Aug. 1, 1899 ] THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
137 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
(burnished by the Chamber of Commerce.') 
Colombo, July 25th, 1899 
Exchange on London : — Closing Rates : Bank Selling 
Rates : — On demand 1/4 ; 4 mouths' sight 1/1 1-32 ; 
6 months' sight 1/4 1-16. 
Bank Buyina ifafes:— Credits 3 months' sight 1/4 j ; 
6 months' sight 1/4 11-32 ; Docts 3 months' sight 1/4 
5-16; 6 months' sight 1/4 13-32. 
Indian Bank Minimum Rates 4 o/o to 5 % 
Local Rates : 2 o/o to 3 o/o Higher. 
OopPEE : — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bus — 
R13.00 
Plantation Estate Corfee, f.o.b on the spot per cwt 
R75.00 
Liberian Parchment on the spot per bus — None 
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. Noue 
Tea: — Average Prices ruling during the week — Broken 
Pekoe per lb. 42o. Pekoe per lb. 36c. Pekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 33c. Broken Mixed and Dust per lb. 
26c. — Averages of Week's sale. 
Cinchona Babk:— Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb 7c. 
Cardamoms: — Per lb R1.70 
Coconut Oil: — Mill oil per cwt. None. _ 
Dealers' oil per cwt. R13.75 ; Coconut oil in ordinary ^ 
packages f.o.b. per ton R307,50 S 
Copra:— Per candy of 560 lb. R43.00 
Coconut Cake: — (Poonac) f o.b. per ton, R82.50 g 
Cocoa unpicked & undried, per cwt. R45.25 g 
Picked & Dried f. o. b. per cwt. None. Q 
Coir Yarn.-Nos. 1 to 8 } g°f^^^l^g|^^;^^ 
Cinnamon ; — Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 65c. s 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 57c. g 
Ebony.— Per ton R185.00 | 
Plumbago: — Large Lumps per ton, Bl,100 .§ 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R1,000 [KISO. " 
Chips ver ton, R750 Dust per ton, R600 Dust Flying 
Rice.— Soolai per bag, ( R7.50 to 8.00 2 
„ per bushel, ) R2.87 to 3.06 c 
Pegu & Calcutta Calnnda per bushel. K2.96 to 3.00 f. 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3.00 to R3.05 2 
Mutusamba per bushel R3.37 to 3.80 | 
Kadapa and Karuwe, per bushel — None. ,.<: 
Rangoon, raw 3 bushel bag. R9.40 to 10.00 ^ 
Coast Kara per bushel R3.00 to 3 05 ^ 
Soolai Kara per bushel R2.86 to 2.87 i 
THE LOCAL MAKKET. 
(By Mr. James Gibson, Baillie St., Fort.) 
Colombo, July 25th, 1899. 
COFFEE :— 
Estate Parchment :— per bushel Ell '00 to 13'00 
Chetty do do 
Native Coffee \ . 
do F. O. B/P^"^ 
Liberian cotlee:— per bushel 
do cleaned coffee:— per cwt 
Cocoa unpicked:— per cwt 
do cleaned do 
Cardamoms Malabar per lb 
do Mysore do 
KICE : 
Soolai per bag of 164 lb. nett RT'oO 
Slate or 1st quality;— per bushel R2'98 
Soolai 2 & Srd. do de do R2 S7 
Coast Calunda 
Coast Kara 
Kazala 
Muttusaraba Ordinary 
Rangoon Rice per bag 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 to 4 
do do 1 to 2 
do Chips per candy 
RS-OL' to 9 00 
R35-00 to 40-00 
R3-50 
R20-00 
R40-00 to 42-00 
R42-00 to 44-00 
Rl-00 to 1-25 
Rl-65 to 1-95 
to 8-00 
to 3-06 
to 2-96 
R:j-00 to 3-05 
RS'dO to 3-05 
R2-S6 to 2-87 
R3-37 to 3-80 
R9 40 to 10-00 
ROO-57 
R00-e5 
R90-00 to 92 50 scarce 
Coconuts Ordinary per thousand R35-50 to 38 00 
do Selected do 
Coconut Oil per cwt 
do do F. O. B. pe to 
Poonac :— 
Gingelly per ton 
Coconut Chekku do 
do Mill (retail) do 
Cotton SeeU do 
E36-00 to 39-00 
R13-75 to 13'87J 
R275-00 to 277-50 
R85-00 to 87-50 
R77-50 to 82-50 
R80-00 to 82-50 
R^3o-oQ to ea-oj 
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Copra per candy 
Kalpitiya do R44-50 
Marawila do R42-00 to 43-50 
Cart Copra do R4i)-00 to 41-03 
Satinwoort per cubic feet. R2-00 to 2-25 
do Flowered do R5-no to 6-00 
Halmilla do RVOO 
Pain do RIOO to 1-12 
Ebony per ton R'o'On to 175-00 
Kitul fibre per cwt R30-00 
Palmyra do do R8-00 to 17-50 
Jatfna Black Clean per cwt R13-50 to 14 00 
do mixed do Rll-50 to 12-50 
Indian do R8-00 to 13-50 
do Cleaned do RIO OO to 17-50 
Sa pan wood per ton R4.^'00 to 52-50 
Kerosine oil American per case RO flO to 6'25 
do bulk Russian per tin R2-75 to 2 90 
Nux Vomica per cwt R2-00 to 3-JO 
Croton Seed per cwt R38-00 to 40-00 
Kapnk cleaned f o b do cwt R24-00 to 24-50 
do uncleaned do R7-50 to 8-00 
(■Large lumps R600-0e to 1,050-CO 
Plumbago per ton,) do R50a-00 to 975-00 
according to grade 1 Chips R300-00 to 750-00 
I Dust R275-00 to 550.00 
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