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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST 
[May I, 1891 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 
(From S. Fir/gis iL- Cj.'h Fortiiirjhtli/ Pria G'u-reat, London, April 9 th, 1891 .) 
liAST INDIA. 
Bombay, Ceylon, Madras 
Coast and Zanzibar. 
ALOES, Soootriuc 
Zanzibar & Hepatic 
BARK,CINCHONA Crown 
QUALITY. 
Red... 
BEES’ WAX, E.I., White 
Yellow ... 
Mauritius & M.adagascar.. 
CARDAMOMS— 
Allepee 
Mangdore 
Malabar 
Ceylon . Malabar sort 
Alleppee and 
Mysji e sort 
Dong v/iki Ceylon...' 
CASTOR OIL, Ists 
2nd-s 
drds 
CHILLIES, Zanzibar 
CINNAMON, Ists. 
2uds 
3r 
4tha 
Chips 
CLOVES, Zanzibar 
and Pemba. 
„ STEMS 
COCULUS INDICES 
COLOMBO ROOT... 
CROTON SEEDS, s fted... 
CUICH 
draouns blood, 
Zanzibar 
GALLS, Bussorah & 
'Turkey 
GINGER, Cochin, Cut 
Good and line dry 
Common and good 
Renewed ... 
Medium to line Quill .. 
Spoke .shavings 
Branch 
Renewed 
Medium to good Quill.. 
Spoke shavings 
Branch 
Twig 
Good to fme 
Fair to good 
Fair to line clipped 
Bold, bright, fairto fine. 
Good TO line p ump,cbpe(i 
Fair tog* odbohl bleacheil 
,, ,, medium ,, 
,, ,, small 
Small to bold brown 
Fair to fine bold 
,, ,, medium 
,, ,, small 
Co'iirnon to good 
White 
Fair and good pile 
Brown and brownish 
Fair to line brigiit 
Ord*y. and middling 
Ord’y. to fine pale quill 
I EAST INJJl V. Continued 
QUOTATIONS. Eist Coist Africa. Mala- 
I bar and Madras Ooist, 
! Bengal. 
QUALITY, 
Rough.. 
Bengal, Rough 
GUM AMMONIACUM. .. 
ANIMI, Wvished .. 
scraped... 
ARABIC E.r. & Aden 
Ghatti .. 
Amrad eha 
Mad ras 
ASSAFCKTIDA 
KJNO 
picke'l 
Woody and hard 
Fair to fin-! p'ant 
Fair to line b'ight 
Common dull and mixe 
Common to good 
Fair sifted .. 
Good to fine bright sound 
Ordiiiary^^ mid^ ing 
Fair lo lii;e U'esh 
Fair to fine dry 
Ordinary to goo.l drop .. 
Fair to find dark blue .. 
Good white and green 
Good to line bold 
Small and medium 
Fair to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Pair to good 
Blocky to fine clean 
Picked fine pale in sorts 
Part yellow & mixed (Vj. 
Bean & Pea size ditto ... 
Amber and red boM .. 
Medium & bold sorts 
Good to fine pale frosted 
sifted 
Sorts, dull red to fair .. 
Good to line pale selecbe.’ 
Sorts m'ddling to good.. 
Good and fine pale 
Reddish to pale brown ... 
Dark to fine pale 
Fair to line i^inky block 
and drop 
Ordinary sto.iy to midlin^ 
Fair to fine bright 
Fair to line pale 
Aden sort* Middling to good 
OMBANUM, Jrop... Fair to line white 
ph^king.s., 
Hiftings .. 
f.N'IUAKUBIlKlt 
Kist African Ports, /anzi- 
bar a.iid Mozaliibuiue Coast 
Assam, 
Haiigoon 
.Mudagasear, Tumatavo, j 
.Mdjtinga and Nossibc | 
J.SINOf.ASi LrofiLMiG . 
KI.su MAWS f 
Hltiddor Pipe... 
J'tirso 
K'lrru’lico r/.*af 
Keddisli lomiildling 
Midilling logood iKiIo ... 
-Sliglitly foul to fine 
Red liard clean ball 
While soil ih 1» ditto 
Unrine root 
fjiver 
SiuiHuge, fair to line 
Good 10 fine 
(Jouiinon foul Sc middling 
Fair to good elean 
Goo<l to line pinky & white. 
Fair to good l>lack ...i 
( good to line pale 
\ dark t) fair 
's a 2s 2d 
Is 61 a 3s 
Cs a 2s 6d 
2s 6.1 a 3s 
Is 6d a 2s 
Is a Is 6d 
Is a Is 6 1 
2s 61 a 3s ltd 
Is 6d a Is lOd 
Is a l.s 4d 
id a 2s 2d 
l^d a 4'^d 
id a 3id 
2| I a 3d 
TOs a 7t5s 
60s a 65s 
7^d a Is 2d 
7d a Is 
6|d a lOd 
fd a 7d 
2d a G^d 
3^(1 a 4d 
3|d a 3fd 
5 1 a Id 
L2s a 13s 
22s 6d a 28s 6d 
Ids a 20s 
iOs a 15s 
2 is a 32s 6d 
50s a 90s 
■>2s 6d a 57s 6d 
iOs a .50 s 
70s a 75s 
41s A 52s 
32s 6d a 37s 6J 
25s a 30s 
9s 
20s a 50s 
Cll a £13 
dlO a £11 
05 a £7 10s 
blO a £12 
£o 10s a £11 
50s a 80s 
i5s a 55s 
45s a DOS 
23s a 33s 
60s a lo7s 6d 
ios a 50s 
l5s a 60s 
.INDIGO, Bengal 
Kurpoh 
Madras (Dry Leaf) 
IVORY— Elephants’ Teetli 
CO lb & upwards 
over .30 & under 60 lb 
40 a 100 lb. 
Scnvelloes 
Billiai’d Ball Pieces24a 3^ in 
Bag'ilelle Pointi 
Cut P'diits for Balls 
Mixed Points 8c Tips.,, 
Cut Hollows 
Se-i 
Horse Teeth— 
a 4^ lb. 
Middling to fine violet .. 
Ordinary to middling ... 
Fairto good reddish violt 
Ordinary and middling,.. 
' Middling to good 
[Low to ordinary 
I Soft slightly def , to sound 
I Hard \\ 
Soft ,, 
Hard ,, 
Sound 
-SU. def. to fine sound 
Shaky lo fine solid sd. 
Dt-fective, part hard 
Tiiiu to thick slij def to 
sound 
Orvd.crk! & close strght 
QUOTATIONS 
MYRABOLANES, Bombay Bhimlies I, good & fine 
pale 
,, II, fair pi ki 
Jubbleporel. good & fine 
,, II, fair re- 
I jeetio s 
Jvingor'as, good and fine 
Madras, Upper Godavery'Good to fine picked 
,, ,, ...|Common to middling ... 
Coast IFair ... 
■ Burnt and defective ... 
MACE, 
NUTMEGS 
NUX 
YQMICA 
)IL, 
Pickings 
Bombay 
...i Dark to good bold pole... 
CINNAMON 
CITRONELLE 
LEMONGRASS 
W’J com. darkto line bold 
.'64’s a 80’s 
8.3's a 180’s 
Cochin, Madras' ( Fairto one bold fre.-h 
and Eonbiiy ( Small ordinary andfair 
Fair to fine heavy 
.jBright & good flavour.. 
WEED 
PEPPER— 
...iMid. to fine, not woodj 
Zanzibar ...'Picked clean fl.it leaf ... 
Mozambique: 
wiry 
is 6d a 6a 
3s OJ a 4s .31 
3s a 33 7d 
2s 3d a 2s lOd 
2s 8d a 3s 2d 
l3 8d a 2s fid 
£G9 a £7fi 10 
£fii a £72 
lus a £.58 
£30 lOa a £48 
£Zo a £'3 1 lOs 
£7810s-£8i 10s 
£dfi a £75 
£55 a £73 
£31 a £.53 10s 
£30 IOs a £57 
is Id a 4s 4d 
12s fil a 14s 
9s a 10s fid 
2s a 13s Gd 
9s fid a Uls fid 
9s fid a Ils fid 
U.s a 12s 
9s fid a IOs 6d 
lus a Ils 
a 9.S 9d 
2s a 3s 2d 
3'i a Is 2d 
2s 8d a 3s Id 
is Gd a 2s 7d 
Ils a 14s 
a 8s fid 
Is a 2s fid 
d a J:1 
-^-d a i^^d 
2U.S a 25s 
10s, a 2us 
25s a 35s 
Malabar, Black sifted .. 
Alleppee & Tellichorry 
Tellicherry, White 
PLUMBAGO, Lump 
3.5s a 80s 
20s a 28s 
10s a 43s 
£fi a £8 
70s a 80s 
33s a 5fis 
fid a 31s fid 
ise a 18) 
10s a 15.) 
2s d a 2) fid 
Is 8d a 2s 3 1 
Is 3d a Is lid 
Is fid a 2s 2d 
2s a 2.S 2d 
-'.s a 2s 8 I 
I s a Is 10 I 
2.S a 2) 3d 
2s .3d a 2s 10 1 
2s a 2) 3d 
.'Is a 3s lOd 
Is a 2s fid 
LIED WOOD 
3AEELOWER, 
Chips 
Dust 
Bengal 
■SALTPETRE, Bengal .. 
SANDAL WOOD, Logs 
,, ,, Chips, 
8-VPAN WOOD 
iEEDLAC 
sENNY, Tinnevelly 
Bombay 
SHELLS, M.-o’-P. 
large 
medium stout 
cliicken part stou 
oyster part thin .. 
Mu SO; 
Lingah 
rAMARlND.S 
TORTOlSBSHiiLL 
Zanzibar and Bombay 
rilRHERIC, Bengal 
Madras ... 
Fair to fine brig I t bold 
Middling to good small... 
■Sli'tly foul to fine bright 
Ordinary to fine bright... 
Fair and fine bold 
Good to flue pinky 
Ordinary to fair 
Inferior and pickings ... 
Ordinary to good 
Fair to fine flavour ... 
fuferior to fine 
Lean to good bold 
Irdinary to fine bright 
Good to fine bold green... 
vledium to bold green... 
imill and rr edium green 
dommon dark and small 
)i dinar to good 
Egyptian — med. to large 
small and medium, 
oyster and chicken 
fiOHBAi’— fine t'lick .. 
bright fairly clejii 
Ch’an tliiii to fnie bold. ..[^8 fid a .Is 7d 
Dark niixod to fine palO|**i‘l Is 8d 
Common to good pale ...|L 9d a 3.s lOd 
Cochin 
V.VNILLOE.S, 
Bourbon, 
Mauritius, 
Scycliello ., 
Isis .. 
2iids,. 
3rds.. 
Madagascar, J 4tli9, 
Pair to boll heavy ... 1 q.m ^ 5d 
good ,, ... f 
Is a Is Id 
15s a 21s 
ils a 14s 
9s a 12s 
4s fid a 7s fid 
£3 a £3 10s 
50s a 60s 
2rs a 45s 
i6s a 25s 
Ifis Gd a 17s 
£35 a £fi0 
£9 a £30 
£4 a £7 
2.3s a 70s 
fid a 8d 
4d a 6d 
2d a 3d 
Id a l^d 
Id a 2d 
s8s a 100s 
90s a 100s 
a lOus 
sOs a 85s 
95s a 102s Gd 
85s a 95s 
.. „ -- 170, a 82s fid 
reiium to fine bold 4.53 ^ 60s 
,orts... ... ...3s a 10s 
lid. tofiueblk not stony 123 a Gd 15d 
stony and interior ...I43 ^ 0s 
)'air & tine clean heavy 16s a 25s 
Low ihiu to mid. clean 53 a 15 
Le.uiish to fine plump 
finger '14s a 1.5s fid 
Fin. fairto fiueboldbrgt 163 6d a 18s fid 
.M'Xed middling 15s a lbs 
flilhs ... 10s a 12s 
Finger ... ;i3s a 14s 
Fine, cryst’ed 5 to 9 in. i2s a 20s 
Foxy & reddish 5 to 8 in. 93 a 14s 
Loan & dry to mid. un- 
der fi in. ... 63 a 83 fid 
Low, ioxy, inferior and 
pickings 3s a 53 
