Oct. 1, 1898.] 
THE TKOPlOAL AGRICULTURmT. 
29i 
(X)LOMBO PlilCE CUlillENT. 
{Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, Sept 27th, 1898 
Exchange on London : — Closing Rates Banl ScUimi 
Bates:— On demand 1/3 15-16; 4 months' sight 1/3 
31-32 ; 6 months' sight 1/4. 
Bank Buying i?a«es:— Credits 3 months' sight 1/4^ to 
5-.S2 ; 6 months' sight 1/4 J. 
Docts 3 monhts' sight 1/4 5-32 to 3-16: 6 months 
eight 1/4 9-82. 
Indian Bank Minimum Rates 4 % to 5 o/o 
Local Rates 2 o/o to 3 o/o Higher. 
Coffee: — Parchment on tho spot per bnthel R12-50 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b. on the spot per 
owt. R73.0O 
Liberian parchment on the spot per bus. none 
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. R50.00 
Tea:— Average Prices ruling during tho wee'tt Broken 
Pekoe per lb. 4So. Pekoe per lb. 37c. Pekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 30s. Broken mixed and Dust, per lb. 
2ic.— Averages of Week's sale. 
Cinchona Bark;— Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb Oiic 1 to 4 % 
Cabbamoms: — Per lb R2.15 
Coconut Oil:— Mill oil per owt. R14.00 
Daalers' oil per cwt. R13.87 Coconut oil in ordinary 
Sackages f.o.b. per ton R312.50 
opra:— Per candy of 560 lb. R44.00 
Coconut Cake:— (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, R77-50 
Cocoa unpicked & undried, per cwt. None offering. 
Picked & Dried f. o. b. per cwt Do 
-cr XT 1 1 Q I Kogalla R17.2o 
CoiB Yarn.— Nos. 1 to 8 1 Colombo R16.00 
Cinnamon:— N 08. 1 cfe 2 only f.o.b. 60o. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 53c. 
Ebony. — Per ton. no sales 
Plumbago :— Large Lumps per ton, R700 Nominal 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R600 do 
Chips per ton, R450. Nominal Dust per ton, B300 do 
Rice.— Soolye per bushel, ( R 3.15 to 3.40 
„ per bag, ( R 8.25 to 8.75 
Pegu & Calcutta Calnnda per bus. R3.65 to 3.75 
Coast Calanda per bushel, R3.b7 to 113.94 
Mutnsamba per pushel R3.75 to 4.00 
Kadapa and Kuruwe, none. Rangoon, raw Estate R3.25 
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THE LOCAL MARKET. 
(B)/ Mr. James (ribson, Batllie St. Fott.) 
Colombo, September '27th, 1898. 
Estate Parchment :— per biishel B12'00 
Chetty do do 111108 
N^tne^Cotfeejpg^ cwt ElO lo WOO 
Liberian coffee:— per bush R3'25 
do cleaned coffee:— per cwt RIT'CO 
Cocoa unpicked:— per cwt RSO'OO 
do cleaned do 64'00 
Cardamoms Malabar per lb. Rr20 to 1'30 
do Mysore do RI VS to 210 
Bice Market List 
Soolai per bag of 164 lb. nett R8 25 to 875 
Slate or 1st quality :- per bushel R3-30 to 3-40 
Soolai 2 & 3rd. do do do R3-15 to 3'30 
Coast Calunda R3-87 to 3-91 
Muttusamba ordinary R3"75 to 4'00 
Kazala Ri lo to 315 
Coast Kara RS eo to 3 65 
Rangoon Rice per bag R9'50 to lO'OO 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 to 4 00'52 
do do 1 to 2 00 55 
do Chips per candy RS7-00 
oconuts. Ordinary p8r thousiind R34 t« 37 
do Selected do R35 to 39 
Coconut Oil per cwt R13 S7 to 14'00 
do do F. O. B. per ton R277-50 to 280-00 
Copra per candy 
Kalpitiya do R41 to 43 
Marawila do H37 to 39 
Cart Copra do R33 to 3.t 
Oiugelly. Poonac per ton R92-.')0 to 95 00 
Coconut Chekku do R77-60 to 80-00 
Mill (rotiul) do U7: 0Q Ig 50 09 
CDltoii Seed do R70-00 
.Satinwooil per cubic feeC R2 00 to 2-25 
do Flowered do 115-00 to 6-00 
Halmilla do Rr90 
Tuun Pali do Rl OO to 112 
Ebony per ton R75 to 175 '00 
Kitul fibre per cwt R30-00 
Palmyra do do R6-75 to 18-50 
Jaffna Black Cleaned per cwt R17'50 to 18 -.50 
do mixed do R14-50 lo 16 00 
Indian do R6-75 lo U'OO 
do Cleaned do K8-50 to 16 00 
Sapanwood per ton R50 to 60 00 
Kerosine oil American per case RS'OO to .5'25 
do Bulk Russian per tin R2-40 to 2-45 
do Sumatra in Case R4-85 to 4 '9) 
Nux Vnrrica per cwtR5-00 to 6-00 
Croton Seed per cwt R45 00 
Kapiik cle;ined f o b do R26-00 to 27-00 
do uncleaned do R3 00 to 3'50 
I Large lumps R245 to 515-00 
Plumbago per ton, .accordinj J do ,, R145 to 495 "00 
to quality) do Chips R 115 to 2 5 '00 
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