March  i,  1897.]  THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
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COLOMBO  PRICE  CURRENT, 
{Furnished  by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce). 
Colombo,  Mar.  2nd,  1897. 
Exchange  on  London;  Closing  Rates,  hank  Selling 
Rates:— On  demand  1/2  15-16;  4 months’  sight  1/2  31-32; 
6 months’ sight  1/3.  • 
Bank  Buyinq  Rates  Credits  3 months  sight  1/3 
5-32;  6 months’  sight  1/3  7-32.  Docts  3 months  sight 
1/3  3-16;  6 months’  sight  l/3i  , , . 
Coffee.— Plantation  Estate  Parchment  on  the  spot 
per  bus.,R16'75  to  16'75.  Estate  Crops  in  Parchment, 
delivery  no  quotations.  Plantation  Estate  Cortea, 
f.o.b.  on  the  spot  per  cwt.  E85-00  to  85  00.  Liberian 
parchment  on  the  spot  per  bushel,  R7.00  to  7-00. 
Garden  and  Chelty  Coffee,  f.o.b.  per  cwt.  no  quotaions. 
Native  Coffee  f.o.b.  per  cwt.  R65'00  Nominal. 
'Jea. — Average  Prices  ruling  du  ring  the  week  llroken 
Pekoe,  per  lb.  45c.  Pekoe  per  lb.  38c.  Pekoe  Sou- 
chong  per  lb.  25c.  ]Brokeu  inixd  and  Dust,  per  lb. 
20c.  Averages  of  Wednesday’s  sale.  , ^ • 
Cinchona  Baek.— Per  unit  of  Sulphate  of  Quinine 
per  lb  03c. — 1 to  5% 
C-ARDAMOMS.— per  lb,  R2-25 
Coconut  Oil. — Mill  oil  per  cwt.  R13‘o0  to  13  o0 
Dealers’  oil  per  cwt.  R12'75.— Coconut  oil  in  ordinary 
packages  f.o.b.  per  ton  R300  00. 
CoriiA. — Per  candy  of  560  lb  R45'00  to  45^ 
Coconut  Cake  :(Poonac)f.o.b.  per  ton,  R75-00, 
Cocoa. — Unpicked  and  uudried,  per  cwt.  R42'00. 
„ o I Kogaila  no  quotations 
CoiK  Yarn.  Nos.  1 to  8 | Q^iiombo  ,, 
Cinnamon. — Nos.  1 & 2 only  f.o.b.  61c.  Scarce 
Do  Ordinary  Assortment,  per  lb  59c. 
Ebony.— per  ton  No  sales 
Plumbago  :— Large  Lumps  per  ton,  R310  j 
Ordinary  Lumps  per  ton,  R260 
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Chips  per  ton,  R120.  Dust  per  ton,  R90  (^scarce 
Rice. — Soolye  per  bushel,  ( R3'60  to  3’76 
„ per  bag,  |B9'50  to  10  75 
Pegu  and  Calcutta  Caluuda  R9’i5  to  11  00 
Coast  Calunda  per  bushel,  R3'70  to  4.00 
Muttusamba  per  bushel,  R3  60  to  R4T0. 
Kadappa  and  Kuruwe  per  bushel,  R3  45  to  3'80. 
Cargo. 
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Coconut  Oil 
Plumbago 
Coconuts  in  bags 
Other  Cargo 
Broken  Stowage 
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Colombo,  Mar,  3rd,  1897. 
.Scarce  per  bushel 
(Nominal)  1113'25  to  13'!50  do 
RG.5-00to  66 '00  per  cwt 
RTO'OO  to  Tl'OO  do 
Bl'Z'oO  per  bushel  (nominal) 
R63'00  to  64  00  per  cwt 
Rl'75  to  2 per  lb  (nominal) 
R20’00  to  32  CO  per  cwt  do 
Garden  Parchment 
Chetty  do 
Native  Coffee  Scarce 
do  f.o.b.  do 
Liberian  Parchment, 
do  Coffee 
Card.vmoms.— 
Cocoa.— (nominal) 
Rice.— Market  is  quiet 
Kazla 
Soolye 
Callunda 
Coast  Callunda  (Scai’ce) 
Kara 
(Scarce) 
R9  to  9-50' 
(Scarce) 
3-50  to  3-60 
3-25  to  3-37 
3’50  to  3’75 
per  bag 
per  bu.shel 
do 
do 
Copra. — Market  steady 
Kalpitiya 
Marawila 
Cart  Copra 
Poonac.— Gingelly 
Chekku 
Mill  (retail) 
Ebony. — quotations  at 
Satinwood.— cubic  feet 
Ualmilla.—  do 
R41  to  42  per  candy 
38  to  40  do 
33  to  36  do 
85  to  900  per  ton 
8-)  to  85  do 
70  to  75  do 
RlOO  to  R195  (nominal) 
2-00  to  2-25  do 
1-25  to  1-50  do 
KiTUL  Fibre.— Quoted  at  R28  U0  per  cwt  (nominal) 
Palmyra  Fibre.— Quoted  nominally:— 
JaHna  Black.— Cleaned  (Scarce) 
do  Mixed  R16-00  to  17  00  per  cwt. 
Indian  do  R7'00  to  9 '00  do 
Do  Cleaned  lO'OO  to  14‘00 
Sapan  Wood. — Quoted  45’00to50'00  per  ton 
Kerosine  Oil— American  7 ‘50  to  7 •55  per  case 
no  Bulk  Russian  2'72  to  2’77  per  tin 
do  Russian  in  Cases  R5‘90  to  5'95per  case 
Kapok.— Cleaned  f.o.b  :—  RiO’OO  to  30'00  per  cwt 
do  Uncleaned  8 '00  to  9 '00  do 
Croton  .Seed  Scarce  do 
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Chips. — 1185'00  to  87 '50 
Coconuts.— Ordinary  B32  to  37  per  1,000  (nominal) 
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