Jan. 1, 1900.J 'fHE TROPICAL AGRICITLTTJRIST. 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
50^ 
(Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, 15th Jan. 1900. 
Cakdamoms: — 
Rl-70 
1- 50 
2- 30 
1-40 Sellers 
1 o/o to 4 o/o 
All round parcel, well bleached per lb 
Do. dull medium do. 
Special assortment, 0 and 1 only do. 
Seeds do. 
Cinchona Babk: — 
Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 11c 
Cinnamon ■ — 
Ordinary assortment per lb. .=)9o. 
Nos. 1 and '2 only per lb, 65c. 
Nos. 3 and 4 only per lb. 51c. — Unchanged 
Cinnamon Chips : — 
Per candy of 5G J lb R05— Supply scarce. 
Cocoa :— 
Finest estate red ; unpicked per cwt B47'50 
Medium do do per cwt R40. 
Bright native, unpi ked and undried per cwt I j^^j,^ 
Ordinary do do do j 
offering. 
Coconuts — (husked). 
Selected per thousand R4ti'00 
Ordinary 
Smalls 
B3800 
R29-O0 
Coconut Cake— 
Poonac in robins f. o. b. per ton R77'50 
Do. in bags none 
Coconut (Dessicated). 
Assorted all grades per lb. 134c 
Cocjnut Oil — 
Dealers' Oil per cwt. R14 25 
Coconut Oil in ordinary packages, f. o. b. per ton 
R320nu Large transactions at B320/00 
Coffee — 
Plantation Estate Parchment ou the spot per bus. 
R9 50 
Plantation Estate Coffee f.o.b. (ready) per cwt. R65 
Native Coffee, f.o.b. per cwt none offering 
Copra — 
Boat Copra per candy of 560 lb. R43 
Calpentyn Copra do do R43 25 
Cart do do do R40 
Jistate do do do R43 25 
Croton Seed per cwt R30 
Ebony — 
Sound per ton at Govt, depot R175, Inferior R120, 
As per Govt, sales of 15th November. 
Fibres — 
Coconut Bristle 
Do 
Coconut mattress 
Do 
Coir Yarn Kogalla 
Do Colombo 
Kitool all sizes 
Palmyriih 
Pepper— Black 
Plumbago — 
Large lumps 
Ordinary lumps 
Chips 
Dust 
Dd (Flying) 
Sapanwood — 
Satinvs'ood (ordinary) 
No. 1 per cwt Rll 
„ 2 
8 
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2-75 
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2 
„' 1 to 
8 17-25 
„ 1 to 
8 16 
38 
14 
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per ton RIOOO 
1050 
750 
550 
200 
per ton E.57 50 
per cubic ft tt2 40 
iiigh Grown. Medium. Low Grown. 
Tea — cts cts cts 
Broken Pekoe per lb 38 to 76 31 to 48 33 to 38 
. Orange Pekoe do 42 to 63 35 to 47 34 to 37 
Pekoe do 36 to 50 32 to 39 32 to 36 
Pekoe Souchongdo 34 to 42 31 to 37 27 to 31 
Pekoe Fauningsdo 28 to 34 26 to 34 26 to 33 
Broken mixed — dust, &c. per lb 
K 35 to 28 g4 to 31 23 to 27 ' 
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