Dec. 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
43.3 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
[tumished bii the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, 5th Dec. Ic99. 
Exchange OK London : — >^losiug Rates : Bank Selhnc/ 
Rates: — On demand 1/4 3-32 to J; 4 months' sight 1/4 
to 23-32 to 3-16 ; 6 months' sight 1/4 7-92. 
Hunk Buv'JUj Rates:— CteMta 3 monchs' sight 1/4 
7-16 to 15-32; 6 months' sijiht 1/4 -2 to 21-32; Uoots 3 
months' eight 1/4 h to 17-32 ; 6 months' sight 1/4 
11-16 to 23 32. 
Indian Bank Minimum Kates 6 o/o 
Local Rates : 1 7o to 2 o/o Higher. 
OorPEE : — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bus — 
ElO-OO 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b on the spot per cwt 
R70.00 Scarce. No fine offering. 
Liberian Parchment on the spot per bus — None offering 
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. None offering. 
Tea: — Average Prices ruling during the week — Broken 
Pekoe per lb. 40c. Pekoe per lb. 35c. Pekoe Sou- 
chong' per lb. 32c. Faunings, Broken Mixed and Dust 
per lb. 28c. — Averages of Week's sale. 
Cinchona Bark: — Per unit of Sulphate of Qiiinir.e 
per lb 9c. 1 o/o to 4 o/o. 
Cardamoms:— Per lb 112.00 
CocoKUT Oil: — Mill oil per cwt. none 
Dealers' oil per cwt. P>,13.75; Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton R3 12.50 
Copra:— Per candy of 560 lb. R42.00 
Coconut Cake:— (Poonac) f o.b. per ton, R80.00 
Cocoa unpicked & undried, per cwt. E45.00 
Picked & Dried f. o. b. per cwt. E49.00 
Coir Yarn.-Nos. 1 to 8 > ,^Of?alla per cwt. E17,25 
/ Colombo ,, EI6.00 
Cinnamon •— Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 65e. J The 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 58c.* ( 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 were included in the returns of Cinnamon 
shipped. 
Ebony. — Per ton. No sales. 
Plumbago:— Large Lumps per ton, Rl,100 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, Rl.lOO 
Chips ner ton, R750, Dust per ton, R600 ; Dust Flying 
K200. " 
Rice.— Soolai per bag, ( R7.60 to 8.35 
„ per bushel, | R2.90 to 3.20 
Pegu & Calcutta Calunda per bushel. K3.20 to 3.30 
Coast Calunda per bushel, E3.15 to R3 25 Scarce 
Mutusamba per bushel R3.75 to R4;00 
Krtdn.pa and Knruwe, per bushel None. 
Rangoon, raw 3 bushel bag. None. 
Soola iKara per bushel R2.95 to 3.00 
Coast Kara per bufhel E3.00 to 3.10 
THE LOCAL MAKKET. 
(By Mr. James Gibson, BaiUie St., Fort. 
Colombo, Dec. 5t:i, 1899. 
Coffee :— 
Kstate Pai'chment :— per bushel .R9 '00 to lO'OO . 
Chetty do do 
Native Coffee "1 ^, „ , 
do P. O. B/P^"^ "^^t- 
Liberian ooHee: — per bushel 
do cleaned coffee:— per cwt 
Cocoa unpicked: — per cwt 
do cleaned do 
Cardamohis Malabar per lb 
do Mysore do 
Rice :— 
Soolai per bag of 164 lb. nett R8-no 
Slate or 1st quality:~ppr busliel R3 08 
Soolid 2 & 3rd. rlo do do R3-01) 
R6 00 to 8-00 
R3o-O0 to 37 00 
R3-00 
R18-00 
R-io-on 
R43-00 to 
RllO to 
Rl-6.5 to 
Nominal. 
45-0 
Tin 
1-90 
Coast Calunda KS'It 
Coast Kara R3 00 
Kazala Ri-95 
Muftusaniba Ordinary R3'8ii 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 Co 4 \ 
do do 1 to i: / scarce 
do Chips per candy R95 00 
Coconuts Ordinary per thousand R35'0'J to ?8 00 
to 8 '2.5 
to 8-l,"i 
to 3-07 
to 3-25 s 
to ;-i-10 
to 2-93 
to 4-00 
do Selected do 
Coconut Oil per cwt 
do do F. O. B. per ton 
Poonac :— 
Gingelly per ton 
Coconut Chekku do 
4o Mill (retail) do 
R36-0a to 39-00 
R14-00 to 14-I2i 
R2S0 C0 to 282 'SO 
R90 00 to 92-.50 
R70-00 to 72-5C 
R7o-00 to 77 '50 
Poonac :— 
Cotton Seed per ton 
Copra- per candy 
Kalpitiya do 
Marowila do 
Can Copra do 
Satinwoo.1 per cubic feet 
do Flowered do 
Halmilla do 
Pa!u do 
Ebouy per ton 
Kitul fibre per cwt 
Palmyra do do 
Jaftna Black Clean per cwt 
do mi.\ed do 
Indian do 
d^ Claaned do 
Sa pan wood per ton 
Kerosine oil Amirican per case 
do bulk Russian per tin 
do Russian per case 
Nux Vomica per cwt 
Croton Seed per cwt 
KaODk clea.ned fob per cwt 
ao uncleaned do 
, f Large lumps 
Plumbigo per ton,) do 
according "rade 1 China 
I Dust 
to 2-25 
to 6-00 
E-7'50 
R4I-50 
R40U0 
R3i-00 
R2 00 
R5-00 
Rl -90 
Rl OO to 1-12 
R7.V0,i to 17.T-00 
28 OU to E30-00 
R4-50 to 17-50 
none 
K12-00 to 13-50 
RS-50 to 13-50 
R12-00 to 17 50 
R.^O-CO to 59-00 
R7:2o to 7-50 
E3-00 !;o 3-O6 
Ri-25 to 6 35 
R2-00 to 3-£0 
R30-00 
R-24-00 
E6-00' 
R70U-00 to 1, 
R5,5i)-00 to 9.50- 
R300-00 to 650 
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