464 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[December i, 1890 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 
(From Lewis Peat's London Price Current, November, 6th 1890.) 
FROM MALABAR 
COAST, COCHIN, 
CEYLON, MADRAS, &c. 
BEES’ WAX, White 
Y'ellow 
CINCHONA RARK-Crown 
per lb. 
QUALITY. 
Red 
CARDAIMOMS Malabar 
and Ceylon 
Alleppee 
Tellicherry 
CINNAMON 
Mangalore 
Long Ceylon 
Chips 
COCOA, Ceylon ... 
Ists 
2nds 
3rds 
4ths 
f Slightly softish to good 
\ Hard bright... 
Do. drossy & dark ditto... 
Renewed ... 
Medium to fine Quill ... 
I Spoke sharings 
iBranch ... 
Renewed 
Medium to good Quill... 
Spoke shavings j 
Branch 
Twig 
Clipped, bold, bright, flue 
Middling, stalky and lean 
Fair to fine plumpclipped 
Good to fine 
Brownish 
Good.fe fine, washed, brij 
Middling to good... 
Ord. to fine pale luill 
COFFEE CeylonPlantation 
Native 
Liberian 
East Indian 
Native 
CO IR ROPE,Ceylon&Cochin 
FIBRE, Brush 
Stuffing ... 
COIR YARN, Ceylon 
Cochin 
Do 
COLOMBO ROOT sifted ... 
CROTON SEEDS, sifted ... 
GINGER, Cochin, Cut 
Rough 
GUM ARABIC, Madras"! 
NIIX VOMICA 
MYRABOLANES, pale ... 
Pickings 
OIL, CINNAMON 
CITRONELLE 
LEMON GRASS 
ORCHELLA WEED 
PEPPER,Malabar,blk. sifted 
Alleppee & Cochin , 
Tellicherry, White 
PLUMBAGO Lump 
Chips 
dust 
REDWOOD 
SAPAN WOOD 
SANDAL WOOD, logs 
Do. chips 
SENNA, Tinnevelly 
QUOTATIONS. 
TURMERIC, Madras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin 
VANILLOES.Mauritius & 
Bourbon, Ists 
2uds 
3rds 
4ths 
Woody and hard 
Fair to fine plant 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium 
Triage to ordinary 
Bold to fine bold colory... 
Middling to fine mid. ... 
Low mid.audLow grown 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to line bold 
Medium to fine ... 
Small 
Good to fine ordinary ... 
Mid.coarsetofine straight 
Ord. to fine long straight 
Coarse to fine 
Ordinary to superior 
Ordinary to fine 
Ropin g f air to good 
-Middling wormy toflne... 
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 
£3 10s a £7 10s 
95.S a llOs 
3d a Is 
4d a 9d 
2d a fid 
Id a 3d 
2d a Is 
4d a 9d 
2d a .hd 
Id a 31 
Id a l^d 
Is 8d a 3s 6d 
lOd a Is Bd 
Is 4d a 3s 4d 
Is 3d a 2s 3d 
91a Is 3d 
Is 6d a 3d 
fid a 2s 
7jd a Is 7d 
7d a Is 4d 
fid a Is 2d 
5jd a lOd 
2Jd a 7^d 
lOOs a 110s fid 
90s a 98s 
55s a S6s 
lOls a ] 14s 
105s fid a 107s fid 
lOOs a 104s fid 
lOOs a 106a fid 
92a a 98s 
85s a 92s 
I0.5s alios 
lOOs a 10.5s 
95s a lOOs 
92s a 98 s 
£14 a £20 1.5s 
£15 5s a £28 
£5 a £18 
£13 a £30 
£12 a £3fi 
£12 a £15 10s 
18s a 27s fid 
10s a 15» 
50s a 63a 
2Bs a 39s 
18s a 25s 
IBs a 21s 
Los a 55s 
lOs a 12s 
Bs a 8s fid 
10s a 10s 9d 
8s 9d a 9s 3d 
9s a 9.S fid 
4s 9d a Gs 3d 
Is a 2s Gd 
11-lBd a Jd 
l^d a IJd 
20s a 33s 
FROM BOMBAY 
QUALITY. ( 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
1 1 
CLOVES, Zanzibar 1 
1 iGoon and fine bright . i 
and Pemba, per lb i 
^Common dull to fair ...j 
Stems.. 
.ICommou to good 
COCULUS INDICUS 
• iFair 
QUOTATIONS, 
GALLS, Bussorah 
& Turkey ■ 
' cwt. 
;Fair to fine dark blue 
12s a 13s 
52s fid a 5Ss fid 
GUM AMMONIACUM per 
ANIMI, washed, ^ cwt. 
[cwt, |Good white and green... ! 40s a 47s 6d 
scraped, 
ARABIC E.I. & Aden 
per cwt. Ghatti 
Amrad cha 
ASSAFOETIDA, per 
cwt. 
KINO, per cwt. 
MYRRH, picked ,, 
Aden sorts 
OLIRANUM, drop 
per cwt. ,, 
packings... 
siftings ... 
INDIARUBBER Mozambi 
per lb. Ball & Saus 
Blocky to fine clean 
20s a 80s 
Picked fine pale in sorts, jJED a £L5s 
part yellow and mixed|£10 a £13 
Bean & Pea size ditto ...£5a£8 10s 
amber and red bold ... £10a£12 
Medium & bold sorts ...'£3 a £8 
Sorts ... ,32s a 90s 
Sorts to fine p.ale ...j20s afi.5s 
Good and fine pale ... |50s a 87s 
Reddish to pale brown ... 25s a 45s 
Clean fair to fine .,.|2Bsa s 50 
Slightly stony and foul ... 
Fair to fine bright 
Fair to fine pale 
Middling to good 
Fair to fine white 
Reddish to middling ... 
Middling to good pale ... 
Slightly foul to tine 
Que, I red hard 
age J white sottish 
unripe root 
liver 
FROM CALCUTTA AND 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
CASTOR OIL, Ists iier lb. iNearly water white 
finds „ ... Fairaud goodpale 
3rds , " 
INDIARUBBER Assam, per 
lb. 
Rangoon 
Madagascar 
IGs a 2.5s 
2.5s a SOs 
£5 a £7 lOs 
B2s a SOs 
32s a 55s 
22s 61 a 30s 
14s a 20s 
10s a 11s fid 
2s a 2s 4d 
Is 6d a 2s 
Is a la 8d 
Is 3d a 2s 
SAFFLOWER 
TAMARINDS 
FROM 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
Mid. to fine, not woody 
Fair to bold heavy j 43,1 
good „ i 
,, ,, ...1^^ ^ Is 2d 
Fair to fine bright boUi...|l5s a 193 
Middling to good small. ..Ills 143 
Slight foul to fine bright ^ 12’i 
Ordinary to fine bright ^ 9s 
Fair and fine bold ... ^4 lOa a £i 15s 
Middling coated to good'^*^ ^ ^8 
Fair to fine flavor .,,,£30 a £58 
Inferior to fine ... ,..'£9 a £30 
Good to fine bold green. ,.|7^d a 8fd 
Fair middling medium. .. 3ii a 6 i 
Common dark and small 1‘^ ^ 2jd 
Finger fair to fine bold 163 a 183 
Mixed middling [bright|15s a Ifis 
Bulbs lOs a 12s 6cl 
Finger lls a 12.3 
ALOES, Cape, per cwt. .. 
Natal 
ARROWROOT Natal per lb 
FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 
THE EASTERN ISLANDS. 
FROM Bf)MBAY 
AND ZANZIBAR. 
Fine crystalised 8 a 9inch lbs a 23s 
Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, JSs a 18s 
f Lean & dryto mi(l<llitig| 
\ under G inches ... 8s a lls 
Low, foxy, inferior and i 
[pickings 3s a 7s 
... 4d a U\ 
... 3|d a 3jd 
... 3;}d a .3^d 
,i2s a 2i 3d 
Brown and brownish 
Good to fine 
Common foul and mixedjod a Is 8d 
Fair to good clean ...'Is lOd a2s 3d 
Goodtofinepinky &white 2s 7d a 2s 8d 
Fair to good black ... Is 9d a 2s Id 
Good to fine pinky ... 50s a 60s 
Middling to fair ... 403 a 45s 
Inferior and pickings ... 15s a 25s 
Mid.tofineiZac/tjnotstony 9s 6d a lOs 6d 
Stony and inferior 4s a C’ 
Fairdry to fine bright ... 
Common & middling soft 
Fair to fine 
Middling to fine 
223 6d a 243 
L2s a 21s 
none here 
id a 3d 
CAMPHOR, China, W owt- Good, pure, & drv whit< 
- .. Pink 
GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt. ... Ordinary to fine free 
I Pressed 
Good 
Fine clean Bani&Maca^ 
Barky to fair [sar 
Common to fine clean ... 
Reboiled.. 
White Borneo 
NUTMEGS, large, per lb.., 
Medium 
Small 
MACE, per lb. 
ALOKH, Soccotrlne ... Good and lino dry ... £4 a £7 
Zaiilbar & Hepatic ... Com mon and good .,.40HU.£r> .'i 
(.'UILLfEB, Zdzusibar ... Fairto finebright ... 38 s a 42a 
O rd in^^ry and middling, .. 283 u 31s 
RHUBARB, Sun ilried, per 
lb. 
High dried ... 
SAGO, Pearl, large, ^ evv(. 
medium .. 
small 
Flour [per lb 
TAPIOCA, Penang Flake 
Singapore 
Flour 
Pearl 
Good to fine clean 
Inferior and barky 
84’s a 80’s, garbled 
83’s a 95’s 
lOO’s a 160’s 
Pale reddisli to fine pale 
Ordinary to fair 
Chips and dark 
Good to fine sound 
Darkordinary& middling 
Good to fine 
Dark, rough&middling...l3d a 7d 
|■1.524 6da IfiOs 
36.? a fid 
Nominal Sts 
■223 9d a 23s 
.33 fid a 5s 
2s a 3i 9d 
4d a 2s 
I2? a 3a 
II3 4d a 2s 
■3s 101 a 3s 3d 
2s 8d a 2s 9d 
la 5Jd a 2s 7d 
2s fid a 2i lid 
■2s 2d a 2s 4d 
Is lid a 2s 
Is 3d a .3s 3d 
8d a Is 3d 
lOJ a Is 
Fair to fine 
Good pinky to white 
Fair to fine 
Bullet, per owt. 
Medium ,, 
Seed , , 
13s fid a 13s fid 
. 12s fid 
. 10a a lls 
.|9-< a 9s fid 
. Ud a 2}d 
. 17d a 2d 
. 9d a 15s 
. 18s fid 
. 15s fid a 17s fid 
, I0s a 16s fid 
