THE TKOPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[July 1 1898. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 
(From Lewis <£ PeaVs Fortnightly Prios Current. London, Juiic Ul, IS98.) 
AtOES, SoceoUinc cwt. 
Zanzibar He Hevallc ,, 
BlSES' WAX, „ 
Zaiuiljai- & j White ,, 
Bombay i Yellow,, 
CAMPHOK, China 
Japan ,, 
CAHD^MOMb, Malabai lb 
Ceylon. — Mysore ,, 
,, Tellicherry,, 
,, Long 
,, Mangalore,, 
I'ABTOU OIL, Calcutta,, 
Madras ,, 
CHIT.LIER, Zanzibar cwt. 
CINCHONA BARK. 
QUALITY. 
Ceylon 
ClNNAMO^.Ceylon 
per lb 
lb. 
2iidi- 
3rds 
4tlis 
Chips 
lb. 
CLOVES, Penang 
Ainboyna 
Zanzibar 
and Pemba 
Stems 
cocuLUS iismcus cwt. 
COFFEE 
Ceylon Plantation 
Fair to tine dry 
Comnion to good 
d' od to fine 
Fair 
Daik to good palish 
Fair averiige quality 
Clipped, bold, briglit.finfe 
Widdling. stalky tt lean 
Fair to fine plump 
Hcec's 
ijiood 10 fin»f 
Brownish 
fihelly to pood 
Med brown to good bold 
Ists and 2nds 
Dull to fine bright 
Ledgeriana Chips 
Crown, Renewed . 
Org. Stem 
Red Org. Stem. 
Renewed ., 
Ordinal y to fine quill... 
QUOTATIOKS. 
ui'ALny 
Native 
Liberian 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COLOMHO BOOT 
COIR ROPE, Ceylon ton 
Cochin ,, 
FIBRE, Brush >. 
Cochin „ 
Stuffing,, 
COIR YARN, Ceylon „ 
Cochin ,, 
do. „ 
CROTON SEEDS,8ilt. cwt. 
CUTCH „ >. 
OINGEP, Bengal, rough „ 
Calicut, Cut A „ 
B& C 
Cochin Kougli 
Dull to fine bright bold 
Dull to tine 
Good and tine bright 
Common dull to fair 
Fair 
Fair 
auM 
Japan 
AMMoJilACUM , 
ANM, Zanzibar . 
Madagascar „ 
ARABIC E. I. & Aden „ 
Turkey sorts „ 
tihatti ,, 
Kurrachee ,, 
Madras „ 
ASSAFCETIDA 
MlBKH, picked „ 
Aden sorts ,, 
OLIBANUM. drop 
pickings „ 
sittings ,, 
INDIAEUBBEK, Assam lb 
Rangoon „ 
torneo „ 
Bold to fine bold colory 
MidiUing to fine mid .. 
f.ow mid. and low grown 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium and fair 
IViage to ordinary 
Ordinary to good 
Ordinary to fair 
Oi'd. to fine long stivaight 
Ordinary to good cle:in 
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 
Unsplit 
Sm. blocky to fine clean 
Picked fine pale in sorts 
Part yellow and mixed 
Bean and Pea size ditt 
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 fine ... 
Good to fine 
Common to foul & mxd. 
Fair to good clean ... 
Common to fine .. 
4-is a lOOs 
11 8 a 7(is 
^7 2/6 a £7 10s 
m Lh a £0 7b Cd 
*:<> 5s a £6 15s 
W» 6d 
UOs 
as J'd a 3s (kl 
■^s 9d a 3s 
3s a i6 3d 
?.s ed K i's rd 
8 lid a 3s 
'.is (id 
bd a 3s lOd 
3s 9d a 4s 6d 
Sj'd a 44d 
3^d 
^7s a i'Za 6d 
3jd a 5d 
d a Sd 
lid a Ci'd 
3d a 4;d 
3Jd a 5sd 
«id a Is lid 
;id a Is 8d 
7d a Is Cd 
Cd a Is 3d 
ijd a Jjd 
(jd a Is 
Ijd a 5',d 
id a 4]d 
3£d a 3id 
3s Cd 
INDIARUBBER, (Conid). 
Java, Sing. & PeiianglD. 
( 
Slczambique 
Madagascar 
Foul to good clean .. U £(da Ss 
Grxjd to tiue Ball .. ll^d a 3a *d 
Ordinal y to fair Ball. 2i(6daSs»td 
Low hundy Ball .. I'<ldale4d 
Sausagt, fair to good 2s a lid 
Liver and liver}' Ball. :^(dii2cI0d 
Fr to tine piuk) Al white "S a Id 
2k a ;» 4d 
l8 4daSi> Hi 
QUOTATlORg. 
Fair to got«l black 
, Niggeib, It/W to gooj.. 
INDIGO, E.I. „ Beugai-- 
.sbippiug mid togd liolet 
Consuming iui<l. to gd 
t'rdinary to mid. 
Mid. tu guild Kurpali.. 
Low to unliiii^ry 
^id. to good Idadraa.. 
MACE, Bombay & Penaiig|Pale Ieddit^h to tne .. 
per lb. 
MYKABOLANKS, \ 
MadiaM / ' 
Bombay 
Bengal „ 
NUTMEGS- lb. 
Bombay & Pcuajig ,, 
NUTS. ARECA cwt. 
NUX VOMICA, Bomliay 
per cwt. Madras 
lb 
OIL OF ANISEED 
CASSIA 
LEMONORASS 
NLTMEG 
CINNAMON 
CITRON ELLE 
ORCHELLA W EED— cwt 
Ceylon 
Zanzibar. 
PEPPER - (Black) lb. 
Alleppee <S 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 
Siam „ 
SEEDLAC c-wt 
SENNA, TinneveUy lb' 
SHELLS, M. o'PEARL— 
Bombay cwt. 
Mussel 
TASIARINDS, Calcutta . 
per cwt. Madras 
TORTOISESHELL- 
Zanzibar & Bombay lb. 
TURMERIC, Bengalcwt. 
Madras ,, 
Do. 
Cochin 
Mid. to fine not woody.. 
Picked clean Hat leaf .. 
., wiry Idozambique 
Fair f.o bold hea\'y 
Fair ' 
Dull to fine 
Fair to tine bright bold 
Middling to good Bmall 
Dull to fine bright 
Ordin.irj- to tine bright 
Good to fine pinky 
Middling to fair 
Inferior and pickings ... 
UOs a 124s 
lii3s a lObs 6d 
90s a loOs 
( s a 85s 
5s a SOs 
oOs a 45s 
OS a 7bs 
65s a 70s 
... 52s a 63s 
..|20sa 30s 
nominal 
£10 a .€16 
£10 a £21 
£15 a £21 
£7 a £9 
£12 a £26 10s 
£12 a £34 
£10 10s a £15 
87s a 90s 
L>s 3d a 32s 6d 
i9s 
75s a 83.S 
3-.'s 6d a 72s 6d 
17s td a 2os 
14s 6d a 21s 
I7s a 18s 
3Cs a SOs 
£10 7/6a£13 12/6 
£82/6 a £10 ins 
"Os a £7 12/6 
£5 lOs a £7 10s 
8Us a ICOs 
£4 8s a £8 
£4 5s a £9 
40s a 62s 6d 
65s a 85s 
12s 6d a 40s 
52s 6d a 57s 6d 
SOs a 4Cs 
27s 6d a 35s 
40s a 80s 
SOs a 37s 
12s 6d a 15s 
70s a 82s Cd 
33s a 57s 6d 
343 a OOs 
20S a 31s 6d 
lis a 12s 6d 
9s Cd a 14s 
2s 7d a 3s l^d 
2s a 2s 4d 
2s 3d a 3s 
18 4|aa2s 2|d [wax, Japan, squaree cwt [Good white hard 
Ordinary to fair 
Pickings 
Dark to fine pale I'O.. 
Fair CoaKt 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Bhajpore, 4c. 
Calcutta 
U4's to 0"8 
no's to 65 ii 
IWJ's to 130'» 
Ordinary to fair fre^h.. 
Oidinary to iDiddling.. |4s a &8 6d 
Fair to good bold fresh.. |7« a 78 bd 
Small ordinary and fair 6« 6d 
Fair merclumtable .. '6« M a Of 1( |d 
Accor<ling to anulyMA.. i4s9d a 6e 3d 
[Good fiavour tt colour., i'id a 6d 
(Dingy to white ...}oJda4d 
jOrainary to fair sweet.. i5d a Is 6d 
Bright a good flavour.. 1« ^i^ a Is ad 
4«a isU 
8 3il aHe Id 
U 4d a «e Id 
18 Ud a 6d 
l8 id a li (Ml 
le Sda 28 td 
8 a 3a 
18 74 all lid 
lallda latid 
4a6da6a 
:«8 M a ia 
ia a 7« 
<a£daai 
'Sa 9d • 78 
38 M a Ca 6d 
|3a a St !d 
{la 3d a Si N 
j6d a la Id 
ia> a KsOd 
Fair to fine flavour 
Fair to good flavour 
Inferior to tine 
Lean to good 
Good average 
J Rough & rooty to good 
I bold smooth... 
Ord. dusty to gd. soluble 
108 a 12a 6d 
108 a ISa 
108 a 11a 
«da4iil 
4 1-16da4ld 
.l|d a 4 Id 
2U8 a 2»a 
158 a 198 
ICS a ISs 
58 6d a 10a 
eOsaSSs 
608 a 70a 
aOs afifia 
£20 a £86 
&sa £3 
£30 a £,va 
£4 a £8 
£4 a £5 
£4 a £5 nom. 
£4 IDs a £6 16a 
£6 a £7 
808 a 70s 
Good Ixild green a g)d 
Fair middling medium|3d a 3Jd 
Common dark and small a 2Jd 
lb. 
Bold and A's 
D's and B's 
Small 
Small to bold 
ii id. to fine bl'k not stoilV 
Stony and infeiior 
Small to bold dark 
mottle part heavy 
Fair •' 
Finger fair to fine bold 
bright 
Bulbs 
Finger 
Bulbs 
£2158 a C6 10a 
£1 6s a £3 10s 
12s 6d a 148 6d 
4s a 6s 
VANILLOE.S— 
Mauritius and 1 IstslGd. cry.sallized 3i a 9 in 
Bourbon ... / 2nds Fo.xy t reddish 4i a 8 ' 
vui^S^T^^T 3rds Lean aud inferior 
VERMILION lb. Fine, pure, bright 
16s 6d a 23a M 
I5s 
18s a 19g 
12s a J 3b 
13s a Us 
7s 6d a 7s 9d 
ISs ,a 26! 
13s a 20s 6d 
7s a lls6d 
•3s a 2« Id 
37s 
