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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[Jan. I, 190i' 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 
{From Lewis cfc Peafs Fortnightly Price Current, London, Uth December, 1903, 
QUALITY. 
'ALOES, Soccotrine cwt. 
Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 
AEROWKOOT (Natal) lb. 
BEES' WAX, cwt. 
Zanzibar Yellow „ 
Bombay bleached „ 
Madagascar » 
CAMPHOR, Formosa „ 
Japan ,, 
C AEDAMOMS.Malabarlb 
Ceylon. -Mysore „ 
Tellicherry „ 
liong ,) 
Mangalore ,, 
CABTOB OIL, Calcutta,, 
CHILLIES, Zanzibar cwt. 
CINCHONA BARK.- lb. 
Ceylon 
CINNAMON, Ceylon Ists 
per lb. 2nde 
3rds 
4ths 
Chips 
CLOVES, Penang lb. 
Amboyna 
Zanzibar \ 
and Pemba / 
Stems 
COFFEE 
Ceylon Plantation ,, 
Native 
Liberian <• 
COCOA, Ceylon ., 
COLOMBO BOOT 
CKOTON SEEDS.sitt. CWt. 
CTJTCH 
QINGEB, Bengal, rough,, 
Calicut, Cut A „ 
B&C, 
Cochin Kougli , 
Japan „ 
GUM AMMONIACUM „ 
ANIMI, Zanzibar ,, 
Madagascar, 
ABABIC E. I. & Adfn „ 
Turkey sorts ,, 
Ghatti „ 
Kurrachee „ 
Madras „ 
ASSAFCETIDA „ 
KINO 
MXKKH, picked ' 
Aden softs 
OLIBANUM, drop , 
pickings ,, 
sif tings ,, 
INDIAROBBEK. Ceylon 
Assam lb. 
Rangoon 
Borneo 
Java, Sing. & Penang 
I^yassaianU 
Fair to fine dry 
Common to good 
Fair to fine 
Slight'y drossy tof^ir 
Good to fine 
Dark to Kcod palish 
Crude and semi-refined 
Fair average quality .. 
Clipped, bold, bright, fine 
Middling, stalky & lean 
.-m^ll to Fair fine plump 
Seeds 
Good to fine 
Brownish 
Shelly to good 
Med brown to fair bold 
Ists and 2nds 
Dull to fine bright 
Ledgeriana Orig, Stem 
Crown, Renewed 
Org. Stem 
Red Org, Stem 
Renewed 
Root 
Ordinary to fine quill 
Dull to fine bright bold 
Dull to tine 
Good and fine bright 
Common dull to fair 
Fair 
Bold to fine bold colory 
Middling to fine mid 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium and fair 
Native 
Middling to good 
Dull to fair 
Fair to fine dry 
Fair 
Small to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Common to fine bold 
Small and D's 
Unsplit 
Sm. blocky to fair clean 
Picked fr. fine pi. in sts. 
Part yellow and mixed 
Bean and Pea size ditto 
Amber and dk. red bold 
Med. & bold glassy sort; 
Fair to good palish .. 
.. red 
Ordinary to good pale 
Pickings to fine pale 
Good and fine pale 
Reddish to pale selecteil 
Dark to fine pale 
Clean fr. to gd. almonds 
Ord. stony and blocky 
Fdir to fine bright 
Fair to fine pale 
Middling to good 
Good to fine white 
Middling to fair 
Low to good pale 
Slightly foul to fine 
Fine (gi wn. f r. Para seed) 
Good to tine 
Common to foul & mxd. 
Fair to good clean 
Common to fine 
Foul to good clean 
Fair to line balj... 
yUOTATION S. 
a 700 
•20s a 633 
3d a 6d 
£6 12/6 a £6 17/6 
£C 16^ a £7 5s 
£6 15s a £7 
176s nom. 
180s nom. 
Is 6d a Is 7d 
d a Is Id 
8d a 2s 6d 
id a Is Id 
IS 6(1 a Is 9d 
lid a Is 4d 
a Is 6d 
is 6d a 2s 5d 
2d a 2|d 
47s 6d a 653 
6d a 9d 
3ld a 7d 
2§d a 6d 
2§da 45d 
3da Sfd 
3f d a 4d 
8id a Is 7d' 
6|d a Is 5d 
6d a ls'4d 
6§d a &id 
2jd a 8id 
8d a Is 
7d to lOd 
6Jd a 7^a 
6^d a 6|d 
nom. 
90s a 12?3 
663 a 90s 
iOs a eos 
40s a 5f 3 
3Cs a 40s 
65s ft 91s 
66s a 65s 
17s a 65s 
I2s6d a 18s 
15s a 22s 6d 
22s 6d a 30s 
24s 
72s a 853 
41s ed a 6Cs 
25s a 28s 
2's a '25s 
248 
20s a f 6s 
£10 a £12 
£7 a £10 
75s a £8 6s 
£5 15s a £7 
9os a £6 15s 
£4 a £8 
£4 5s a £7 10s 
2-2 s 6d a 32s 6d 
26s a 36S 
16s a 23s 
24s a 27s 
10s a 233 
16s a 20s 
JOs a 10. s 
6s a 46s 
4d a 6d 
J7s ea a 120s 
d.5s a 953 
12s 6d a 47s ed 
i'6s a 42s 
23s a 303 
ISs a 233 
3s a 4s 6id 
2s 3d a 3s 3d 
is a 2s 
2s a Bs £d 
6d a 2s 3d 
8da 3s2^d 
2s 3d a 'is efd 
IN DI ARUBBEE.fContd. ; 
Mozambique 
Madagascar 
INDIGO, E.I 
MACE, Bombay * Penang 
per lb. 
MYRABOLANS, 1 
Madras ] "^^"^ 
Bombay 
Bengal „ 
NUTMEGS— lb. 
Bombay & Penang „ 
NUTS, ARECA cwt. 
NUX VOIWICA, Bombay 
per cwt. Madras 
OIL OF ANISEED „ 
CASSIA 
LEMONGRASS 
NUTMEG 
CINNAMON 
CITRONELLE 
ORCHELLA WEED— cwt 
Ceylon ,, 
Zanzibar. 
PEPPER- (Black) lb. 
S AUeppee & TellicheiTy 
Singapore 
Acheen & W; C. Penang 
PLUMBAGO, lump cwt. 
chips 
dust 
SAGO, Pearl, large 
medium 
small 
SANDAL WOOD— 
Bombay, Logs ton. 
Chips „ 
Madras, Logs ,, 
Chips „ 
SEEDLAC cwt. 
SENNA, Tinnevelly lb. 
QUALITY. 
Good to fine Ball 
Ordinary to fair Ball 
Low sandy Ball 
Sausage, fair to good 
Liver and Livery Ball 
Fr to fine pinky & white 
Fair to g od black ., 
Niggers, low to good . . 
Bengal — 
Shipping mid to gd violei 
Consuming mid. to gd, 
Ordinary to mid. 
Mid. to good Kurpah 
Low to ordinary 
Mid. to good Madras 
Pale reddish to fine 
Ordinary to fair 
Pickings 
Dark to fine pale UG 
Fair Coast 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Rhajpore, &c. 
Calcutta 
64's to 57's 
llO's to 65's 
160's to 116's 
Ordinary to fair fre.sh 
Ordinary to middling 
Fair to good bold fresh 
Small ordinary and fair 
Fair merchantable 
According to analysis 
Good , flavour & colour 
Dingy to white 
Ordmary to fair .sweet 
Bright iSi good flavour 
Mid. to fine not woody.. 
Picked clean flat leaf .. 
Fair to bold heavy .. 
Fair 
Dull to fine 
Fair to fine bright bold 
Middling to good small 
Dull to tine bright 
Ordinary to fine bright 
Dull to fine 
QUOTATIONS 
SHELLS, M. o'PEARL— 
Bombay cwt. 
Mergui ,, 
Mussel ,, 
TAMARINDS, Calcutta... 
per cwt. Madras 
TORTOISESHELL— 
Zanzibar & Bombay lb. 
TURMERIC, Bengalcwt. 
Hadras ,, 
Do. „ 
Cochin „ 
VANILLOES— 
^3auritius 
Bourbon 
Seychelles 
VERMILION 
::.} 
lb. 
Ists 
2nds 
3 ids 
lb. 
WAX, Japan, squ(ires cwt 
Fair to fine fiavour 
Fair to good flavour 
Inferior to fine 
Ordinary to gd. soluble 
Good to fine bold green 
Fair greenish 
Common dark and small 
Bold and A' 
D's and B's 
Small 
cimail to bold 
Small to bold 
Mid. to tine bl'k not stony 
Stony and inferior 
Small to bold dark i 
mottle part heavy \ 
Fair [.bright 
Finger fair to tine bole 
Bulbs 
Finger 
Bulbs 
3s a "s 6d 
2s a 2s 6d 
9d a 2s 
3s 2d a 3s 6|d 
Is 9da3s lid 
2s a 28 lid 
Is Id a 2s 3d 
7d 2s 9d 
3s Sd a 4s 
3s 2d a 3s 7d 
2s lOd a 3s 
s 9d a 2s 3d 
Is a l3 6d 
Is 6d a 2s 
3s a 3s 6d 
2s a 2s 9d 
Is 9d a 18 lid 
53 a 6s nom 
4s 3d a 4s 6d 
4s a 5s 6d 
4sa Ss . 
3s 6d a 5s 6d 
33 6d a 5s nomi 
23 9d a '2s lOd 
Is a 23 7d 
6d a lid 
Ua a 133 
5b 6d a 63 
73 a lOs 
5s a 6s 9d 
4s 8d 
2s 7d a 3s 
6da7d 
Id a 2d 
ijd a Is 
Is a Is Id 
lOs a I2s 6d 
ICS a 14s 
6d a;6^d 
5id a 5|d 
3( 3 a 353 
20s a 28s 
9s a 15s 
4s a 76 6d 
los a 17s 
Us a 13s 
10s a 14s 
£15 a £30 
£5 a £8 
£15 a £30 
£4 a £8 
18( 3 a 2103 
od a 7d 
3da4d 
lid a 3id 
3ds a 1159 
£6 a 5s 
17s a 55s 
8s a 12s 
4s 6d a 63 
15s 6d a 28s 
Us a 133 
7s 6d a 10s 
68 6a a 73 
73 
t!3 
Gd. cry sallized si aSJ in 
Foxy & reddish a « „ 
Lean and inferior 
Fine, pure, brignc 
Good white hard ,.. 
4sai3s 
33 a es 6d 
33 a 68 
as 2d 
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