April 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTCJRIST. 
733 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
(Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, March 28th, 1899 
Exchange on London : — Closicg Kates i^ara/u Selling 
Rates :— On demand 1/4 to 1/4 1-32 ; 4 months' sight 
1/4 1-32 to 1-16; 6 mouths' sight 1/4 1-16 to 3-32. 
BanJc Buying Rates: — Credits 3 months' sight 1/4 3-16; 
6 months' sight 1/4 9-32 ; Doots 3 months' sight 1/4 7-32 ; 
6 months' sight 1/4 5-16. 
Indian Bank Minimum Bates 7 % 
Local Rates 2 o/o to 3 o/o Higher. 
Ooffeb:— 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bushel 
E1300 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b on the spot per cwt 
R72-50 
Liberian Parchment on the spot per bus. none 
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. R43 00 
Tea: — Average Prices ruling during the vifeek— Broken 
Pekoe per lb. 47o. Pekoe per lb. 41c. Pekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 38c. Broken Mixed and Dust, per lb. 
29o. — Averages of Week's sale. 
Cinchona Bark:— Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb 08o. 1 to 4 o/o 
Cardamoms; — Per lb R1.75 
Coconut Oil: — Mill oil per cwt. none 
Dealers' oil per cwt. R14.62J ; Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f'.o.b. per ton R330.00 Nominal. 
Oopba:— Per candy of 560 lb. R45.00 
Coconut Cask:— (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, E80.00 
Cocoa unpicked & undried, per cwt. R48.50 
Picked & Dried f. o. b. per cwt R53.00 
_. „ 1 4. Q I Kogalla K17.25 
Com Yarn.-Nos. 1 to 8 | Cok,mbo R16 00 
Cinnamon: — Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 62c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 53c. 
Bbont. — Per ton. no sales 
Plumbago: — Large Lumps per ton, R700 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R650 
Chips per ton, R500 Dust per ton, R300 
Rice.— Soolye per bag, ( B 7.50 to 8.25 
„ per bushel, t E 2.85 to 3.10 
Pegu & Calcutta Calunda per bushel. R3'15 to 3'25 
Coast Calunda per bushel, B3.25 to R3.37 
Mntusamba per bushel R3.30 to 3.87 
Kadapa and Kurnwe, per bushel none. 
Rangoon, raw 3 bushel bag B 9.50 to RIO.OO. 
Co.ist Kara per bushel none. 
Soolai Kara per bushel R 2.75 to 2.60 
THE LOCAL MARKET. ^ , 
(By Mr. James Gibson, Baillie St., P^^^'l 
Colombo, April 5th, 
Estate Parchment :— per bushel B8 0U to 13 00 
Chett.y do do R7-ol)toS-00 
NatWe CoHe||pgj, g^^. R35'00 to 40-00 
Liberian coffee:— per bush R4-50 
do cleaned coffee:— per cwt R20'00 
Cocoa unpicUed:— per i-wt R42-00 to 44-00 
cleaned do R46-00 to 40-00 
Cardamoms Malabar per lb. Rl-10 to 1-30 
do Mysore do R 175 to 1-90 
Eice Market List 
Soolai per bag of 164 lb. nett R7 50 to 8-25 
81<ate or 1st quality :— per bushel R3-05 to 3-10 
Soolai 2 & 3rd. do do 
Coast Calunda 
Coast Kara 
Kazala 
Muttusawiba Ordinary 
Bangoon Bice per bag 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 to 4 
do do 1 to 2 
do Chips per candy — 
Coconuts Ordinary per thou3an<l K35-nO ro SS'OO 
do Selected do R36 Uii to 40 00 
Coconut Oil per cwt R14 021 to 14-75 
do do F. O. B. per ton R292-50 to R295-00 
Copra per candy 
Kalpiliya do R44 75 to 45-75 
Marawila do R44-0n 
Car* Copra do R40-00 to 41-00 
Glngelly I'oonac per ton R87-60 to 9(f00 
Ceconut Chokku do R85-50 to 9«-00 
do MUl (r«UU) do RSO OO to 85 00 
do R2-85 to 2-93 
R3-25 to 3-37 
R315 to 3-37 
R2-75 to 2-80 
R3-30 to 3-87 
R9-f,0 to 10-00 
R00-53i 
R 00-00 
R87-50 
Cotton Seed do 
Satinwood per cubic feet. 
do Flowered do 
Halrailla do 
Palu do 
Ebony per ton 
Kitul fibre per cwt 
Palmyra do do 
Jaffna Black Clean per cwt 
do mixed do 
Indian do 
do Cleaned do 
Sapanwood per ton 
Kerosiue oil American per ca.se IIG 25 to O'oO 
do bulk Bu.ssian per tin R2-S5 to 2 90 
do Sumatra per Ca.ses, n-aie 
Nux Vomica per cwtB2-00 to 3-cO 
Croton Seed per cwt R38-U0 to 40-00 
Kapok cleaned fob do cwt R-24 00 to 25-00 
R67-50 to 70-00 
R2-n0 to 2 2.i 
R5-O0 to 6-00 
Rl-90 
Rl-00 to 1-12 
R75 to 175-00 
R30-00 to 3i-00 
R6-(0 to 2. -00 
none 
RU-50 to 13-50 
R8-00 ro 13-50 
R9-00 to 17-50 
RSO-UO 
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do 
Plumbago per ton,accordins 
to giade 
RS CO to 9-00 
Lar;;L- lumps R 00-00 to 700-00 
do B.-CO 00 to 650 00 
Chips Rl.'O 00 to 50ir00 
Dust B50 00 to 300-00 
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