•MAReH 1, 1899.] THE TROPiCAL AGRICULTt^RlST. 
659 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
(Fuintsked by the Chamber or (. owmi rce.) 
^ Colombo, Feb 7th, 1899 
Exchange on Lokdon :— Closing Rates Bank helhng 
Rates :— On demand 1/4 to 1/4 1 32 4 montha' Right 
Hi 132 to 1-16; 6 months' sight 1/4 116 to 3 32. 
■ Bank Buying «a<es:— Credith 3 months' sight 1/4 5-16 
to 7 32 ; 6' months' sight 1/4 9 32 to 5-16; Docts 3 
montha' sight 1/4 7-32 to ; ; 6 months' sight 1/4 5-lfa 
Indian Bank Minimum Bates ( % 
Local Rates 2 o/o to 3 o/o Higher. 
■ Coffee : — ,.1.1,1 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bushel 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b on the spot per cwt 
R7600 
Liberian Parchment on the spot per bus. none 
■ Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. R43 y0 _ 
Tea--- Average Prices ruling during the weoK— J3i oKen 
Pekoe per lb. 47. Pekce per lb. 40' Pekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 36. Broken Mixed and Dust, per lb. 
'28.— Averages of Week's sale. , • . 
CihcHO>)A Bark:— Per unit of Sulphate of yuinine 
'•per lb 07c. 
CARnAMOMs: — Per lb R1.75 
CocoNtT Oil:— Mill oil per cwt. none 
Dealers' oil per cwt. R14.7.^. Coconut oil in ordinal y 
packages f.o.b. per ton R,332.&0 
Copra:— Per candy of 560 lb. R46.00 
OocoNUT Cake:— (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, R80.00 
' Cocoa unpicked & undried, per cwt. R48.50 
Pifcked' & Dried f. o. b. per cwt 1160,00 
. , -KT 1 . „lKogalla 1117.25 
CoiR Yarn.— Nob. 1 to 8 | Colombo R 16 00 
CinSamon:— Noa. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. «2c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb .53c. 
Bboky.— Per ton. no sales 
Pldmbago :— Larjije Lutops per ton, R700 
'/Ordinary Lumps per ton, R560 
Chips per ton, K!500 Dust per ton, E300 
Rice.— Soolye per bag, J R 7.50 to 8.00 
„ per bushel, 1 R 2.85 to 3.10 
PegaA Calcutta Calunda per bushel. R3-20 to 3 25 
CoastCalandi per.bnshel, R3.15 to 113.30 
Mutiisamba per bushel R3.15 to 4.00 
Kadapa and Kuruwe, per bushel none. 
Rangoon, raw Estate per bushel none. 
Coast Kiia none 
Soolki Kara R2, 75 to 2.80 
THE LOCAL MARKET. 
(Bxi Mr. James (iibson, Badlie St., Fort.) 
Colombo, March 7tU 1S99. 
Estate Parchment :-per bushel R12-00 
Ghetty do do K7 00 to S'CO 
Native Coffee > 40-"" 
do r. U. i> J 
■ Liberian coffee:— per bush Rl-75 to 'i'tO 
' do cleaned coffee:— per cwt Kio OO 
* Cdcoa unpictetl:- per cwl Hii to 48-50 
cleaned do U50 to 52 50 
Caraamonis Malabar per lb. Rl-25 
do Mysore do Kl 
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Soolai per boc of 161 lb. nett 
Slate or 1st quality :- per bushel 
to 1-30 
do 
R7 50 to 8-00 
K;i-05 to 3-10 
to 3 00 
R3-20 to 3 -30 
R:3-20 to 3-3o 
R2-75 to '2-SO 
R315 to 4 00 
R9 f.O to 10-00 
Uon-.->3i 
R00-5S 
R90 00 to 92-50 
Soolai 2 A 3rd. do do 
Coast Calunda 
Coast Kara 
iCazala 
'IiIuttusaHiba Ordinary 
'"BJalngiion Rice per bag 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 to 4 
do do 1 to 2 
do Chips per candy 
Coconuts Ordinary per thousand R3j to SS OO 
do Selected do R36 to 40-f'O 
Coconut Oil per cwt R14 75 to IS'OO 
do d.) F. O. B, per ton K295-. 0 to lUOO OO 
Copra per candy 
Ralplliya do R45.00 to 46 00 
Mavuwila do R44-00 to 45-i 0 
CxrkCopi-.-i do R3!)-00 to 42-00 
OhiKelly Poon.ic per ton R92-50 to 97-.'>n 
Coconut Chekku do RHO'OO to 95-00 
vlQ Mill (retail) do B75-0O to 80 00 
R60-00 to 65-00 
R2-00 to 2 2.n 
R5-00 to 6-00 
Rl-90 
Rl-00 to 1-12 
R75-00 to 175-00 
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Cntton Seed do 
Satinwood per cubic feet 
do Flowered do 
Halmilla xlo 
Palu do 
Ebony per ton 
Kitul fibre per cwt R30 to 32-CO 
Palmyra do do RO .-O to 17-50 
Jaffna Black Clean per cwt none 
do mi.\ed do 
Indian do 
do Cleaned do 
Sa pan wood per ton 
Ktrosine oil American per ca.se RO 25 to C SO 
do bulk Russian per tin R2-65 to 2-70 
do .Sumatra per Ca.se, none 
Nux VnMlca per cwt R-i-OU to 3-"0 
Croton Seed per cwt R3OT1O to 35 00 
Kapok Cleaned fob do cwt R23-iiu to 21 '50 
do undeaned do RS-' 0 to 9:50 
LarKelunipsR 00-00 to 
Plutnbafjo per ton, .according 
to quality 
HI.- 
R8-i0 to 13-50 
K9-(:0 
Bl.5 00 to 60-00 
Chips 
Uuat 
do 
00-00 
R-OO 00 to 700-OC 
R1:0 to t" 501-00 
R50-00 to 3C0-tO 
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