786 
TROPICAL AGEICULTURIST. 
[May 1, 1900. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS 
(From Lewis tt Peat's Fortiiialdlij Prices Current, London, March 21st, 1900. 
ALOES, Soccotriiie cwt. 
ZiiTizibar it ilepatic ,, 
BEES' WAX, 
Zanzibar & j White „ 
Bombay i Yellow,, 
CAMPHOR, China 
Japan ,, 
CAKUAMOMS, Ajalabarlb 
Ceylon.— Mysore „ 
,, Tellicherry,, 
„ Long ,, 
,, Mangalore ,, 
CABTOK OIL, Calcutta,, 
Madras ,, 
CHILLIES. Zanzibiu cwt. 
CINCHONA BABK.- lb. 
Ceylon 
ClHNAMON.feylon lata 
per lb 2u(is 
3rds 
4ths 
Chips 
CLOVES, PenanK lb. 
Amboyna 
Zanzibar \ 
and Peniba / 
Stems 
COFFEE 
Ceylen Plantation ,, 
Native 
Liberia n 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COEOMI'O rtOOT 
COIR ROPE, Ceylon ton 
Cochin ,, 
FIBRE, Brush ,, 
Cochin ,, 
Stuffins ,, 
COIR YARN, Ceylon „ 
Cochin ,, 
do. „ 
CROTON SEEDS,8ift. cwt. 
CUTCH 
6INGEB, Bengal, rough,, 
(. alicut, Cut A ,, 
B & C „ 
Cochin Kougli ,, 
Japan ,, 
QUM AMMONIACUM,, 
ANIMI, Zanzibar „ 
Madagascar ,, 
ABAlilC E. I. & Aden „ 
Turkey sorts ,, 
,. Ghatti ,, 
Kurrachee ,, 
Madras ,, 
ASSAFCETIUA 
KINO 
MiKRH, picked „ 
Aden sort.? ,, 
©LIBANU-M, drop 
pickings ,, 
sif tings ,, 
INDIAKUliBl'.n.Assamlb 
Rangoon 
Borneo 
Fair to iine dry 
^,'oujiijoii to good 
Goon to line 
I'air ,, 
Dark to good palish 
Fair average quality 
Clipped, bold, brigtit.fine 
Vliddling. stalky & lean 
Fair to line plump .. 
Seeds 
(jood 1 o 
Brownish 
Shelly to good 
Med brown to good bold 
Ists and 2nds 
Dull to fine bright 
Ledgeriana Orig. Stem 
Crown, Renewed 
Org. Stem 
Red Org. Stem 
Renewed 
Root 
Ordinary to fine quill 
Dull to fine bright bold 
Dull to tine 
Good and fine bright 
Common dull to fair 
Fair 
Bold to fine bold eolory 
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 tine long straight 
Ordinary to good clean 
Common to fine 
Common to superior 
,, very fine 
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 
.Sni. blocky to 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 tine pale 
Clean fr to gd. almonds 
Ord. stony and blocky 
Fine bright 
Fair to tine pale 
Middling to good 
Good to fine white 
Middling to fair 
Low to good pale 
Slightly foul to tine 
Good to tine 
Common to foul & mxd. 
Fair to good clean 
Common to fine 
■vUOTATlOS. 
Ce a £7 10s 
£5 15s a £7 
i66sa iCtill-'sCd 
175s 
180s 
2s 6d a 2s 9d 
Is 5d a Is 7d 
3s 5d a in 3d 
Is 6d a 23 (id 
■is lid a 3s 
2s 6d 
2s lid a 4s 
2s 3d a 3s 3d 
3id a 4,1 d 
i7s 6d a 47s 6d 
3jd a ejd 
5d a 7d 
3id a Bid 
4id a 5Sd 
5id a 7H 
Id a 4d 
Od a Is Sd 
9;d a Is 5d 
cid a Is 4d 
8d a lljd 
2^d a Sd 
S^-d a 9d 
4id a 5id 
4|d 
td a 4id 
lid 
100s a 1155 
85s a 95s 
76s a 623 6d 
o5s a 75s 
30s a 70s 
33s a 40s 
84s 6da 95s 
is a S23 6d 
60s a 703 
22s Od a 30s 
nominal 
£17 a £20 19s 
£10 a £13 
£18 a £24 
£7 a £9 
£15 a £33 
£12 a £32 
£10 a.iU 10s 
38s a 45s 
23s a 35s 
27s 
87s 6d a 92s 6d 
35s a 72s 6d 
25s a 34s 
25s a 28s 
26s 
20s a 45s 
£107s6da £20 
£82/6 a £10 10s 
70s a £9 2/6 
£5 10s a £7 10s 
80s a 100s 
£4 8s a £8 
£4 5s a £9 
35s a 60s 
67s 6d a 85s 
12s 6d a 35s 
52s 6d a 55s 
30s a 4Cs 
23s a 35s 
40s a 80.S 
8s a 25s 
Is 6d 
65s a 75s 
33s a 553 
35s 6d a 50s 
25s a 35s 
I7s a 20s 
163 6d a 18s 
2s lO^d a 3s 4d 
Is 4d a 2s 6d 
23 9d a 33 Sid 
ils a 2s 4d 
INDIARUBBER, (Contd). 
Java, Sing. & Peiiang lb, 
f 
Mozambique ,, -{ 
[ 
Madagascar ,, | 
INDIGO, E.L 
MACE, Bombay f' Penang 
per lb. 
MYRABOLANES, "1 
Madras j '^^^ 
Bombay ,, 
Bengal ,, 
NUTMEGS— lb. 
Bombay <fc Penang ,, 
NUTS, ARECA cwt, 
NUX V OMICA, Bombay 
per cwt. Madras 
OIL OF ANISEED lb 
CASSIA 
LEMONGRASS 
NUTMEG 
CINNAMON 
CITRONELLE 
ORCHELLA WEED-cwt 
Ceylon ,, 
Zanzibar. ,, 
PEPPER- (Black) lb. 
Alleppee & Tellicherry 
Singapore 
Acheen & W. C. Penang 
PLUMBAGO, lump cwt. 
chips ,, 
dust ,, 
SAFFLOWER 
SANDAL WOOD— 
Bombay, Logs ton. 
Chips ,, 
Madras, Logs ., 
Chips ,, 
SAPANWOOD Bombay,, 
Madras „ 
Manila ,, 
Slam ,, 
SEEDLAC cwt. 
SENNA, Tinnevelly lb 
SHELLS, M. o'PEARL— 
Bombay cwt. 
Mergui ,, 
Mussel „ 
TAMARINDS, Calcutta... 
per cwt. Madras 
TOBTOISESHELL— 
Zanzibar & Bombay lb. 
TURMERIC, Bengalcwt. 
Madras „ 
Do. 
Cochin „ 
VANILLOES— lb. 
Mauritius and 1 Ists 
Bourbon .../ 2nds 
Seychelles Srds 
VERMILION lb. 
WAX, Japan, squares cwt i 
QUA LIT y. 
Foul to good clean 
Good to fine Ball 
Ordinary to fair Ball.. 
Low sandy Ball 
Sau.sagt, fair to good . 
Liver and livery Ball 
Fr. to finepinky & white 
Fair to good black 
Niggers, low to fine . 
Bengal- - 
Shipping mid to gd violet 
Consuming mid. to gd 
Ordinary to mid. 
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 
64'3 to 57's 
llO's to 65'.<« 
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 
Dingy to white 
Ordmary to fair sweet 
Bright & good flavour 
Mid. to ttne 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 
Dull to fine bright 
Ordinary to fine bright 
Good to finepinky 
Inferior and pickings 
Fair to fine flavour 
Fair to good flavour 
Inferior to fine 
Lean to good 
Good average 
Rough & rooty to good 
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 
Small to bold 
Small to bold 
M id. 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 
QUOTATIONS 
8d a 38 Z^d 
2s 8da 3s 7d 
2s a 28 lOfd 
Is 3d a Is 7d 
!s 2d a 38 6d 
2s 4d a3s 2Jd 
3s a 3s O^d 
2s a 2s lOfd 
Is4da2s lOd 
■3s 9d a 43 6d 
3s 6d a 3s 8d 
3s 2d a 3s 5d 
2s 2d a 2s 8d 
Is lld a 2s Id 
Is 5d a 2s 6d 
2s a 3s 
Is 4dals lld 
Is 4d a Is lid 
6s a 7» 
58 6d a 6s 
4s 3d a 7s 
4s »d a 93 6d 
4s 3d a 8s 
4s 6d a 6s 
2s 4d a 2s 6d 
Hid a 2s Sd 
6d a lld 
12s a 218 
4s a 6s 6d 
7s a lOs 
OS 6d 
OS 9d 
3s 6d a is 
2id 
3d a iid 
Sid a Is ed 
Uda I'Oid 
103 a 12s 6d 
10s a 16s 
lOs a lis 
6id a 6 3-16d 
eld a 6 3-16d 
oid a 5id 
o5s a 60s 
41s a 53s 
21s a 45s 
7s a 20s 
65s a 75s 
40a a 60s 
£20 a £50 
5s a £8 
£20 a ££• 
£4 a £8 
£4 a £5 
£4 a £6 nom. 
£4 10s a £6 15s 
£6 a £7 
53s a 59s 
5d a Sd 
4d a bid 
lid a 3|d 
£4 a £5 12b Id 
£6 a £9 29 Sd 
18s a £8 
ISs a 16s 
73 6d a lis 
19s a 223 6d 
30s 
30s a 328 td 
17s 
2l3 
9s a 10s ed 
Gd. crysallized 3J a 9 in 17s 6d a 27i 
Foxy & reddish 4^ a 8 ,,173 a tls 
Lean and inferior ...10s a 16i 
Fine, pure, brignc ... |3s 3d 
Good white bard .,. |33» » lit 
