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THE TROPICAL A(^JlICULTURIST. 
[July I, 1899. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NSW PRODUCTS. 
f From Lewis (& PeaVs Fortnightly Prices Oarrent, London, May 17th, 1899. ) 
ALOES, Soccotiiiie cwb. 
Zanzibar & Hepatic ,, 
BEES' WAX, „ 
Zanzibar & ( Wliite ,, 
Bombay ( Yellow „ 
Madanascftr ,, 
CAMPHOR, China 
Japan „ 
CARDAMOMS, Malabarlb 
Ceylon.— Mysore „ 
„ Tellicherry,, 
,, Long ,, 
,, Mangalore,, 
CAHTOR OIL, Calcutta,, 
Madras ,, 
CHILLIES, Zanzihfti- cwt. 
CINCHONA BARK.- 
Ceylon lb. 
CINNAMON, Ceylon Ista 
per lb, 2uds 
4tlis 
Clilp.s 
0L0VE3, Penang lb, 
Amboyna 
Zanzibar \ 
and Pemba / 
Stems 
cocur.us iNmcus cwt. 
COFFEE 
Ceylon Plantation 
Native 
Liberian 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COLOMBO ROOT 
COIR ROPE, Ceylon ton 
Cochin ,, 
FIBRE, Brush » 
Cochin ,, 
Stuffing „ 
COIR YARN, Ceylon „ 
Cochin „ 
do. „ 
CROTON SEEDS,9i£t. cwt. 
OUTCH 
QI N a KB , Bengal , rough „ 
Calicut, Cut A „ 
B & C „ 
Cochin Rough ,, 
Japan „ 
BUM AMMONIACUM „ 
ANIMI, Zanzibar „ 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS. 
Madagascar ,, 
ARABIC K. I. & Aden „ 
Turkey sorts „ 
Ghatti „ 
Kurrachee ,, 
Madras ,, 
A8SAFCETIDA „ 
KINO 
MYBBH, picked 
Aden sorts ,, 
OLIBANUM, drop 
pickings ,, 
Hiftingfi ,, 
INDI ARU BB KK.AHMaralb 
Ra,iigoon 
Fair to tiue dry 
Commou to good 
Good to fine 
Fair 
Dark to good palish 
Fair average quality 
Clipped, bold, bright, fine 
viiddling. stalky 4 lean 
Fair to flue plump 
Seeis 
Good to finti 
Brownish 
Shelly to good 
Med brown to good bold 
Ists and 2nds 
Dull to fine bright 
Crown, Renewed 
Org. .Stem 
Red Org. Stem 
Renewed 
Root 
Ordinary to fine quill 
Dull to fine bright bold 
Dull to tine 
Good and fine bright 
Common dull to fair 
Fair 
Fair 
Bold to fine bold colory 
Middling to fine mid 
Low mid. and low grown 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium and fair 
Triage to ordinary 
Ordinary to good 
Ordinary to fair 
Ord. to fine long straight 
Ordinary to good clean 
Common to fine 
Common to superior 
,, very fine 
Roping, fair to good 
Dull to fair 
Fair to fine dry 
Fail' 
Good to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Common to fine bold 
Small and D's 
Unsolit 
Sm. blocky to fine clean 
Picked fine pale in sorts 
Part yellow and mixed 
Bean and Pea size ditto 
Amber and dk. red bold 
Med. & bold glassy sort 
Fair to good palish .. 
,, „ red 
Ordinary to good pale 
Pickings to fine pale 
Good and fine pale 
Reddish to pale selected 
Dark to fine pale 
Clean fr to gd. . almonds 
Ord. stony and blocky 
Fine bright 
Fair to fine pale 
Middling to good 
Good to fine white 
Middling to fair 
Low to good pale 
Slightly foul to tine 
Good to fine 
Common to foul & mxd. 
Faij' to good clean 
Common to fine 
44s a 100s 
Us a 80s 
£7 a £7 10s 
£5 15s a £6 10s 
£6 OS a £6 lisGd 
i3as 
132s 6d 
2s 9d a 3s 
2s a 2» 3d 
3s a 3s 8d 
2s 4d a 23 7d 
2s lid a 3s 
2s 6d 
3s a 3s 9d 
2s 3d a 3s 9d 
a 4i-d 
3^d a 3^d 
29s 6 I a 403 
5d a 7d 
8Jd 
2id a 3fd 
3id 
4Sd 
9d a is 6d 
Sd a Is 4d 
d a Is 3d 
7d a Ud 
3d a 4|d 
4fd a Is 
4d a Sjd 
3Jd a 4fd 
3id a3 7-16d 
2d 
9s 
UOs a 120s 
103s a 108s 
90s a 100s 
58s a 82s 
30s a 70s 
28s a 37s 
■4s a 80s 
68S a 73s 
50s a 67s 
Us a 19s 6d 
nominal 
£16 a £20 
£10 a £21 
£18 a £22 
£7 a £9 
£15 a £33 
£12 a £32 
£10 a iU 10s 
40s a 55s 
23s a 35s 
20s 
70s a 75s 
23s 6d a 46s 
21s a 26s 
17s a 20s 
17s 
20s a 45s 
£107s6da £15 
£8 2/6 a £10 10s 
70s a £8 12/6 
£5 10s a £7 10s 
80s a 100s 
£4 8s a £3 
£4 5s a £9 
Ws a 55s 
70s a 85s 
12s Od a 35s 
52s 6d a 55s 
30s a 40s 
27s 6d a 35s 
37s a 80s 
25s a 47s 6d 
7s 
65s a 75s 
33s a 55s 
36s a 50s ■ •: 
25s a 353 
16s a 20s 
10s 6d a 18s 
2s injd a 33 3id 
Is a 2s 9d 
2h Od a :is 2d 
Il3a2,i4cl 
INDIARUBBER, (CoiUd). 
Java, Sing. & Penang lb. 
Mozambique 
Madagascar 
INDIGO, E.I. 
MACE, Bombay & Penang 
per lb. 
MYRABOLANES, 1 . 
Madras J 
Bombay ,, 
Bengal ,, 
NUTMEGS- lb. 
Bombay & Penang ,, 
NUTS, ARECA cwt. 
NUX VOMICA, Bombay 
per cwt. Madras 
OIL OF ANISEED lb 
CASSIA 
LEMONGRASS 
NUTMEG 
CINNA.MON 
CITRON ELLE 
ORCHELLA WEED— cwt 
Ceylon ,, 
Zanzibar. ,, 
PEPPER - (Black) lb. 
Alleppee & Tellicherry 
Singapore 
Acheen & W; C. Penang 
PLUMBAGO, lump cwt 
chips „ 
dust „ 
SAFFLOWER 
SANDAL WOOD— 
Bombay, Logs ton. 
Chips „ 
Madras, Logs ,, 
Chips ,, 
SAPANWOOD Bombay,, 
Madras ,, 
Manila 
Siam „ 
SEEDLAC cwt. 
SENNA, Tinnevelly lb 
SHELLS, M. o'PEARL- 
Bombay cwt. 
Mussel „ 
TAMARINDS, Calcutta .. 
per cwt. Madras 
TORTOISESHELL— 
Zanzibar & Bombay lb. 
TURMERIC, Bengalcwt. 
Madras „ 
Do. 
Cochin ,, 
VANILLOES- lb. 
Mauritius and 1 1 sts 
Bourbon .../ 2nds 
Seychelles 3rds 
VERUILION lb. 
,WAX, Japan, squares cwt 
QUOTATIONS 
Foul to good clean .. 
Good to tine Ball 
Ordinary to fair Ball . 
Low sandy Ball 
Sausage, fair to good 
Liver and livery Ball . 
Fr to fine pinky & white 
Fair to good black .. 
Niggers, low to good.. 
Bengal- 
Shipping mid togd violet 
Consuming mid, to gd 
Ordinary to raid. 
Mid. to good Kurpah 
Low to ordinary 
Mid. to good Madras 
Pale reddish to fine 
Ordinary to fair 
Pickings 
Dark to fine pale UG 
Fair Coast 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Rhajpore, &c. 
Calcutta 
64's to 57's 
llO's to 65'8 
160's to 130's 
Ordinary to fair resh 
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 iE good flavour 
Mid. to tine not woody 
Picked clean flat leaf 
,, wiry Mozambique 
Fair to bold heavy 
Fair 
Dull to fine 
Fair to tine bright bold 
Middling to good small 
Dull to fane bright 
Ordinary to tine bright 
Good to fine pinky 
Middling to fair 
Inferior and pickings ... 
Fair to fine flavour 
Fair to good flavour 
Inferior to fine 
Lean to good 
Good average 
/ Rough & rooty to good 
\ bold smooth . 
Ord. dusty to gd. soluble 
Good to fine bold green 
Fair middling medium 
Commou dark and small 
Bold and A's 
D's and B's 
Small 
Small to bold 
Mid.tofine bl'k not stony 
Stony and inferior 
Small to bold dark 
mottle part heavy 
Pair 
Finger fair to fine bold 
bright 
Bulbs 
Finger 
Bulbs 
Gd. crysallized 3i a 9 In. 
Foxy & reddish 4} a 8 ,, 
Lean and t nferior 
Fine, pure, biignt 
ttopcl wliit^ Jiard 
8d a 3s 4d 
3s 5d a 3s 8| J 
2s 3d a 3s iii 
Is 6d a Is 9d 
3s iii a 3s 8d 
2s 9d a 3s 3id 
3s 4d a 3s 5|d 
2s a 2a 
Is 4ida2slOH 
3s 2d a 4s 6d 
3s a 3s 8d 
2s 2d a 2s lOd 
Is Iltd a 2s 8d 
Is 8d a Is 9d 
Is 7d a 2s Od 
2s a 3s 
Is 5dals lid 
Islda Is 3d 
f)s a 6s 6d 
ls6d 
4s 3d a 6s 
Is 9d a lOs ^ 
4s 3d a 93 • 
4s 6d. a 7s 
2s 4d a 2s 6d 
Is Id a 2s 3d 
6d a Ud 
12s a 18s 
Is a 5s 6d 
8s a 10s 
5s 6d 
Os 
3s Ud a 5s 6d 
■lid a 2Jd 
3d a 3|d 
3jd a Is 6d 
llkil a Is Oid 
lOs a 12s 6d 
lOs a 153 
10s a Us 
5id a 5kd 
old 
4;d a 5d 
43s a 47s 
ISs a 25s 
20s a 27s 6d 
13s 6d a 22s 6d 
80s a 85s 
60s a 70s 
50s a 55s 
£20 a £35 
5s a £8 
£20 a £50 
64 a £8 
£4 a £5 
£4 a £5 nom 
£4 10s a £5 153 
£6 a £7 
55s a 60s 
4id a 6^ 
3d a 3id 
2d a 2irt 
Si a. £5 153 
ei 53 a £3 2/ 6 
15s a 163 
103 
18s a 23s 6d 
18s 
27s 8d 
17s 
183 
9s 6d 
20s a 32s 
16s a 22s 
10s a 14s 
23 a 2s Id 
