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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
[May  I,  1896.  ) 
MARKET  RATES  FOR  OLD  AND  NEW  PRODUCTS, 
(From  Lewis  <£  PeaVs  Fortnightly  Prices  Current,  London,  25th  March,  1896.) 
ALOES,  Socotrine 
Zanzibar  & Hepatic 
BEES'  WAX, 
Zanzibar  & ( White... 
Bombay  i Yellow... 
Mauritius  & Madagascar.. 
CAMPHOR,  China 
Japan 
CARDAMOMS,  Malabar.. 
Ceylon.— Mysore 
„ Tellicherry. 
„ Long 
,,  Mangalore., 
CASTOR  OIL,  Calcutta. 
Madras  .. 
CHIT.LIE8,  Zanzibar 
CINCHONA  BARK.— 
Ceylon 
CINNAMON,  Ceylon  Istt 
2nd^ 
3r.li 
4ths  and  5ths 
Cdip^ 
CLOVES,  Penang 
Amboy  na 
Zanzibar  I 
and  Pemba  / 
Stems 
COCULUS  INDICES  .. 
COFFEE  ^ •• 
Ceylon  Plantation.. 
Native 
Liberian 
CO.OA,  Ceylon 
COLOMBO  ROOT., 
COIR  ROPE,  Ceylon  .. 
Cochin  . . 
FIBRE,  Brush  • 
Cochin  ... 
Stuffing .. 
COIR  YARN,  Ceylon  .. 
Cochin  .. 
do.  ... 
CROTON  SEEDS,  sifted... 
CUTCH  •••  ••• 
Q I N Q ER . Bengal , rough 
Calicut,  Cut  A 
B & ( 
Cochin  Rougii.. 
Japan 
GUM  AMMUNIACUM  ., 
ANIMI,  Zanzibar.. 
Madagascar  .. 
ARaRICE.  I.  & Aden  .. 
Ghatti  .. 
Kurracliee . 
Madras 
ASSAFCETIDA 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS. 
Fair  to  fine  dry 
Common  to  good 
4Is  a 100s 
lls  a 76s 
Good  to  fine 
Fail- 
Dark  to  good  palish  .. 
Fair  average  quality  ... 
kino  . , 
MARRH,  picked  .. 
Aden  sorts 
OLIBANUM,  drop 
])ickings 
siftings 
Clipped,  bold,  bright, fine 
Middling,  stalky  & lean 
Fair  to  flue  plump 
Seeds 
Good  to  fine 
Brownish 
Shelly  to  good 
.Vied  brown  to  good  bold 
Ists  and  -iiids 
Ists  and  2nds 
Dull  to  fine  bright 
Ledgeriana  Chips 
Crown,  Renewed  . 
Org.  Stem 
Hybrid  Root 
Chip 
Ordinary  to  tine  quill.. 
Woody  and  hard 
Fair  to  good 
dull  to  fine  bright  bold 
Dull  to  tine 
Good  and  tine  bright 
jommonduil  to  fair 
Fair 
Fair 
Bold  to  fine  bold  calory 
.\Iidding  to  fine  mid  ., 
Low  mid.  and  low  grown 
Smalls 
Good  ordinary 
Small  to  bold 
Bold  to  tine  bold 
.Medium  and  fair 
I'ri.age  to  ordinary 
Fair  to  good 
Ord.  & middling  wormy 
IKDIARUBBER,  Assam 
lUuigoon 
Borneo 
Ordinary  to  fair 
Ord.  to  tine  long  straight 
Ordinary  to  good  clean 
lommon  to  tine 
’oramon  to  superior  .. 
„ „ very  fine  ... 
Roping,  fair  to  good  ... 
Fair  to  good 
Fair  to  tine  dry 
Fair 
Good  to  tine  bold 
Small  and  medium 
ommon  to  fine  dold  ,, 
Small  and  D’s 
Unsnlit 
Sm.  blocky  to  tine  clean 
Picked  fine  pale  in  sorts 
P.art  yellow  and  mixed 
Bean  .and  Pea  size  ditto 
.Vmber  .and  dk.  red  bold 
.Med.  & bold  glassy  sorts 
Fair  to  good  palish 
..  , 
Ordinary  to  good  pale 
Pickings  to  tine  pale  .. 
Good  and  fine  pale 
Rcddisli  to  pale  selected 
lark  t»  tine  pale 
Clean  fr  to  gd.  .almonds 
Ord.  stony  and  blocky 
Fine  bright 
Fair  to  tine  pale 
.Vliddling  to  good 
Good  to  tine  white  ... 
.Middling  to  fair 
I.ow  to  good  pale 
Sliglitly  foul  to  tine  ... 
Good  io  line 
Common  U>  foul  & mxd. 
Fair  to  good  clean 
Common  to  tine  >. 
£7  a £8 
,£6  12/6  a £7 
£6  10s  a .£7 
I80s 
195s 
Is  Id  a 2s  4d 
Is  .5d  a Is  9d 
Is  9d  a 3s  6d 
3s  a 3s  2d 
Is  8d  a 2s 
Is  3d  a Is  8d 
Is  6d  a 3s 
2s  2d  a 3s  9d 
2|d  a 2id 
2|d  a 2id 
25s  a 32s  6d 
INDIARUBBER,  (Contd). 
Java,  Sing.  & Penang 
Mozambique 
•2d  a 3|d 
2d  a 4^d 
lid  a 3d 
2ia  a -2id 
lid  a 2d 
lOid  a Is  4d 
lOd  a Is  3d 
qd  a Is  Id 
Sid  a 9id 
3d  a 3|d 
7d  a lid 
lid  a 4jd 
2|d  a 2id 
IJd  a 2id 
Id 
7s  a 7s  3d 
I14s  a 12-2S 
102s  a ll-2s 
i)5s  .a  100s 
93s  a 97s 
S5s  a 95S 
7Ss  a 85s 
59s  a 71s  Cd 
53s  a 58s 
20s  a 60s 
P2s  a 14s 
7s  a Os 
nominal 
£10  a £15 
£10  a £-24 
£12  a £14 
£5  a ,£6  10s 
£12  a £26  10s 
£1*2  a £34 
eil  lOs  a £15 
f7s  6d  a .50s 
17s  .a  32s  Od 
17s  6d 
JOs  a 70s 
50s  a 5Cs  Gd 
•34s  a 37s  6d 
30s  a 32s 
22s  a 23s 
17s  a 36s  Gd 
£10  7s  6d  a £13 
£717/6a£10 10s 
70s  a £7  12/6 
C4  6s  a £9 
,)0s  a 120s 
£4  Ss  a £6  15s 
£5  a £7  5s 
50s  a 50s 
15s  a 48s 
35s  a 47s  6d 
22s  .1  31s 
16s  ,a  33s  6(1 
40s  a 70s 
15s  a 35s 
£20  a £25 
30s  a 90s 
45s  a 65s 
35s  a 60s 
20s  a 31s 
7s  a 15s 
;)s  (id  a lls 
Is  lOd  a 2s  Ijd 
.id  a Is  6(1 
Is  4d  a Is  lljd 
lid  a Is  8d 
Madagascar 
INDIGO,  E.I. 
MACE,  Bombay,  A Penang 
MYRABOLANE.S,  Madras 
Bombay  ... 
Bengal 
NUTMEGS- 
Bombay  & Penang 
NUTS,  ARECA 
NUX  VOMICA,  Bombay 
Madr.as 
OIL  OF  ANLSEED 
CASSIA 
LEMONGRASS 
NUTMEG 
CINNAMON 
CITRONELLE 
ORCHELLA  WEED- 
Ceylon 
Zanzibar. 
PEPPER— (Black)— 
Alleppee  & Tellicherry 
Singapore 
Acheen  & W.  C.  Penang 
PLUMB.VGO,  lump 
chips 
dust 
SAFFLOWER 
SANDAL  WOOD— 
Bombay,  Logs 
Chips 
Madras,  Logs 
Chips 
3APAN  WOOD,  Bombay 
Madras 
Manila 
Siam 
SEEDLAC 
SENNA,  Tinnevelly 
SHELLS,  M.  o’PEARL- 
Bombay 
Mussel 
TAMARINDS,  Calcutta... 
Madras  ... 
TORTOISESHELL— 
Zanzibar  and  Bombay 
TURMERIC,  Beng.al 
M.adras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin 
VANILLOES— 
M.auritius  and  I ists 
Bourbon  ...  / 2nd 
3rds 
Seychelles 
VERMILION 
QUALITY. 
Foul  to  good  clean  ... 
Good  to  fine  Ball 
Ordinary  to  fair  Ball  .. 
Low  sandy  Ball 
Sausage,  fair  to  good  . 
Liver  and  livery  Ball... 
Fr.  to  fine  pinky  & white 
Fair  to  good  black  ... 
Niggers,  low  to  good... 
Bengal— 
Shipping  mid  to  gd  violet 
Consuming  micT.  to  gd. 
Ordinary  to  mid.  good 
Mid.  to  good  Kurpah... 
Low  to  ordinary 
.Mid.  to  good  Madras... 
Pale  reddish  to  fine  ... 
Ordinary  to  fair 
- hips  and  dark 
DaA  to  tine  pale  UG.. 
Fair  Coast 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Rhajpore,  &c. 
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... 
Bright  (k  good  flavour... 
QUOTATIONS'- 
Is  6d  a Is  2d 
2s  2d  a 2s  5d 
Is  2d  a 2s  Ijd 
lOd  <a  Is  Id 
Is  4d  a 2s  5jd 
Is  Sjd  a 2s  2Jd 
Is  lljd  a *2s  5d 
Is  3(1  a Is  lOd 
lOJd  a Is  7M 
Mid.  to  fine  not  woody... 
I’icked  clean  flat  leaf  ... 
,,  wiry  Mozambique 
Fair  to  bold  heavy 
Fair  
Dull  to  fine  
F’iiir  to  fine  bright  bold 
Middling  to  good  small 
Dull  to  tine  bright 
Ordinary  to  fine  bright 
Good  to  fine  pinky 
Middling  to  fair 
Inferior  and  pickings  ... 
Fair  to  fine  flavour 
Fair  to  good  flavour 
Inferior  to  tine 
Lean  to  gootl 
Good  average 
I Rough  & rooty  to  good 
\ bold  smooth 
Ord.  dusty  tg  gd.  soluble 
Good  to  fine  bold  green 
Fair  middling  medium 
Common  dark  and  small 
Bold  and  A’s 
D’s  and  B’s 
Small  
Small  to  bold 
Mid.  to  tine  bl  k not  stony 
Stony  and  inferior 
Selected  
Small  to  bold  dark 
mottle  part  heavy 
Fair  
Finger  fair  to  fine  boi(l 
Mixed  midlng.  [bright 
Bulbs 
Finger 
Buliis  
Gd.  crysallized  4 a 9in 
Foxy  & reddish  4J  a 8 , 
Lean  and  inferior 
I Inferior  to  fine  crys- 
t tallized  3J  a 9 in. 
Fine,  pure,  bright 
4s  a 4s  lid 
3s  8(1  a 4s  3d 
Is  6d  a 4s  -2d 
2s  8d  a 3s  6d 
Is  a 2s  6d 
Is  8d  a 2s  lOd 
Is  8d  a Is  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  6d  a 5s  6d 
2s  lOd  a 3s  2d 
Is  4(1  a Is  lOd 
7(1  a Is  2d 
Ss  6d  a 12s 
4s  6d  a 6s 
6s  a 7s  6d 
4s  6d  a 7s 
10s  6d 
7s  9d  a 9s  6d 
24  d 
3id  a 4d 
4d  a Is  3d 
Is  9d 
lls  a 15s 
10s  a 20s 
15s  a 17s 6d 
2|-d  a 2Jd 
2 7-16(1 
•2(1  a 23d 
15s  a 17s  6(1 
3s  6d  .a  13s 
Is  6d  a 8s  9(1 
2s  a 6s 
90s 
80s 
60s  a 65s 
£30  a £50 
5s  a £3 
£30  a £50 
£4  a £8 
£4  a ,£6  5s 
£4  a £6  nom. 
£4  10s  a £5  15s 
£6  a £7 
70s  a 95s 
6(1  .a  Sd 
•2.id  a 54d 
id  a 2(1 
£4  a £4  7s  6d 
15s  a £4  7/6 
67  s 6d  a 75s 
17s  a 46s 
9s 
6s  a 7s 
None  sold 
•20s  a 26s 
7s  3d 
8s  a 9s  (id 
7s  a 8s 
6s  6(1  a 7 s 6(i 
7s  B 7s  (id 
5s  6(1  a 7s  6(1 
17s  a 32s 
1 Is  a 15s 
. 7s  a 10s 
8s  a 31s 
!s  3(1  a 2s6d 
