Feb. 1. 1899.] THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
585 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
(Furnished by the Chamber of Cr.mmerce.) 
Colombo, Jan Slat, 1899 
Exchange on London -.-ClosiDg Kates -Ba«l Sf '^d 
ffa<es :— On demand 1/4| ; i month's sight iM 5 32 ; b 
month's sight 1/4 3-10. ,, 
Hank Buyino Rates:-Creaits 3 months sight 1/4 
9-32 to 5-16; 6 months' sight l/4§ to 13-32 ; Docts 3 
montha'sight 1/4 5-16 to 11-32; 6 mouths' sight 1/4 13 32 
to 7-16. 
Indian Bank Minimum Bates 7 % 
Local Rates 2 o/o to 3 o/o Higher. 
Coffee : — . , i 
riantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bnshei 
R13.00 , , . 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b. on the spot per cwt 
R7O-00 
Liberian Parchment on the spot per bus. none 
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. R43.o0 . t, i 
Tea:— Average Prices ruling during the weeK— Jiroken 
Pekoe per lb. 43o. Pekoe per lb. 33c. Pekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 32c. Broken Mixed and Dust, per lb. 
2ic.— Averages of Week> sale. , ^ . ■ 
Cinchona Bark:— Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb 06c. 
Cardamoms:— Per lb E1.95 
Coconut 0:i.:— Mill oil per cwt. none 
Dealers' oil per cwt. E14.25 Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f^o.b. per ton E322.50 
CoPRA:-Per candy of 560 lb. E45.00 
Coconut Cake:— (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, E80.C0 
Cocoa unpicked & nndried, per cwt. E42. 
Picked & Dried f. o. b. per cwt E47. 
^ 1 ^ ajKegalla El 7.25 
Cora Yahn.— Nos. 1 to 8 j Colombo E16.00 
Cinnamon:- Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 62c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 53o. 
Ebony.— Per ton. no sales 
Plumbago :— Large Lumps per ton, K700 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, E650 
Chips per ton,K500 Dust per ton, E300 
Rice — Soolye per bushel, J E 2.85 to 3.10 
„ per bag, I E 7.25 to 8.00 
Pegu & Calcutta Calunda per bag. E8-50 to 8 75 
Coast Calunda per bushel, E3.00 to E3.75 
Mutusamba per bushel E3.25 to 4.00 
Kadapa and Kuruwe, per bushel 2.75 to 3,00 
Rangoon, raw Estate Do 9.25 to 9.50 

THE LOCAL MARKET. 
(By Mr. James Gibson, BaiUie Si., Fort.) 
Colombo, February 7th, 1899. 
do Mill (retail) 
Cotton Seed do 
Satinwoort per cubic foot 
do Flowered do 
Halmilla do 
Palu do 
Ebony per ton 
Kitul fibre per cwt 
Palmyra do do 
Estate Parchment -.—per bushel 
Chetty do do 
R9-00 
R7 00 
Native CoKee \ ^^.^ rio oU to 44-00 
do F. O. is J 
Liberian coffee:— per bush RfOO 
do cleaned coffee:— per cwt R2f00 
Cocoa unpicked:-per <'wt RiO OO to 42'00 
do cleaned do RWUG to 46 00 
Cardamoms Malabar per lb. Rr-25 to I'So 
do My.sore do R175 to 2-10 
Rice Market List „_ „ ^ * „_ 
Soolai per bac of ICi lb nett R7 50 to 7-87 
Slate or l.t quahty :-per bushel R3 00_ to 3 10 
R3-3.5 to 3 62 
R;r3.5 to 3-50 
Ki-75 to 2-SO 
R!-UO to 4-00 
RT2S to 3-5U 
ROC -CO to 00 -6.1 
ROO-70 to O0'72 
R95-10 
do do 
Soolai 2 & 3rd 
Coast Calunda, 
Coast Kara 
Kazala 
I IMuttusamba Ordinary 
Kan;j;oon Rico per ba^ 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 to 4 
do do 1 to 2 
Chips per candy ^- ^ „_ ^„ 
"aV.l Ordinary per thousand R3.t to 3r50 
do Selected do R30 to 40-eO _ 
Coconut Oil per cwt IIM 5 ' to 14"8/ 
do do F. O. B, per ton R290 00 to R202-5O 
Copr.i, per caudy 
Kalpitiya do Ui2 to 43-00 
Marawlla do Rll to 42-00 
Cari Copra do 1137 to 38 00 
Olncelly Poonac per ton Rs5 to OO OO 
do R70 to 75 00 
E55 to 60-00 
R2 00 to 2-25 
R5-0e to 6 00 
Rl-90 
Rl-00 to 1-12 
R75 to 175-00 
R28 to 30-00 
R7-:0 to 17-50 
Jaffna Black Clean per cwt none in market 
do mixed do Rir.^O to 13-50 
Indian do R7-o0 to 13 50 
do Cleaned do ES-50 to 17-.50 
Sapanwood per ton R45 00 
Ktrosine oil American per case R6 00 to 6 25 
do bulk Russian per tin R2-eo to 2-05 
do Sumatra per Case R5-10 to 5 60 
Nux Vomica per cwt RO OO to B'tO 
Croton Seed per cwt R38-t)0 to 40-50 
Kapok cleaned fob do R22-50 to 23-50 
do uncleaned do R7-00 to 7-75 
j Large lumps R325 to 645 00 
Plumbago per ton, according J do R'.'50 to 570-06 
to quality ] Chips R-iOO to SOO-00 
I Dust R70 to 295-110 
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