496 
THB  TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
IjAN.  I,  1897, 
MARKET  RATES  FOR  OLD  AND  NEW  PRODUCTS, 
(from  Lewis  db  Peat's  Fortnightly  Prices  Current,  London,  December  16th,  1896.) 
ALOE^,  Soccofriiie 
Zanzibar  A:  HcpatU 
BEES’  WAX. 
Zanzibar  & ( Wliite  .. 
Bombay  I Yellow... 
.'tnuritius  At  Alai1aKa.scar.. 
CAMPHOH,  China 
Ja.pan 
CARDAMOMS,  Mal.-lbar.. 
Ceylon.— My. sore 
„ Tellicherry... 
„ Long 
Mangalore.. 
CASTOR  OIL,  Calcutta.. 
Madras  ,. 
CHIT. LIES.  Z.mzibiir  ... 
CINCHONA  BARK.— 
Ceylon 
olNN  A.MON.Ceylon  Istr 
2ml.~ 
3rd- 
4tli' 
Cliipr 
CLOVES,  Penang 
Ainboyna 
Zanzibar  1 
and  Pemba  / 
Stems 
COCULUS  INDICUS  ... 
COFFEE 
Ceylon  Plantation 
Native 
Liberian 
COCOA,  Ceylon 
COLO.WBO  ROOT 
COIR  ROPE,  Ceylon  ... 
Cochin  . . 
FIBRE,  Brush 
Cochin  ... 
Stuffing  .. 
COIR  YARN,  leylon  .. 
Cochin  ... 
do. 
OKOTON  seeds,  s fled... 
CUTCH  ...  , ••• 
.il.\(*lCR.  Bengal,  rough 
Calicut,  Cut  A 
B & C 
Cochin  Roiigi!,.. 
J«pan 
3C,M  AMiMUiMACnM  .. 
ANL'H,  Zanzibar... 
Fair  to  line 
Coiunion  to 
dry 
good 
f}  od  to  fine 
Fail- 
Dark  to  good  palish 
Fair  average  ipiality 
,.  ..  nom. 
Clipped,  bold,  bright, fine 
.Middling,  stalky  & lean 
Fair  to  tine  plump 
See 's 
•iood  Id  liiii- 
Brownish 
Shelly  1 1 good 
.Med  brown  to  good  bold 
Ists  and  2nds 
Dull  to  fine  bright 
Ledgeriana  Chips 
Crown,  Renewed  . 
Org.  Stem  , 
Hybrid  Root 
Chip 
Ordinary  to  tine  quill., 
Fair  to  good 
Dull  to  fine  bright  bold 
Dull  to  tine 
Good  and  fine  bright  .. 
umiuondi'll  to  fair  ... 
Fair 
F’air 
Bold  to  fine  bold  co'.ory 
.Middling  to  fine  mid  . . 
Low  mid.  and  low  grown 
Smalls 
Good  ordinary 
Small  to  bold 
Bold  to  fine  bold 
.Medium  and  fair 
Triage  to  ordinary 
Fair  to  good 
Madagascar  ... 
A K A life  E.  I.  Ad.  n ... 
Ghatti  .. 
Kurrachee 
Madras 
ASSAFfETIDA 
KI.NO 
.MIKKlf.  picked  ... 
Aden  sorts 
OLIBANUM.  drop 
pickings 
siftings 
ISDl  UtintRER,  Assam 
Rangoon 
Borneo 
Ordinary  to  fair 
Ord.  to  tine  long  straight 
Ordinary  to  good  clean 
Common  to  tine 
Common  to  superior 
i ..  >,  very  tine 
Roping,  fair  to  good 
Fair  to  good 
F.iir  to  tine  dry 
Fail- 
Good  to  tine  ludd 
Small  and  niedinm 
Common  to  tine  !.  dd 
Small  and  D’s 
Unsolit 
Sm.  blocky  to  tine  clean 
Picked  tine  pale  in  sorts 
Part  yellow  and  mixed 
Bean  and  Pea  size  ditto 
Amber  and  dk.  red  bold 
Med.  .t  bold  glassy  sorts 
Fair  to  good  palish 
.,  red 
Ordinary  to  good  pale 
Pickings  to  fine  pale 
Cfood  and  fine  pale 
Reddish  to  pale  selected 
lark  to  tine  pale 
Cle.an  fr  to  gd.  almonds 
Ord.  stony  and  blocky 
Fine  bright 
Fail-  to  tine  pale 
.Middling  to  good 
Good  to  fine  white  ... 
.Middling  to  fair 
I.ow  to  good  pale 
Slightly  foul  to  tine  ... 
(.iood  to  fine 
Common  to  foul  & iiixd. 
Fair  to  good  clean 
Common  to  tine 
iUOTATlON.S. 
44.5  a 100s 
Us  a 76s 
L . a A b 
£6  a £7 
£5  15s  a £6  1-2/6 
1-20S 
I - 25s 
3s  Id  a 3s  2d 
2s  9d  a 2s  lid 
4.5  3d  a 4s  3d 
3s  lOd  a 4s 
2s  9d  a 3s  6d 
•2s  6d  a 3s 
3s  6d  a 3s  lod 
4s  9d  a 5s  3d 
3id  a 4ld 
3id 
30s  a 47s  fid 
Id  a 3Jd 
2d  a 4 id 
lid  a 3d 
■2id  a -2id 
lid  a 2d 
lid  a Is  7d 
lOid  a Is  5d 
lOd  a Is  4d 
9id  a Is 
2id  a 3?d 
4]d  a lOd 
3d  a 4jd 
•2id  a 2id 
2d  a 2 3-16(1 
Id 
7 s 6d  a 8s 
II- 2s  a 123s 
I03s  a 1 10s 
97s  a I02s 
34s  a 92s  6d 
70s  a 86S 
70s  a 80s 
63s  6d  a 75s 
55s  a 62s 
30s  a 50.S 
•25s  a 27s 
nominal 
£10  a £23 
£10  a ,£21 
£16  a £20 
£5  a £6  10s 
£12  a £26  lOs 
£12  a £34 
£11 10s  a £15 
(7s  6d  a 80s 
Is  3d  a 32s  fid 
14s  fid 
its  a S.‘)s 
32s  a 74s 
27s  a 30s 
I Os  a 25s 
I5s6d 
I7s  a 36s  fid 
£10  7s  6d  a £13 
£7 17/6  a£  10  10s 
70s  a £7  12/6 
£5  10s  .a  ,£7  10s 
90s  a 137s  fid 
£4  8s  a £6  15s 
£4  5s  a £9 
50s  a 60s 
25s  .a  60s 
.55s  a 60s 
.35s  a 45s 
37s  6d  a 45s 
10s  a 7(ls 
15s  a 35s 
£45  a £55 
80s  a 90s 
33s  a 65s 
34s  a 60s 
•20s  a 31s 
lisa  l-2s  fid 
9s  fid  a 14s 
is  tod  a 2s  4d 
3d  a Is  fid 
Is  Id  a 2s 
Is  a is  bd 
INDIARUBBER,  (Contd). 
Java,  Sing.  & Penang 
f 
Mozambiiiue 
Madagascar 
INDIGO,  E.l. 
MACE  Bombay,  & Penang 
M YR  A BOLA  N ES,  .Madras 
Bouib.ay  .. 
OlTALn-Y. 
Bengal 
.NUTMEGS- 
Bomb.ay  ifc  Penang 
NUTS,  ARECA 
NUX  VOMICA.  Bombay 
Madras 
OIL  OF  ANISEED 
CASSIA 
LEMONGRA.SS 
NUTMEG 
CINNA.MON 
CITRON  ELL E 
ORCHKLLA  VVEED- 
Ceylon 
Zanzibar. 
PEPPER - (Black)— 
Alleppee  & Tellicherry 
Singapore 
Acheen  & \V.  C.  Penang 
PLU.MBAGO,  lump 
chips 
dust 
SAFFLOWER 
SANDAL  WOOD- 
Bombay,  Logs 
Chips 
.Madras,  J.ogs 
i hips 
S.VPAN  WOOD,  Itombay 
■Madras 
.ilanila 
Siam 
SEKDLAC 
SENNA,  Tinnecelly 
SHELLS,  .M.  o’PEARL- 
Bombay 
Mussel 
TAMARINDS,  Calcutta 
Madras 
TORTOISESHELL— 
Zanzibar  and  Bombay 
TUR.MERIO,  Bengal 
.M.adras 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin 
Foul  to  good  clean 
Good  to  fine  Ball 
irdinary  to  fair  Ball 
Low  sandy  Ball 
Sau.sage.  fair  to  good 
Liver  and  livery  Ball 
F'r  to  tine  iiinky  & white 
Fair  to  good  black 
Niggers,  low  to  good 
Bengal-- 
.Shipping  niidtogd  violet 
Consuming  micT.  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  ...I 
Rhajpore.  &c.  ... 
Calcutta 
64’s  to  57’s 
tl-2’s  to  67’s 
QUOTATIONS. 
Is  3d  a 2s  Sd 
2s  2d  a 2s  6d 
Is  2d  a 2s  IJd 
lOd  a Is  Id 
Is  4d  a 2s  5Jd 
is  3id  a -2a  IJd 
Is  lid  a 2s  5d 
Is  3d  a Is  lOd 
lOd  a Is  6d 
4s  4d  a 5s  1(1 
3s  4d  a 4b  Id 
2s  8d  a 3s  2d 
2s  a 2s  lOd 
Is  3d  a Is  lld 
Is  4d  a 2s  6d 
Is  7d  a 2s  9d 
Is  2d  a Is  fid 
lld  a Is  Id 
3s  fid  a 5s  6d 
4s  fid 
,..'4s  a 6s  6d 
...  4s  3d  a 7s  6(1 
...'4s  a 6s 
...  4s  a 6s 
...l3s  a Ss  2d 
...!ls  Id  a 2s  lld 
160’s  to  130’s  ...  9(1  a Is 
Ordinary  to  fair  fre.sh  . |13s  6d  a 15« 
Ordinary  to  middling  ..|4s  6d  a 6s 
Fair  to  good  bold  fresh  ..  6s  a 7s  6d 
, Small  ordinary  and  fair  4s  6da  7s 
F’air  merchantable 
According  to  analysis. 
Good  flavour  & colour... 
dngy  to  white 
Ordinary  to  fair  .sweet 
Bright  (k  good  flavour 
•Mid.  to  tine  not  woody., 
Picked  clean  flat  leaf  ., 
,,  wiry  Mozambique 
ANILLOES- 
.Maiiritius  and  1 Lsts 
ISoiirboii  .../  2iids 
Seycliellos  3rds 
VER.MILION 
WAX,  Japan,  s(puu-c.-i 
Fair  to  bold  heavy 
Fair  
Dull  to  fine 
Fair  to  fine  bright  bold 
diddling  to  good  small 
Dull  to  hue  bright 
Ordinary  to  tine  bright 
Good  to  fine  pinky 
•Middling  to  fair 
Inferior  and  picking.^ 
Fair  to  fine  flavour 
Fair  to  good  flavour 
Inferior  to  tine 
Lean  to  gooil 
(,’ood  ai  erage 
, Rough  & rooty  to  good 
\ bold  smooth 
Old.  du.sty  to  gd.  .soluble 
Good  to  tine  bold  green 
Fair  middling  medium 
Common  dark  and  small 
7s  9d 
6s  6(1  a 9s 
aid 
3td  a 4d 
4d  a Is  3d 
Is  2d  a 1(  3d 
10s  a 12s  6d 
10s  a -20$ 
15s  a 17s  od 
2id  a 2{d 
2 7-16d 
2d  a 2Jd 
15s  a 17s  6d 
3s  6d  a 13s 
Is  fid  a 8s  9d 
2s  a 6s 
85s  a 90s 
80s 
jfiOs  a 65.S 
i 
I £30  a £50 
5s  a £3 
'£30  a £50 
l£4  a £8 
£4  a £5 
£4  a £5  ii(ji» 
£1  lOs  a £5  15.S 
£6a£'/- 
70s  a 80.S 
4(1  a Sd 
Bold  and  A’s 
D’s  and  B’s  
Sm.all  
.Small  to  bold 
.Mid.  to  fine  bl’k  not  stony 
Stony  and  inferior 
Small  to  bold  dark 
mottle  part  heavy 
Fair 
2id  a 4^d 
1(1  a 2(' 
Finger  fair  to 
Mixed  midliig. 
Bulbs 
Finger 
Bulb.s 
fine  bold 
[bright 
Od.  crysallized  a 9 in. 
Foxy  ,&  reddish  4i  a 8 ,. 
Lean  and  inferior 
Fine,  pure,  bright 
Good  white  hard 
, 2d 
£4  17s  6d  a £5 
£4  5s  a £4  ICs 
85s 
21.5  a 57s  6(1 
9s 
6s  a 7s 
19.5  a 20s  fid 
8s  6d  a 9s 
lls  6(1 . a l-2s 
10s  6d 
8s  a 9s 
10s 
7s  fid  a 8s 
19s  fid  a 33s 
17s  a ‘22s 
los  a 16s 
2s  4.}d 
