,, 
Mussel ,, 
TAMARINDS, Calcutta .. 
per cwt. Madras 
TORTOISKSHELL— 
Zanzibar & Bombay lb. 
TURMERIC, Bengal cwt. 
Madras ,, 
Do. 
Cochin ,, 
VANILLOES- 
Mauritius 
Bourbon 
Seychelles 
VERMILION 
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Fair to fine flavour 
Fair to good flavour . . 
Inferior to fine 
Fair to good 
I Rough & rooty to good 
i bold smooth .. 
Ord. dusty to gd. soluble 
Good to tine bold green °JJ ^ 
£20 a £.50 
OS a £S 
£20 a £50 
£4 a £8 
£5 a £5 ICs 
£410sa£5 15s 
£7 
51s 6d a 593 6d 
Fair middling medium 
Common dark and tmall 
Bold and A's 
D's and B's 
Small 
^mull ' o 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 25s a 27s 6cl 
Bulbs . . eos a 213 
Finger ..24s 
Bulbs ,.,|7s6d 
4d a £jd 
I id a 3jd 
£4 a £5 2a 6d 
£5 12/6 a £7 lOS 
ISs a £2 ICS 
15s a 163 
7s 6d a lis 
17s a 243 
2Ss nom. 
lb 
1sts Gd. crysallized 3J a 9 in 
2nds Foxy & reddish 4 J a 8 
3rds Lean and inferior 
lb. Fine, pure, briglit 
WAX, Japan, squarescwt Good white hard 
173 ed a 269 
15s a 2l3 
lOs a 13s ?d 
3s 3d 
3Ss 64 
