MayI, 189i;J THE TROPICAJ. AGElCULTtTRlSt. 
807 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
[burnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, May 2nd, 1S99 
Exchange on London : — Closing Rates Bank Selling 
Rates: — On demand 1/1; 4 mouths' sight 1/4 132; 
6 months' sight I I l-lli. 
Bank Biii/inri Hates: — Credits 3 months' sight 1/4 5-32 
to 3 16 ; 6 months' si<rht 1/4 t to 9-82 ; Docts 3 mouths' 
Bight 1/4 3 16 to 7 32; fj months' sight 1/4 9-32 to 5-16 
Indian Bank Minimum Rates 6 % 
Local Rates : 1 to 2 o/o Higher. 
COFI'EB : — 
Plantation Estate Parchment ou the spot per bua — 
R13.00 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b on the spot per cwt 
R74 00 
Liberian Parchment on the '<pot per bus — none 
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. R14'50 
Tea: — Average Prices rnling during the wee's— Broken 
Pekoe per lb. 45c. Pekoe per lb. 40o. I'ekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 36c. Broken Mixed and Dust, per lb. 
28o. — Averages of Week's sale. 
Cinchona Bark: — Per uuit of Sulphate 
per lb 7?jO. 1 o/o to 4 o/o 
Cardamoms: — Per lb R1.75 
Coconut Oil: — Mill oil per cwt. none. 
Dealers' oil per cwt. R14.37; Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton R3'25.00 
Copra:— Per candy of 560 lb. R45.00 
OocoNUT Cake: — (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, R77.5J 
Cocoa unpicked & nndried, per cwt. R48.00 
Picked & Dried f. o. b. per cwt R52. 
CoiB YARN.-Nos. 1 to 8|g°fiRl6SlUn<=haDged 
Cinnamon: — Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 60c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 52c. 
Ebony. — Per tou. — none 
Plumbago: — Large Lumps per ton, R750 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R70() 
Chips per ton, R550 Dust per ton, R350 
Rice.— Soolye per bag, j R 7.50 to 8.20 
„ per bushel, \ R 2 b,") to 3.10 
Pegu & Calcutta Calunda per bushel. R2-95 to 3-10 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3.20 to R3.40 
Mutusamba per bushel R3.30 to .1.75 
Kadapa and Kurnwe, per bushel — none. 
Rangoon, raw 3 bushel bag R 9.37 to RIO.OO. 
Coast Kara per bushel R 3 10 tJ 3.35 
Soolai Kara per bushel R 2.75 to 2.80 
do Mill (retail) ilo 
Cotton Seed jo 
Sat.inwoo.i per cubic feet 
do Flowered do 
Hulmilla do 
Palu ,io 
Ebony per ton 
Kitul fibre per cwt 
Pahnyra do do 
Jaffna Black Clean per 
do mixed do 
Indian do 
do Cleaned do 
Sapanwood per ton 
Kerosine oil American ^ 
do bulk Riissiian per tin R2 
do Suinatra per Cases, n lie 
Nux Vomica iier cwt R J iX) to :<-.^0 
f;roton .Seed per cwt IWS-DO lo 40-00 
Kapok cle:ined f o b do cwt R24 O0 to 25-on 
do iindeaned do R8 0O to 9 0;) 
„, , , ( Large lumps K 00-0>) to 
Plumbago per ton,accordiii!i J do R ( omju to 
to grade j Chips EI.'O OO to 
' Uust R .-,ir(in to 
R7S-00 to 80 on 
R65-00 to 67-59 
K-3-00 to •i-2.T 
R5-00 to 6-00 
Rl-90 
Rl-00 to 1-1 
R76-01 to 175-00 
R»:i-c:o 
R4-50 to 17-.50 
cwt none 
ku-oo to i2-.';o 
liS-OU to 13-.i'l 
KS-OO to 17-50 
R50-00 
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to 2-65 
700-00 
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.500-00 
300-10 
of Qninine CEYLOX 
THE LOCAL MARKET 
{ Bi/ Mr. James (ribson, Baillie St., Fori.) 
Colombo,' May ^nd, 1899. 
Estate Parchment :— per bushel RIO OO to 12 00 
Chetty do do R7-00 to 9 00 
'^'do^ F^'o % } P®"" 2"'"° R31-00 
Llbeiiaii ootlee:— per bush R3-.50 to 4 00 
do cleaned coffee:— per cwt RlS-00 to -^O' 0 
Cocoa uniiicked:— per cwt R44-00 t' 49-00 
cleaned do K-10-00 to 52-00 
Cardamoms Malabar per lb. Rl-25 to I'SO 
do Mysore do Rl-50 to rC5 
Bice Market List 
Soolai jier bag of 101 lb. nett E7 GO to 8-20 
Slate or 1st quality :-per bushel R;i-00 to 3-10 
Soolai 2 & :ircl. do do do R2-S5 to 2-95 
Coust Caliuula R)-20 to 3 40 
Coast Kara R310 to 3-35 
Kazala R'-75 to 2-80 
Muttu.samba Oi-ilinnry R3-30 to 3-75 
Ransooii Rice per liaj; R9 37 to 10-00 
Ciniiaiuon. per lb No 1 to 4-00-49 'o 00 51 
do do 1 to 2 ROii-50 to 00 CO 
do Chips per candy ROO'OO 
Coconuts Oidiiiuy per tliou.san'l lt35-00 fn 38 09 
do Seloctcd do H:!(i-0 1 to :!0-O0 
Coc<.iuit Oil per cwt 1114 '2510 14 ;'.0 
d . d. 1''. O. B. per ton U-2.S5-10 to I'.-290-OJ 
Copr.i ppr candy 
Kalpitiva do lU -0 1 
Ma:-»wila do U4:i-00 to 4:!-50 
CariCoju-.i do lUODO 10 41-.50 
Giiigelly Poonic per ton R90-(K) to 92-60 
ocoiiut Chekku do IWO OO to 8-i-59 
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