July 1, 1899.] THE TKOPICAL AGEICULTURIST. 
63 
COLOMBO PRICE CURREST. 
(liuinished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, June 27th, 1899, 
Exchange on London : — Closing Rates : Bank Selling 
Bates :— On demand 1/4 to 1-32 ; 4 months' sight 1/4 
1-32 to 1-16 ; 6 months' sight 1/4 116 to 3-32. 
Bank Buying Rates: — Credits 3 months' sight 1/4 5-32 
0 3-16;'6 months' sight 1/4 i to 9-32 ; Docts 3 months' 
Bight 1/4 3-16 to 7-32 ; 6 months' sight 1/4 9-32 
to 5-16. 
Indian Bank Minimum Bates 5 o/o 
Local Rates : 1 o/o to 2 o/o Higher. 
OOFFEE : — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bus — 
E13.00 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b on the spot per cwt 
R7400 
Liberian Parchment on the spot per bus — none 
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. R43-50 Scarce and nominal 
Tea: — Average Prices ruling during the week — Broken 
Pekoe per lb. 43c. Pekoe per lb. 36c. Pekoe Soa- 
choug per lb. 33c. Broken Mixed and Dust per lb. 
26c. — Averages of Week's sale. 
Cinchona Bark: — Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb 7jc. 1 o/o to 4 o/o 
Cabdamoms: — Per lb Rl .85 
Coconut Oil: — Mill oil per cwt. R13.75 
Dealers' oil per cwt. R13.75 ; Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton R312,50 
Copra:— Per candy of 560 lb. R45.00 
Coconut Cake:— (Poonac) f o.b. (MilU per ton,R80.00 
Cocoa unpicked & undried, per cwt. R46.00 
Picked & Dried f. o. b. per cwt. K47.50 
Coir Yarn.-Nos. 1 to 8 j g^mbo S.OO 
Cinnamon : — Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 65c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 57g. 
Ebony. — Per ton.— Govt, sales 30th June, 
Plumbago : — Large Lumps per ton, iRlOOO 
Ordinary Liumps per ton, R850 
Chips per ton, RG50 Dust per ton, R450 
Rice.— Soolye per bag, t R7.35 to 7.68 
„ per bushel, | R2.85 to 3.05 
Pegu & Calcutta Calunda per bushel. R2.90 to 3.00 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R2.95 to R3.10 
Mutusamba per bushel R3.35 to 3.75 
Kadapa and Knruwe, per bushel — None. 
Rangoon, raw 3 bushel bag. R9.37 to 10.00 
Coast Kara per bushel R2.90 to 3.00 
Soolai Kara per bushel R2.80 to 2.85 
THE LOCAL MARKET. 
(By Mr. James Gibson, Baillie St., Fort.) 
Coffee :— 
Colombo, June 27th, 1899. 
Estate Parchment :— per bushel Ell 00 to 12-00 \ 
R8-OUto9O0 /- 
Chetty do 
do 
Native Coffee \ ^ 
do P. O. B /P" 
R35-00 to 40-00 
B3-50 
R-22-,^0 
R40 00 to 42 '00 
Kr2-00 to 48-00 
Rl-10 to 1-30 
Rl-60 to 2 09 
Liberian coffee:— per bushel 
do cleaned cofltee:— per cwt 
Cocoa unpicked:— per cwt 
do cleaned do 
Cardamoms Malabar per lb. 
do Mysore do 
Soolai per bag of 164 Ib.'^nett R7 35 to 7-68 
Slate or 1st quality:— per bushel R2-95 to 3.05 
Soolai 2 & 3rd. do do do R2-85 to 2'95 
Coast Calunda B2-95 to 3-10 
Coast Kara R2-90 to 3-00 
Kazala R2-80 to 2-85 
Muttusamba Ordinary R3-35 to 3 75 
Rangoon Rice per bag R9 37 to 10-00 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 to 4 ROO-57 
do do 1 to 2 ROD -64 
do Chips per candy R90-00 scarce 
Coconuts Ordinary per thousand R35-50 to 37-50 
do Selected do 
Coconut Oil per cwt 
do do F. O. B, per ton 
PoON«C :— 
Gingelly per ton 
Coconut Chekku do 
do Mill (retail) do 
Cottou Seecl do 
R36-00 to 38-50 
R14 12I to 14-25 
R282-50 to 285-00 
R85-00 to 90-00 
R75-00 to 80-00 
R75-00 tg 80-00 
Poonac .— 
Copra per candy 
Kalpitiya io 
Mara wila do 
Cart Copra do 
Satinwooil per cubic feet 
do Flowered do 
Halmilla do 
Palu do 
Ebony per ton 
Kitul fibre per cwt 
Palmyra do do 
Jaffna Black Clean per cwt 
do mixed do 
Indian do 
do Cleaned do 
Sapanwood per ton 
R45-50 
Ri3-00 to 44-50 
R40-00 to 42-OJ 
R2 00 to 2-25 
R5-00 to 6-00 
Rl -90 
RlOO to 1-12 
R75-0i1 to 175-00 
R30-00 
R8-00 to 17-59 
none. 
K12-00 to 13-fO 
R800 to 13-50 
RIO -00 to 17-50 
tR47-50 to 52-50 
Kerosine oil American per case R6 25 to 6'50 
do bulk Russian per tin 
do Sumatra per Cases 
Nux Vomica per cwt 
Croton Seed per cwt 
Kapok cleaned f o b do cwt 
do uncleaned do 
r Large lumps RSOO OO to OfiO'CO 
Plumljego" per ton,J do R400 00 to 8S0-00 
aceording to grade | Chips R200-00 to 650 00 
LDust RlOO-eOto 450 00 
R2-75 to 2 90 
none 
R2 00 to 3-£0 
R38-00 to 40-00 
R24-00 to 25-00 
RS OO to 9-00 
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