Jan 2, 1899.] 
THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
511 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
Furnished bii the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, Dec 31st, 1898 
Ex CHANGE ON LoNDON : — Closing Bates Bani Selling 
Bates -.—On demand l/'ll-ia ; 4 months sight IM 3-32 
6 month's sight 1/4 |; 
BanJc But/inrj A'aifs;— Credits 3 months' sight 1/4J 
to 5-16; 6 months' sight l/4g to 13-32. 
Doots 3 months' sijjht 1/4 9 32 to 11-32; 6 months 
sight 1/4 13-32 to 7-lG 
Indian Bank Minimum Rates 6 o/o 
Local Eates 2 o/o to 3 o/o 3igher. 
Coffee : — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bushel 
R13.00 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b. on the spot per owt 
R73-75 
Liberian Parchment on the spot per bus. none 
Native Coffee f.o.b per ewt. E44.00 
Tea: — Average Prices ruling during the week — Broken 
Pekoe per lb. 44c. Pekoe per lb. 353. I'ekoe Sou 
choug per lb. 30^. Broken mixed and Dust, per lb. 
21c. — Averages of Week's sale. 
Cinchona Bark; — Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb 05Jc — 1 per cent to 4 per cent. 
Cardamoms:— Per lb E2.00 
Coconut Oil: — Mill oil per cwt. none 
Dealers' oil ner cwt. R13.7.5 Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton R317.50 
Copra:— Per candy of 560 lb. R41.50 
Coconut Cake:— (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, R80.00 
Cocoa unpicked & undried, per cwt. R-12.00 
PicUed & Dried f. o. b. per cwt none 
_ 1 i Q I Kogalla Rl7.2o 
CoiB lARN.-Nos. 1 to 8jc„i«^boR16 00 
Cinnamon: — Nos. 1 ck 2 only f.o.b. 62c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 53c. 
Ebony. — Per ton. no sales 
Plumbago : — Large Lumps per ton, R700 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R650 
Chips per ton, K500 Dust per ton,R 300 
Rice. — Soolye per bushel, J R 2. SO to 3.12 
„ per bag, ( R 7.20 to 8.25 
Pegu & Calcutta Calunda per bag. R8-.50 to 8-75 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3.40 to R3.75 
Mutusamba per bushel R.3.yO to 4.60 
Kadapa and Kuruwe, per bushel R3.00 to 3.10 
Rangoon, raw Eatate Do R8.50 to 9.50 
THE LOCAL MARKET. 
(B;/ Mr. James Gcbsoii, Baillie St., Fort.) 
Colombo, January 1 0th, 1899. 
Kstate Parchment :— per bu.shel R12 •'O Ki'oO 
Chetty do do R9 to 10-50 
Naliv« Coffee \ ^wt. R31 to 38-00 
do r . U. 15 J 
Liberian coffee:— per bush RS-.'iO to 4-00 
do cleaned coffee:— per cwt R-20-00 to 23-00 
Cocoa unpicked:— per cwl Rl7 00 
Cardamoms Malabar per lb. Rl -10 to 1-30 
ilo Mysore do Rl-75 to 2 00 
Ricp Market List 
.Soolui per bn« of ICl lb. nett R7-37 to 8-00 
.Slate or 1st quality :- per bushel R.'i Oo to 3-10 
do R2-85 to 2 95 
RS-.'iO to 3-G-2 scarce 
R:j-G2 to 4-5U 
Ri-75 to '2-80 
R3 to 3"7a 
R9 00 to 9-50 
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Soolai 2 it 3rd. do do 
Coast Kara 
Muf tusaiiiba 
K;izala 
Coiist Calunda 
Knngoun Uici' per bag 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 to 4 00-.52 
do do 1 to 2 00-58 
do Chips per candy RS5 00 to 87-50 
Coconuts. Ordin:iry per thousand R3 to 38 00 
(to Selected do R36 to iO-dO 
Coconut Oil per cwt RI4-37 to 14'fiO 
do d I V. O B per ton R2S2-.';o to RJSVOO 
Coiir.i per C indy 
K.ilpiliva do RIO to 42-00 
Ma.awda do R .9 to 4U 00 
Carl Copra do RoO to :9-00 
(iuinelly. I>oon\c per ton RlOO-liO 
Coconut Chekku do RSO'OO 
Cotton Seed do 
Satinwocl per cubic foot 
do Flowered do 
Halmilla do 
Tuun Pali do 
Ebony per ton 
Kitul fibre per cwt 
Palmyra do do 
R70-00 
R2 n0 to 2-2.=> 
R3-O0 to 6-00 
Rl-90 
Rl-00 to 1-12 
■ R7.i to 170 
R-28 to 30- 0 
R!-2' to 17-00 
none in market 
Klt-.=0 lo 13-60 
E2-2.') lo 13-50 
Kg-.W to 17-00 
RoO to 5.T 
Jaftna Black Clean per cwt 
do mixed do 
Indian do 
do Cleaned do 
Sapanwood per ton 
Ktrosiue oil American per case R5 50 to 5-75 
do Bulk Ru.ssian per tin R2-60 to 2-65 
do Sumatra in Case R5-25 to S'aO 
Nux VoiTiiea per cwt R6 to 6-50 
Crotou Seed per cwt Ri5 to 33 
Kapok cleaned fob do R24-50 to 25-00 
do undeaned do R3 to 3-50 
j Large lumps R323 to C4'> 
Plumbago per ton, accordins J do R250 to 570 
to quality 1 Chip.s Rl-20 to 400 
I Dust R7o to 300 
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