August. 1, 
THE TROPICAL AGEICtJLTUPJST. 
135 
COLOMBO PKICE CURRENT. 
{Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo. July -mh, 1898 
KxcHAXOE o>" London:— Closing Rates Hani S'eUinq 
Rates :— On demand 1/3 13-16 ; 1 months' sight 1/4 27-32 
6 mouths' sight l/'J 7-8. i'. 
Bank Bii'/ing Hales:— Credits 3 months sight l/i to 1,4 
1-32; 8 months' sight 1/4 3-32 to 1/4|- 
Do ts 3 monthts sight 1/4 1-32 to ]/4; 1.16; G months 
sicht l/i| to 1/4 5-32. 
Indian Ba.UK Minimum Bates 5 %. to 6 % 
Local Rates 2 o/o to 3 o/o Highei-. 
Coffee:— Parchment on the spot per bushel R12 50 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b. on the spot per 
cwt. R73 00. , T3 , AA 
Liberian parchment on the spot per bus. RiUO 
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. R47.5(l 
Tea:— Average Prices ruling during the weee Broken 
Pekoe per lb. 423. Pekoe per lb. 31:. Pekoe Sou 
choDg per lb. 27c. Broken mixed ani Dust, per lb. 
20j. Averages o£ Week's sale. 
CracHOVA B.ark;— Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb 5|c 
C\iiTPiMOMs: — Per ib R1.90 
Coconut Oil;— Mill oil per cwt. R13.37 
DealerH' oil per cwt. none Coconut oil iu oramary 
packages f.o.b. per ton R300 
Copra;— Per candv of .560 lb. R42..50 „ , . ^ 
Coconut Cake:— (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, RiroO 
Cocoa uupicked & undried, per cwt R50.00 
Pic'd:ed & died f. o. b. E.53,00 Finest 
„ 1 , „ I Kogalla B17.25 
Coir Yarn.— Nos. 1 to 8 j q^Io^^jo 00 
Cinnamon;— J) 03. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 60c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 53c. 
Ebony.— Per ton Govt, sales on 15th August, 1898. 
Plumbago:- Large Lumps per ton, R750 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R700 
Chips per ton, R450. Dust per ton, R300 
Rice.— Soolye per bushel, j R 3.70 to 3.95 
„ per bag, ( R9.00 to 10.50 
Pegu and Calcutta Calnndaper bus. R3.85 to 3,90 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3.7-5 to R4.00. 
Muttusamba per bushel, R3.75 to R4.50 
Kara per bushel R3.65 to 3.70 
Rangoon Raw 3 bushel bag:— R9. 50 
THE LOCAL MARKET. 
(Bu Mr. James Gibson, Baillie St. Fort.) 
Colombo, July 26tb, 1898. 
K.'^tate Parchment :— per busUel Rl?. CD 
Chetty do do UIOOO 
Native C'oifee | . ^^^^ 
do !• . O. B J ' 
Liberian coffee:— per bush Rl'oO 
ilodeaned cotfee:— per cwtKlS'tU 
Cocoa unpicked per cwC K3j'iU 
do cleaned do R43-00 
Car iamoras Malabar:— per Ib. El 3j to l--:0 
do .My.sore do El To to 2-00 
Rice Market List 
Soolai per bsj? of 164 lb. nett R9-62 to 10-20 
per bushel R3 
do Ri-7.5 
R3-00 to 3-97 
Ri-UO to i-ll 
R3-05 to 3 70 
R3-7-i to 3-87 
, .v..^ ...^ RO .50 
pel- lb No 1 to 4 UO o-2 to 00-.5C 
do 1 to -2 00-60 to 00 65 
Slate or 1st quality sonlai: 
Soolai 2 & 3rd. do do 
Coast Calunda 
Muttusamba ordinary 
Kazala 
Coast Kara 
Rangoon raw Rice per ha. 
Cinnamon 
do 
to 3-95 
to 3 -So 
do Chij).-* per candy RS'J-flO 
COCOTiulg. Ordinuiy per thousond R3G to 36'; 
do [-fleeted do R38 to 39 
Coconut Oil per cwt R13-J5 
do F. O. B. per ton Riii.S to -267-50 
Copra per candy 
Kalpitiya do R:3S to 39 
.Morawila do R^i7 to 3i 
Can Copra do R33 to 34 
Ginsellv. f oon ic per ton R92-50 to 95 00 
Coc nut Chekku do 
Mill (iet;..il) do 
Cotton Seed do 
Satin woo I per cubic foft 
(Jg I'lowcisd do 
RSo-f 0 to 90-00 
R7a 00 to 80-00 
R6D-C0 
R-2-00 to 2-2.T 
U5-09 to G'Ua 
111-90 
Rl-2i to 1-30 
Rl-00 to 1-12 
Rl 5 to 175 
-50 
K14-(M; to 14-o0 
R3-OO to 10-00 
RIO-OU to 17-i}0 
K50-00 
HalmiUa do 
Palu uo 
Tuun Pali do 
Ebony per ton 
Kitul fibre per cwt R;30-00 
Palmyra do do RS-00 to 17-50 
Jaffna i;lc<ck Cleaned par cwt Ri7 
do mixed do 
Indian do 
do Cleaned do 
.S:ipan\vood per t-jn 
Kerosin oil Ameriwin per case Rd Oj to 5-25 
do Bulk Ru-aian per tin S,2-40 to '^-45 
do Rdss'Ltii pet Case 
do Sumatra in Case R4-85 to 4-95 
Nux Vripicd per cwt R5 to 6 
Croton Seed per cwt R45-00 
Kapock cleaned fob do R-26-00 
do uncleaned do R3 
I Large lumps R-330 to 6.'0 
Plumbago per ton, accordins j do ,, R-i40 to' .500 
to qmility 1 do Chios R130 to 3SO-00 
\ do dust Rloe to 200-00 
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