June 1, 1899.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
881 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
Sou- 
per 
{burnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, May 23rd, 1899 
ExcHANOK ON LoNDON : — Closing Rates : Bank Sellina 
Rites :— On demand 1/3 31-32 4 months' sight 1/1 ; 6 
months' sight 1/1 1-32. 
Bank Bw/ing Rates: — Credits 8 months' sight 1/4 g 
to 0 32 ;e months' sight 1/1 7-32 to J ; Docts 3 months' 
sight 1/1 5 32 to 3-16; G raonths' sight 1/4 i to 9-32. 
Indian Bank Minimum Rates 6 % 
Local Rates : 1 to 2 o/o Higher. 
Coffee : — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bus — 
R1300 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b on the spot per cwt 
R7400 
Liberian Parchment on the spot per bus — none 
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. R44 50 
Tea: — Average Prices ruling during the week — Broken 
Pekoe per lb. 40o. I'ekoe per lb. 33c. Pek 
chong per lb. 32c. Broken Mixed and Dust 
27c. — Averages of Week's sale. 
Cinchona Bark: — Per unit of Sulphate of ninine 
per lb 7^c. 1 o/o to 4 o/o 
Cardamoms: — Per lb R1.80 
Coconut Oil: — Mill oil per cvpt. none. 
Dealers' oil ner cwt. R14.25; Coconnt oil In ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton R320.(I0 Nominal. 
Copra:— Per candy of 560 lb. 1146.00 
Coconut Cake: — (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, R77.50 
Cocoa unpicked & andried, ner cwt. R44.00 
Picked & Dried f. o. b. per cwt R52.no 
Cinnamon: — Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. G2c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 52c. 
Ebony. — Per ton. — none. 
Plumbago: — Large Lamps per ton, R800 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R750 
Chips per ton, Rti50 Dust per ton, RIOO 
Rice.— Soolye per bag, j R 7.25 to 7.62 
„ per bushel, ( R 2 80 to 3.05 
Pegu & Calcutta Calunda per bushel. R2-94 to 3-12 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3.25 to 113.37 
Mutusamba per bushel R3.37 to 3.87 
Kadapa and Kurnwe, per bushel — none. 
Rangoon, raw 3 bushel bag R 9.37 to RIO.OO. 
Coast Kira per bushel R:lOO to 3,12 
Soolai Kara per bushel R2.75 to 2 80 
THE LOCAL MARKET. 
(By Mr. James (iibson, Baillie St., Fort.) 
Colouibo, May 23icl, 1899. 
Estjite Parchment :— per bushel Ul'i OO to 11! '60 
Chelty do do RSOUtuOOO 
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Lil>eri.an cotFee:— per bush RrsO to 3-50 
do cleimeii colloe: — per I'wt Ul8'5j to 20 00 
Cocoa unpicUeil:— per t wl H44'Ui) 
cleaned do K4U-lin 
Car.laiuonis Mal.ili:ir pur lb. Hl'lO 
do My.sore do Rl-95to2-10 
Bice Market LUt 
Soolai per b.Tt! of 1C4 lb. nett 117 25 to 7-62 
Slate or 1st (iiuility :- per bushel K2-93 to S'05 
Soolai 2 & :ii d. do do do 112 S0 to 2 1)3 
Co.iHt CiiUnuU Iti-2j to 3 37 
Coa.st Kara 113 Od to S-12 
KaZiil.i Ui-rs t.) 2 -S i 
Miittusamba Ordinary R3 37 to 31)7 
K iUjjoon Itic" pi-r bag R9 37 to lO UO 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 to 4"00 5C 
do do 1 to S RO rCA to OO'Oo 
do Oliips per o:Muly R90 0(l 
CoconutM Oriliniry per thousand K30'00 to S7"50 
do Selecteil do lUG OU to Si-M 
Coroiint Oil per cwt R14 '2a to 14".ST J 
do d 1 K. O. B. por ton R23o ( 0 to R287 Sa 
Copra iH'r candy 
Kalpitiya do R40'0 Ho iil'SU 
Mnniwilii do U4 riH) to 4j'(iu 
Cart Copra do M\i UO 
Uingully Poon.ic per lou WO W to 92'50 
RS2-50 to 85-00 
R80-00 
RCo-uO to 67-50 
R2-00 to 2-2.T 
Rd-OO to 0-00 
Ri-gn 
Rl-00 to 1-12 
R75-01 to 175-00 
R30-00 
R5-00 to 17-50 
Coconut Chekku do 
do Mill (retail) do 
Cotton Seed do 
Satinwoo'1 per cubic feet 
do Flowered do 
Halmilla do 
Palu do 
Ebony per ton 
Kitul fibre per cwt 
Palmyra do do 
Jaffna Black Clean per cwt none 
do mixed do Kll-OO to 12-.50 
Indian do E8-50 to 13 50 
do Gleaned do E9-5n to 17-50 
Sapanwood per ton R45-00 to 52-.W 
Kerosine oil American per case R6 25 to d oO 
do bulk Russian per ti R2-75 to 2-85 
do Sumatra per Cases none 
Nux Vomica per cwt R2 00 to S-JO 
Croton Seed per cwt R38-0O to 40 00 
Kapok cleaned f o b do cwt E24-00 to 25-00 
do unjicked do R8 00 to 9 00 
( Large lumps R450-00 to 800 00 
Plumbago per ton, according 1 do R3.50-0U to 750-OC 
to grade 1 Chips R200 00 to 0"0-00 
I Uust RlOO-00 to 400-10 
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