Dec. 1, 1898.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTUEIST. 
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COLOMBO PUKE CURRENT. 
Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, Nov 29th, 1898 
Exchange on London :-Closing Rates Bank Selling 
ffa/e«:-On demand 1/3 31-32 to 1/4; 4 months sight 
1/4 to 1/4 1-32; 6 mouth's sight 1/4 1-32 to i;4 1-16. 
Bavh Buyinc, fl(i«es:-Credits 3 months sight 1/4 7-32 ; 
6 months' sight 1/4 5-lG. ■ n qo 
Doots 3 months' sight 1/4^; 6 months sight 1/4 li-ii. 
Indian Bank Minimum Rates 4 % to 5 o/o 
Local Rates 2 o/o to 3 o/o Higher^ 
Coffee:— Parchment on the spot per bushel 1"- &V 
riantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b. on the spot per cwt K/o 
Liberian parchment on the spot per bus. 
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. R4.5.00 Nominal. 
Tea-— Average Prices ruling during the ween— Broken 
Pekoe per lb. 4.5o. Pekoe per lb. 36c. I'ekoe &ou 
choug per lb. 30c. Broken mixed and Dust, per lb. 
21c.— Averages of Week's sale. , ^ - ■ 
Cinchona Bark;— Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
oer lb 05ic— 1 per cent 4 per cent. 
CARDAMOMS:-Per lb R2.20 
Coconut Oil:— Mill oil per cwt. 
Dealers' oil ner cwt. R15 00 Coconut oil lu orainary 
packages f.o.b. per ton R332..50 
Copra:— Per candy of 560 lb. R45.00 T,Qrv,n 
Coconut Cake:— (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, R80.C0 
Cocoa unpicked & undricd, per cwt. Rol.OO 
Picked & Dried f. o. b. per cwt RSS'OO 
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Coin Yarn. 
, , „ iKogallaR17.25 
-Nos. 1 to b I cj^iombo RIG.OO 
Cinnamon:— N OS. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. (5-2c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb .53c. 
Ebony.- Perton. 
Plumbago :— Large Lumps per ton, KbnU 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R600 
Chips per ton, KlOO Dust per ton,R 300 
Rice.— Boolye per bushel, J R 2.60 to 3.20 
„ per bag, 1 R 7.2.5 to 3.25 
Peeu & Calcutta Calunda per bag. R8-50 to 8 7.t 
Do do bushel R3 40 to 3.60 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3.50 to R3.S0 
Mutusamba per pushel R3.75 to 4.75 
Kadapa and Kuruwe, None Rangoon, raw Estate 
THE LOCAL MARKET. 
(By Mr. James Gibson, BaiUie St. Fort.) 
Colombo, December 6tli, IS9S. 
Estato Parchment :-per bushel Rfl-!50 fo 10-^0 
Chetty do do RS'i-O to 9 50 
Native Cotfe| I pg,, cwt. ris-qo 
Tihprian coffee:— per bash R3 00 to 3-50 
^^oleaned coffee:-pei- cwt R15-00 to IS -00 
Cocoa unpicked:-per cwt R30 00 t^ 35-00 
do picked do 1135 UO to 40-00 
Cardamoms Malabar per lb. 
do Mysore do B2 20 
Rioe Market I-ist 
Soolai per bns of 164 lb. nett 
Slate or 1st quality :- per bushel 
Sonlai 2& 3rd. do do ^^VsO to 3 02 
||tu.amba - .75 
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ii,mamon. P«'- ^o 1 to 4 00-52 
,lo do 1 to 2 00 o8 
Coconut (MM'er cwt ^ ^l^oo^'to rIoVOO 
Copra per candy 
Kalpitiya do R42 to 43 oO 
Marawila do RIC to 42 oO 
Carl Copra do 1132 to .38 00 
OinKelly Poonac perton RUm;00 to 1102 50 
Coconut Cliekku do If ,^ .'oS .0 
MilUvetail) do UiaOOtobOOJ 
R7-2; 
R3-05 
R2-80 
to 8-60 
to 3-20 
to 3 00 
Cotton Seed do 
Satin wood per cubic feet 
do Flowered do 
Halmilla do 
Tuun Pali do 
Ebony per ton 
R70-00 
R2-00 to 2-2.T 
R5-0fl to 6-00 
Rl-90 
Rl-00 to 1-12 
R75 to 175-00 
Kitul tibre per cwt, R30-00 
Palmyra do . do RS'OU to 17-50 
Jaffna Black Cleaned per cwt RlC-00 to 17-50 
do mixed do RIS OO to 14-50 
Indian do R5-C0 to 14-50 
do Cle.aned do R7-50 to 17-.')0 
Sapanwood per ton R50 to 60 uil 
Kerosine oil per case R5-?5 to 5-60 
do Bulk Russian per tin R2-50 to 2-f 5 
do .Sumatra in Ca.se R5-25 to 5-30 
Nux Vnn;ioa per cwtR5 to 6-00 
Croton Seed per cwt R35-00 to '38 00 
Kapok cleaned fob do R25 to 26-00 
do uncleaiied do R3 to 3-50 
( Large lumps R320 to 045 
Plumbago per ton, .accordina 1 do R250 to 570 
to quality ] Chips R120 to 435 
I Dust R70 to 295 
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