April 1, 1901.] 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
{Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
EXPORTS. 
Coiombo, 1st April 1901. 
CABDAMOMS:— -r., nr. 
All round parcel, well bleachea per lb. Kl-70 
Do. dull medium do. Kl-40 
Special assortment, 0 and 1 only do. R2 00 
Seeds clo. El'dO 
Cinchona Bark: — • , „ , 
Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine l'2c— 14 to 3 o/o. 
Cinnamon • — 
Ordinary assortment per lb. 56o. 
Nos. 1 and 2 only per lb. 61c, 
Nos. 3 and 4 only per lb. 53o. 
Cinnamon Chips ; — 
Per candy of 560 lb R82-50 
Cocoa:— , , 
Finest estate red ; unpicked per cwt lv60 
Medium do do R52 
Bright native, unpicked and nndried R49 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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CEILON EXPORTS AND DISTRIBUTION 
FOR SEASONS 1900 AND 1901. 
do 
R43 
R4900 
E3v>-00 
R'ZO-OO 
R49 0O 
R49 00 
R40 00 
E5000 
Coconut Bristle No 
Do 
Do mattress 
Do 
Coir Yarn, Kogalla ,, 
Do Colombo „ 
Kitool all sizes 
Palmyrah 
Pepfeb— Black 
Plumbago — 
Large lumps 
Ordinary lumps 
Chips 
Dust 
Do (Flying) 
Sapanwood 
per cwt 
per lb 
per ton 
do 
do 
do 
per ton 
RlO-50 
None 
400 
3 00 
18 00 
16-00 
Node 
None 
Noue 
R.550"~| 
425 1 I _j 
325 }• "3 
180 I 
125 J ^ 
None. 
None." 
None. 
O C5 
St 
b. per ° 
Ordinary do 
Coconuts — (husked). 
Selected per thousand 
Ordinary i, 
Smalls 
Coconut Cake — 
Poonac in robins f. o. b. per ton R75-00 
Do in bags None 
Coconut (Desiccated). 
Assorted all grades per lb 16c 
Coconut Oil — 
Dealers' Oil per cwt R15 00. 
Coconut Oil in ordinary packages f. o 
ton R335-00. 
Coffee. — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bus, 
None. 
Plantation Estate Coffee f.o.b. (ready) per cwt 
None. 
Native Coffee, f.o.b per cwt.— None. 
Oitronella Oil — 
Ready do per lb.— 50c 
Copra — 
Boat Oopra per candy of 5C0 lb 
Calpentyn Copra do do 
Cart do do do 
Kstate do do do 
Cboton Seed per cwt— None 
Ebony — S 
Sound per ton at. Govt, depot— R230 As per last § 
Govt. Bales of Deo 3rd. _S 
Inferior R155.— As per last Govt, sales of Dec 3rd. o_ 
Fibres 
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lbs. 
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21)800 
129C0 
1266C0 
icon 
22500 
"358C0 
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88 
3 
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Bale 
lbs. 
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Satinwood (ordinary) per cubic ft. 
Do do per cubic ft. ^ — 
High Grown Medium Low Growa 
Tea — Average. Average. Average. 
3:2 
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Broken Pekoe and Broken 
ota 
eta 
cts 
Orange Pekoe per lb 
63 
49 
45 
Orange Pekoe do 
55 
43 
38 
Pekoe do 
46 
38 
33 
Pekoe Souchong do 
44 
33 
28 
Pekoe Fannings do 
38 
33 
27 
Broken mixed — dust, &o 
per lb 
23 
22 
21 
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