^fwY 1, 1902.] THE TROPICAL AGBICULTtJIlIST. 
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COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
[Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
EXPORTS 
Colombo, June 30th, 1902, 
Oabdamoms ; — _ 
All round parcel, well bleached per lb. RMO 
Do. dull medium do. E0 90 
Special assortment, 0 and 1 only do. Rl'25 i 
Seeds do. RlOO d" 
Cinchona Bark : — g 
Per unit of Salphats of Quinine 8c — to 3 per s 
, cent. 
Cinnamon : — (in bales of 100 lbs. nett.) 
Ordinary assortment per lb, 52a. 
No8. 1 and 2 only per lb. 58c, 
Nos. 3 and 4 only per lb. 46o. 
Cinnamon Chips ; — (in bgs. of 56 lbs. nett. per candy 
of 560 lbs.) 
Per candy of 560 lb R70-00 d 
Cocoa : — | 
Finest estate red ; unpicked per cwt R45-00 i Nominal § 
Medium do do do R38'00 ( Local 
Bright native unpicked and undried R37 08 ( 
■ ■ " E28-00 ; 
do 
do 
supplies 
scarce 
Ordinary do 
Coconuts — (husked) 
Selected per thousand R53*00 
Ordinary „ E4300 
Smalls „ E39-00 
Coconut Cake — 
Poonac in robins f. o. b. per ton RBO'OO 
Do in bags none. 
Coconut (Desiccated). 
Assorted all grades per lb Oc 
Coconut Oil — 
Dealers' Oil per cwt ElB OO. 
Coconut Oil in ordinary packages f. o. b. per ton 
R395-00.— Sales at both rates. 
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. — 47c Steady. 
Copra — 
Boat Oopra per candy of 560 lb. R58'0O 
Calpentyn Copra do do R58 00 
Cart do do do R53 00 
Jfistate do do do R57 00 
Croton Seed per cwt — Rll'QO 
Ebony — 
Sound per ton at Govt, depot— RIBO'OO.— Next sales 
fixed for 4th August. 
ales fixed for 4th August. 
Inferior R90-00.— Next 
Fibres — 
Coconnt Bristle No 1 
Do „ 2 
Do mattress ,, 1 
Do „ 2 
Coir Yarn, Kogalla ,, 1 to 8 
Do Colombo ,, 1 to 8 
steady, others lower. 
Eitool all sizes 
falmyrah 
Pepper— Black per lb 
Plumbago — 
Large lumps per ton 
Ordinary lumps do 
per cwt None 
None 
None 
None 
1500 
Rll'OO.— Fine qualities 
scarce, but an easier tendency. 
Chips 
Dust 
Do (Flying) 
Sapanvvood — 
Satinwood (ordinary) 
Do (Flowered) 
None 
None 
None 
R650 
R625 Fine qualities 
do ' R425 
do R275 
do R150 
per ton R40-00 
per cubic ft. R4-00 
per cubic ft. R17 00 
Tea— 
High Grown Medium 
Average Average. 
Broken Pekoe and Broken cts eta 
Orange Pekoe per lb 49 39 
Orange Pekoe do 33 35 
Pekoe do 32 36 
Pekoe Souchong do 30 25 
Pekoe Fanningsdo 28 27 
SiokflQ mised— dnst, &o 27 24 
Low Grown 
Average, 
cts 
SO 
27 
26 
24 
27 
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