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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[.Tax. 2, 1899. 
MARKET RATKS FOR OLD AND NKW PRODUCTS. 
(From Lewis tt Peafa Fortiiightl;/ Pricts Curtenl, London, December l^l'i, 1898.) 
ALOE^, Soccotriiie cwt. 
Zanzibar * Heiialio ,, 
BEKS' WAX, „ 
Zanzibar & j White „ 
Bombay i Yellow „ 
Marlajjiii'cnr „ 
CAMPHOR, China 
Japan ,, 
CAKUAMOMS, .yialabai lb 
Ceylon. — Mysore ,, 
,, Tellicherry,, 
„ Long 
,, Mangalore,, 
CASTOll OIL, Calcutta,, 
Madras ,, 
CHIT.IJES. Znnziliai cwt. 
CINCHONA BARK.- 
Ceylon lb. 
C.NN A MON, Ceylon Istt 
per lb 2m\> 
3rds 
4ths 
Clilis 
CLOVES, Pena'njf lb. 
Amboyiia 
Zanzibar I 
and Feinba f 
Stems 
cocirr-iis ijsdicus cwt. 
COFFEE 
Ceylon Plantation ,, 
m'ALITY 
Fair to dry 
Couin:cii to gooi 
fi 0(1 lo fine 
Dark to good palish 
Fair average qualify ... 
Clippoil, bold, bi i;;lit,fiufc 
Hidilling. stalky .v lean 
Fair to fine plump 
See's 
CJooil to fiiif ... 
Brownish 
Shelly to good 
Med brown to good bold 
Ists and 2nds 
Dull to line Ol ight 
Ledgeriana f hips 
Crown, Renewed . 
Org. .Stem 
Red Org. Stem. 
Renewed . 
Ordinary to line quill. 
INDIARCBBKR, (ConM i. 
Ja\a, Sing. & I'eiULiis lb. 
a o a £7 10s 
£C fiK ;i i:<i 7« Cd 
C5 12s Ut! a m 
lOos 
UOii 
ii\ a 3s 
2k ' <i a Si.s 6d 
2s 9d a 4s 2d 
!,s H :is Id 
iK Ud a OK 
6d 
.■5s a 3.S lid 
is Od a 4s .id 
m a 4;d 
:j.',d a :iid 
:tOs a 40.S 
Sid a f,d 
l}d a 8d 
lid a GJd 
:;d a 4sd 
iid a !>iil 
lOd a 1.^ Orl 
-.;d a Is 4d 
8d a Is ad 
rid a lid 
• Mozambique 
Madagascar 
IXDIOO, K.I. 
MACE, Bombay iPenang 
per lb. 
MYRABOLAXES, "I , 
Madras / 
Bombay ,, 
Ql'OTATIONB. 
Natire 
Liberian 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COLOMliO KOOT 
COIR ROPE, Ceylon ton 
Cochin ,, 
FIBRE, Brush 
Cochin ,, 
Stutting ,, 
COIR YARN, I eylon „ 
Cochin ,, 
do. „ 
C ROTON SEBDS,s.lt. cwt 
OUTCH 
UlNUKH, Bengal, rough ,, 
Calicut, Cut A ,, 
B & C „ 
Cochin Kougii ,, 
Japan „ 
3rM AMMUNIACUM „ 
ANIMI, Zanzibar ,, 
Madagascar ,. 
ARaKIO 1=:. I. & Aden „ 
Turkey sorts ,, 
(ilatti ,, 
KuiTachee ,, 
Madras „ 
ASSAFtKTIDA 
-■>'0 . ^ , 
MXKBH.picke.l 
Aden so;-t.s 
0LIBANUJ4, djop 
picking.s ,, 
sif tings ,, 
I ^DIAHUBBEK, Assam lb 
Rangoon 
Oull to fine bright bold 
Dull to fine 
Good and tine bright .. 
C 'li: riiciM il idl to fair .. 
Fair 
l''air 
BoM to fill* bold colory 
Middling to fine mid 
[,owmid. a»d low grown 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium and fair 
Triage to ordinary 
Ordinary to good 
Ordinary to fair 
Ord. to tine long straight 
Ordinary to good clean 
Common to tine 
Common to superior 
.. very tine 
Roping, fair to good 
Dull to fair 
Fair to tine dry 
Fair 
Oood to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Common to tine bold 
Small and D's 
Jnsolit 
Sm. bloclsv to fine clean 
Picked fine pale in sort^ 
art yellow and mixed 
.''.ean and Pea size ditt 
Amber and dk. red bold 
•Vied. A bold glassy sorts 
Fair to good palish 
,, red 
Ordinary to good pale 
Pickings to fine pale 
'iood and fine pale 
Reddish to pale selected 
■ark to fine pale 
' Jlean f r to gd. almond 
Ord. stony and blocky 
Fine bright 
Fair to fine pale 
.Vliddling to good 
'Jood to tine white 
Vliddling to fair 
!.ow to good pale 
Slightly foul to fine 
Good to fine 
Common to foul & mxd. 
Fair to good clean 
•Common to fine 
i'.d a 45d 
id a Is 
4d a .51 d 
3?d a 4irt 
■iliX a :i]d 
id 
nOs a liO.s 
l(i3s a H)8s ed 
SOs a 1 00s 
7' s a 8^.8 
s.-is a f Os 
JSs a 37s 
7. 'IS a 7!)s 
70s a 74s 
G.ls a e8s 
•Is a 17s 
nominal 
£10 a £16 
till a £21 
'-1.'^ a £21 
C7 a i!) 
i;i2 a £26 lOs 
ei2 a £34 
£10 10s a i'l.'i 
7.'s nd a S2s 6d 
Os 3d a 32s 6d 
Ifls 6d 
803 a 8r>9 
'4s a eOs 
ISs i d a 25s 
16s a ISs 
IS.s a ISs Cd 
20s a 453 
£lC7s Cd a £1 
!-;8 2/C a £10 10s 
70s a £7 12/( 
>:Fi 10s a £7 10s 
-Os a U Os 
i t 8s a £S 
ti 5s a £!) 
40s a 5.53 
''7s 6d' a S5s 
2s 6d a 40s 
52s ed a 57s 6d 
30s a iCs 
2;s 6d a 33s 
;7s a 70s 
30s a 36s 
8s 
70s a 82s 6d 
33s a 55s 
34s a 60s 
20s a 31s 6d 
lis a 12s 6d 
9s Cd a 14s 
2s 9d a 3s 3d 
Is Sid a 2s 
2s 9d a 3s 
IS a2s 4d 
Bengal „ 
NUTMEftS- lb. 
Bombay & Penang ,, 
Nl'TS, ARKCA cwt. 
XI X VO N ICA. Bombay 
per cwt. Mudrau 
OIL OF ANISEED lb 
CASSIA 
LE.\JOXOBASS 
NIT.MKG 
CINNAMON 
CiaUONELLK 
ORCIIEI.LA U'EED-cwt 
CVylun ., 
Zanzibar. ,, 
PEPPER (Black) , lb 
AUeppee <t Tellicherry 
Singapore 
Acheen & W. C. Penang 
PLUMBAGO, lump cwt. 
chips 
dust 
SAFFLOWER 
F,.i • to S'>od olfan .. atsB^d 
I ( . i r.c IViU '»a.«;ril 
ly I. t.nr b»ll 2s Id a -» lOjd 
Li Av ,:,ua> i>;Jl ls4d a 1««U 
.Saus;,:;... fair to i.'0(>J MZi A 'M'i 
I.iver and livery Ball 2» I'd a ' 
Fr to tine pinky 4 » hit* 4(1 a S« Ijd 
Fair to good bliwk .. 2« a • fld 
Xiggers, low to (tuod.. Istdaist-d 
jBi-ngal-- 
hipping mill togd violet 
<,<>Uhuming mid. lo gd. 
(irdinary to mid. 
.Mid. to pood Kurptih.. 
Lt,w to ordinao' 
Mid. to good Madras.. 
Pale i<-ddi»h to fine .. 
Ordin.iiy to fair 
Pickings 
Dark to fin#i palt VG 
F.-tir Coast 
Jubblepor* 
Bliimlies 
Khajpore, Ac. 
Calcutta 
CJ's to 67'ii 
no's to C'''«i 
HHP's to l.'SO'K 
Ordinavv to fair fr*»h...'12» » !»• 
Oidinar\ lo middliUK . JsiTisbd 
Fair to g<.od Uobl fresh . Bs » 
.Small ordinary and fair-'s *• 
Fair iiu-nhanfable 
Accor.ling to .malvniii.. ^ ^» 
Good H ivour & colour.. 3s a Sid 
M ingy to whit* .. 3d aSjd 
'3« a 49 ed 
.8 '.d all (d 
la -^d a i» 
{|8 »d a 2a 7d 
ila ^d a 1* 6d 
jls4da !ia0d 
i28 a ?» 
1)8 (d alf nd 
|i8 2da Iltd 
4s Q<l n ba 
r.8a 5s (id 
|4s tyX a i>i 
{in 3d a t>S 
'38 dd a 7i M 
ia (ki a Lt ti 
\u f«\ a u :d 
'la Id a 28 «d 
1*^1 a lid 
S.A.NDAL WOOD— 
Bombay, Logs ton. 
Chips ,, 
Madras Logs ., 
I hips ,, 
SAPANWOOD Bombay,, 
Madras >, 
Manila ,, 
.Siam 
SEEOLAC cwt, 
SENNA, Tinnevelly lb 
SHELLS, M. o'PEARL- 
Borabay cwt. 
llfussel „ 
TAMARINDS, Calcutta 
per cwt. .\!adras 
TORTOISESHELL— 
Zanzibar it Bombay lb. 
TURMERIC, Bengalcwt. 
Madras ,, 
Do. 
Cochin ,, 
VANILLOES— lb. 
.viauvitius and 1 Ists 
Bourbon .../ 2nds 
Seychelles 3rds 
VER.\1ILI0N lb. 
WAX, Japan, squares cwt | 
Onlinary tt) fair Kweet . i-'jd a l» 8* 
Brigl.'t 4 aood fl.ivour . ,lUd a li Did 
Mid. to Hue not woody . » l"-'8»d 
ricked clean Hat leaf . IK'* > 
„ wiry .Vozambiquejl' • * 
Fair to bold hea^y .. j4Sd»4 11-lCd 
Fair ,^ 
Dull to fine |4da4Jd 
Fair to fine bright bold.SOs a 40a 
Middling to g..od smalll'^s » 20a 
L'ull to fine bright l'*^'" . 
Ordin.iry to fine bright:5» 6fl a 12s 6d 
Good to tine [linky ..i*0saS5» 
.Middling to fair .. .""S a 70« 
Inferio? and pickings .. r'OsaSSs 
F.air to fine fiarour 
£20 a £8S 
.5s a £U 
£30 a £.i$ 
k4 a £8 
|£4 a f.") 
t4 a £5 noBi. 
£s 12,'6 a ee 10/ 
Fair to good flaronr 
Inferior to fine 
Lecvn to good 
Good average .. , 
Rough * rooty to good! '"'^ a £» IM 
bold smooth '^^ * ^' ^ . 
Ord. dusty to gd. solublel^^s a 62b 6d 
Good bold green!*'<*^ 
Fair middling medium!'^"} * ^•'J 
Common dark and smallj-" ^i" 
Bold and A's 
D's and B's 
Small 
Small to bold ... £1 go a £3 15i . 
AJid.to fine bl k not.stonv li's 6d a lis td 
Stony and inferior Us a 6s 
Small to bold dark / I 
mottle part heavy ■jjl4sa21s 
Fair ,..193 
Finger fair to fine bold 
bright 25s a 26s 
Buibs |<>os 
F'nser '.'llssa&js 
Bulbs .. 9s a 10s 
G d. crysallized 3 J a 9 in. I4s 6d » 249 
Foxy & reddish 4J a 8 „ 12s a Ms 
Lean and inferior . . "s a 10s 
Fine, pure, bright ...j2s a 2s id 
;3s 64 
