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THE TROPICAL AGRICTJLTURlST, 
[ArElIi 1, 190S. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS, 
(From Lewis tfc Peat's Fortnightly Price Current, London, 1-lth March, 1903, 
ALOES, Soccotriiie_ cwt. 
Zanzibar & Hepatic ,, 
ARRO WH OOT (Natal) lb. 
BEES' WAX, cwt. 
Zanzibar Yellow ,, 
Bombay 
Madagascar „ 
CAMPHOR, E.rmofcia „ 
Japan „ 
CARDAM0JJS,Malab8rl' 
^ Ceylon. Mysore „ 
,, Tellicherry ,, 
„ Long ,, 
,, Mangalore ,, 
<5asT0U oil, Calcutta,, 
CHIT LIES. Zi\nzi)'ii. cwt. 
CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 
Ceylon 
CINNAMO>i, Ceylon Ists 
per lb. 2iid!^ 
3rds 
4tliS 
Cliils 
CLOVES, Penang lb. 
Aniboyna 
Zanzibar \ 
and Pemba / 
Stems 
COEFEE 
Ceylon Plantation ,, 
Native 
Liberian ,, 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COLOMBO ROOT 
COIR ROPE, Ceylon ton 
Cochin „ 
FIBRE, Brush 
Cochin „ 
Stuffing ,, 
COIR YARN, Ceylon „ 
(."ochin ,, 
do. ,, 
CROTON SEELS.sif I . cwt. 
CUTCH 
GING ICR, Bengal, rough,, 
Calicut, Cut A „ 
B & C ,. 
Cochin Kou^l. ,, 
Japan ,, 
auM AMMo^■IAC^ M „ 
ANIMI. Zanzibar ,, 
Madagascar, 
AP.ABIC E. I. & Adfn „ 
Turkey sorts ,, 
Gbatti ,, 
Kurrachee ,, 
Madras „ 
ASSAFCETIDA 
KINO 
Mi KKH, picked 
Aden sorts ,, 
OLIBANUJl, drop 
pickings ,, 
sif tings ,. 
INDIARin BI K. Ceylon 
Assam 
Rangoon 
Born«o 
QUALITY. 
Fair to fine dry 
ComiLOU to good 
Fair to fme 
Sliglit y rlrossy to f ir 
Fii r geuuine 
J aik to od palish 
Crude and semi-refined 
Fair avirage quality 
Clipi ed, bold, bi- ght, fine 
Jliddliiig, stalky & leai 
Fair to fine phinip 
Sce-s 
Good to fini- 
Brownish 
Shelly to good 
Med brown to fair bold 
Ists and 2nds 
Dull lo liii,^ l.right 
Ledgeriana Orig. Stem 
Crown, Renewed 
Org. Stem 
Red Org. Stem 
Renewed 
Boot 
Ordinary to fine quill 
DnW to fine bright bold 
Dull to tine 
Good and fine bright 
C> u nion doll to fair 
Fair 
Bol'l to fine bold^colory 
iUiddling to fine mid . 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium and fair 
Native 
Middling to good 
Ordinary to fair 
Ord. to tine long straight 
Ordinary to good clean 
Common to fine 
Common to superior 
,. very fine 
Roping, fair to good 
Pull to fair 
Fair to fine dry 
Fair 
Good to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Common to fine bold 
.Small and D's 
Unsplit 
Sm. blocky to fine clean 
Picked fr. fine pi. in sts. 
Part yellow and mixed 
Bean and Pea size ditto 
Amber and dk. red bold 
Med. & bold glassy sorts 
Fair to good palish ... 
,, red 
Ordinary to good pale 
Pickings to fine pale ... 
Good and fine pale 
Reddish to pale .selected 
uark to fine pale 
Clean fr to gd. almonds 
Ord. stnny and blocky 
F ii- ti liUH bright • 
Fair to fine pale 
>iiddling to good 
(Jcjod to line white 
Middling to fair 
Low to good pale 
Slightly foul to' fine 
Fine (gi w u. fr. Fara seed) 
Good to fine 
Common to foul & mxd. 
Fair to good clean 
< '< nimon to fine 
liUOTATIONS. 
7Cs aSOs 
2fls a 60s 
7d a Sd 
£61(is a £61.5 
£.5--0sa£6 10s 
£67s6da£7 2s6d 
160s a 17£s 
17('s 
^s6d a Is ed 
Is a ls2d 
1.S a 3s ''d 
!s 2d a Is 6d 
Is 6d a 'is 
Is Sd a Is 6d 
9d a 2s 
2s Sd a 2s nd 
2d a I'id 
31s a 40s 
(id a 9d 
5d a 7d 
■2id a f M 
2Jd a 4^d 
3d a, 5|d 
3|d a 4d 
Ssd a Is 6d" 
-d a Is ed 
7iid a Is 4d 
7d a lid 
2^d a lOd 
( d a Is 
5d a 6d 
3gd a 4(\ 
3j!d a 3|d 
2d 
90s a n5s 
70s a IOCS 
59s a 6?s 
40s a of s 
oCs a 40s 
6.= s a 88s ed 
58s a.e4s 
tOsa 57s 
8sa lis 
nominal 
f 13 10s a £18 
£16 a £19 
£■'(1 a £24 
£7 a £9 
£15 a ,£30 
£12 a £32 
£10 a £14 10s 
IFs a 25s 
■<i5s a 30s 
ii?. 
80s a 85s 
46s a 60s 
34s a 40s 
32s a 34s 
30.S 
10s a 35s 
eiOa £13 
.£7 a £10 
£75 a £9 
£5 15s a £7 lOs 
95s a £6 153 
£4 a £8 
£4 5s a £7 10s 
2.'s6d a 3.S 6d 
27s 6d a -,23 6d 
12s a 2'is 
2:s lid a3Cs 
Os a 2:.s 
■ 5s a 20s 
.'Os a 10 s 
53 a 45s 
td a 5d 
7.5s R. 120s 
65s a 9.= S 
ISs a 50s 
t s a 42s ed 
:( s a 3 s 
l&s a tSs 
2s 8d a 4s S^d 
2s a 33 
7d a 18 ed 
2s a 3s 
Od a 2s Cd 
INDIARUBBER fCoiiM.; 
Java, Sii g. & Penang lb. 
Mozambique 
Nyassaland 
Madagascar 
INDIGO, E,I 
MACE, Bombay & Penang 
per lb. 
MYRABOLANS, "I . 
Madras / ""^^ 
Bombay 
QUALITY. 
Bengal ,, 
NUTMEGS- lb. 
Bombay & Penang ,, 
NUTS, ARECA cwt. 
NUX VOIVilCA, Bombay 
per cwt. Madras 
OIL OF ANISEED „ 
CASSIA 
LEMONGRASS 
NUTMEG 
CINNAMON 
CITRONELLB 
ORCHELLA WEED-cwt^ 
Ceylon ,, 
Zanzibar. ii, 
PEPPER (Black) lb, 
AUeppee & Tellicherry 
Singapore 
Acheen & VV. C. Penang 
PLUMBAGO, lump cwt. 
chips 
dust 
SAFFLOWER 
SANDAL WOOD— 
Bombay, Logs ton. 
Chips „ 
Madras, Logs „ 
Chips „ 
SAPANWOOD Ceylon „ 
Manila ,, 
Siam ,, 
SEEDLAC cwt. 
SENNA, Tinnevelly lb 
SHELLS, M. o'PEARL— 
Bombay cwt. 
Mergui „ 
Mussel ,, 
TAMARINDS, Calcutta... 
per cwt Madras 
TOBTOISESHELL— 
Zanzibar & Bombay lb. 
TURMERIC, Bengslcwt. 
Madras ,, 
Finger f.air to fine bold 
bright 
Do. ,, Bulbs 
Cochin „ Finger 
Bulbs 
lb. 
Ists Gd. crysallized 3ij a«ff in 
2nds Foxy & reddish 3J a 8 ,, 
Srds.Lean and inferior 
lb. iFine, pure, brignc 
WAX, Japan, squarea fwt|Good white hard 
VANILLOES- 
Mauritius 
Bourbon 
Seychelles 
VERMILION 
::.} 
Foul logood clean 
Goor' to fine Ball 
Ordinary to fair Ball 
Low sandy B-ll 
Sausage, lair to good 
l iver and Livery Ball 
Fair to fine bail 
Fr to fire I inky & white 
Pair to g cd black . . 
Niggers, low to fine .. 
Bengal- - 
Shipping mid to gd violet 
Consuming mid. to gd. 
Ordinary to mid. 
Mid. to good Kurpah 
Low to ordinary 
Mid. to good Madras 
Piile reddish to fine 
Ordinary to fair 
Pickings 
Dark to fine pale UG 
Fair Coast 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Rha.ipore, &c. 
Calcutta 
64's to 57's 
no's to 65's 
lOO's to 11,5's 
Ordinary to fair frefh 
Ordinary to middling 
Fair to good bold fresh 
Small ordinary and fair 
Fair merchantable 
According to analysis 
Good flavour & colour 
Dingy to "white 
Ordinary to fair sweet 
Bright & good flavour 
Mid. to fine not woody. 
Picked clean flat leaf . 
,, wiry Mozambique 
Fair to bold heavy 
Fair 
Dull to fine 
Fair to fine bright bold 
Middling to good small 
Dull to fine bright 
Ordinary to fine bright 
Good to fine pinky 
Inferior to fair 
QUOTATIONS 
Fair to fine flavour 
Fair to good flavour . . 
Inferior to fine 
Fair to good 
/ Rough & rooty to good 
I bold smooth... 
Ord. dusty to gd. soluble 
Good to line bold green 
Fair greenish 
Common dark and small 
Bold and A's 
D's and B's 
Small 
~mall 'o bold 
Small to bold 
l^'id. to fine bl'k not stony 
Stony and inferior 
Small to bold dark 
mottle part heavy 
Fair 
8d a 3s 
2s 6d a :-s 8id 
2s a 2s 4d 
9daZs 
3 2d a 3s 2f d 
Is9da2s8d 
2s 3d a xs 3d 
?s a 2s 9Jd 
isld a 2s 3|d 
7d a 29 
3s fd a 4s 
3s 2d a 3s 7d 
2s lOd a 3s Id 
Is 9d a 2s 3d 
Ir a Is 7d 
ls4d alslOd 
3s a 3s 6d 
2s ^ 2s 9d 
Is 9d a 18 lid 
5s a 6s nom 
4s 3d a 4s 6d 
4s a 6s 61 
4s a "s 6d 
3s 6d a 5s 6d 
3s 6d a 5s nun. 
33 
Is 2d a 2^ 1 d 
M a Is Id 
^ 4s a 17s 
58 6d a 63 
7s a 10s 
.^s a 6s 9d 
4s 2d a 43 3d 
2s 2d a 3s 
5d a Sjd 
IJd a 2Ad 
3Jd a Is Id 
9d a lOJd 
iOs a 12s 6d 
lOs a 14s 
103 a lis 
5id aeid 
54d a 5|d 
'■' s a 35s 
Os a 28s 
9s a 15s 
4s a 7s 6d 
66s a 753 
40s a 60? 
£15 a £30 
£5 a £8 
£15 a £30 
£4 a £8 
£5 a £5 10s 
£410sa£515s 
£7 
H7s6dal20s 
6^d a 8d 
3Jd a 5Jd 
lid a 3d 
30s a 1403 
57 159 a. £10 108 
17s a 55s 
8s a 10s 
4s 6d a 63 
15s a 223 
12s a 14s 
93 ed a 13s 
9s 
9s 6d a IPs 6d 
93 a 9s 6d 
7s 6d a 28s 63 
68 a 1:8 
5s 6d a 83 6d 
33 a 3s Id 
62i9 6d » 96a 
