Apirl 1, 1903. 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTTTRIST. 
713 
COLOMBO PBICE CURRENT. 
Furnished by the Okamber of Commerce.) 
EXPORTS 
Colombo, Mar. 30th, 1903 
Cardamoms :— , . , „ 
All round parcel, well bleached per lb. 
Do. dull medium do. 
Special assortment, 0 and 1 only do 
Seeds 
Cinchona Bark: — , , „ 
Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 8c— 1| to 3 per 
cent, 
Cinnamon -.—(in bales of 100 lbs. 
Ordinary assortment per lb. 
Nos. 1 and 2 only per lb. 
Nob. 3 and 4 only per lb. 
Cinnamon Chips :— (in bags, of 56 lbs. 
of 560 lb.) K57-60 
^°F^nest estate red unpicked per cwt E45 0O 
Medium do do do R^I'^O 
Brieht native unpicked and undried E3o 00 
Hr. An RHOOO 
RlOO 
RO-80 
RI 20 
E070 
nett.) 
49o. 
56c. 
4lo. 
nett. per candy 
R47 00 
R3800 
R30 00 
per ton 
Ordinary do 
OocoNDTS— (husked) 
Selected per thousand 
Ordinary ,■ 
Smalla ,, 
Coconut Cakb— t,^^ 
Poonac in robins f. 0. b. per ton E(5'00 
Do in bags none. 
OocoNOT (Desiccated). 
Assorted all grades per lb 17c. 
Coconut Oil— 
Dealers' Oil per cwt. R14-2o 
Coconut Oil in ordinary packages f. o. b. 
B322-50.— Business done. 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bus.— 
Plantation Estate Coffee f. o. b. (ready) per cwt.— 
None 
Native Coffee, f.o.b per cvf t.— Noue. 
OlTBONELLA OlL— 
Ready do per lb.— 53c. 
Copra — 
Boat Copra per candy of 660 
Calpentyn Copra do do 
Cart do do do 
Estate do do do 
Ckoton Seed per cwt— Rll'OO 
Bbont — , . . 
Sound per|ton at Govt, depot None— Sales of this day 
Inferior None— Sales of this day. 
Fibres— 
per cwt 
lb. 
R45-50 
R4550 
R4200 
R45 00 
Coconut Bristle No- 1 
Do 
Do mattress 
Do 
Coir Yarn, Kogalla 
Do Colombo 
Eitool all sizes 
Palmyrah 
Pbppeb— Black 
Plumbago — 
Large lumps 
Ordinary lumps 
Chips 
Dust 
Do (Flying) 
Bapanwood 
1 
2 
1 to 8 
Ito 8 
per lb 
R120rt 
900 
3-00 
200 
16-50 
12-00 
None 
None 
None 
per ten R600 00^ 
io R55000 
do E850-00 V Firmer, 
do R25000 
do R12O-00 j 
„^^^„„„„„_ per ton K45 00— Nominal. 
Satinwood (Sound) oer cubic ft. K5-90— Sales of 26th Jan 
Do (Inferior) per cubic ft. R4-40— do 
Do (Flowered) pei cubic ft. RIO'TO— do 
High Grown Medium Low Grown 
Tea— Average Average. Average. 
Broken Pekoe and Broken cts 
Orange Pekoe per lb 59 
Orange Pekoe do 56 
Pekoe do 51 
Pekoe Souchong do 40 
Pekoe Fanuingsdo 38 
Broken mixed— dust, *o 33 
cts 
46 
43 
39 
35 
32 
29 
cts 
41 
37 
36 
35 
30 
39 
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