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THF TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[July i, 1890 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 
{ From Lewis & Peat's London Price Current, 6th June 1890. J 
TKOM MALABAR 
COAST, COCHIN, 
CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 
BEES’ WAX, White 
Yellow 
CINCHONA BARK-Crown 
Red 
CARDAMOMS Malabar 
and Ceylon 
Alleppee 
Tellicherry 
Mangalore 
Long Ceylon 
CINNAMON 
Chips 
COCOA, Ceylon ... 
Ists 
2nds 
Srds 
Iths 
f Slichtly softish to good 
{ hard bright ® ... £7 a £8 I6s 
Do. drossy &dark ditto. ..j9.5s a 105s 
Renewed ... 
Medium to fine Quill 
Spoke shavings ... 
Branch 
Renewed 
Medium to good Quill 
Spoke shavings ... 
Branch 
CHpMd, bold, brig’ht,fine is 6d a 2a 9d 
Middling, stalky & lean lOd a Is 6d 
Fair to fine plump clipped Is 4d a 3s 4d 
Good to fine ...Is 3d a 2s 3d 
Brownish ...!9da Is 3d 
Good define, washed, b 
Middling to good... 
Ord. to fine pale ^uill 
COFFEE CeylonPlantation 
Native 
Liberian 
East Indian 
Native 
COIR ROPE,Ceylon&Coohin 
FIBRE, Brush .. 
Stuffing .. 
COIR YARN, Ceylon 
Cochin 
Do 
COLOMBO ROOT, silted .._ 
CROTON SEEDS, sifted ... 
GINGER, Cochin, Cut 
Rough 
GUM ARABIC, Madras'.! 
NUX VOMICA 
MYRABOLANES Pale, . 
Pickings 
OIL, CINNAMON 
CITRONELLE 
LEMON GRASS 
ORCHELLA WEED 
PEPPER,Malabar,blk.sifted 
Alleppee & Cochin , 
Tellicherry, White 
PLUM BAGO Lump 
Chips 
dust 
RED WOOD 
SAP AN WOOD 
SANDAL WOOD, logs 
Do. chips 
SENNA, Tinnevelly 
TU RMERIC, Madras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin 
VANILLOES,Mauritius & 
Bourbon, lets 
2nds 
3rds 
4ths 
FROM BOMBAY 
and ZANZIBAR. 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS. 
...|3d a Is 
...|4d a 9d 
... 2d a 9d 
,..'ld a 3d 
...\2d a Is 
..|4d a 9d 
...|2d a 5d 
...jld a 3d 
.lid a Ijd 
Woody and hard ... 
Fair to fine plant... 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium ... 
Triage to ordinary 
Bold to fine bold oolory... 
Middling to fine mid. ... 
Low mid. and Low grown 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold... 
Medium to fine ... 
Small ... ... 
Good to fine ordinary ... 
Mid.coarse tofine straight 
Ord. to fine long straight 
Coarsetofine ... 
Ordinary to superior 
Ordinary to fine ... 
Ropin g fair to good 
Middlingwormy to fine.. 
Fair to fine fresh... 
Good to fine bold... 
Small and medium 
Fair to fine bold... 
Small 
Dark to fine pale 
Fair to fine bold fresh .. 
Small ordinary and fair.. 
Good to fine picked 
Common to middling .. 
Fair Coast... 
Burnt and defective 
Fair to fine heavy 
Bright & good flavour .. 
Mid. to fine, not woody... 
is 6d a 2s 8d 
fid a 2s 
7id a ls7d 
7d a Is 4il 
6d a Is 2d 
5Jd a lid 
2jd a 7Jd 
106s a 115s Gd 
96s a 105s 
60s a 90s 
104s a llOs 
101s a 103s 
9os a 98s 
94s a 97s 6d 
90s a 95s 
86s a 93s 
104s a 115s 
lOOs a 105s 
93s a 98s 
90s a 95s 
£14 a £22 10s 
£15 5s a £28 
£5 a £18 
£13 a £.30 
£12 a £36 
£12 a £16 
10s a 18s 
lOs a 15s 
65s * a 72s 
32s a 43s 6d 
21s a 34s 
21s a 2.3s 
15s a oos 
9s a 12s 
6s a 8s 6d 
8s 9d a 9s fid 
8s a 8s fid 
8s fid 
4s 9d a 6s 3d 
1s a 2s fid 
fdafd 
Ijd a Ijd 
20s a 33s 
i ,5fd 
a fijd 
Fair to bold heavy 
^ood )) } 
„ „ ...Is fid a Is 9d 
Fair" to fine bright bold... 15s a 19s 
Middling to good small... Ms a 14s 
Slight foul to fine bright ■ 
Ordinary to fine bright 
Fair and fine bold 
Middling coated to good 
Fair to good flavor 
Inferior to fine 
Good to fine bold green... 
Fair middling medium... 
Common dark and small 
Finger fair to fine bold 
Mixed middling [bright 
Bulbs 
Finger 
FROM BOMBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
CLOVES, Zanzibar 1 
and Pemba, perlb ‘ 
Stems... 
COCULUS INDICUS 
GALLS, Bussorah 1 
& Turkey ^ cwt. I 
[cwt 
a 11s fid 
6s a 9s 
£4 lOs a £4 15s 
£5 a £8 
£30 a £58 
£9 a £.30 
5d a 8d 
2d a 4d 
Id a 2d 
15s a 16s 
14s a 16s 
lOs a 12s 
ilOs a 11s 
Fine crystalised 6 a 9inch;18s a 25s 
Foxy & reddish 5a8 ,, !l5sa20s 
/ Lean & dry to middling' 
1 under C inches ...10s a Ms 
Low, foxy, inferior and | 
[pickings 3s a 8.S Gd 
aloes, Soccotrino 
Zanzibar & Hepatic... Good and fine dry ... £4 a £7 
.-HILLlis, Zanzibar ... Common and good ...AOs a £5 5s 
'Fair to fine bright ... 86s a 38a 
Ordinary and middling... 30s a 33s 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS. 
iGood and fine bright ... 5|d a fid 
Common dull to fair ...,5id a 5jd 
Common to 
Fair 
good 
Fair to fine dark blue 
Ifd a l|d 
12s a IBs 
52s fid a 67s fid 
ARABIC E.I. & Aden 
per owt. Ghatti 
Good white and green... 40s a 50s 
GUM AMMONIACUII per^Blocky to fine clean ... 20s a 50s 
ANIMI, washed, cwt. [Picked fine pale in sorts, j£l0 lOs a £13 
I part yellow and mixed £9 a £10^ 
^Bean & Pea size ditto ., ’ 
jamber and red bold 
scraped. .. ‘Medium & bold sorts 
.|Sorta 
.Borts tofine pale 
Amrad chajGood and fine pale 
Reddish to pale brown .. 
ASSAFCETIDA, per jClean fair to fine 
cwt.ISlightlystony and foul .. 
KINO, per owt. iFairtofine bright 
MYRRH, picked „ !Fair to fine pale 
Aden sorts Middling to good 
OLIBANUM, drop .Fair to fine white 
per cwt. ,, ;Redd:sh to middling .. 
pickings... 'Middling to good pale .. 
siftings ...[Slightly foul tofine 
INDIARUBBER Mozambijque, 1 red hard 
perlb. Ball & Sausage J wbitesoftish 
i unripe root .. 
(liver 
£6 a £8 IDs 
£8 a £11 
£4 a £7 
32s a 76s 
'20s a 70s 
'60s a fi5s 
25s a 45s 
26s a 34s 
20s a 25s 
25s a 30e 
£5 a £8 10s 
72.S fid a 80.S 
40s a 55s 
27s fid a 37s 
12s a 20s 
10s a 15s 
2s a 2s fid 
Is 5d a 2s 
8d a Is fid 
is a 2s 
FROM CALCUTTA AND 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
CASTOR OIL, Ists per oz. 
2nds ,, ... 
Srds ,, ... 
INDIARUBBER Assam , pei 
lb. 
Rangoon ... 
Madagascai 
SAFFLOWER 
TAMARINDS 
FROM 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
ALOES, Cape, per cwti 
Natal 
ARROWROOT Natal per lb. 
FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 
THE EASTERN ISLANDS. 
CAMPHOR, China, f" owt. 
Japan 
GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt. 
Block [per lb. 
GUTTA PERCHA, genuine^ 
Sumatra.. 
Beboiled... 
White Borneo 
NUTMEGS, large, per lb.. 
Medium 
Small 
MACE, perlb. 
• ••:4d a 4id 
... 3|da 3id 
... 3id a 3id 
...[2s a 2s fid 
Nearly water white 
Fair and good pale 
Brown and brownish 
Good to fine 
Common foul and m'xed]9d a Is lOd 
Fair to good clean ...^2sa2s4d 
Goodto finepinky &white'2s 4d a 3s 
Fair to good black ...'Is lid a 2s 2d 
Good to fine pinky ...'fiOsalOs 
Middling to fair ...'40sa fills 
Inferior and pickings ...Il5sa253 
Mid. to fiueJIarinol stony 10s a 12s fid 
Stony and inferior ...’4s a 6s 
Fairdry to fine bright ... 23s a 24s 
Common & middling 80ft;12s a 23s 
Fair to fine ...none here 
Middling to fine ... 2jd a[3jd 
RHUBARB, Sun dried, per 
lb. 
High dried .. 
SAGO, Pearl, large, ^ cwt 
medium .. 
small 
Flour [per lb, 
TAPIOCA, Penang Flake 
Singapore 
Flour 
Pearl 
Good, pure, & dry white 
,, ,, pink 
Ordinary to fine free .. 
Pressed 
Good 
Fine clean Banj & Maca- 
Barky to fair [sar 
Common to fine clean 
Good to fine clean 
Inferior and barky 
57’s a 80’s, garbled 
83’s a 95’s 
lOO’s a 160’s 
Pale reddish to fine pale 
Ordinary to fair 
Chips and dark 
Good to fine sound 
Darkordinary & middling 
Good to fine 
Dark, rough & middling 
Fair tofine 
Good pinky to white 
Fair to fine 
Bullet, per cwt. 
Medium , , 
Seed I, 
j- 150s a IfiOs 
38s a 41s 
nominal 
27s 3d 
3s fid a 4s fid 
2s a 3s 4d 
4d a 2s 
Is lOd a 2s 9d 
Is 4d a Is 9d 
2s 8|d a 4s 
2s 7id a 2s 8Jd 
2s a 2s 7d 
2s 8d a 3s 3d 
2s 4d a 2s 7d 
Is lOd a 2s 3d 
Is 3d a 3s 2d 
8d a Is 3d 
9d a Is Id 
•3d a 7d 
17s a 17s fid 
16s a 17s fid 
12s a 13s fid 
8s a 12s 
da 2§d 
l|d a 2Jd 
10s a 16 
22s 
17s al8s 6d 
l«s fid a 171 
