THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[Dec. 1, 1899. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS 
{From Lewis tt Peat's Fovtninhihi Prices Current, London, October ISt'i, 1890. 
ALOES, Soccotviiie cwt. 
Zanzibar A: >lopatic „ 
BEES' W AX, 
Zanzibar & ( White ,, 
Bombay (Yellow,, 
Mariap:asoBr ,, 
CAMPHOR, Cliina 
Japan ,, 
CARDAMOMS, Malabarlb 
Ceylon. — Mysore ,, 
„ Telllcherry,, 
„ Long „ 
,, Mangalore,, 
CA8T0K OIL, Calcutta,, 
Madras „ 
OHIT.LIES, Zanzil.iir cwt. 
CINCHONA BARK.- 
Ceylon lb. 
CI N S A JTO N.Ceylon Ists 
per lb. 
2\u\ 
3rds 
4tliS 
Chii'S 
lb. 
CLOVES, Penang 
Araboyna 
Zanzibar \ 
and Pemba / 
Stems 
COCUMTS IMDICUS cwt. 
COFFEE 
Ceylon Plantation ,, 
Native 
Liberian 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COLOMUO ROOT 
COIR ROPE, Ceylon ton 
Cochin ,, 
FIBRE, Brush 
Cochin „ 
Stuffing ,, 
COIR YARN, teylon „ 
Cochin ,, 
do. „ 
CROTON SEKbS.sift. cwt. 
CUTCH 
aiNGKft. Bengal, rough ,, 
Calicut, Cut A ,, 
B & C „ 
Cochia Kougii ,, 
Japan ,, 
QHM AMMoNI.A^CUM „ 
ANIMI, Zanzibar „ 
Madagascar ,, 
AEAllIC K. 1. & Aclfn ,, 
Turkey sorts ,, 
G)iatti ,, 
Kurrache* . 
Madras 
ASSAFCETIUA 
KINO 
MiKKH, picked „ 
Aden sorts ,, 
0UBANU.V1, drop 
pickings ,, 
siftiiigs ,, 
INDIARUHBl!.K,A»Mamlb 
QUALITY. 
Fair to fine dry 
Common to good 
Good to fine 
Fair 
Dark to good palish 
Fair aver.age quality 
Clipped, bold, brigiit.fine 
Middling, stalky & lean 
Fair to tine plump 
8ee1.s 
tjooi-i to fin*- 
Brownish 
Shelly to good 
Med brown to good bold 
Ists and 2nds 
Dull to fine bright 
Crown, Renewed 
Org. Stem 
Red Org. Stem 
Renewed 
Root 
Ordinary to fine quill 
Dull to fine bright bold 
Dull to fine 
Good and fine bright 
Cjmmou d nil to fair 
Fair 
Fair 
BoM to fine bold colory 
Middling to fine mid 
Low mid. and low grown 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium and fair 
Triage to ordinary 
Fair to good 
Ordinary to fair 
Ord. to fine long str.aight 
Ordinary to good clean 
Common to fine 
Common to superior 
,, very tine 
Roping, fair to good 
Dull to fair 
Fair to fine dry 
Fair 
Good to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Common to fine bold 
Small and D's 
UnsDlit 
Sm. blocky t j fine clean 
Picked fine pale in sorts 
Part yellow and mixed 
Bean and Pea size ditto 
Amber and dk. red bold 
Med. & bold glassy sorts 
Fair to good palish .. 
., red 
Ordin.aiy to good pale 
Pickings to fine pale ... 
Good and fine pale 
Reddish to pale selected 
Dark to fine pale 
Clean f r to gd. almonds 
Ord. stony and blocky 
Fine bright 
Fair to Hne pale 
.Middling to good 
Lioud to tine white 
.Middling to fair 
Low to good pale 
Slightly foul to fine 
(Jood to fine 
C(jmmon to foul & nixd. 
Fair to good clean 
I Common to Hnt 
QUOTATIONS. 
£6 a £7 10s 
£5 1Usa£6 10s 
£5 15sa £6:s6d 
l lTs ed 
U2s Od 
2s 6d a 2s 9d 
Is 7d a 2s 
is 8d a is 3d 
Is 6d a 2s 6d 
■is Ud a 3s 
2s 6d 
■is ud a 3s Cd 
2s 3d a 3s 3d 
:)id a 4jd 
■iha a 3i*d 
34s a 4is6d 
5d a 7d 
8id 
34 d a 4-;d 
3jid 
2id 
!.•> a Is 7d 
9^d a Is Td 
9d a Is 5d 
8^-d a is Id 
2^d a Sd 
4id a 9 1 
4d a 5id 
ijd a y-Jd 
3d a 3s 3-16d 
l^d 
100s a 115s 
Sos a 95s 
7.')S a 82s 6d 
riGs a 75s 
30s a 70s 
25s a 35s 
bJOs a 9Us 
65s a 77s Gd 
42s 6d a 62s Cd 
20s a 30s 
nominal 
£14 a £23 
£10 a £21 
£18 a £22 
£7 a £9 
£15 a £33 
£12 a £32 
eiO a < 14 10s 
40s a 5os 
2Ss a 42s 
22s 
75s a 82s 
27s (id a 55s 
20s a 27s Od 
17s 6fl a 21s 6d 
21s 6d 
20s a 45s 
£10 7s 6d a £20 
£82/6 a £10 10s 
70s a £9 -2/6 
£5 10s a £7 10s 
80s a, 100s 
S4 8s a £8 
£4 6s a £9 
40s a 5.1S 
07s 8d a 85s 
12s Bd a 35s 
52s 6d a 55s 
:jOs a 4Cs 
23s a 35s 
40s a 80s 
12s 6d a 35s 
2s a 3s 
lios a 75s 
33s a 55s 
J.'is Od a 50s 
25 s a 3.5s 
1 7s a 20s 
10s Oil a 18s 
is lii.;d a SB 4d 
Is 4d a 2s Gd 
2s 9d a :is 2d 
is a t" ii 
INDIARUBBKR, (Contd ). 
Java, Sing. & Penang lb. 
Mozambique 
Madagascar 
INDIGO, E.I. 
MACE, Bombay & Penang 
per lb. 
MYRABOLANES, \ 
Madras / "^"^ 
Bombay 
Bengal ,, 
NUTMEGS- lb. 
Bombay & Penang ,, 
NUT.S, ARECA cwt. 
NUX V OUICA, Bombay 
per cwt. Madras 
OIL OF ANISEED 
CASSIA 
LEMONGRASS 
NUTMEG 
CINNAMON 
CITRON ELLE 
ORCHELLA WEED- 
Ceylon 
Zanzibar. 
lb 
cwt 
PEPPER (Black) lb. 
AUeppee & Tellicherry 
Singapore 
Acheen & \V. C. Penang 
PLUMBAGO, lump cwt. 
chips ,, 
dust „ 
SAFFLOV.ER 
SANDAL WOOD— 
Bombay, Logs ton. 
Chips „ 
Madras, Logs ,, 
< hips ,, 
SAPANWOOD Bombay,, 
Madras ,, 
Manila ,, 
Siam ,, 
SEEDLAC cwt. 
SENNA, Tinnevelly lb 
SHELLS, M. o'PEARL— 
Bombay cwt. 
Mergui ,, 
Mussel ,, 
TAMARINDS, Calcutta . 
per cwt. Madras 
TORTOISESHELL— 
Zanzibar & Bombay lb. 
TURMERIC, Bengalcwt. 
.M adras „ 
Do. 
Cochin 
WI'ALITY. 
QUOTATIONS. 
VANILLOES— l.b. 
■lauritius and 1 Ists 
Bourbon ... / 2nds 
Seychelles 
VERMILION 
Foul to good clean 
Good to fine Ball 
Ordinary to fair Ball 
Low .sandy Ball 
Sausage, fair to good 
Liver and livery Ball 
Fr to fine pinky & white 
Fair to good black 
Niggers, low to fine 
Bengal- - 
Shipping mid togd violet 
Consuming mid. to gd. 
Ordinary to raid. 
Mid. to good Kurpah 
Low to ordinary 
Mid. to good Madras 
Pale reddish to fine 
Ordinary to fair 
Pickings 
Dark to fine pale UG 
Fair Coast 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Rhajpore, &c. 
Calcutta 
64's to 57's 
no's to G5's 
IGO's to ISO's 
Ordinary to fair fresh 
Ordinary to middling 
Fair to good bold fresh 
.Small ordinary and fail 
Fair mercliantable 
According to analysis 
Good flavour & colour 
Dingy to white 
Ordinary to fair sweet 
Bright i: good flavour 
Mid. to fine not woody . 
Picked clean flat leaf 
wiry Mozambique 
Fair to bold heavy 
Fair 
Dull to fine 
Fair to fine bright bold 
Middling to good small 
OuU to tine bright 
Ordinary to tine bright 
Good to tine pinky 
Inferior and picking 
Fair to fine flavour 
Fair to good flavour 
Inferior to fine 
Lean to good 
Good average 
, Rough & rooty to good 
I bold smooth 
Ord. dusty to gd. soluble 
Good to fine bold green 
Fair middling medium 
Common dark and small 
Bold and A's 
D's and B's 
Small 
imull 10 bold 
Small to bold 
iM id. to fine bl'k not st#ny 
.Stony and inferior 
Small to bold dark 
mottle part heavy 
Fair 
Finarer fair to fine bold 
■ bright 
Bulbs 
Finger 
Bulbs 
Gd. crysallized 3J a 9 in 
Poxy & reddish i.J a S , 
3rds Lean and inferior 
lb. Fine, pure, brigiit 
8d a 3s 3^d 
2s bd a 3s 7J 
2s a is lOd 
Is 3d a Is 7d 
3s 2d a 3s 6d 
2s 4d a 3s 2d 
3s a 3s 4.;d 
2s a is 3<l 
is a 2s Od 
3s 9d a ia 6d 
3s (;d a £s 8d 
3s 2d a -IS 5d 
2s 2d a 2s Sd 
Is nd a 2^ Id 
l»5da 2s 6d 
2s a :-s 
Is (d als lid 
ls3dals4id 
's a 6s 
5s 6d a 6s 
4s 3d a 7s 
4s 9d a 93 Cd 
4s 3d a 8S 
4s 6(1 a 6s 
2s 4d a 2s 6d 
Is Id a 2s 4<1 
Gd a lid 
Vis a 21s 
Is a 5s Gd 
7s a 10s 
5s 6d 
6s 
Lis lid a 5s 6d 
3d 
3d a 3^d 
3jd a Is 6d 
Uda Is I Oid 
10s a 12s «d 
lOs a 16s 
10s a lis 
5id a 5i(\ 
^. 9-16d a 511 
4jd a .5id 
64s a 72s 
2 s a 5('s 
iSs a 57s 6d 
12s a 3.'s 
60s a 65s 
40s a 57s ed 
£20 a £.50 
OS a £8 
£20 a £:0 
£4 a £8 
£4 a £5 
£4 a £5 num 
C4 I0s,t£5 15s 
£6 a £7 
55s a 60s 
5d a 8d 
4d a 5d 
3jd a hfd 
£3 12s6d a £5 10 
£6 a £8 10s 
ei a £2 17/« 
las a 16s 
7s 6d a 93 
WA , Japan, iquarsaewt Good white hard 
16s a 21s 
263 
30s a 36s 
17s 
21s 
9s a lis 
20s a 29s 6d 
21s a 25» 
10s a 14s 
'2s 7d a 2b 8d 
30s a 31 4 
