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TFlE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
[Dec.  2,  1895 
MARKET  RATES  FOR  OLD  AND  NE\A/ 
f From  S.  Figgis  & Co.’s  Fortnightly  Price  Current,  London, 
PRODUCTS. 
1th  Nui’ember,  1895.) 
EAST  INDIA. 
Bombay,  Ceylou,  Maarat 
Coast  and  Zanzibar. 
ALOES,  Socotvinc  
Zanzibar  & Hepatic 
BAKK, CINCHONA  Crown 
BEES’  WAX,  White 
Yellow  .. 
Mauritius  & Madaf^ascar.. 
CAMPHOH,  China 
.Japan 
CAKDAMOMS— 
Allepee  
Mangalore 
Malabar  
(’eyloii 
Teil  cherry 
Mysore 
Long  Ceylou 
CASTOR  OIL, 
CHILLIES,  Zanzibar 
CINNAMON, 
1st: 
2 lids 
CLOVES, 
Xsts 
2iids 
3p  Is 
4tlis  & 5ths 
Cuius 
Zanzibar 
and  Pemba. 
„ STEMS 
COCULHS  INUICUS 
COFFEE  
COLOMBO  ROOr... 
CROTON  SEEDS,  s.fted. 
CUTCH  „ ■ 
DRAGONS  BLOOD,  Zin 
GALLS,  Uu3Sorah& Turkey 
Cut  A 
B & C 
Rougn... 
GINGER,  Calicut 
Good  and  tine  dry  liver... 
Common  and  good 
Ledgeriana  chip.s 
Original  stem  
Renewed  
Chips  
Sli.  sof.  to  gd.  hard  brig. 
Dark  to  fair  
ra  r to  hue  
I Fair  average  quality.. 
Fair  to  fine  clipped 
Bold, bright,  fairto  fine  .. 
Clipped,  bold,  bright. fine 
Middling,  stalky  Jt  lean 
Hood  to  tine 
Brown  sh 
Fair  to  tine  pmp.  obpl. 
,,  ,,  small 
.Shelly  to  good  . . 
Sce-ls 
White 
Fair  and  good  pale 
Fair  to  fine  bright 
Ord’y.  and  middling 
Ord’y.  to  tine  quill 
Cochin 
GUM 
Beng.il  Ron; 
AM.MONIACUM 
ANIMI,  washed 
:b 
scraped., 
ARABIC  E.I.  & Aden., 
Ghatti  ... 
Aiurad  oba, 
Madras 
ASSAFCETIDA 
KINO  •••  , 
myrrh,  picked 
Aden  sorts 
OLIBANUM,  drop 
jackings... 
siftings  .. 
INDIARUBBER  ...  •: 
East  African  Ports,  Zanzr  ..  . . 
bar  and  Mozambique  Coast 
IVoody  and  hard 
Good  ordinary 
Fair  to  fine  bright 
Common  dull  and  mixed 
Common  to  good 
Fair  sifted...  
Bol  l ’n  fine  bold  cMor  • 
Midding  to  fine  mid 
Low  mid  and  low  grown 
Good  to  fine  brigiu  aou.i,. 
Urdiiiary&  middling 
Ordinary  to  fine  fresli  ... 
Fair  to  fine  dry 
Ordinary  to  good  drop  ... 
Fair  to  fine  dark  blue  ... 
Good  white  and  greon  . . 
Good  to  fine  bold 
Small  and  niodium 
Common  to  fine  bold 
Small  aii'lD's 
Pair  to  gooi 
Blocky  to  fine  clean 
Picked  fine  pale  in  sorts 
Part  yellow  & mixed  do. 
Bean  & Pea  size  ditto 
Amber  and  red  bold  .. 
Medium  & bold  sort-s 
Good  to  fine  pale  frosted 
sifted  
Sorts,  dull  rod  to  fair  ... 
Good  to  fine  palc-selectcd 
Sorts  middling  to  good 
Good  and  fine  yiale 
Reddish  to  pale  brown  ... 
Dark  to  fine  pale 
Fairto  fine  pinky  block... 
and  drop  
Ordinarystony  to  midliiij. 
Fair  to  hue  bright 
Fair  to  fine  pale 
Middling  to  good  " 
Fair  to  line  white 
Reddish  to  middling 
Middling  to  good  pale 
Slightly  foul  to  fine 
Red  hard  clean  ball  ,, 
Wliite  softish  ditto 
1 a 3J- 1 
Ijd  a 3d 
•21  a 4id 
ID  a 2 I 
e;  lOs  a £3 
63  a £7 
fill  lOs  a £7 
■200s  a 205s 
Is  a 2s  6d 
Is  lOd  a 2s  8d 
Is  Sd  a 2s  3d 
Is  3 I a IS  fid 
Is  6d  a Is  8i 
9d  a Is  4d 
li  9d  a 3s  Cd 
! s 21a  Is  5d 
l.s  Id  a 2s lid 
2s  \ 2s  Id 
2J.1  a 3d 
2j.I  a 2^d 
30 1 a 't5s 
2(3 1 a 30 ' 
Is  Id  a Is  4 1 
111  a Is 
04d  a lOd 
Oil 
254 
2 MOl  a 2id 
IJl  a 2 d 
Id 
83  a 12s 
105s  a 112s 
07s  (id  a 101s 
95s  ■ 90s 
10s  a 20s 
7s  a Bs 
48s 
•20s  a 32s 
2 IS  a 50s 
50s  a 52 i 6d 
lOs  a 47.S  61 
03 1 a 70s 
5 fi.l  1 
33j  a 37s 
30  s a 3'3s 
2Is 
20s  a 50s 
69  a 611 
6S  108  a j68  15( 
64  a £7  lOs 
63  a £7 
£ I a 67 
EAST  INiiI\. 
Bombay,  Ceylon,  Madras 
Coast  ami  Zanzibar. 
,us 
Assam 
Ball  ... 
Sausage,  ordinaryto  nu» 
without  sticks 
Good  to  flue 
Common  foul  & middling 
Fair  to  good  clean 
Good  tofiuepinky&wliii 
Rangoon  
Aladag  iscor,  Tamatave,  ( „ . , . 
A inga  anf  Nossibe  I d'Air  togood  black 
TLi'vr’ I AKK  ,,!•  I I gooB  fine  pale 
ISlNftLANts  01  Ixougue  ^ • -■ 
Fl!3UMAvV.sf_ 
Bladder  I’ipi' 
Purse,.. 
tdaik  to  feir 
hoan  thin  to  fine  bold,, 
dark  mixed  totiaepa’e.. 
12s  Cd  i 50s 
32s  fi.l  a 103 
3.)S  a 503 
2ss  a .'  4s 
i)3  a 50s 
273  0 I a 32a 
2js  a 33s  Gd 
4 is  a 80s 
15s  a 40s 
£25  a £30 
£4  lOs  a £0 
(30 i a iOl 
30s  a .55s 
■20  i a 253 
Bs  a lls 
9s  a 13 1 
•2s  Id  a 2s  ojd 
Is  8d  a 2s  2d 
lOd  a Is  51 
Is  8il  a 2s  21 
Is  3d  a 2s 
2s  1 1 a 2s  4d 
Is  7d  a 2s  '2d 
9d  ■ Is  5d 
I 0 1 a 2 s 2 1 
2s  2 1 a 2s  6 I 
Is  (ill  a lOj 
Is  lOd  a 2,  Od 
91  a Is  0 ( 
Is  8d  a 2s  91 
5jl  a la  31 
Kurrachee  Leaf  ... 
tNDIGO  Bengal 
Kurp.(b  
Madras  (Dry  Leaf) 
EVORY'— Elephants’  Teeth 
61  lb  & upwards 
over  30  & under  CO  lb 
60  a 100  lb. 
Scrivelloes  
Billiard  Ball  Pieces 2Jv3lui 
Bag  itelle  Points 
Cat  Points  for  Balls  ... 
Mixed  Points  & Tips... 
Cut  Hollows 
Se.i  Horse  TeoUi  — ... 
f a i j lb. 
1 Y R A BOL  AN KS,  Bombay 
Cd 
(lUAHTY. 
G lod  an  1 fine  pile 
Re  1 pari  thin 
•Iiddling  to  fine  violet... 
)r  Unary  to  in  (Idling  ... 
Fairtog  >0 1 reddish  violei 
Irdiniry  and  middling 
'lid  lling  to  good 
Low  to  ordinary 
Soft  sound 
close  & wi  le 
.Madras,  Upper  Godavery 
Coast 
MACE. 
NUTMEGS. 
Pickings 
Bombiy 
,'UrX  VO.MtCA 
)IL,  CINNA.UON 
CITRONELLK 
LEMON  GRAS  8 .. 
ORCHELLAlg°y[^?^  " 
/MozaX^' 
PEPPER— 
Malabar,  Black  siftel  .. 
Alleppee  & Cochin 
Tellicherry,  Blact 
PLUMBAGO,  Lump 
Chips 
Dust 
RED  WOOD  
SAFFLOWER,  Bengal 
SANDAL  WOOD,  Logs  . 
„ ,,  Chips. 
8EEDLAC 
sENNA,  Tinuevelly 
Bombay 
SHELLS,  M.-o’-P. 
Hard  ,, 
Soft  ,, 
Sound  soft 
81i.  def.to  fine  sound  soft 
■Shaky  to  fine  solid  sd.  sft 
Defective,  part  hard 
Thin  tu  thick  to  .sd.  sft 
Straight  erke  1 oai  t close 
Bhiailies  I,gool&  fine 
pile 
,,  II,  fair  pickings 
Jubbleporel,  gool  & fi  w 
pale 
,,  If,  fair  rejeotio ;s 
Vingorlas.  good  and  fine 
Good  to  fine  picked 
Common  to  middling  ... 
Fair  ... 
Burnt  and  defective  ... 
Dark  to  good  bold  p ile  .. 
VV’dcom.darktoline  bold 
9,3's  a 8l's 
90's  a 12.5’s 
Fair  to  good  b l 1 fresh 
Ordinary  to  fair 
Brigiii  i3t  good  itavonr  . 
,,  »»  
Mid.  to  fine,  not  woody 
•Jicked  clean  flat  leaf  ... 
wiry  
(JUOTAriONS. 
is  6 1 a 3<  2d 
Is  7 I a 2i  3i 
4s  6 1 a 5s  2 1 
3s  a Is  3 i 
2s  7 I a 3s  14 
Is  61  a 2s  41 
Is  7 1 a 2s  lOd 
7d  a Is  5 I 
fi.59  i fififi 
£5 ) a £fi2  10s 
6 )8  a £17 
622  a £35  1 0.3 
69)  lOs  a £103 
£-i  a £63 
£67  a £76 
(233  a £16 
£25  a £41 
Is  a 3i  id 
7s  6 1 a 7s  9d 
3s  G I a 4s 
is  3d  a 7s 
is  fid  a 4s  fid 
Is  61  a 5s  6d 
5s  a -as  6d 
3s3  1 a 4s 
Is  C I a 4s  9d 
Is  3d  a 3<  91 
Is  6d  a 2s 
11  a 6d 
2s  1 1 a 3s  2 1 
Is  5 I a 21 
33  a Ss 
4 1 a is  3 1 
Id 
21 
lls  a l-5s 
12s  a 18s 
22s  a 32s 
Fair  to 
bold  heavy 
good  ,,  . 
V 
1 5-16d  a 2id 
Fair  to  fine  bright  bol  j];-,^  ^ jg, 
vl  ddliiig  to  gooi  smal  3,Gial3s 
Dull  to  line  bnghi  ji,j  gj  ^ s.s  61 
Didinary  to  fine  bright. ..|2s  , 6s 
Fair  and  fine  bold  ...It4  a £4  lOs 
Goodtoliiiepinkynoiuinal  7,.s  a 00( 
large  
medium  partstoui 
chicken  part  stout 
oyster  & broken  pcs 
Mussel 
Ordinary  to  fair 
Interior  and  pickings  ... 
Fair  to  good  flavour  ... 
..Inferior  to  fine 
.lOrilinary  to  fine  bright 
(food  to  tine  bold  green 
Fair  middling  medium 
'Jominon  narx  and  sinal. 
irdinarj  to  good 
.•.GYPTiAx— bold  clean  . 
medium  tliin  and  stout 
chicken,  part  oysicrs 
Bomuay — poor  tofinetn.i 
cle.au  part  good  color 
medium  and  bold  sorts 
small  and  medium  sorts 
..  Thin  and  good  stout  sorts 
...  Mid.  toliuoblacknotstouy 
;8tony  and  inferior 
...  Sorcs.good  motile,  heavy 
Zanzibar  and  Bombay  Pickings  thin  to  heavy... 
Leanisb  to  fine  plump 
finger  ... 
Fill,  fair  to  tine  bold  brgl 
Mixed  middling  ... 
Lingah  Ceylou 
TAMARINDS 
TORTOISE-SHELL 
Zanzibar  and  B 
TURMERIO,  Bengal 
Madras 
Coobin 
VANILLOES, 
Bourbon, 
Mauritius, 
Seychelles, 
Madagascar,  ) 4ths 
,) 
1 Ists  ... 
2uds... 
V 3rds... 
Bulbs 
inger  ... 
Bulbs  ...  
Fine,  cryst’ed  5 to  9 in. 
Foxy  St  redd  sh  5 to  8 i n 
Lean  St  dry  to  mid,  un- 
der  6 in. 
Low.  foxy,  inferior  and 
lickings 
6Js  a 70S 
.50s  a 503 
£30  a £50 
64  a £8 
5 JS  a lO'Js 
Ola  81 
31  a 5H 
Id  a 2,'d 
Id  a 2 I 
55s  a 6.13 
65s  a 82s  Cd 
C2s  Cd  a 77s  fid 
i57s  fid  a 75  J 
75s  a S2s  (id 
7-2s  Cd  a S7s  Cd 
75s  a 8 is  64 
37s  a 45s 
15s  a i(H 
9)  a 20s 
9s  a lls 
Is  a Cs 
24s  a 3()s 
6s  a 21s  6 1 
7s  3 I a 83  fid 
8i  Cd  i 9s  0.1 
*.7s  Od  a 8s 
6 < Cil  a 7 6d 
7s  a 7»  Cd 
os  Cd  a 7s  Od 
'22 1 a .33s 
13s  a 24s 
l'3s  a 16s 
Cs  a 10s 
