June 1, 1901.] > THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
869 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
(Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
EXPORTS. 
Colombo, 3rd June, 1901. 
Cardamoms: — 
All ronnd parcel, well bleached per lb. Rl'50 
Do. dull medinm do. Rl-20 
Special assortment, 0 aud 1 only do, R2'00 
Seeda do. Rr35 
Cinchona Bark: — 
Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 13o — IJ to 3 o/o. 
Cinnamon : — 
Ordinary assortment per lb. 55c. 
Nos. 1 and 2 only per lb. 60o, 
Nos. 3 and 4 only per lb. 52o. 
Cinnamon Chips ; — 
Pe» candy of 560 lb R82-50 
Cocoa :— 
Finest estate red ; unpicked per cwt R551 . "5 2 m 
Medium do do R52 I -e => =: o 
Brigt i native, unpicked and undried R49 f 
do 
do R43j C? 
R48-00 
R38'00 
R29-00 
Ordinary do 
OocoNUi . — (husked). 
Selec d per thousand 
Ordinary ,, 
Smalls ,, 
Coconut Cake — 
Pconac in robins f. o. b. per ton B82'50 
Do in bags None 
Coconut (Desiccated). 
Assorted all grades per lb 16c 
CoccNUT Oil — 
Dealers' Oil per cwt R15-00. Business done at the 
lower figure for September shipment. 
Coconut Oil in ordinary packages f. o. b. per 
ton R337'50. Business done at the lower figur* for 
September shipment. 
COPPEK. — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bus.— 
None. 
Plantation Estate Coffee f.o.b. (ready) per cwt. — 
None. 
Native Coffee, t.o.\) per cwt.— None. 
OiTRONELLA Oil— 
Ready do per lb.— 47c 
COPKA — 
Boat Copra per candy of 560 
Calpentyn Copra do do 
Cart do do do 
Jfistate do do do 
Croton Seed per cwt— None 
Ebony — 
Sound per ton at Govt, depot 
Inferior R155. 
lb. 
R4d-00 
R5100 
R46-00 
R51'00 
•.R190. 
Fibres — 
Coconut Bristle No 
Do „ 
Do mattress 
Do 
Coir Yarn, Kogalla „ 
Do Colombo „ 
Kitool all sizes 
Palmyrah 
Pbppbr— Black 
Plumbago — 
Large lumps 
Ordinary lumps 
Chips 
Dust 
Do (Flying) 
Sapanwood — 
Satinwood (ordinary) 
Do do 
par cwt 
per lb 
per ton 
do 
do 
do 
per ton 
per cubic ft. 
pel cubic ft. 
BlO-50 
None 
4'00 
3 00 
1800 
16-00 
None 
None 
None 
R550 
525 
375 
250 
130 
None. 
None. 
None. 
Tea- 
Broken Pekoe and Broken 
Orange Pekoe per lb 
Orange Pekoe do 
Pekoe do 
Pekoe Souchong do 
Pekoe Fanningsdo 
Broken mixed— daat, &o 
High Grown Medium Low Qrowa 
Average. Average. 
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cts 
cts 
48 
43 
28 
43 
33 
28 
38 
29 
21 
33 
26 
17 
26 
25 
24 
2S 
22 
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