Nov. 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL AGJtlCULTURIST. 
S59 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
Itumisked bii the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo 31st Oct. ie99. 
ExcHANaE ON London : — Closing Eates: Bank tSeUinc) 
Rates:— On demand 1/i 3-32 to | ; 4 months' sight 1/4 ^ 
to 3-16; 6 months' sight 1/4 5-32 to 3-16. 
Banh Buying i?o<es:— Credits 3 months' sight 1/4 
g to 13-32; 6 months' sight 1/4 9-16; Docta 3 mouths' 
sight 1/4 7-16 to 15-82; 6 months' sight 1/4 §. 
Indian Bank Minimum Bates 7 o/o 
Local Rates : 1 % Higher. 
OOFFEE :- — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bna— 
RIOOO 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b on the spot per cwt 
R70.00 
Liberian Parchment on the spot per bus— None. 
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. R36,00 Nominal. 
Tea: — Average Prices ruling during the week — Broken 
Pekoe per lb. 43c. Pekoe per lb. 36c. Pekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 32c. Broken Mixed and Dust per Id. 
28o. — Averages of Week's sale. 
Cinchona Bark:— Per unit of Sulphate of Qainire 
per lb 7c. 1 o/o 4 o/o. 
Cardamoms:— Per lb Rl .80 
Coconut Oil:— Mill oil per cwt. None. 
Dealers' oil per cwt. R14 00; Coconut oil in ordinaiy 
packages f.o.b. per ton R312..')0 
Copra:- Per candy of 5()0 lb. B41.00 
Coconut Cakf,:— (Poonac) f o.b. per ton, R85.00 
Cocoa unpicked & undried, per cwt. E43.25 
Picked & Dried f. o. b. per cwt. R45.50 
^ ' 1 t Q t Kogalla per cwt. R17 25 
Coir Yarn.-Nos. 1 to 8 J (-ofo^^bo „ BI6.00 
Cinnamon Nos. 1 & 2 only f o.b. 67c. ( The 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 564c. I attention 
of the trade is called to the fact that consider- 
able quantities of wild Cinnamon have been ship- 
ped from Colombo for some time back, and that 
the same is included in the returns of Cinnamon 
shipped. 
Ebony.— Per ton Govt, sales 15th November. 
Plumbago:— Large Lumps per ton, Rl.lOO 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R 1,050 
Chips per ton, R700, Dust perton, R600; Dust Flying 
moo. 
Rice.— Social per bag, J R8 .^0 to 9.00 
„ per bushel. | R3.20 to 3.37 
Pegu & Calcutta Calunda per bushel. K3.40 to 3.50 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3.50 to R3 75 
Mntnsamba per bushel R3.75 to 4.00 
Ks^dapa and Kuruwe, per bushel ) None 
Rangoon, raw 3 bushel bag. j 
Soolai Kara per bushel R3.i7 to 3 30 
Coast Kara per bushel R3.44 to 3.60 
THE LOCAL MARKET. 
(By Mr. James Gibson, BaiUie St., Fort.) 
Colombo, Oct. 31st, 1899. 
COFFEE :— 
Estate Parchment :— per bushel i 
Chetty do do i 
Native Cofiee „_(. 
^ Nil 
R33-00 to 36-00 Nominal 
■Nil 
Liberian coffee:— per bushel 
do cleaned coffee: — per cwt 
Cocoa unpicked:— per rwt R35-00 to 41-00 
do cleaned do R41-00 to 47-50 
Cardamoms Malabar per lb ROO Or) to 100 
do Mysore do Rl-65 to 1-90 
Bice :— 
Soolai per bag of 164 lb. nett R8-50 to 9-00 
Slate or 1st quality:— per bushel RS SO to 3-35 
Soolai 2 & 3rd. do do do R3-20 to 3-30 
Coast Calunda R3-.=iO to 3-75 
Coast Kara R3-44 to 3-eo 
Kazala R3-17 to 3 20 
Muttusamba Ordinary R3-75 to 4-00 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 to 4 ROO SCI 
do do 1 to 2 ROO-62 
do Chips per candy RS5 00 to 87-50 
Coconut? Ordinary per thousand R35-0'J to 37 50 
do Selected do 
Coconut Oil per cwt 
do do F. O. B. per ton 
Poonac :— 
Gingelly per ton 
Coconut Chekku do 
do Mill (retail) «lo 
R36-00 to 3S-50 
R14-00 
R280-L0 
R95-00 to 97-50 
R72-50 to 76-00 
R75-00 to 80-00 
Poonac : — 
Cotton Seed per ton 
Cojira per candy 
Kalpitiya do 
Marawila do 
Cart Copra do 
Satinwod per cubic feet 
do Flowered do 
Halmilla do 
PtUi 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 
B70-00 
R41-00 to 41-50 
R40-00 to 41 00 
K3<i-5) to 40 03 
R2 00 to !-2S 
R5-00 to 6 00 
Rroo 
Rl OO to 1-12 
R7o-0t) to 17S-S9 
B30-00 
R4-50 to 17-50 
R1400 
B12-50 to 13-80 
RS-00 to 13-50 
R12-00 to 17 58 
RnO-00 to 60-00 
Ksrosine oil American per case R6-25 to 6'50 
do bulk Russian per tin R2-90 to 2-S5 
do Russian per case R5-i!5 to S 09 
Nux Vomica pyr cwt R2-00 to i'tO 
Orot .n .Seed per cwt R30-00 
K),p"k cleaned f«b do cwt R25-00 
do un:;leaned do Rfl-eo 
(■Large lumps K700-00 to 1,000-CO 
Plumbigo per ton, J do R550-00 to OoO OO 
according to grade ] Ch)|is 
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R300-00 to 650-09 
RlOd-UOto 500-00 
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