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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
(April  i,  1896 
MARKET  RATES  FOR  OLD  AND  NEW  PRODUCTS. 
(From  TjPwis  it  Pent' s Fortnightlij  Pricis  Current,  London,  2oth  March,  1896.  j 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATION, '■ 
ALOES,  Socotriiic 
Zanzibar  & Hepatic 
BEES’  WAX, 
Zanzibar  t & White... 
Bombay  i Yellow... 
Mauritius  & Madagascar.. 
CAMPHOR,  China 
Japan 
CARDAMOMS,  Malabar.. 
Ceylon.— Mysore 
,,  Tellicherry... 
» Long 
,,  Mangalore.. 
CASTOR  OIL,  Calcutta. . 
Madras  .. 
CHILLIES,  Zanzibar  ... 
CINCHONA  BARK.— 
Ceylon 
CINNAMON. Ceylon  Ists 
2nd!- 
3r.b 
4tha  and  5ths 
Cbipi 
CLOVES,  Penang 
Amboyna 
Zanzibar  1 
and  Pemba  J 
Stems 
COCULUS  INUICUS  .. 
COFFEE 
Ceylon  Plantation,, 
Fair  to  tine 
Common  to 
dry 
good 
Good  to  fine 
Fair 
Dark  to  good  polish  . 
Fair  average  ijuality  ... 
J » • » M 
Clipped,  bold,  bright  fine 
■Middling,  stalky  & lean 
Fair  to  fine  plump 
Good  to  fiuM 
Brownish 
Shelly  10  good 
Seeds 
•Med  brown  to  good  bold 
Ists  and  2nds 
Ists  and  2nds 
Dull  to  fine  bright 
Ledgeriana  Chips 
Crown, 
Hybrid 
Ordinary 
Renewed  . . 
Org.  Stem 
Root 
Chip 
to  tine  quill.. 
hard 
Native 
Liberian 
COCOA.  Ceylon 
cjlombo  root... 
COIR  ROPE,  Ceylon 
Cochin  . . 
FIBRE,  Brush 
Cochin  ... 
Stuffing .. 
COIR  YARN,  Ceylon  .. 
Cochin  ... 
do. 
CROTON  SEEDS,  sitted... 
CUTCH  
ginger.  Bengal,  rough 
Calicut,  Cui  A 
B & (. 
Cochin  Rougli... 
Japan 
GUM  AMWONI.VCUM  ... 
ANIAU,  Zanzibar... 
Woody  and 
Fair  to  good 
Dull  to  fine  bright  bold 
Dull  to  tine 
Good  and  fine  bright 
fommon  dull  to  fair 
Fair 
Fair 
Bold  to  fine  bold  cdory 
.Midding  to  fine  mid 
Low  mid.  and  low  grown 
.Sm.alls 
Good  ordinary 
Sin, all  to  bold 
Bold  to  tine  bohl 
Medium  and  fair 
Triage  to  ordinary 
Fair  to  good 
Old.  & middling  wormy 
44s  a 100s 
lls  a 70s 
D7  a £8 
£6  12/0  a £7 
£6  10s  a £7 
180s 
195s 
Is  Id  a 2s  4d 
Is  .“id  a Is  9d 
Is  9d  a 3s  Od 
Is  Sd  a 2s 
Is  3d  a l.s  83 
Is  Od  a 3s 
3s 
2s  2d  a 3s  9d 
2id  a 2|d 
Jd  a 2Jd 
25s  a 32s  Od 
2d  a 31d 
2d  a 4^d 
IJd  a 3d 
2id  a 2id 
Gda2d 
lO^d  a is  4d 
lOd  a Is  3d 
9,d  a Is  Id 
82d  a 9id 
3d  a 3|d 
7d  a lid 
3Jd  a 4^d 
2Jd  a 2Jd 
l|d  a 2id 
Id 
7s  a 7s  3d 
Madagascar .. 
ARABIC  E.  I 
& Aden  ... 
Uhiitii  .. 
Kurrachee . . 
Madras 
ASSAFCETIDa 
KINO 
MYRRH,  picked 
Aden  sorts 
OLIBANUM,  drop 
pickings 
siftings 
ISDIAKUBBEF,  As.sam 
Rangoon 
Borneo 
Ordin.ary  to  fair 
Ord.  to  fine  long  str.aight 
Ordinary  to  good  clean 
Common  to  fine 
Cominoii  to  superior  . 
..  ..  very  fine  ... 
Roping,  fair  to  good  ... 
Fair  to  good 
F.air  to  tine  dry 
Fair 
Good  to  fine  bold 
Small  and  medium 
Common  to  fine  dold  .. 
Small  and  D’s 
Unsolit 
Sm.  blocky  to  fine  clean 
Picked  fine  pale  in  sorts 
Part  yellow  and  mixed 
Bean  and  Pea  size  ditto 
.\inber  and  dk.  red  bold 
Med.  & bold  glassy  sorts 
Fair  to  good  palish  ... 
.,  .,  red 
Ordinary  to  good  pale 
Pickings  to  fine  pale  ... 
Good  and  fine  p.ale 
Reddish  to  pale  selected 
Dark  to  tine  i)ale 
Clean  fr  to  gd.  almonds 
Ord.  stony  and  blocky 
Fine  briglit 
Fair  to  fine  pale 
.Middling  to  good 
Good  to  fine  white  ... 
Middling  to  fair 
Low  to  goo<l  pale 
Slightly  foul  to  fine  ... 
Good  to  fine 
Common  to  foul  & raxil. 
Fair  to  good  clean 
Common  to  fine  .. 
INDIARUBBER,  (Contd). 
Java,  Sing.  & Penang 
f 
114s  a 122s 
I02s  a 112s 
95s  a lOOs 
93s  a 97s 
85s  a 95S 
78s  a 85s 
59s  a 71s  Od 
.15s  a 58s 
20s  a 50s 
12s  a 14s 
7s  a 9s 
nominal 
£10  a £15 
£10  a £24 
£12  a £14 
£5  a £6  lOs 
£12  a £26  10s 
£12  a £34 
£11  lOs  a £15 
47s  od  a 50s 
I7s  a 32s  od 
17s  Od 
90s  a 70s 
50s  a 55s  Od 
14s  a 37s  Od 
10s  a 32s 
22s  a 23s 
17s  a 36s  Od 
£10  7s  Od  a £13 
£7  17/6  a 10  10/ 
70s  a £7  12/6 
£4  5s  a £9 
90s  a 120s 
£4  8s  a £0  15s 
£5  a £7  5s 
10s  a 50s 
15s  a 48s 
35s  a 17s  6d 
22s  a 31s 
16s  a 33s  Od 
40s  a 70s 
15s  a 35s 
£20  a £25 
80s  a 90s 
15s  a 65s 
35s  a 60s 
20s  a 31s 
7s  a 15s 
9s  Od  a 14s 
Is  lOd  a 2s  Ipl 
3d  a Is  Od 
Is  4d  a Is  lljd 
ad  a Is  8d 
MozEunbique 
Madagascar 
INDIGO,  E.I. 
MACE,  Bombay,  4 Penang 
M YRABOLANES.  madras 
Bombay  .. 
Bengal  .. 
NUTMEGS— 
Bombay  & Penang 
NUTS,  ARECA 
NUX  VOMICA,  Bombay 
Madras 
OIL  OF  ANISEED 
CASSIA 
LEMONGRASS 
NUT.MHG 
CINNA.MON 
(TTRONELLE 
ORCHELLA  WEED- 
Ceylon 
Zanzibar. 
PEPPER  (Black)— 
Alleppee  & Telliclierry 
Singapore 
Acheen  & W.  C.  Penang 
PLUAIBAGO,  lump 
cliips  (lust  .. 
dust 
.SAFFLOWER 
SANDAL  WOOD— 
Bombay,  Logs 
Chips 
Madras,  Logs 
Chips 
SAPAN  AVOOD,  Bombay 
Madras 
Mivnila 
Siam 
SEEDLAC 
SENNA,  Tiimevelly 
SHELLS,  M.  o’PEARL- 
Bombay 
Mussel 
TAMARINDS,  Calcutta 
Madras 
TORTOISESHELL— 
Zanzibar  and  Bombay 
TURMERIC,  Bengal 
Madras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cociiiii 
Foul  to  good  clean 
Good  to  fine  Ball 
nrdinary  to  fair  Ball 
Low  sandy  Ball 
.Sau.sage,  fair  to  good 
Liver  and  livery  Ball 
Fr  to  tine  pinky  <fe  white 
F.air  to  good  black 
Niggers.  low  to  good 
Bengal -- 
Shipping  mid  t(5gd  violet 
Consuming  mid.  to  gd. 
Ordinary  to  mid.  good 
Mid.  to  good  Kurpah... 
Low  to  ordinary 
Mid.  to  good  Madras.. 
Pale  reddish  to  tine  .. 
Ordinary  to  fair 
Chips  and  dark 
Dark  to  fine  pale  UO... 
Fair  Coast 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Rhajpore,  <fcc. 
Calcutta 
64’s  to  57’s 
llO’s  to  80’s 
160’s  130's 
Ordinary  to  fair  fre.sh.. 
Ordinary  to  middling... 
Fair  to  good  bold  fresh... 
Small  ordinary  and  fair 
Fair  merchantable 
.According  to  analysis.. 
Good  flavour  & colour... 
Dingy  to  white 
Ordinary  to  fair  sweet... 
Ilriglit  good  flavour  . 
.Mid.  to  fine  not  woody.. 
Picked  clean  flat  loaf  .. 
„ wiry  Mozambique 
Fair  to  hold  lieavy 
Fair  
Dull  to  tine  
Fair  to  tine  briglit  hold 
Middling  to  good  small 
Dull  to  tine  briglit 
Ordinary  to  fine  bright 
Good  to  fine  Pinky 
.Middling  to  fair 
Inferior  and  pickings  ... 
Fair  to  fine  flavour 
Fair  to  good  flavour  . . 
Inferior  to  fine 
Lean  to  good 
Good  average 
QUOTATIONS. 
Is  fid  a Is  2d 
2s  2d  a 2s  5d 
Is  2d  a 2s  lid 
lOda  Is  Id 
Is  4d  a 2s  5jd 
Is  3jd  2s  2jd 
Is  Hid  a 2s  .5d 
Is  3d  a Is  lOd 
lOid  a Is  7^d 
4s  a 4s  lid 
3s  8d  a 4s  3d 
Is  6d  a 4s  2d 
2s  8d  a 3s  fid 
Is  a 2s  6d 
is  8d  a 2s  lOd 
Is  8d  a ] s lOd 
Is  3d  a Is  6d 
is 
2s  6d  a 4s  6d 
4s  3d 
3s  9d  a 6s 
3s  9d  a 7s 
3s  6d  a 5s  6d 
3s  fid  a 5s  6d 
2s  lOd  a 3s  2d 
Is  4d  a l.s  lOd 
7d  a Is  2d 
8s  6d  a 12s 
4s  6d  a 6s 
6s  a 7s  6d 
4s  6d  a 7s 
10s  Od 
s 9d  a 9s  Cd 
.3|d  a 4tl 
4d  a Is  3d 
Is  9d 
Lls  .1  15s 
lOs  a 20sl 
1 5s  a 17s  Cd 
2jd  a 2^d 
2 7-16d 
2d  a 2jd 
15s  a 17s  fid 
3s  Od  a 13s 
Ls  Od  a 8s  9d 
2s  a 6s 
90s 
80s 
OOs  a C5s 
£30  a £50 
5s  a £3 
£30  a £50 
£4  a £8 
£4  a .£6  5s 
£4  a £6  iioiu. 
VANILLOES- 
Mauritius  and  | 
Biiurhon  .../ 
.SoyclicIIes 
VERMILION 
Ists 
2nds 
3rds 
I Rough  & rooty  to  good  10s  s.  15s 
\ bold  smooth  ...  £6a£7 
Ord.  dus  y to  gd.  soluble  70s  a 95s 
Good  to  tine  bold  green  Od  a 8d 
Fair  middling  medium  3id  a S^d 
Common  dark  and  small  aO  S'  2d 
Bold  and  A’s  £4  a £4  7s  fid 
O’s  and  B’s  £3  15s  a .£4  7/6 
Small  67s  fid  .a  75s 
Small  to  bold  ...  17s  a 4fis 
Stony  and  inferior  ...  Os  a 7s 
Fair  to  fine  Id  a Ijd 
.Selected  None  sold 
Small  to  bold  and  dark 
mottle  part  heavy  ...  20s  a 26s 
Fair  7s  3d 
Finger  fair  to  fine  boldSsaOsfid 
Mixed  midlng.  (bright  7s  ,a  8s 
Bulbs  fis  fid  a 7s  fid 
Finger  7s  a 7s  fid 
Bulbs  ..  5s  fid  a 7s  (id 
Gd.  crysallized  4 a 9 in.  I7s  a 32s 
Foxy  Si  reddish  a 8 ,,  lls  a 15s 
Lean  and  inferior  . . 7s  a 10s 
I Inferior  to  flue  crys-  I 
\ tallized  3i  a 9 in.  / 
Fine,  pure,  brightj  ...  2s  8d  a 2s  fill 
