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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
• [Feb. 1, 1900. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS 
(From Lewis cfc Peat's Fortnightly Prices Curre?ii, London, Januan/ J.}th, 1000. 
ALOES, Socootrine cwt. 
Zanzibar & Hepatic ,, 
BEES' WAX, 
Zanzibar & ( White ,, 
Bombay J Yellow,, 
Martattasciir 
CAMPHOR, China 
Japan ,, 
CARDAMOMS, Malabarlb 
Ceylon. — M y sove , , 
,, Tellicherry,, 
,, Long „ 
,, Mangalore,, 
CA8T0K OIL, Calcutta,, 
Madras „ 
OHIT.LIES. Z;mzil)H.v cwt. 
CINCHONA BAEK.- 
Ceylon 
CINNAMOJ9. Ceylon 
per lb, 
lb. 
Ists 
2ud8 
3rds 
4th s 
Chics 
lb. 
CLOVES, Penang 
Amboyna 
Zanzibar 
and Peraba 
Stems 
COCU'' US INDICUS cwt. 
COFFKE 
Ceylon Plantation 
Fair to tine dry 
Common to good 
Good to fine 
Fair ,, 
Dark to good palish 
Fair average quality 
Clipped, bold, bright.fine 
.Vlidclling, stalky & lean 
Fair to fine plump 
Seeds 
Good to fillr 
Brownish 
Shelly to good 
Med brown to good bold 
Ists and 2nds 
Dull to finebriglit 
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 
Common duli to fair 
Fair 
Fair 
£6 a £7 10s 
£5 5s a £6 10s 
£05sa £61iis6d 
162s 6d 
170s 
2s 6d a 2s 9d 
Is 7d a 2s 
33 5d a 4s Id 
Is 6d a 2s 6d 
2s lid a 3s 
2s 6d 
2s lid a 4s 
2s 3d a 3s 3d 
3id a 4jd 
40s a 47s 6d 
5d a 7d 
3|d a 5id 
4|d a 5'jfd 
5^d a 7^d 
iiA a 4d 
lOcla is Sd 
O^d a Is 5d 
bid a Is 4d 
8d a ll^d 
21 d a Sd 
4d a 9rl 
4d a 5\A 
"d a 4jd 
S^d i 
IJd 
9s 
fine bold colory 
to fine mid . 
and low grown 
Native 
Liberian 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COLOMBO BOOT 
COIR ROPE, Ceylon ton 
Cochin ,, 
FIBRE, Brush 
Cochin „ 
Stuffing „ 
COIR YARN, Ceylon „ 
Cochin ,, 
do. „ 
CROTON SEEDS.Bif t. cwt. 
CUTCH 
• I N U K B , Bengal, rough , , 
Calicut, Cut A „ 
B & C „ 
Cochin Rougli ,, 
Japan „ 
QHM AMMONIACUM „ 
ANIMI, ZanzibJir „ 
Madagascar ,, 
AEABIC K. T. ft Aden „ 
Turkey sorts ,, 
tlhatti ,, 
Kurrachee „ 
Kiidras „ 
ASSAFOETIDA 
KINO 
MIRKH, picked ,, 
Aden sorts ,, 
OU»ANUM, drop 
pickings „ 
sifting.s 
INDIARUJJBEK.AMsainlb 
Bold to 
Middling 
Low mid 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
ifBold to fine bold 
Medium and fair 
Triage to ordinary 
Fair to good 
Ordinary to fair 
Ord. to tine long straight 
Ordinary to good clean 
Common to fine 
Common to superior 
., ,, very fine 
Roping, fair to good 
Dull to fair 
Fair to tine dry 
Fair 
Good to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Common to fine bold 
Small and D's 
Unsnlit 
Sm. blocky t3 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 
Ordinary to good pale 
Pickings to fine pale 
Good and fine pale 
Reddish to pale selected 
Dark to fine pale 
Clean fr to gd. almonds 
Ord. stony and blocky 
Fine bright 
Fair to fine pale 
Middling to good 
Good to fine white 
Middling to fair 
Low to good pale 
Slightly foul to line 
Good to fine 
Common to foul & mxd. 
Fair to good clean ,.. 
CommsB tt fine 
3 ll-I6d 
INDIARUBBER, (Contd)_ 
Java, Sing. & Penang lb' 
lOOs a 115s 
S6s a 95s 
7RS a 62s 6d 
5(5s a 75s 
30s a 70s 
33s a 40s 
SOs a 95s 
76s a 85s 
6!'sa7Cs 
22s 6d a 39s 
nominal 
£19 a £23 
£19 a £21 
£18 a £22 
£7 a £9 . 
£1.^ a £33 
£12 a £32 
£10 a il4 IDs 
38s a 45s 
2Ss a 4i's 
25s 
87s 6d a 92s 6d 
35s a 72s 6d 
25s a 32s 
22s a 26s 
2ts 
20s a 45s 
£107s6da £20 
£8 2/6 a £10 10s 
70s a £9 a/e 
£5 10s a £7 10s 
80s a 100s 
£4 8s a £8 
£4 6s a £9 
40s a 60s 
67s 6d a 85s 
12s 6d a 35s 
52s 6d a 55s 
30s^a 4Tis 
23s a 35s 
40s a 80s 
r2s 6d a S5s 
I s tid ■ 
65s a 75s 
33s a 55s 
35s 6d a 50s 
25s a 35s 
17s a 20s 
Ida 6d a 18s 
23 lliid a 3s 4d 
Is 4d a 2s 6d 
25 9d a 3s ad 
Mozambique 
Madagascar 
INDIGO, E.L 
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MACE, Bombay & Penang 
per lb. 
MYRABOLANES, 
Madras J 
Bombay ,, 
Bengal ,, 
NUTMEGS— lb. 
Bombay & Penang ,, 
NUTS, ARECA cwt. 
NUX V OiMICA, Bombay 
per cwt. Madras 
OIL OF ANISEED lb 
CASSIA 
LEMONGRASS 
NUTMEG 
CINNA-.MON 
CITRONELLE 
ORCHELLA WEED-cvvt 
Ceylon ,, 
Zanzibar. ,, 
PEPPER ~ (Black) lb, 
Alleppee & Tellicherry 
Singapore 
Acheen & W. C. Penang 
PLUMBAGO, lump cwt. 
chips ,, 
dust 
SAFFLOWBR 
SANDAL WOOD— 
Bombay, Logs ton. 
Chips ., 
Madras, Logs ., 
Chips „ 
SAPANWOOD Bombavy,, 
Madras ,, 
Manila ,, 
Siam ,, 
SEEDLAC CTvt. 
SENNA, Tinnevelly lb 
SHELLS, M. o'PEA,RL- 
Bombay cwt 
Mergui ,, 
Mussel ,, 
TAMARINDS, Calcutta.. 
per cwt. Madras 
TORTOISESHELI^ 
Zanzibar & Bombay lb. 
TURMERIC, Bengalcwt, 
Madras ,, 
Do. 
Cochin ,, 
VANILLOES— 
,^'auritius and 1 
Bourbon .../ 
SeychellG.s 
VERMILION 
lb. 
Ists 
2nds 
3rds 
lb. 
WAX, Japan, square c^vt 
WLi.iLITV. 
QUOTATIONS 
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 tine pinky <fc white 
Fair to good black 
Niggers, low to fine 
Bengal- - 
.Shipping midtogd violet 
Consuming mid. to gd. 
Ordinary to mid. 
Mid. to good Kurpah 
Low to ordinary 
Mid. to good Madras 
Pale reddish to tine 
Ordinai-y to fair 
Pickings 
Dark to fine pale UG 
Fair Coast 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Rhajpore, &c. 
Calcutta 
64's to 57'k 
llO's to 65'8 
160's to ISO's 
Ordinary to fair fresh 
Ordinary to middling 
Fair to good bold fresh 
Small ordinary and fair 
Fair merchantable 
According to analysis 
Good flavour & colour 
Uingy to white 
Ordinary to fair sweet 
Bright di good flavour 
Mid. to tine not woody 
Picked clean flat leaf 
,, wiry Mozambique 
Fair to bold heavy 
Fair 
Dull to fine 
Fair to tine bright bold 
Middling to good small 
Dull to tine bright 
Ordinary to fine bright 
Good to fine pinky 
Inferior and pickings 
Fair to fine flavour - 
I 
Fair to good flavour 
Inferior to fine 
Lean to good 
Good average 
i Rough & rooty to good 
i bold smooth 
Ord. dusty to gd. soluble 
Good to fine bold gi-een 
Fair middling medium 
Common dark and small 
Bold and A's 
D's and B's 
Small 
Small fo bold 
Small to bold 
Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 
.Stony and inferior 
Small to bold dark 
mottle part heavy 
Fair 
Finger fair to fine bold 
bright 
Bulbs 
Finger 
Bulbs 
Gd. crysallized 3J a 9 In 
Foxy & reddish 4^ a 8 
Lean and inferior 
Fin&, pure, bnght 
'Cteod Tvbite bMi, 
8d a 3s 3jd 
2s 8d a 3s 7d 
2s a 2s lOJd 
Is 3d a Is 7d 
3s 2d a 3s 6d 
2s 4d a 33 2i d 
3s a 3s bjd 
2s a '/s lOjd 
Is4da2s lOd 
3s 9d a 4s 6d 
3s Bd a Ss bd 
3s 2d a 38 5d 
2s 2d a 28 8d 
Is lid a 2a Id 
ls5da 2s 6d 
2s a > s 
Is 4dals Ud 
Is4dals4^d 
(is a "its 
aa 6d a 6s 
4s 3d a 7s 
4s 9d a Qs ed 
4s 3d a 8s 
4s 6d a 6s 
2s 4d a 2* 6d 
U^d a 2s 3d 
6d a lid 
12s a 21s 
4s a 5s 6d 
73 a 10s 
3s ed 
5s9.i a 5s lOd 
33 9d a 4s 6d 
3d 
3d a 3^d 
i'id a Is Cd 
Uda Is I'Oid 
lOs a 12s 6d 
10s a 16s 
10s a 1 Is 
6 l!)-16d a 6id 
5 15-161 
frjd a 6fd 
64s a 72s 
25s a 50s 
23s a 67s 6d 
123 a 3f s 
60s a 65s 
40s a 57s 6d 
£20 a £50 
5s a £8 
£20 a ££0 
£•4 a £8 
£4 a £6 
£4 a £6 nom. 
£4 103a£51ft^ 
£6 a £7 
53s a 59s 
5d a Sd 
4d a 5id 
l|d a zid 
£4 a £5 53 
£6 a £S 
El a £2 15s 
15s a 16s 
73 6d a lis 
15.3 a 23s 6d 
26s 
35s a 121 6d 
17s 
2 Is 
9s a 12s 
17s 6d a 27s 
17s a 24s 
10s a 16s 
3s Sd 
