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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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FOR SEASOAS 
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f Total qaautities of Green Tea foi which oerti- 
fiodt«8 had been gx'Anted from ls( jAuaaty 6(h 
fe^. 1901, were 079,309 IJ?, 
60e. to 85e. 
40c. to 5'ic. 
90c. to Rl-05 
50c. to 65c, 
6e. to 7c. 
43o. 
50o. 
38^0. 
R53-00 to RSI 00 
R5200 
R4500 
KS500 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT 
{Furtushed by >hf (Jhamhtr of Conmeree.) 
EXPORTS 
PRICES SINCE LAST EEPORT. 
Colombo, Feb. 8th, 1904. 
Cardamoms : — 
All round parcel, well bleached per lb. 
Do. dull medinm do. 
Special aesortment, 0 and 1 only do. 
Seeda do. 
CiKCHONA Bark: — 
Per unit of Salphata of Quinine 
JiNNAMON : — (in bales of 100 lb. nett.) 
Ordinary assortmeat per lb. 
Nos. 1 and 2 only per lb. 
Nos. 3 and 4 only per lb. 
Cinnamon Chips .'—(in baga. of 6G lb. 
nett. per candy of 560 lb.) 
Cocoa : — 
Finest estate red unpicked per cwt R40 00 to R4.5-00 
Medinm do do do R3o 00 to R37'50 
Bright native unpicked and nndried ... R37"50 
Ordinary do do do 
C :)CONDTS — (busked) 
Seleoted per thousand 
Ordinary ,, 
Smalls ,, 
Coconut Cake — 
Poonac in robins f. o. b. per ton R67'50 to R70-GO 
Do in bags none. 
Coconut (Desiccated). 
Assorted all grades per lb 15c. to I7o. 
Coconut Oil — 
Dealers' Oil per cwtc R15 25 
Coconut Oil in ordinary packages 
f. o. b. p .r ton— R345'00 to R350-00 
Business at lower figure. 
Coffee. — 
Plantation Estate Parchment on 
the spot per bus. 
Plantation Estate Coffee f. o, b 
(ready) per cwt — 
Native Coffee, f.o.b per cwt. — 
OiTRONELLA Oil — 
Ready do per lb. — 
Copra — 
Boat Copra per caiidy of 
Calpentyn Copra do 
Cart do do 
Estate do do 
Oroton Seed per cwt— 
Ebony — 
Sound per ton at Govt, depot R16D 00 to R18o 
Sales of 30th Nov. 1903. Inferior R50 00 to RlOO 
PlBEEfl — 
Coconut Bristle No 
Do 
Do mattress ,, 
Do 
Coir Yarn, Kogalla „ 
Do Colombo ,, 
Eitool all sizes 
Palmyrah 
Pepper— Black 
Plumbago — 
Large lumps per ton 
Ordinary lumps do 
Chips do 
Dust do 
Do (Flying) do 
Bapanwood — do — 
Batinwood (Sound) ner onbio ft 
Do (Inferior) per cubic ft. 
Do (Flowered) per cubic ft 
—Sales of 25th Jan. 1904 
tiigh Grown Medium Low Qrowo 
Tea — Average Average. Average. 
Broken Pekoe and Broken 
Orange Pekoe per lb 
Orange Pekoe do 
Pekoe do 
Pekoe Sonchongdo 
Foltae FonpiDgBdo 
RIO'OO to E12-00 
R58 00 
560 
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lb. 
64o. to 66o. 
R.50 00 to R51 00 
R51-25 to Rol 00 
R47.U0 to li48 00 
R51-50 
R1300 
per cwt 
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2 
1 
2 
1 to 8— Steady 
1 to 8— Steady 
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2-25 
175 
800 
7-00 
to R12 00 
to 900 
to 3-75 
to 1-85 
to 1600 
to 12-00 
per lb 
R27o to RGOO 00 
R200 to R575 00 
R150 to R375-00 
RoO to R-.'50 00 
E40 to RIOO OO 
R35-50 to R37-50 
R3 .50 to R5'30 
R6 oO to R7'00 
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