June 1, 1900.] 
COLOMBO PRICE CURREKT. 
{Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
EXPORTS. 
Colombo, 4th June, 1900. 
Cabdamoms:— 
All round parcel, well bleached per lb. Rl 50 
Do. dull medium do. 1'25 
Special assortment, 0 and louly do. 1-70 
Seeds do. 1'35 
Cjnchona Babk: — 
Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 10c— IJ to 3 o/o 
Cinnamon : — 
Ordinary assortment per lb. 59o. 
Nos. 1 and 2 only per lb. 64c, 
Nos. 3 and 4 only per lb. 55c. 
Cinnamon Chips :— 
Per candy of 560 lb B87-50 
Cocoa :— 
Finest estate red ; unpicked per cwt 52 CO 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
859' 
Medium do do 
Bright native, unpicked and undried 
do 
do 
4900 
. . ) none 
. . ) o'ring. 
R4600 
K39-0J 
R29-0Q 
Ordinary do 
Coconuts — (husked). 
Selected per thousand 
Ordinary ,, 
Smalls ,, 
Coconut Cake — 
Poonac in robins f. o. b. per ton R80 
Do. in bags none. 
Coconut (Desiccated). 
Assorted all grades per lb. 13ic 
Coconut Oil — 
Dealers' Oil per cwt. R14'50— Business done. 
Coconut Oil in ordinary packages, f. o. b. per ton 
R322*50.— Business done. 
Coffee — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bus. 
RU-OG. 
Plantation Estate Coffee f.o.b. (ready) per owt.— 
R65.00. 
Native Coffee, f.o.b per cwt. R42-50. 
OlTRONELXA OiL, — 
do 
per lb. 6 c. 
do 
do 
E4500 
do 
do 
R4200 
do 
do 
R4500 
Ready 
COPBA — 
Boat Copra per candy of £60 lb. R45'00 
Caipentyn Copra 
Cart do 
ifiatate do 
Croton Seed per cwt RiZ 00 
Ebony— 
Sound per ton at Govt, depot E175. — As per last 
Government Sales, if I5th November. 
Inferior K120. — As per last Government sales of 15th 
November. 
FiBEES — 
Coconut Bristle No. 1 per cwt BlO-50 
Do „ 2 „ 8 00 
Do mattreiB „ 1 „ 350 
Do „ 2 „ 300 
Coir Yarn Kogalla „ 1 to « 18 gO 
Do Colombo „ 1 to 8 16 00 
Kitool all sizes 38 00 
Palmyrah 1600 
Pepper— Black per lb 28c, 
Plumbago— 
Liarge lumps 
Ordinary lumps 
Chips 
Dust 
Do (Flying) 
Sapanwood — ptr ton 
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R800 
700 
500 
4C0 
150 
E52-50 
Satinwood (ordinary) per cubic ft. R2'40 
riigh Grown Medium 
Tea — Average. Average. 
Broken Pekoe and Broken cts 
Orange Pekoe per lb 
Orange Pekoe do 
Pekoe do 
Pekoe Souchong do 
Pekoe Fanaingsdo 
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56 
50 
44 
42 
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6787638 
2271228 
81578 
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42481 
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30 g 
28 g 
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To U K. 
„ Austria 
„ Belgium 
„ France 
„ Germany 
„ Holland 
„ Russia 
„ Spain 
„' Sweden 
Turkey . . 
" India 
„ Australia 
„ America 
„ Africa 
„ China 
„ Singapore 
„ Mauritius 
..Malta 
Total export from 1st 
Jan. to 4th June 190(J 
