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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST 
[February 2, 1891; 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 
(From LewU (& Peat's London Price (Jurrent, January, l5th 1891. J 
FROM MALABAR 
COAST, COCHIN, 
CEYLON, MADRAS, &0. 
BEES' WAX, White 
Yellow 
CINCHONA BARK-Crowii 
per lb. 
Red 
CARDAMOMS Malabar 
aod Ceylon 
Alleppee 
Tellicherry 
Mangalore 
Long Ceylon 
CINNAMON 1^3ts 
2nds 
3rds 
4 the 
Chips 
COCOA, Ceylon ... 
OEFEE CeylonPlantation 
Native 
Liberian 
East Indian 
Native 
COIRROPE.Ceylon&Cochin 
FIBRE, Brush 
Stuffing ... 
COIR YARN, Ceylon 
Cochin 
Do 
COLOMBO BOOT silted ... 
CROTON SEEDS, sifted ... 
GINGER, Cochin, Out 
Rough 
GUM ARABIC, Madras... 
NUX VOMICA 
MYRABOLANES, pale ... 
Pickings 
OIL, CINNAMON 
CITRONELLE 
lemon grass 
ORCHELLA WEED ... 
PEPPER,Malabar,blk.3iited 
Alleppee & Cochin ,, 
Tellicherry, White 
PLUMBAGO Lump 
Chips 
dust 
RED WOOD 
SAPAN WOOD 
SANDALWOOD, logs 
Do. chips , 
SENNA, Tinnevelly 
TURMERIC, Madras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin 
VANILLOES.Mauritius & 
Bourbon, Ists 
2nds 
3rds 
4 the 
J'KOM BOMBAY 
and ZANZIBAR. 
QUALITY. 
J Slightly eoftish to good 
(Hard bright... 
Do, drossy &dark ditto.. 
Renewed ... 
Medium to fine Quill .. 
Spoke shavings 
Branch ... 
Renewed •• 
Medium to good Quill.. 
Spoke shavings 
Branch 
Twig 
Clipped, bold, bright, fine 
Middling, stalky and lean 
Fair to fine plumpclipped 
Good to fine 
Brownish 
Good.& fine, washed, brij 
Middling to good 
Ord. to fine pale quill ... 
Woody and hard ... 
Fair to fine plant 
Bold to fino bold 
Medium 
Triage to ordinary 
Boldto finebold colory... 
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 tofinestraighl 
Ord. to fine long straight 
Coarse to fine 
Ordinary to superior ... 
Ordinary to fine 
Roping fair to good 
■Middling wormy 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... 
Fair to bold heavy i 
„ good „ ( 
Fair to fine bright bold... 
Middling to good small... 
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 
Fine crystalised 6 a 9inoli 15s a 22s 
Foxv & reddish 5 a 8 ,, 12s a 16s 
{ 
L 
Foxy & reddish 5 a 8 ,, 
■ Lean & dryto middling 
. under G inches ...8s; 
,0W, foxy, inferior and , 
[pickings 3a a 7s 
QUOTATIONS. FROM BOMBAY 
I AND ZANZIBAR. 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS, 
£5 10s a £7 10, s 
96s a llOs 
4d a lOd 
6d a 9|d 
3d a 9d 
Id a 3d 
2d a lOd 
Id a 9yd 
2d a .'nl 
Id a 31 
Id a l|d 
Is 8d a 3s 
lOd a Is 6d 
Is 4d a 3s 
Is 3d a 2s 3d 
9d a Is 3d 
Is 6d a 3s 3d 
Is a 2s 3d 
7id a ls5d 
7d a Is 3d 
6Jd a Is 2d 
o^d a lOd 
2d a 7Jd 
I08s a 1193 
9.5s a lOls 
55s a 86s 
llOs a 1158 6d 
104s a 107s 6d 
99s a 104s 6d 
96s a 103s 
87s a 92s 
85s a 93s 6d 
10.09 a 115s 
,100s a 105s 
96s a 102s 
87s a 92s 
£14 a £20 15s 
£14 1.5s a £27 5s 
£7 a £25 
£15 a £30 
£15 a £40 
£12 a £16 63 
189 a 27s 6d 
103 a 15s 
609 a 70s 
37s a 45s 
20s a 32s 
18s a 27s 
15s a 55s 
103 a 129 
69 a 83 6d 
lOg a ll9 
9s 6d a lOs 
9s 9d 
49 9d a Gs 3d 
l9 a 2s 6d 
ll-16d a |d 
Ijd a l|d 
203 a 33s 
4j-d a 4|d 
Is a Is Id 
153 a 19s ■ 
ll9 a 143 
9s a 12s 
5s a 9s 
£4 10s a £4 15i 
£5 a £8 
£30 a £58 
£9 a £30 
4d a 8d 
3d a 5d 
Id a 2d 
10s a 18s 
169 a 163 
103 a 123 6d 
169 a 17s 
i a ll3 
CLOVES, Zanzibar 
and Pemba, per lb 
Stems... 
COCULUS INDICUS 
GALLS, Bussorah 
& Turkey ^ cwt. 
[cwt, 
GUM AxMMONIACUM per 
ANIMl, washed, ^cwt. 
scraped... 
ARABIC E.I. & Aden .. 
per cwt. Ghatti ... 
Amrad cha 
ASSAFCETIDA, per 
cwt. 
KINO, per cwt. 
MYRRH, picked „ 
Aden sorts 
OLIBANUM, drop 
per cwt. ,, 
pickingg... 
siftings ... 
INDIARUBBER Mozambi 
per lb. Ball & Saus 
Goon and fine bright u 4d 
Common dull to fair ...jS^d a 3^d 
Common to good ... Jd a 15-16d 
Fair ...M2s a 13s 
Fair to fine dark tluo ... 52s 6d a 53s 6d 
Good white and green... 40s a 47s 6d 
Blocky to fine clean ...'40s a 100s 
Picked fine pale in sorts. j£13 a £14 
part yellow and mixed'£l0 a £12 
Bean & Pea size ditto ...j£5a£8 lOs 
amber and red bold ...]£10a£ll 
Medium & bold sorts ...'£5 a £7 
Sorts ...'32s a 70s 
Sorts to fine pale ...|22sa57s 61 
Good and hue pale ... 70s a £5 17s 6d 
Reddish to pale brown ...,2.5s a 55s 
Clean fair to fine ...'26s a. 50s 
Slightly stony and foul ... I6sa25a 
Fair to fine bright ... 25s a 37s 6d 
Fair to fine pale ... £5 a £7 lOs 
xMiddling to good ... 62s a 80s 
Fair to tine white ... 30s a 51s 
Reddish to middling ... 22s 6 1 a 27s 
Middling to good pale ...12s a 19s 
Slightly foul to fino ... lOsa 13s 
que, 1 red hard ... Is 9^d a 2s 2d 
age J white softish ... Is 3d a Is 8d 
unripe root ... Ifi a Is 3d 
liver ... Is 4d a Is lljd 
FROM CALCUTTA AND 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
CASTOR OIL, Ists per lb. 
2nds ,, ... 
3rds ,, ... 
INDIARUBBEBAssam.per 
lb. 
Rangoon ... 
Madagascar 
SAFFLOWER 
TAMARINDS 
FROM 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
ALOES, Cape, per cwt. .. 
Natal 
ARROWROOT Natal per lb 
FROM CHINA, JAPAN & 
THE EASTERN ISLANDS 
CAMPHOR, China, f cwt. 
Japan 
GAMBIER, Cubes, cwt. 
Block [per lb. 
GUTTA PEBCHA, genuine 
Sumatra... 
Reboiled. 
White Borneo 
NUTMEGS, large, per lb., 
Medium 
Small 
MACE, per lb. 
Nearly water white ... 4jd a 5d 
Fair and good pale ... SJd a 4d 
Brown and brownish ... sjd a 3Jd 
Good to fine ... 2g a 2s 4d 
Common foul and mixed 9d a Is 8d 
Fair to good clean ... Is lOd a 2s 4d 
Goodtotinepinky &whitel2s 2d a2s6d 
Fair to good black ...ils 8d a 2s lOd 
Good to fine pinky ...loOsaOOs 
Middling to fair ...|40s a 45s 
Inferior and pickings ...Il5sa253 
Mid. to ftnefilacknot stony ;9s 8d a lOs 
Stony and inferior ... 4s a Gs 
Fair dry to fine bright ... 
Common & middling soft 
Fair to fine 
Middling to fine 
RHUBARB, Sun dried, per 
lb. 
High dried 
aloes Soccotrino ... Good and fine dry ...,£4 a £7 
yunVibar"& lleiiatic... Common and good ...,40s a £5 5s 
rinrilEH Zanzibar ,..;Fair to fine bright ... 42s a 43a 
tUlLLlLS, 4 anziuat Ordinary and middling... 368 a 08s 
SAGO, Pearl, large, ^ cwt. 
mediqm ... 
srnall 
Flour [per lb, 
TAPIOCA, Penang Flake 
Singapore 
Flour ...I " 
Pearl ••• Bullet, per cwt 
Medium „ 
I Seed 
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 
64’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 
Darkordiuary & middling 
Good to fine 
Dark, rough&middling... 
Fair to fine 
20s a2Is6d 
L2s a 19s 
none here 
2d a 3d 
• 1578 6d a 160s 
Good pinky to white 
Fair to fine 
35s 
Nominal 30s 
22s 3d 
3s 6d a 5s 
2s a 39 9d 
4d a 29 
2s a 3s 
Is 4d a 2s 
2s 9d a 3s Id 
2s Id a 2s 9d 
Is 5Jd a 2s 6d 
29 6d a 23 lid 
2d a 2s 4d 
Is lid a 2g 
Is 3d a 3s 3d 
8d a 1 a 3d 
Is a Is Id 
6d a 9d 
13s a 14s 
Ils 6d a 139 
9s 6d a Ils 
9s a 93 6d 
Igd a 2Jd 
l-ll-16d a 2d 
9s a 15s 
183 
15s 3d a 17a 
18a 
