Oct. 1, 1899.] 
THE TROPICAL ACtRICULTUEIST. 
285 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
(ffurnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo 26th Sept, 1P99 
Exchange ON LoNi ON : — Closing Rates : Bani Sellmq 
Rales:— On demand 1/4 3-32 ; 4 months' sight l/4g to 
5-32; 6 months' sight 1/4 5-32. 
Bank Buying Hates:— Gie&itr, 3 months' sight 1/4 
f ; 6 months' sight 1/4 i ; Doc'jS 3 months' sight 1/4 
■7-16; 6 months' sight 1/4 9-lG. 
Indian Bank Minimum Rates 5 o/o to 6 % 
Local Rates : 2 o/o Higher. 
Coffee : — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bns— 
R12.00 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b on the spot per cwt 
R72.50 
Liberian Parchment on the spot per bus — None. 
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. R.S8.00 
Tea: — Average Prices ruling during the week — Broken 
Pekoe per lb. 46c. Pekoe per lb. 38c. i'ekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 3Jc. Broken Mixed and Dust per I'c, 
29c. — Averages o£ Week's sale. 
Cinchona Bakk: — Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
r,er lb 7c. 
THE LOCAL MARKET. 
(By Mr. James Gibson, Baillie St., Fort.) 
Colombo, Sept 26th, 1899. 
Coffee 
Katate Paichment :— per bushel | 
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Native Coffee 
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Liberian coffee:— per bushel R3'50 
do cleaned coffee:— per cwt R22\"0 
Cocoa unpicked:- per cwt R40'00 to 46'no 
do cleaned do R42-00 to 48-(IO 
Cardamoms Malabar per lb RfOO to I'lO 
do Mysore do Rl-65 to 2-00 
EiCE :— 
Soolai per bag of 161 lb. nett R8-50 to 8'87 
Slate or 1st quality:— per busliel R3'25 to 3 30 
.Social 2 & 3rd. do do do R315 to 3-2.3 
Coast Calunda R3-30 to 3-40 
Coa.st Kara R3-20 to 3-25 
Kazala B3'08 to 3-12 
Muttusaniba Oi dinary R3'50 to 3 75 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 to 4 BOO 57 
do do 1 to 2 ROO-eS 
do Chips per candy R92 50 to 9"-co 
Coconuts Ordinary per thousand R3o'50 to 38 00 
do Selected do R36-00 to 39-00 
Coconut Oil per cwt R13-G2| to 13-75 
do do F. O. B. perjton B,272-5U to •275 00 
P00N*C:— 
Gingelly per ton 90-00 to 92-53 
Coconut Chekku do R75-00 to 77-50 
do Mill (retail) Uo R75-00 to 80-00 
Cotton Seed do R75-00 to 80-00 
Copra per candy 
OONAC :— 
Kalpitiya do 
Marawil<a do 
Cart Copra do 
Satinwoo'1 per cubic feet. 
do Flowured do 
Halmilla do 
Pa!u 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 
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B42-50; 
R42-()0 
R40 00 to 41-00 
R2 00 to 2-25 
R5-0rt to 6-00 
Rl-90 
Rl'OO to 1-12 
R75-00 to 176-00 
B30-00 
R8-00 to 17-50 
R14-00 
Rll-50 to 12-,50 
R8-00 to 13-50 
RlO-50 to 17-50 
R.50-00 to 55-00 
Ksrosnie oil American per case R6-00 to 6 25 
do bulk Russian per tin 
do Russian per ease 
Nux Vomica per cwt 
Croton Seed per cwt 
Kap' k cleaned f o b do cwt 
do uncleaned do „„ ^„ „ 
„, , C Large lumps K700-00 to 1,1 no-CO 
Plumbago per ton, J do E550-00 to 1,050-00 
according to grade ) Chips BSOO OO to 700 00 
(Dust R150-(I0 to 600-00 
R2-75 to 3-CO 
B5-60 to 5-00 
R2-00 to 3-£0 
B38-00 to 40-00 
R24-00 to '25-00 
R7-50 to 8-00 
Cardamoms:— Per lb R1.80 
Coconut Oil: — ilill oil per cwt. None. 
Dealers' oil per cwt. R13.75 ; Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per tou R307.50 
Copra:— Per candy of 560 lb. R42. 50 
Coconut Cake:— (Poonac) f o.b. per ton, R85.00 
Cocoa unpicked & undried, per cwt. R12.00 
Picked & Dried f. o. b. per cwt. R48.50 
CoiR Yarn.-Nos. 1 to 8 [ Colombo R16.00 
Cinnamon • — Nos. 1 & 2 only f .o.b. 62c. ^ 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 56Jc. o 
Ebony. — Per ton Ncne. § 
Plumbago:— Large Lnmps per ton, Rl,100 g 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R1,000 U 
Chips per ton, R700 ; Da.st per ton, R600 ; Dust Flying 
K200.— 5f 
RicE.— Soolai per bag, ( R8.25 to 8.87 S 
„ per bushc), | R3.15 to 3.52 g 
Pegu & Calcutta Calunda per btishel. R3.25 to 3,35 o 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3.80 to R3 40 g 
Mutusamba per bus-hel R3.50 to 3.75 g 
Kada^aand Karuwe, per bushel | None 
Rangoon, raw 3 bushel bag. j 
Soolai Kara per bushel R3.08 to 3.15 
Co!Bt Kara per bushel R3.20 to 3.25 
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