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LOCAL  MARKET. 
By  Mr.  A.  M.  Chittambalam,  7,  Baillie  St.,  Fort. 
Colombo,  Feb.  2nd  1897. 
Garden  Parchment 
Chetty  do 
Native  Coffee  Scarce 
do  f.o.b.  do 
Liberian  Parchment, 
do  Coffee 
Cardamoms.— 
Cocoa.— {nominal) 
Rice. — Market  is  steady 
Kazla 
Soolye 
Scarce 
Coa.st  Calluiida 
Kara 
Muttusamba 
CINNAMON.— Quoted  Nos. 
63  cents  per  lb  (nominal) 
CJUPS.— B65'00  to  87‘50 
.Scarce  per  bushel 
(Nominal)  RI5  to  IS'.iO  do 
R65  00to  66'00  per  cwt 
R70-00  to  71-00  do 
1-i’oO  per  bushel  (nominal) 
63 '00  to  64  00  per  cwt 
1-75  to  2.&0  per  lb  (nominal) 
20 '00  to  32  CO  per  cwt  do 
K9-25  to  9-50 
10'25  to  10.75 
per  bag 
do 
4 '00  to  4 -12  per  bushel 
3 -85  to  4 do 
4 "25  to  4-50  do 
1 to  1,  at  60c  and  Nos.  1 and  2 
COCONUTS.— Ordinary 
do  Selected 
E35-00  to  40'00  per  1,000  (nominal) 
41-00  to  43-00 
do 
'{Furnished  by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce). 
Colombo,  Feb.  2nd,  1897. 
Exchange  on  London  : Closing  Bates,  Banh  Selliny 
Rates: — On  demand  1/3J  to  9-32;  4 months’  sight  1/3 
9-32  to  5-16  ; 6 months’  sight  1/3  5-16  to  11-32. 
Bank  Buying  Rates  : — Credits  3 months’  sight  1/3^ 
to  17-32  6 months’  sight  1/3  7-16  to  16-32  Docts  3 
months  sight  1/3  17-32  to  9-16  6 months’  sight  1/3 
16-32  to  g. 
Coffee. — Plantation  Estate  Parchment  on  the  spot 
per  bus.,  R17-00.  Estate  Crops  in  Parchment,  delivery 
no  quotations.  Plantation  Estate  Coffee,  f.o.b.  on 
the  spot  per  cwt.  E85-00.  Liberian  parchment  on 
the  spot  per  bushel,  Rll-50.  Garden  and  Chetty 
Coffee,  f.o.b.  per  cwt.  no  quotations.  Native  Coffee 
f.o.b.  per  cwt.  B70-00. 
Tea. — Average  Prices  ruling  during  the  week  Broken 
Pekoe,  per  lb.  45c.  Pekoe  per  lb.  36c.  Pekoe  Sou- 
chong per  lb.  26c.  Broken  iMixd  and  Dust,  per  lb. 
19c.  Averages  of  Wednesday’s  sale. 
Cinchona  Bark. — Per  unit  of  Sulphate  of  Quinine 
per  lb  03c. — 1 to  6% 
Cardamoms. — per  lb,  R2-00  to  R2-00 
Coconut  Oil. — Mill  oil  per  cwt.  no  quotations 
Dealers’  oil  per  cwt. — 13'-75. — Nominal  Coconut  oil  in 
ordinary  packages  f.o.b.  per  ton  11315  00.— Nominal. 
Copra. — Per  candy  of  560  lbR46-00  to  46-00. 
Coconut  Cake  : (Poonac)  f.o.b.  per  ton,  R65-00,, 
Cocoa. — Unpicked  and  undried,  per  cwt.  R37-00. 
Co.«  1 .0 
Cinnamon. — Nos.  1 & 2 only  f.o.b.  64c. 
Do  Ordinary  Assortment,  per  lb  594c. 
Ebony. — per  ton  R125-00  At  (iovt,  sales. 
Plumbago  ; — Large  Lumps  per  ton,  R130  to  310 
Ordinary  Lumps  per  ton,  R130  to  260. 
Chips  per  ton,  R70  to  120.  Dust  per  ton,  R30  to  90 
Rice. — Soolye  per  bushel,  no  quotations. 
,,  per  bag,  R3  85  to  R4O0. 
Pegu  and  (Jalcutta  Calunda  R9-75  to  Rll-00. 
Coast  Calunda  per  bushel,  R3-90  to  4.20 
Muttusamba  per  bushel,  R3  95  to  114-90. 
Radappa  and  Kuruwe  per  bushel,  R3-75  to  4-10. 
Rangoon  Raw  3 bushel  bag  — R13-00 
Freights. 
Coconut  Oil.— 
13-75  to  14-25 
per  cwt 
Copra.— Market  steady 
: — 
Kalpitiya 
R42-00  to  43-00 
per  candy 
Marawila 
40-00  to  41-00 
do 
Cart  Copra 
34 -00  to  3S-00 
do 
Poonac.— Gingelly 
80-00  to  87-50  per  ton 
Chekku 
85-00  to  90-00 
do 
Mill  (retail) 
75-00  to  80-00 
do 
Ebony'. — quotations  at 
KlOO  to  IU95  (nominal) 
Satinwood.— cubic  feet 
2-00  to  2-25 
do 
Halmilla.—  do 
1-26  to  1-50 
do 
do 
do 
Kitui.  Fibre.— Quoted  at  R2S-00  per  cwt  (nominal) 
Palmyra  Fibre.— Quoted  nominally;— 
Jaffna  Black. — Cleaned  (.Scarce) 
do  Mixed  R17-00  to  18-00  per  cwt. 
Indian  do  R7-00  to  9-00  do 
Do  Cleaned  10-00  to  14-00 
Sapan  Wood.— Quoted  45-00  to  50-00  per  ton 
Kerosine  Oil — American  7-50  to  7-55  per  case 
no  Bulk  Russian  2-79  to  2-84  per  tin 
do  Russian  in  Cases  R5-90  to  5-95per  case 
Kapok.— Cleaned  f.  o.b  ;—  R29-00  to  30-00  per  cwt 
do  Uncleaned 
Croton  8eed 
Nux  Vomica 
S-00  to  9-00 
scarce 
2-60  to  3-00 
do 
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