^-EB. 1, 1902.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
CEILON EXPORT AND 
FOR SEASONS 1901 AND 1902. 
{Furnished bu the Chamhtr of 
EXPORTS 
omnerci 
Colombo, Feb Srd, 1902, 
Cardamoms :— „ , , , ^ it, 01 cn 
All round parcel, well bleached per lb itl 50 
Do. dull medium do. Rl-30 
Special assortment, 0 and 1 only do. Rl-80 
Seeds do- 
Cinchona Bark: — , « / 
Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 80— IJ to 3 0/0 
Cinnamon :— 
Ordinary assortment per lb. 53c. 
Nos. 1 and 2 only per lb. 58c, 
Nos. 3 and 4 only per lb. 47o. 
Cinnamon Chips : — 
Per candy of 560 lb E75-00 
Finest estate red ; unpicked per cwt R40-00 
Medium do do do R35'00 
Briffht native unpicked and Hndried E32-50 
- ^- do R30-00 
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R5900 
R5000 
R41-50 
Business May delivery, 
packages f. o. b. per 
delivery. 
Ordinary do 
Coconuts — (husked). 
Selected per thousand 
Ordinary ,, 
Smalls ,, 
Coconut Cake— 
Poenac in robins f. o. b, per ton R75'00 
Do in bags None 
OeeoNUT (Desiccated). 
Assorted all grades per lb 22c 
SocoNUT Oil — 
Dealers' Oil per cwt E20 00. 
Otconut Oil in ordinary 
t«n R433*00. Business May 
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Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot per bus. 
None. 
Plantation Estate Coffee f.o.b. (ready) per cwt - 
None. 
Native Coffee, f.o.b per cwt.— None. 
OlTRONELLA OiL — 
Ready do per lb.— 48c 
COPBA — 
Boat Oopra per candy of 
Calpentyn Copra do 
Cart do do 
Jsjstate do do 
Cboton Sees per cwt — R15'00 
Ebony — 
Sound per ton at Govt, depot— R190-00. Sale of the 
2nd ultimo. 
Inferior R125'00 Sale of the 2nd ultimo. 
Fibres — 
per cwt 
560 
do 
do 
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lb. 
R64'75 
R64-75 
R63-00 
R64-75 
Coconut Bristle No 1 
Do „ 2 
Do mattress ,, 1 
Do „ 2 
Coir Tarn, Kogalla ,, 1 
Do Colombo „ 1 
Eitool all sizes 
Palmyrah 
Pepper— Black 
Plumbago — > 
Large lumps per ton 
Ordinary lumps do 
Chips do 
Dust do 
Do (Flying) do 
Sapanwood — per 
Rll-50 
None 
3-50 
200 
14-75 
11-25 
None 
None 
per lb f fiNoiie 
R5501 
R550 I 
R350 )-Fiae qualities 
R210 i scarce. 
R120 J More enquiry. 
tOQ None. 
Satinwood (ordinary) per cubic ft. ^l one. 
Do do per cubic ft. None. 
High Grown Medium Low GrowD 
Tea— Average. Average. Average. 
Broken Pekoe and Broken cH cts ots 
Orange Pekoe per lb 52 40 35 
Orange Pekoe do 41 38 34 
Pekoe do 37 35 30 
Pekoe Souchong do 34 30 28 
Pekoe Fauningado 31 28 23 
Broken mized—duBt, &o 24 23 22 
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