Sept. 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL AjGRICULTURIST. 
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COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
(turnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo 29th Aug, 1P99 
ExcHANOE ON LONDON :— ClosiDg Bates : Bani Scllimi 
Rates :— On demand 1/4 ; 4 montha' sight 1/4 1-32 ; 
6 months' sight 1/4 1-16. 
Bank Buying ^aies:— Credits 3 months' sight 1/4 7-32 
to l/4i; 6 months' sight 1/4 11-32 to | ; Doots Smonihs' 
sight 1/4 9-32 to516; 6 months' sight 1/4 13 32 to 7-16. 
Indian Bank Minimum Bates 4 o/o 
Local Bates : 2 o/o Higher. 
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Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per baa— 
R12.50 
Plantation Estate CoSee, f.o.b on the spot per cwt 
E72-60. 
Liberian Parchment on the spot per bus— None. 
Native Coffee f.o.b perjcwt. R38.00 Scarce and nominal. 
Tea: — Average Prices ruling during the week — Bioken 
Pekoe per lb. 42c. Pekoe per lb. 36c. Pekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 3l)c. Broken Mixed and Dust per lo. 
24o. — Averages of Week's sale. 
Cinchona Bvrk:— Per unit of Sulphate of Qiinire 
per lb 8o. 1 % 4 o/o 
Cardamoms:- Per lb B1.82 
Coconut 011/— Mill oil per cwt. None. 
Dealers' oil per cwt. R13.75 ; Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton R310.00 
Copra:— Per candy of 560 lb. R42.50 
Coconut Cake:— (Poonac) f o.b. per ton, E85.00 
Cocoa unpicked & undried, per owt. Eb7.00 Supplies 
scarce — out of season. 
Picked & Dried f. o. b. per cwt. B48.00 
^ „ 1 i. o ( Kogalla B17.25 
Coir Yarn.-Nos. 1 to 8 | Colombo B 1 6.00 
Cinnamon :— Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 64c. No trans- 
actions since London sales showing slight advance 
in price. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 55c. 
Ebony.- Per ton None. 
Plumbago: — Large Lumps per ton, Rl,200 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, Bl,150 
Chips per ton, R750; Dust per ton, R600; Dust Plying 
K150— Market Weaker. 
Rice.— Soolai per bag, J R7.87 to 8.37 
„ per bushel, | R3 00 to 3.20 
Pegu & Calcutta Calunda per bushel. B3.15 to 3 25 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3.25 to R3.50 
Mutusamba per bushel R3.44 to 3.75 
Kadapa and Knruwe, per bushel ) None 
Rangoon, raw 3 bushel bag. j 
Soolai Kara per bushel R2.95 to 3 05 
Oiit Kara per bushel None. 
THE LOCAL MARKET. 
(By Mr. James Gibson, Baillie St., Fort.) 
Colombo, Aug. 29th, 1899. 
t FFEE :— 
Estate Parchment :— pei- bushel \ fan 
Chetty do do /'^"• 
Native Coffee \ . 
do F. O. B/P^'^ 
R35-00 to 40-00 
Liberian coffee:— per bushel K3'50 
do cleaned coffee:— per cwt R22"25 
Cocoa unpicked:— per rwt R37-00 to 45-00 
do cleaned do R42-00 to 48-00 
Cardamoms Mysore do Rl'Si to 2-00 
do Malabar per lb Rl-08 to 1-25 
KICE :— 
Soolai per baa; of 164 lb. nett R7-87 to 8-37 
Slate or 1st quality:— per bushel R3-15 to 3-20 
Soolai 2 & 3rd. do do 
Coast Calunda 
Coast Kara 
Kazala 
Muttusaraba Ordinary 
Cinnamon, per lb No l to 4 
do do 1 to 2 
do Chips per candy 
do RS OO to 3-15 
R3-25 to S-.'iO 
R3-II0 to 3-10 
R2-95 to 3-00 
R3-44 to 3-75 
ROO 
R00-e4 
R92 50 
Coconuts Ordinary per thousand K3o-50 to 38 00 
do Selected do 
Coconut Oil per cwt 
do do F. O. B. per ton 
POONAC :— 
Gingelly per ton 
Coconut Cbekku do 
do Mill (retail) do 
R38-00 to 39-00 
R13'50to l:i-75 
R270-00to 276-00 
92 -.W to 95-00 
R77-50 to 80-00 
R75-80 to 80-00 
Poonac :— 
Cotton Seed do 
Copra per candy 
Kalpitiya do 
MarawUa do 
Cart Copra do 
Satinwoort 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 
Si pan wood per ton 
R65-60 
R42-50 
R41-00 to 41-25 
R4U0J 
R2 00 to 2-25 
R5-00 to 6-00 
Rl-90 
RlOO to 1-12 
R76-00 to 175-00 
K30-00 
R8-.50 to 17-50 
R14 00 
Kll-00 to 13-00 
RS-jO to 13-50 
Rll-00 to 17-50 
R.=i0-0U to 52-5'J 
Kiiosiue oil American per case RO OO to C-25 
do bulk Russian per tin 
dn Russian per ease 
Nux Vomica per cwt 
Croton Seed per cwt 
Kap'ik cleaned f o b do cwt 
do uncleaned do 
R2-50 to 2-: 
R5-55 to 5-75 
R2-00 to 3-o0 
R3S-00 to 40-00 
R-24-00 to 25-00 
R7-50 to 8-00 
("Large lumps R7O0-U0 to 1,200-CO 
Plumbago per ton,! do R5.'iO-00 to 1,150-00 
according to grade 1 Chips H;WO-00 to 750-00 
I Dust R150-00 to (iOO-UO •! 
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