May  I,  1896. j 
THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
795 
COLOMBO  PRICE  CURRENT. 
{Furnished  by  the  Chamber  of  Conmierce). 
Colombo,  April  27,  1896. 
Exchange  of  London  : Closing  Rates,  Banl 
Sellin  g Bates  : — On  demand  1/2J  ; 4 months’  sight  1/2 
5-.S2 ; 6 months’  sight  1/2  3-16.  Baiik  Buying  Bates  : — 
Credits  3 months’  sight  1/2  9-32  to  5-16 ; G months’  sight 
1/2  5-16  to  11-32.  Doets.  3 months’  sight  1/2  5-16  to 
11-32;  6 months’  sight  1/2  11-32  to  |. 
Coffee. — Plantation  Estate  Parchment  on  the  spot 
per  bushel,  R14  to  16  .50. — Very  scarce.  Estate  Crops 
in  Parchment,  delivery,  per  bushel,  no  quot.  Plan- 
tation Estate  Coffee,  f.o.b.  on  the  spot  per  cwt, 
R78  00  to  83. — Very  scarce.  Liberian  parchment  on 
the  spot  per  bushel,  R12. — Very  scarce.  Native  Coffee 
f.o.b.  per  cwt.  E61  to  02. — Very  scarce. 
Tea. — Average  Prices  ruling  during  the  week : Broken 
Pekoe,  per  lb  49c.  Pekoe  per  lb  43c.  Pekoe 
Souchong,  per  lb  33c,  Broken  mixed  and  Dust,  per 
lb  24c. — Averages  of  Wednesday’s  sale. 
Cinchona  Bark. — Per  unit  of  Sulphate  of  Quinine, 
per  lb  Ifec.  to  3c. — 1 to  4 %.  Twigs'  and  branch  no 
quotation. 
Cardamoms. — per  lb  Rl  OO  to  2'00. 
Coconut  Oil. — Mill  oil  per  cwt.  R15T8.  Dealer’s 
oil  per  cwt.  R15.  Coconut  oil  in  ordinary  packages 
f.o.b.  per  ton  R37’50. — Nominal. 
Copra. — Per  candy  of  560  lb  R42  00  to  R49  00 
Coconut  Cake:  (Poonac)  f.o.b.  per  ton,  R55  to  65. 
Cocoa.^Unpicked  and  undried,  R30  to  38 
1 Q I Kogalla  per  cwt.  R9  to  18. 
Com  Yarn.-Nos.  1 to  8 1 ^i^e  „ R7  to  14. 
Cinnamon. — Nos.  1 & 2 only  f.o.b.  63ic. 
Ordinary  Assortment,  per  lb  60Jc. 
Plumbago  : Large  Lunma  per  "ton,  R150  to  33C. 
Ordinary  Lumps  per  ton,  R130  to  290.  Chips  per  ton, 
R80  to  140.  Dust  per  ton,  R30  to  90. 
Ebony:  per  ton. — Govt,  sales  on  11th  proximo. 
Rice. — Soolye  per  bag,  R6'73  to  R7'90. 
Pegu  and  Calcutta  C Junda  per  bag  R7‘75  to  R8‘05 
Coast' Calunda  per  bushel,  R2'85  to  R3'20. 
Muttusamba  per  bushel,  R2‘85  to  R3'60. 
Kadappa  and  Kuruwc  per  bushel, — no  quotations. 
Rangoon  Raw  3 bushel,  bag,  R9  00. 
Freights. 
Cargo. 
Tea 
Coconut  Oil 
Plumbago 
Coconuts  in  bag  i 
Other  Cargo 
Broken  Stowage 
SAILERS. 
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LOCAL  MARKET. 
By  Mr.  A.  M.  Chittamhalam,  7,  Baillie  St.,  Fort, 
Colombo,  April  28,  1896. 
llll'OO  to  14'50  per  imshel 
15-00  to  15-50  do 
55 '00  to  57 -00  per  cwt 
62  00  to  63-00  do 
12  00  per  bushel  (nominal 
60-00  to  62  00  per  cwt 
0-70  to  1-75  per  lb  (nomina 
30-00  to  38-00  per  cwt  do 
Garden  Parchment 
Chetty  do 
Native  Coffee 
do  f.o.b. 
Liberian  Parchment, 
do  Coffee, 
Cardamoms.— 
Cocoa. — (nominal) 
Rice.— Market  Steady:— 
Kazla  R6-5O  to  6-75  per  bag 
Soolye  7 -00  to  7 '75  do 
Callunda  7-75  to  8-00 
Coast  Callunda  2-87  to  3-00  per  bushel 
Kuruve  2-75  to  2-87  do 
Muttusamba  (new)  3-OO  to  3-26  do 
Cinnamon.— Quoted  No.s.  1 to  4,  at  63c  and  Nos.  1 and  2 at 
60  cents  per  lb  (nominal) 
Chips.— R75 -00  per  candy  (nominal) 
Coconuts.— Ordinary  R35-00  to  38-00  per  1,000  (nominal) 
do  Selected  40  00  to  43-00  do  do 
Coconut  Oil. — 1512  to  15-37  per  cwt  do 
Copra. — Market  steady: — 
Kalpitiya 
Marawila 
Cart  Copra 
Poonac. — Gingelly 
Chekku 
Mill  (retail) 
Ebony. — quotations  at 
Satin  wood.— cubic  feet 
Halmilla.—  do 
per  candy 
do 
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R48  00  to  48-75 
47-00  to  47-50 
43-00  to  45-00 
75-00  to  80  00  per  ton 
100  00  to  105-00  do 
70-00  to  80-00  do 
RlOO  to  R185  (nominal) 
1-50  to  2-12  do 
— 1-25  to  1-50  do 
Kitul  Fibre.— Quoted  at  R30-00  per  cwt  (nominal) 
Palmyra  Fibre.— Quoted  nominally  :— 
Jaffna  Black.— Cleaned  (Scarce) 
do  Mixed  R17  00  to  18-00 
Indian  do  R7  00  to  9-00 
Bo  Cleaned  10-00  to  14-00 
Sapan  Wood.— Quoted  65-00  to  60  00 
Kerosine  Oil— American  7-25  to  7-30 
do  Russian 
Kapok. — Cleaned  f.  o.b  :— 
do  Uncleaned 
Croton  Seed 
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per  cwt. 
do 
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per  tin 
3-03  to  3-08 
(Scarce) 
do 
13-00  to  17  00  do 
2-.50  to  3-00  per  cwt 
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