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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT 
( Furnished by the Ohombi-.r of Commerce.) 
EXPORTS 
PRICES SINCE LAST HEPORT. 
Colombo, Nov. 30th, 1903. 
Cardamoms : — 
All ronnd parcel, well bleached per lb. 50o. to 70c. 
Do. dull medium do. 60o. 
Special assortment, 0 and 1 only do. 80c, to 90c. 
Seeds do. OOc. 
OracHONA Bark : — 
Per nnit of Bnlphata of Qniniue 7c. 
l/'iNNAMON : — (in bales of 100 lb. nett.) 
Ordinary assortment per lb. 4.5^c. to 47c. 
Nos. 1 and 2 only per lb. 52c, to 53c. 
Nos. 3 and 4 only per lb. 37c. to 40o. 
Cinnamon Chips :— (in bags, of 56 lb. 
nett. per candy of 560 lb.) R60 00 to KG3 00 
Cocoa:— 
Finest estate red nnpioked per cwt R46"00 to R48-00 
Medinm do do do R40'00 to E43-00 
Bright native unpicked and nndried ... 
Ordinary do do do 
Coconuts — (husised) 
Selected per thousand 
Ordinary ,, 
Smalls ,, 
Coconut Cake — 
Poonac in robins f. o. b, per ton BCS'OO to E67-50 
Do in bags noae. 
Coconut (Desiccated). 
Assorted all grades per lb 
Coconut Oil — 
Dealers' Oil per cwt. R13-50 to R13-75 
Coconut Oil in ordinary packages 
f. o. b. p3i ton R.305 00 to R310'00 
— Prices nominal. Buyers at lower. Sellers at 
higher figare. 
Coffee. — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on 
the spot per bus. 
Plantation Estate Coffee f. o. b. 
fready) per cwt. — 
Native Coffee, f.o.b per owt.— 
^itronella Oil — 
Ready do per lb 
Copra — 
Boat Oopra per candy of 560 lb. R46'50 to R47-25 
Oalpentyn Copra do do R47 fl0 to R48 25 
Cart do do do R45 00 to R46-00 
Estate do do do R47-50 to R48 50 
Ceoton Seed per cwt— R13 00 
Ebony — 
Sound per ton at Govt, depot R160 00 to R185 
Inferior R5000 to RlOQ 
Sales of 30th Nov. 25 tons only sold out of 125 
tons offered. 
Fibres — 
Coconut Bristle No- 1 per cwt Rll'OO 
Do „ 2 8 00 
Do mattress ,, 1 2-25 
Do ,, 2 175 
Coir Yarn, Kogalla ,, 1 to 8— Firm 8'00 
Do Colombo „ 1 to 8— tirm 7*00 
Pepper— Black per lb 
Plumbago — 
Large lumps per ton 
Ordinary lumps do 
Chips 
Dust 
Do (Flying) 
Sapanwood — 
R8-00 
R58 00 
Firm. 54o. to 56o, 
to Rl2 no 
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to 2-75 
to 1-85 
to 1600 
to 12-00 
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* Total quantities of; Green Tea for which oertl- 
atea had been granted from 1st January to 28th 
ov. 1903, were 10067„578 lb. 
R300 to R575 00 
R225 to E560 00 
R150 to RSoO'OO 
R50 to R230 00 
R40 to RlOO-00 
do— Small Supply. R37-50 to E40'00 
Satinwood (Sound) per cubic ft R3-00 to R7-40 
Do (Inferior) per cubic ft. 
Do (Flowered) per cubic ft R10'20 to R15'50 
—Sales of 7th Sept. 1903. 
digh Grown Medium Low Grown 
Tea— Average Average. Averaiyo 
Broken Pekoe and Broken 
Orange Pekoe per lb 
Orange Pekoe do 
Pekoe do 
Pekoe Souchong do 
Pekoe Fanningsdo 
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45 
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38 
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37 
32 
30 
34 
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