860 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[June 1, 1900. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS 
(Frcm Lewis S Ptat's Fortnightly Prices Current, London, May 16th, 1000.) 
j\LOES, Soccotrino cwt. 
Zanzibar & Kej atic „ 
BEKS' WAX, 
Zanzibar & ( White „ 
Bombay I Yellow „ 
CAMPHOR. China 
Japan „ 
CARDiiMOMS, Malabarlb 
Ceylon.— Mysore ,, 
,, Tellicherry,, 
„ Long „ 
., Mangalore,, 
CABTOll OIL, Calcutta,, 
Madras ,, 
OHIT.T.IES, /anzitn'.r cwt. 
CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 
Ceylon 
CI ^^^^■iMO^. Ceylon l8ts 
per lb 2iuts 
3r(ls 
4thK 
Chip.s 
CLOVES, Penans lb. 
Amboyna 
Zanzibar \ 
and Pemba / 
Stems 
COFFEE 
Ceylon Pliintation ,, 
Native 
Liberian ,, 
COCOA, Ceylon „ 
COLOMHO IsOOT 
COIR ROPE, Ceylon ton 
Cochin ,, 
FIBRE, Brush „ 
Cochin ,, 
Stuffing ,, 
COIR YARN, Ceylon „ 
Cochin ,, 
do. ,, 
CROTON SEEDS.sift.cwt. 
CUTCH 
Q 1 N G ICB , Bengal , rongh „ 
Calicut, Cut A ,, 
B & C „ 
Cocbin Kougli „ 
.Tapan „ 
GUM AMMUNIACUM,, 
ANIMI, Zanzibar „ 
Madagascar ,, 
AKAEIC K. I- & Aden ,, 
Turkey sorts ,, 
(jhatti ,, 
Kurrachee ,, 
Madras ,, 
ASSAFfETIJM 
KISO 
MilUUl, picked ,, 
Aden sorts ,, 
OUBANUM, drop 
pickings ,, 
sif tings ,, 
INDIARIJI BI'-l;,Assanilb 
Rangoon 
Bornee 
QUALITi'. 
Fair to fine dry 
Oommou to good 
Good to fine 
Fair 
Dark to good palish 
Fair average quality 
Clipped, bold, brigiit,fine 
viiddling. stalky & lean 
Fair to fine plump 
(?ood lo fint- 
Brownish 
(Shelly to good 
Med brown to good bol 
Ists and 2nds 
Dull to fine briglit 
Ledgeriana Orig. Stem 
Crown, Renewed 
Org. Stem 
Red Org. Stem 
Renewed 
Root 
Ordinary to line quill 
Dull to fine bright bold 
Dull to tine 
Good and fine bright 
Common dull to fair 
Fair 
Bol'l to line 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 tine long straight 
Ordinary to good clean 
Common to tine 
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 
Unsolit 
Sm. blocky tr> fine clean 
Picked fine pale in sorts 
Part yellow and mixed 
Bean and Pea size ditto 
Amber and dk. red bold 
Med. & bold glassy sort; 
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 tine white 
Middling to fair 
Low to good pale 
Slightly foul to tine 
(iood to fine 
Common to foul & mxd. 
Fair to good clean 
Common to fine 
QUOTATIONS. 
Cfi a .€7 10s 
e5 Uh a £7 [6d 
£61!is6da£72s 
180s 
liKs 
2s 6d a 2s 9d 
Is 5d a Is 7d 
3s 5d a 4s 3d 
Is 6d a 2s 6d 
■Ls lid a 3s 
2s 6d 
2s lid a 3s 6d 
Is 3d a 33 6d 
3id a 44 iV 
37s ed a 47.S Cd 
3}d a t;±d 
5d a 7d 
3|d a Sid 
4|d a 5gd 
.ifd a 7Jd 
I jd a 4d 
lUd a Is 8d 
%<X a Is 5d 
iid a Is 4d 
Sd a ll^d 
2^d a Sd 
.'■.id a 9d 
4|d a S^d 
4jd 
.|d a 4d 
l^d 
lOOs a 115s 
t^os a 9.->s 
75s a &2s 6d 
.^^55 A 75s 
3js a 70s 
37s a 40s 
S4s Ud a 95s 
7Ss a S2s 6d 
6Ls a 7Cs 
12s a 27s %a 
nominal, 
£17 a £20 16s 
£1C a £19 
£18 a £24 
£7 a £9 
£15 a £33 
£12 a £32 
£10 a £14 10s 
38s a 45s 
23s a 35s 
273 
87s 6d a 92s 6d 
35s a 72s Bd 
25s a 343 
25s a 23s 
21s a 24 6d 
20s a 45s 
£10 7s 6d a £20 
£82/6 a £10 10s 
70s a £9 2/0 
£5 10s a £7 10s 
80s ilCOs 
£4 8s a £8 
£4 5s a £9 
35 s a 60s 
67s 6d a 853 
12s 6d a S5s 
52s 6d a 55s 
30s a 4i;3 
23s a 35s 
40s a 80S 
8s a 253 , 
Is a Is 3d 
65s a 75s 
33s a 55s 
35s 6d a 60s 
25s a 3!5s 
17s a 20's 
16s Cd a 18s 
23 II lid a 3s 6Jd 
Is 4d a 2s Gd 
2s 3d a 3s 3d 
Is a 'is 4d 
INDIARUBBER, (Contd)- 
Java, Sing. & Penang lb- 
Mozambique 
Madagascar 
INDIGO, E.I. 
MACE, Bombay & Penang 
per lb. 
MYKABOLANES, "I 
Madras j 
Bombay ., 
Bengal ,, 
NUTMEGS— lb. 
Bombay & Penang ,, 
NUTS, ARECA cwt. 
NUX V OMICA, Bombay 
per cwt. Madras 
OIL OF ANISEED lb 
CA.SSIA 
LEMONGRASS 
NUTMEG 
CINNAMON 
CITRON ELLE 
ORCHELLA WEED-cwt 
Ceylon 
Zanzibar. 
PEPPER (BL'ck) lb. 
Alleppee & Tellicherry 
Singapore 
Acheen & \V. C. Penang 
PLUMBAGO, lump cwt. 
chips ,, 
dust ,, 
SAFFLOWER 
SANDAL WOOD— 
Bombay, Logs ton. 
Chips ,, 
Madras, Logs 
Chips „ 
SAPANWOOD Bombay,. 
Madras ,. 
Manila ,, 
Siam „ 
SEEDLAC cwt, 
SENNA, Tinnevelly lb 
QUALITY. 
Foul to good clean ., 8d a 3s 3d 
Good to fine Ball ... 2s 8d r. 3s 7.1 
Ordinary to fcur Ball.. 2fs a 2s lOJd 
Low sandy Ball . . Is 3d a Is 7d 
.Sausage, f.iir to good . 3s 2d a 3s 7d 
Liver and livery Ball 23 4d a8slid 
Fr to fine pinky & white 3s a is i^A 
Fair to good black . i2s a ;;s l().|d 
Nigger.-i, low to tir.e .. Isl^da2s]0d 
Bengal- - 
Shipping mid togd violet Ss 9d a 4s Od 
Consuming mid. to gd.l3s 2d a 33 bd 
QUOTATIONS 
Ordinaiy to mid. 
Mid. to good Kurpah 
Low to ordinary 
Ivjid. to good Madras 
Pale reddish to fine 
Ordinary to fair 
Pickings 
Dark to fine pale UG 
Fair Coast 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Rha.ipore, &c. 
Calcutta 
64'.s to 57's 
no's to 65's 
ICO's to ISO's 
Ordinary to fair fre.^h 
Ordinary to middling 
Fair to good bold fresh 
Small ordinary and fair 5s Cd 
s ltd a "is Id 
2s 4d a 3s 
2s 1 d a 2s 3d 
Is Tda 2s 0<1 
Is 4dals lid 
Is4dals44d 
6s a 7s 
5s 6d a 6s 
4s 3d a 7s 
■4r 9d a 9s Cd 
4s 3d a 8s 
4s 6d a 6s 
2s 4d a 2s 6d 
llfd a 2s 3d 
6d a lid 
;12.s a 21s 
[4s a .5b 6d 
7s a 10.1 
SHELLS, 
M. o'PEARL— 
Bombay cwt 
Mergui ,, 
Mussel ,, 
TAMARINDS, Calcutta... 
per cwt. Madras 
TORTOISESHELL- 
Zanzibar & Bombay lb. 
TURMERIC, Bengalcwt. 
Madras ,, 
Do. 
Cochin ,, 
VANILLOES— lb. 
■ Maui'itius and | Ists 
Bourbon .,./ 2nds 
Seychelles 3rds 
VERMILION lb. 
WAX, Japan, squares cwt 
Fair merchantable 
According to anuly.sis 
Good flavour & colour 
Ijingy to white 
Ordinary to fair sweet 
Bright a good flavour 
Mid. to fine not woody.. 
Picked clean flat leaf .. 
,, wiry Mozambique 
Fair to bold heavy 
OS 9d 
'3s Id a 3s 6d 
22 d 
3d a 3id 
3*d a Is 6d 
Uda I'Oid 
10s a 123 6d 
10s a 16s 
10s a 113 
6Jd a 6 3-16d 
6 3-b2d a 6^ 
DujI to fine SjdaS^d 
Fair to tine bright bold a 4 5s 
Middling to good smali,30s a 37i> 
Dull to tine briglit . . I'S a 20s 
Ordinary to tine bright; 
Good to tine pinky 
Inferior and pickings 
Fairi:o fine flavour 
Fair to good flavour 
Inferior to fine 
Lesn to sood 
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 nnd small 
Bold and A's 
D's and B's 
Small 
Small J o bold 
Small to bold 
Mid. to fine bl'k not stony 
Stony and inferior 
Small to hold dark 
mottle part heavy 
Fair 
Finder fair to fine bold 
bright 
Bulbs 
Finger 
Bulbs 
4s a Us 
5s a 75s 
40s a 60s 
Gd. crysallized 3.^^ a 9 in 
Foxy & reddish 4i a 8 
Lean and inferior 
Fine, pure, brigni 
Good white hard 
£20 a £50 
.5s a £8 
£20 a £C0 
£4 a £8 
£4 a- £5 
£4 a £5 nom. 
£4 10.«ia£5153 
£6 a £7 
53s a 59s 
5d a 8d 
4d a 5id 
lid a AiA 
£4a£512a Sd 
£6 a £9 2s fld 
18s a £3 
15s a 16s 
7s 6d a^lls 
193 a 22s (d 
30s 
303 a 32s fld 
•253 
24s 
8s 6d 
IS 
173 ed a 
Ids a 22s 
lus a 13s 6d 
3s 6d 
33s a S4a 
