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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[Jan. ], 1901. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUTS 
(From Leiois d: Feat's Fortnightly Prices Current, London,, December 19th, 1900. 
iLOES, Soccotriiie cwt. 
Zanzibar *; Hf J atio „ 
ABROWEOOT (Natal) lb. 
BEES' WAX, cwt, 
Zanzibar & j White ,, 
Bombay 1 Yello-K „ 
WadapBScnr ,, 
CA.MPHOK, China 
Japan ,, 
CABDAMOMS, Malabar lb 
Ceylon.— Mysore „ 
„ Telli Cherry,, 
,, Long ,, 
,, Mangalore,, 
rjlBTOE OIL, Calcutta,, 
CFIl T.IES, Zanzil fi) cwt. 
CINCHONA BAKK.-lb. 
Ceylon 
CINNAMOM. Ceylon 
per lb 
Ists 
3rds 
4th.s 
Chilis 
lb. 
CLOVES, Penang 
Amboyna 
Zanzibar 
and Pemba 
Stems 
COFFEE 
Ceylon Plantation 
Native 
Liberian 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COLOMBO ROOT 
COIR ROPE, Ceylon ton 
Cochin ,, 
FIBRE, Brush „ 
Cochin ,, 
Stuffing ,, 
COIR YARN, Ceylon „ 
Cochin ,, 
do. „ 
OBOTON SEEDS.siIt. cwt 
CXJTCH „ » 
OIKQEP, Bengal, rough ,, 
Calicut, Cut A ,, 
B & C ,, 
Cochin Kough ,, 
Japan „ 
am AMMONIACUM,, 
ANIMI, Zanzibar „ 
Madagascar 
ARABIC E. I. & Adfn 
Turkey sorts 
Glatti 
Eurracbee 
Madras 
ASSAFCETIUA 
MlBBH, pidied 
Aden sorts 
OLIBANXJM, drop 
pickings 
siftings 
INDIARUl BJiK.Assiimlb 
Ra,ngeon 
Fair to tine dry 
( cniDion to good 
Fair to fine 
Good to fine 
Fair 
Park to good palish 
Fair average quality 
Clipped, bold, bvight.fine 
Middling, stalky & lean 
Fair to fine plump 
.Seeds 
Good to {inn 
Brownish 
Shelly to good 
Med brown to good bold 
Ists and 2nds 
Dull to tine briglit 
I.edgeriana Orig. Stem 
Crown, Renewed 
Org. Stem 
Red Org. Stem 
Renewed 
Roct 
Ordinary to fine quill 
Dull to fine bright bold 
Dull to fine 
Good and fine bright 
Con:moudiill to fair 
Fair 
Bold to fine bold coloiy 
Middling to fine mid .. 
Low mid. acd low grown 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium and fair 
Native 
Middling to good 
Ordinary to fair 
Ovd. 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. bloeky 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 sort 
Fair to good palish .. 
w red 
Ordinary to good pale 
Pickings to fine pale . 
Good and fine pale 
Reddish to pale selected 
Dark to fine pale 
Clean fr to gd. almonds 
Ord. stony and blocky 
Fine bright 
Fair to line pale 
Middling to good 
Good to fine white 
Middling to fair 
Low to good pale 
Slightly foul to fine 
Good to fine 
Common to foul & mxd. 
Fair to good clean 
Coionon to £»« 
QUOTATIONS. 
44s a S5s 
?/Js a COS 
6|d a 6Jd 
£6 a £7 10s 
€0 5saii61.58 
£6 a £6 ICs 
182.'^ ed 
195s Cd 
■2s 8d a 2s 4d 
Is 6d a Is 7d 
Is (d a 4s 3d 
la ed a 2s £d 
23 lid a 3s 
2s 6d 
•2s lid a 3s 6d 
25d a 3s 4d 
4d a -l^d 
25s a 463 
33d a fid 
5d a Td 
SJd a fid 
4|d a 6Jd 
5Sda 7id 
■^d a 4d 
lid a Is 8d 
UJd a Is f d 
9jd a Is ed 
8Jd a lljd 
3Jd a fd 
Id a 9d 
4id a 5^d 
id a 4jd 
4 d a 4; ed 
l£d 
100s a 110s 
fcSs a 97» ed 
7.'^s a b2s €d 
'.5s a 75s 
30s a 70s 
3Cs a 42s 6d 
80s a IOCS 
80s a 87s 
63sa 7i's ed 
12s a 2rs 
nominal 
£13 Us a £18 
£16 a £19 
£ 0 a £29 
£7 a £9 
£15 a £33 
£12 a £32 
£10 a £14 10s 
3('s SI 40s 
23s a 35s 
3 3 
SOs a lOOS 
33s a 77s ed 
288 a 34s 
2es a 30s 
28s a 303 
20s a 45s 
£10 7sCda £20 
£82/6 a £10 10s 
70s a £9 2/6 
£5 10s a £7 10s 
SOs a 100s 
£4 8s a £8 
£4 5s a £9 
.3f:S a 60s 
663 a 80a 
12s 6d a 35s 
52s ed a 55s 
303 a 4C3 
23s a 35s 
40s a 85s 
6s a 25s 
Is a Is 3d 
9( s a 107s ed 
603 a 00s 
36s 6d a £03 
25s a 35s 
17s a 20s 
163 6d a 18s 
23 lO^d a 3s O^d 
Is 4d a 2s 6d 
2s 3d a 3s 3U 
la a 'i^ i<i 
INDIARUBBEB, (Contd). 
Java, Sing. &Pe)ianglb. Foul to good clean 
f Good to fine Ball 
QUALIIY. 
Mozambique 
Nyassaland 
Madagascar 
INDIGO, E L 
■•I 
MACE, Bombay APenang 
per lb. 
MYRABOLANS, "1 
Madras J 
Bombay 
cwt 
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. 
Alleppee & Tellicherry 
Singapore 
Acheen & W. C. Penang 
PLUMBAGO, lump cwt. 
chips ,, 
dust ,, 
SAFFLOWER 
SANDAL WOOD— 
Bombay, Logs ton. 
Chips ,, 
Madras, Logs ,, 
Chips ,, 
9APANW00D 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. 
Madras ,, 
Do. ,, 
Cochin „ 
I Ordinary to fair Ball.. 
Low .sandy Ball 
Sausage, fair to good.. 
Liver and livery Ball 
Fair to fine ball 
Fr to finepinky & white 
Fair to good black . 
Niggers, low to fine .. 
Bengal- 
Shipping mid togd vioJet 
Consuming mid. to gd. 
Ordinary to mid. 
Mid. to good ICurpah 
Low to ordinary 
Mid. to good Madras 
Pale reddish to fine 
Ordinary to fair 
Pickings 
Dark to fine pale UG 
Fair Coast 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Ehajpore, Ac. 
Calcutta 
64's to 57'a 
llO's to 65's 
160's to ISO's 
Ordinary to fair fresh 
Oidinary to middling 
Fair to good bold fresh 
Small oidinary and fair 
Fair merchantable 
According to analysis 
Good flavour & colour 
i'ingy to white 
Ordinary to fair .sweet 
Bright & 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 
DuH 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 
J Rough & rooty to good 
1 bold smooth.. 
Ord. dusty to gd. soluble 
Good to tine bold green 
Fair middling medium 
Common dark and small 
Bold and A's 
D's and B's 
Small 
Small to bold 
Small to bold 
Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 
Stony and inferior 
QUOTATIONS 
VANILLOES- 
IVauritius 
Bourbon 
Seychelles 
VERMILION 
lb 
Ists 
2nds 
Srds 
lb. 
16sa2l3 
288 nom. 
Small to told dark J 
mottle part heavy \ 
Fair 
Finger fair to fine bold 
bright 2o3 a 2' 
Bulbs . . 20s a 21a 
Finger ..|24s 
8d a 3s 3d 
2s 8d a 3s 4d 
2s a 2s lOJd 
Is 3d a Is 7d 
L' s Cd a 3s ] d 
2s 4d a 33 lid 
3s a 3s 2d 
3s a 3s Id 
2s a is lOd 
Uda 28 4d 
3s 4d a is id 
2s Sd a 3s 2d 
s 4d a 2s td 
2s 2d a 28 8d 
Is ICd a 2s Id 
Istda 23 8d 
2s a ?s 
Is 4da Is lid 
Is3dals4d 
f s a 7s 
5s 6d a 6b 
4s 3d a 7s 
4s 9d a 93 ed 
4s 3d a 8a 
4s 6d a 6a 
2s l^d a 2a ed 
ll^d a 2s Id 
6d a lid 
Ifs a 173 
4s a 63 6d 
7s a lOs 
03 ed 
£s ed a 68 9d 
Ss 8d a 4a 
3d 
3d a 3id 
.3id a ]B6d 
llda I'Oid 
lOs alfs 6d 
10s a 16a 
10s a ll3 
6]d a 6 6-ied 
6ld 
5jda61d 
3isa 403 
•2i 3 a 323 
10s a 20s 
:.s a ICS 
653 a 753 
4C3 a 603 
£20 a £50 
5s a £8 
£20 a £60 
£4 a £a 
£5 a £6 10* 
£410sa£5]6a 
£7 
61s 6d a e9s Bd 
5da 8d 
4d a 5id 
lid a 3jd 
£3 17, 6a £4 17/6 
£5 12/6 a £7 lOl 
22 s a 57s ed 
15s a les 
3 6d a 11a 
6d 
WAX, Japan, sijuareBCWt 
Bulbs 
Gd. crysallizert 3J a 9 in 
Foxy & reddish 4^ a 8 
Lean and inferior 
Fine, pure, bngnt 
G9g4 ■ffbite bar(ji 
7s 6d 
16/ a 24/ 
15/ a 18/ 
8/ a 13/ 
3s 3d 
