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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
[March  i,  1897, 
MARKET  RATES  FOR  OLD  AMD  NEW  PRODUCTS. 
• f From  Lewis  d'  Peat's  Fortaighthj  Prices  Ourrent,  London,  January  ‘Jlth,  1897. J 
QUALITY. 
.QUOTATIONS. 
ALOES,  Soceotrine 
Fair  to  tine  drv 
44s  a 100s 
Zanzibar  A Hepatic 
Common  to  good 
11s  a 76s 
BEES’  WAX, 
Zanzibar  & ( White... 
Good  to  fine 
.£7  a £8 
Bombay  1 Yellow... 
Fair 
£G  a .£6  10s 
Mtturitui.s  & -Madagascar... 
Dark  to  good  palish  . 
£5  15s  a £6  5/ 
CAMPHOR,  China 
Fail  average  quality  ... 
l!2s  td 
Japan 
, . nom. . . 
Clipped,  bold,  briglit,tine 
117s  Gd 
CARDAMOMS,  Malabar.. 
3s  Id  a 3s  2d 
Ceylon.— Mysore 
Middling,  stalky  & lean 
2.S  9u  a 2s  lid 
Fair  to  tine  plump 
4s  a 4s  3d 
Seels 
3s  lOd  a 4s 
„ Tellichcrry... 
(iood  to  fin.. 
2s  9d  a 3s  Gd 
Brownish 
2s  Gd  a 3s 
„ Long  ... 
Shelly  to  good 
2s  Gd  a 2s  8d 
,,  Mangalore... 
I’AtSTOH  OIL,  Calcutta. . 
Med  brown  to  good  bold 
4s  3d  a 4s  Gd 
Ists  and  2nds 
cl  4.^(1 
3^(1 
Madras  .. 
CHI  1.1. IKS.  Zanzibar  ... 
Dull  to  fine  bright 
20s  a 37s  6d 
CINCHONA  BARK.— 
Ceylon 
Ledgeriana  Chips 
Id  a 31d 
Crown,  Renewed  . . 
•2d  a 4(d 
Org.  Stem 
lid  a 3d 
Hybrid  Root 
2.(d  a 2id 
CINN  AVlON.Ceylon  Ists 
Chip 
Rd  a 2d 
Ordinary  to  fine  quill... 
lid  a Is  7d 
2iids 
10^  d a Is  fid 
3rd- 
lOd  a Is  4d 
4tlis 
II  II 
Fair  to  good 
9id  a Is 
Chips 
2|d  a 3M 
CLOVES,  Pemang 
Dull  to  fine  bright  bold 
4jd  a Kkl 
Amboyna 
Dull  to  fine 
5d  a 4jd 
Zanzibar  I 
Good  and  fine  bright  . 
2,Jd  a 2id 
Stems 
COCULU.S  INUICUS  . 
COFFKE  . • 
Ceylon  Plantation 
Native 
Liberian 
COCOA,  Ceylon 
COLOMI30  ROOT 
COIR  ROPE,  Ceylon  .. 
Cochin  . . 
FIBRE,  Brush 
Cochin  .. 
Stuftinf?  .. 
COIR  YARN,  teylon  . 
Cochin  .. 
do. 
CROTON  SEEDS,  sifted... 
CUTCH  •••  - 
«INUE1{,  Bengal,  rough 
Calicut,  Cut  a 
B & C 
Cochin  Rough... 
Japan 
QUM  AMMOhllACUM  .. 
ANI.dl,  Zanzibar... 
Madagascar  ... 
ARABIC  E.  I.  & Ad.  n ... 
Ghatti  .. 
Kurrachee . . 
Madras 
ASSAFCETIDA 
KINO 
MIKRH,  picked  .. 
Aden  sorts 
OLIBANUM,  drop  ' .. 
pickings 
siftings 
INDIARUBBEr,  As.sani  . 
Rangoon 
Borneo 
I'oicmon  <1 1 ll  to 
Fair 
Fair 
fair 
Bold  to  fine  bold  cotory 
Middling  to  tine  mid 
Lowmiii.  and  low  grown 
Smalls 
Good  ordinary 
Small  to  bold 
Bold  to  fine  bold 
Medium  and  fair 
Triage  to  ordinary 
Fair  to  good 
Ordinary  to  fair 
Ord.  to  tine  long  .straight 
Ordinary  to  good  clean 
Common  to  tine 
Common  to  superior  .. 
.,  ,.  very  tine  ... 
Roping,  fair  to  good  ... 
Fair  to  good 
Fair  to  tine  dry 
Fair 
Good  to  tine  bold 
.Small  and  medium 
Common  to  line  bold  .. 
Small  and  D’s 
Unsolit 
Sni.  blocky  to  fine  clean 
Picked  tine  pale  in  sorts 
Part  yellow  and  mixed 
Bean  and  Pea  size  ditto 
Amber  and  dk.  red  bold 
Med.  A bold  glassy  sorts 
Fair  to  good  palish 
.,  red 
Ordinary  to  good  pale 
Pickings  to  tine  pale  ... 
Good  and  fine  pale 
Reddish  to  pale  selected 
Dark  to  tine  pale 
Clean  fr  to  gd.  almonds 
Ord.  stony  and  blocky 
Fine  bright 
Fair  to  tine  pale 
Middling  to  good 
Good  to  fine  white  ... 
Middling  to  fair 
Low  to  good  p.vle 
.Sligiitly  foul  to  fine  ... 
(food  to  tine 
Common  to  foul  & mxd. 
Fair  to  good  clean 
Common  to  tine 
-d  a 2id 
Id 
Ss 
llSs  a 123s 
nOsa  114s 
lUOs  a 103s 
92s  a 90s 
70s  a 30s 
35s  a 80s 
05s  Gd  a 75s 
.05s  a U2s 
30s  a 50s 
25s  a 27s 
nominal 
£10a.Ul 
CIO  a C21 
CIO  a ,C22 
C5  a .CO  lOs 
Cl 2 a C20  lOs 
C12  a C34 
£11  10s  a £15 
80s  a 82s 
Os  3d  a 32s  6d 
I5s  6d 
70s  a 8.5s 
32s  a 67s  Gd 
7s  a 32s  ( d 
lO.s  a 25s 
15s 
17s  a 3Gs  Gd 
CIO  7s  Od  a £13 
C7  17/0  a£10  lOs 
70s  a £7  12/6 
C5  10s  a ,£7  10s 
90s  a 137s  Gd 
£4  8s  a £0  15s 
£4  6s  a £9 
50s  a GOs 
25s  a GOs 
55s  a 00s 
35s  a 45s 
37s  Od  a 45s 
40s  a 80s 
30s  a 37s 
C45  a £55 
80s  a 90s 
33s  a 05s 
34s  a 00s 
20s  a 31s 
11s  a 12s  Od 
9s  Od  a 1 ts 
Is  lOd  a 2s  4d 
3d  a Is  Gd 
Is  4d  a 2s  Id 
Is  a Is  8d 
INDIARUBBER,  (Contd). 
Java,  Sing.  & Penang 
f 
Mozambique 
Madagascar 
INDIGO,  E.I. 
MACE,  Bombay,  & Penang 
MYRABOLANES,  Madras 
Bombay  .. 
Bengal  .. 
NUTMEGS— 
Bombay  <fc  Penang 
NUTS,  ARECA 
NUX  VOMICA.  Bombay 
Mivlras 
OIL  OF  ANISEED 
CASSIA 
LEMONGRASS 
NUTMEG 
CINNAMON 
CITRON  ELLE 
ORCIIELLA  WEED— 
Ceylon 
Zanzibar. 
PEPPER  - (Black)— 
Alleppee  & Tellichcrry 
Singapore 
Acheen  & W.  C.  Penang 
PLUMBAGO,  lump 
chip.s 
dust 
SAFFLOWER 
UUALIl  Y. 
Foul  to  good  clean  ..  Is  3d  a 2s  3d 
Good  to  fine  Ball  ..  2s  2d  a 2s  Gd 
Ordinary  to  fair  Ball  Is  2d  a 2s  Rd 
Low  sandy  Ball  . lOd  a Is  Id 
Sausage,  fair  to  good  Is4da2s  Sjd 
Liver  and  livery  Ball...  Is  S^d  a 2s  Ijd 
Fr  to  fine  pinky  & white  Is  lid  a 2s  5d 
Fair  to  good  black  ..  Is  3d  a Is  lOd 
Niggers,  low  to  good  . lOd  a Is  5d 
Bengal -- 
.Shipping  mid  togd  violet  4s  4d  a 5s  Id 
Consuming  mid.  to  gd.  3s  4d  a 4s  Id 
Ordinary  to  mid.  good  2s  Sd  a 3s  2d 
Mid.  to  good  Kurpah...  2s  a 2s  lOd 
Low  to  ordinary  ..  Is3dalslld 
Mid.  to  good  Madras  . Is  4d  a 2s  Gd 
Pale  reddish  to  fine  ..  Is  7d  a 2s  9d 
Ordinary  to  fair  ..  Is  2d  a Is  Gd 
Chips  and  dark  lid  a Is  Id 
Dark  to  tine  pale  UG  ..;3s  9d  a 5s  Gd 
QUOTATIONS- 
Fair  Coast 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Rhajpore  &c. 
Calcutta 
64’s  to  57’s 
11-2’s  to  G7’s 
160’s  to  130’s 
Ordinary  to  fair  fresh  . 
Ordinary  to  middling... 
Fair  to  good  bold  fresh  _.. 
.Small  ordinary  and  fair 
F’air  merchantable 
According  to  analysis.. 
Good  flavour  & colour.. 
SANDAL  WOOD— 
Bombay,  Logs 
Chips 
Madras,  Logs 
Chips 
SAPAN  WOOD,  Bombay 
Madras 
Manila 
.Siam 
SEEDLAC 
SENNA,  Tinnevelly 
4s  9d 
5s  a 7s 
4s  3d  a 8s  Gd 
4s  Gd  a 5s 
4s  a Gs 
3s  a 3s  2d 
Is  Id  a -2s  lid 
9d  a Is 
12s  a 14s 
4s  Gd  a 6s 
6s  a 7s  Gd 
4s  Gda  7s 
6s  Vi<\  a 6s  9d 
6s  Gd  a 9s 
2Jd 
3jd  a 4d 
4d  a Is  3d 
Is  Qd  a Is  2d 
10s  a 12s  Gd 
lOs  a 20s 
15s  a 17s  Gd 
lJing:y  to  white 
Ordinary  to  fair  sweet.. 
Bright  A good  flavour  . 
Mid.  to  fine  not  woody  . 
Picked  ciean  fiat  leaf  .. 
wiry  Mozambique 
Fair  to  bold  heavy  ..  -Sd  a 2Jd 
Fair  -i22f32d 
Dull  to  fine  2 ll-16d 
Fair  to  tine  bright  bold  l-’S  a 17s  Gd 
.Middling  to  good  small 
Dull  to  tine  bright 
Ordinary  to  fine  bright ; 
Good  to  fine  pinky 
Middiing  to  fair 
Inferior  and  pickings 
SHELLS,  M.  o'PEARn- 
Bombay  .. 
Mussel 
TAMARINDS,  Calcutta 
Madras  , 
TORTOISESHELL— 
Zanzibar  and  Bombr*y 
TURMERIC,  Bengal  ... 
Madias 
Do. 
Do. 
Cochin 
VANILLOES— 
Mauritius  ivml  I 
Bourbon  ...  L 2nds 
Sevchelles  Jrds 
VERMILION 
WAX,  Japan,  squares' 
Fair  to  fine  flavour 
Fair  to  good  flavour 
Inferior  to  fine 
Lean  to  good 
Good  average 
) Rough  & rooty  to  good 
1 bold  smooth 
Ord.  dusty  to  gd.  soluble 
Good  to  fine  bold  green 
Fair  middling  medium 
Common  dark  and  small 
3s  Gd  a 13s 
is  Gd  a 8s  Od 
2s  a 6s 
85s  a 90s 
80s 
GOs  a 65s 
Bold  and  A’s  
D’s  and  B’s  
Small  
Small  to  bold 
Mid.  to  fine  bl’k  not  stony 
Stony  and  inferior 
Small  to  bold  dark 
mottle  part  heavy 
Fair 
Finger  fair  to  fine  bold 
.■Mixed  inidlng.  (bright 
Bulbs 
Finger 
Bulbs  
(id.  crysallized  31  a 9 in.  m-"*  bd  u 33a 
Foxy  & reddish  4J  a 8 ,,  1^**  ‘-52.S 
Lean  and  inferior  ..  10s  a 16s 
Fine,  pure,  bright  ...  ’-l-’i  4id 
Good  white  hard  m 
£30  a £50 
5s  a £3 
£30  a £50 
£4  a £8 
£4  a £5 
£4  a £5  nom. 
£4  lOs  a £5  15* 
£6  a £7 
70s  a 80s 
4d  a 8d 
■2.id  a 4^d 
Id  a 2d 
£i  17s  Gd  a £5 
£4 12s  Ga£41is 
85s 
21s  a 57s  ed 
9s 
6s  a 7s 
I7s  a 21s  6d 
8s  Gd  a Os 
11s  Gda  12s 
10s  Gd 
8s  a 9s 
10s 
7s  Gd  a 8s 
