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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
[May  I,  1897. 
MARKET  RATES  FOR  OLD  AND  NEW  PRODUCTS. 
(From  Lewis  <&  Peat's  Fortnijhtli/  Prices  Oiirroit,  Lowlon,  April  1th,  1897.) 
ALOES,  Soccotrinc 
ZnDzibiir  Ac  HcpiUii 
BEES’  WAX, 
Zanzibar  & i White  .. 
Bombay  I Yellow... 
Mauritiu.H  5c  MadaKa.'^car.. 
CAMPHOR,  China 
Japan 
CARDAMOMS,  Malabar.. 
Ceylon.— Mysore 
„ Tellicherry... 
„ Long  .. 
,,  Mangalore., 
CASTOR  OIL,  CaleutU. 
Madras  .. 
CHU.T.1E8.  Zanzibar  ., 
CINCHONA  BARK.— 
Ceylon 
OINK  A MON,  Ceylon  IsU 
2lld^ 
3rds 
4tliS 
Chips 
CLOVES,  Penang 
Amboyna 
Zanzibar  \ 
and  Pemba  J 
Stem.s 
COCULIIS  INDICDS  ... 
COFFEE 
Ceylon  Plantation 
Native 
Liberian 
COCOA,  Ceylon 
COLOMBO  ROOT 
COIR  ROPE,  Ceylon  ... 
Cochin  . . 
FIBRE,  Brush  • • 
Cochin  ... 
Stuffing .. 
COIR  YARN,  teylon  .. 
Cochin  ... 
do. 
CROTON  SEEDS,  sifted... 
CUTCH  ...  ,•••  •• 
(HNGKR,  Bengal,  rough 
Calicut,  Cut  A 
B & C 
Cochin  Rough... 
Japan 
OUM  AMMuNIACUM  .. 
ANIMl,  Zanzibar... 
Madagascar  ... 
ABABICE.  I.  A Aden  ... 
Ohatti  .. 
Kurrachee . . 
Madras  ... 
ASSAFtETIDA 
KINO 
MIRRII.  picked  .. 
Aden  .sorts 
OLIBANUM.  drop 
pickings 
siftings 
I.NDIABUBBEB,  Assam 
Rangoon 
Borneo 
QUALiTV, 
Fair  to  tine  dry 
'ommon  to  good 
Good  to  fine 
Fair 
Dark  to  good  palish  . 
Fair  average  quality  .. 
,,  ,.  nom. .. 
Clipped,  bold,  bright, fine 
.Middling,  stalky  & lean 
Fair  to  tine  plump 
Seeds 
Good  to  fine 
Brownish 
Shelly  to  good 
.Med  brown  to  good  bold 
Ists  and  2nds 
Dull  to  fine  bright 
Ledgeriana  C hips 
Crown,  Renewed  . . 
Urg.  Stem 
Hybrid  Root 
Chip 
Ordinary  to  fine  quill.. 
Fair  to  good 
Dull  to  fine  bright  bold 
Dull  to  tine 
Good  and  fine  bright  .. 
Common  dull  to  fair  .. 
Fair 
Fair 
Bob!  to  fine  bold  colory 
.Middling  to  fine  mid  . 
Lowinid.  and  low  grown 
Smalls 
Good  ordinary 
Small  to  bold 
Bold  to  tine  bold 
■Medium  and  fair 
Triage  to  ordinary 
Fair  to  good 
Ordinary  to  fair 
Ord.  to  tine  long  straight 
Ordinary  to  good  clean 
Common  to  fine 
Common  to  superior 
I.  very  fine  .. 
Roping,  fair  to  good  .. 
Fair  to  good 
Fair  to  tine  dry 
Fair 
Good  to  tine  bold 
Small  and  medium 
Common  to  fine  bold  .. 
Small  and  D’s 
Cnsolit 
Sm.  blocky  to  fine  clean 
Picked  fine  pale  in  sorts 
Part  yellow  and  mixed 
Bean  anil  Pea  size  ditto 
Amber  .and  dk.  red  bold 
.Med.  A bold  glassy  sort.s 
Fair  to  good  palish  ... 
,,  „ red 
Ordinary  to  good  pale 
Pickings  to  fine  pale  ... 
Good  and  fine  pale 
Reddish  to  pale  selected 
Dark  to  fine  pale 
Clean  fr  to  gd.  almonds 
Ord.  stony  and  blocky 
Fine  briglit 
Fair  to  fine  pale 
Middling  to  good 
Good  to  tine  white 
.Middling  to  fair 
Low  to  good  pale 
Slightly  foul  to  fine  ... 
Good  to  tine 
Common  to  foul  & mxd. 
Fair  to  good  clean 
Common  to  tiiio  ,. 
iUOTATlUNS. 
UU.ILI  I V. 
QUOTATIONS. 
Gs  a 120s 
IN IIIARUBB l£R,  (Contd ). 
lls  a 7(is 
Java,  Sing.  & Penang 
f 
Foul  to  good  clean  .. 
Good  to  tine  Ball 
Is  3d  a 2s  3d 
2s  2d  a 2s  Od 
a 4iS 
1 
rdinary  to  fair  Ball.. 
Is  2d  a 2s  U|d 
to  a £6  10s 
Mozambique 
1 
Low  sandy  Ball 
lOd  a Is  Id 
to  15s  a .to  7/0 
Sausage,  fair  to  good 
Is  4d  a 2s  54d 
fo5s 
1 
Liver  and  liverv  Ball  . 
is  3jd  a 2s  lid 
ilOs 
( 
Fr  to  tine  pinky  & white 
Is  lid  a 2s  .5d 
5s  a 3s  Id 
Madagascar  3 
Fair  to  good  black  .. 
Is  3d  a Is  lOd 
2s  ed  a 2s  9d 
Niggers,  low  to  good.. 
lOd  a Is  5d 
Is  ed  a 3s  ed 
INDIGO,  E.I. 
Bengal-- 
is  a 3s  ed 
Shipping  mid  togd  violet 
Consuming  miiT.  to  gd 
4s  4d  a 5s  Id 
2s  9d  a 3s 
-3s  4d  a 4s  Id 
2s  Od 
Ordinary  to  mid.  gooc 
2s  8d  a 3s  2d 
2s  a 2s  6d 
Mid.  to  good  Kurpah... 
2s  a 2s  lOd 
3s  Od  a 3s  od 
Low  to  ordinary 
Is  3d  a Is  lid 
31  d a 4jd 
.Mid.  to  good  Madras.. 
Is  4da  2s  ed 
3Jd 
MACE  Bombay,  A Penang 
Ikile  reddisli  to  fine  ., 
is  9d  a 2s  9d 
20s  a 37  s 6d 
Ordinary  to  fair 
Chips  and  dark 
ls4d  a ls8d 
!slda  Is  ed 
Id  a 3?,d 
.MYRABOLANES,  Madras 
Dark  to  fine  pale  UG  . 
is  9d  a 5s  ed 
2d  a 4,;d 
Fair  Coast 
4s  9il 
^4(1  3d 
Bombay  .. 
lubblepore 
4s  a 7s 
2 id  a -lid 
Bhimlies 
Is  od  a 8s  ed 
l,ida2d 
Rhajpore,  Ac. 
Is  a 7s 
U^d  a Is  ed 
Bengal  .. 
Calcutta 
ts  ,a  Os 
lOid  a ts  5d 
NUTMEGS— 
jt's  to  57’s 
3s  a 3s  2d 
I0.id  a Is  4d 
Bombay  & Penang 
112’s  to  07’s 
Is  3d  a is  11(1 
Oki  a Is  1 d 
leu’s  to  130’s 
8d  a Is  2d 
kl  a 3fd 
NUTS,  ARECA 
Ordinary  to  fair  fre.sh  . 
I2s  a lls 
till  a 7d 
NUX  VU.MEUA.  Bombay 
Oldinary  to  middling.. 
js  a 6s  ed 
>d  a 4jd 
Aladras 
Fair  to  good  bold  fresh 
7s  a 7s  ed 
2 7-lOd  a 2tcI 
Small  ordinary  and  fail 
3s  ed 
21  d a 2id 
OIL  OF  ANISEED 
Fair  merchantable 
6s  9d  a Cs  lOid 
Id 
CASSIA 
.Iceording  to  analysis.. 
6s  (id  a 8s 
3s  ed 
LE.MONGRASS 
Good  flavour  & colour.. 
2jd 
NUTMEG 
oiiigv  to  white 
>id  a 4d 
1 14s  a 121s 
CINNA.MON 
Ordinary  to  fair  .sweet.. 
Id  a Is  3d 
lOSsa  1133 
)8s  a 106s 
CITRON  ELLE 
ORCHELLA  WEED- 
Bright  A good  flavour 
fs  Ijd  a Is  2d 
Vs  a 101s 
Ceylon 
.Mid.  to  fine  not  woody 
lOs  a 12s  ed 
eOs  a 7 is 
Zanzibar. 
Picked  clean  flat  leaf 
lO.s  a 15s 
ios  a70s 
7ls  a 82s  ed 
PEPPER  - (Black)  — 
,,  wiry  Mozambique 
LOs  a lls 
52s  a C8s 
Alleppee  & Tellicherry 
Fair  l.o  liold  heavy 
2|d  a 3d 
;0s  a eOs 
Singapore 
Fair  
2|(l  2 15-ied 
20s  a 22s  Oil 
Acheen  & W.  C.  Penang 
Dull  to  fine 
i.ld  a 2id 
PLUxMBAGO,  lump 
Fair  to  fine  bright  bold 
f.5sa  17s  ed 
iioininal 
Middling  to  good  small 
is  (id  a 13s 
£10  a tie 
chips 
Oull  to  flue  bright 
t.s  ed  a 8s  9d 
tlO  a ,t21 
dust 
Ordinary  to  fine  Iiright 
is  a (Js 
tl5  a £21 
SAFFLOWER 
Good  to  tine  pinky 
SOs  a 85s 
t5  a £0  10s 
Middling  to  fair 
JOs  a 70s 
tl2  a £26  10s 
tl2  a £34 
SANDAL  IVOOD— 
Inferior  and  pickings  .. 
iOs  a 55s 
£10  10s  a £13 
Bombay,  Logs 
Fair  to  fine  flavour 
£29  10s  a ,£50 
35s  a 80s 
Chips 
5s  a ,£3 
Is  3d  a 32s  ed 
Madras,  Logs 
Fair  to  gooil  flavour  . . 
inferior  to  fine 
£30  a £50 
15s  ed 
(hips 
■-•4  a £8 
56s  ed  a 85s 
SAPAN  WOOD,  Bombav 
Lean  to  good 
£4  a £5 
31s  a COs 
! • Madras 
Good  average 
C4  a £5  nom. 
27s  a 3Gs 
Manila 
1 Rough  & rooty  to  good 
£4  10sa£5  15s 
lOs  a 25s 
Siam 
\ bold  smooth.. 
a i.7 
I8s 
SEEDLAC 
Ord.  dusty  to  gd.  solublt 
Os  a 80s 
I7s  a 36s  Od 
SENNA,  Timievelly 
Good  to  tine  bold  green 
4d  a Sd 
£10  7s  ed  a £13 
Fair  middling  medium 
21d  a 4jd 
£<  17/6  a£10  10s 
70s  a £7  12/6 
SHELLS,  M.  O’PEARL- 
Common  dark  and  small 
Id  a 2d 
£5  10s  a £7  10s 
Bombay 
Bold  and  A’s  ... 
£4  17s  ed  a £S 
00s  a 137s  ed 
D’s  and  B’s  
£4  10s  a £5  15s 
£4  8s  a £8 
Small  
£3  15s  a ,£4  5s 
C'4  5s  a £0 
Mus.sel 
Sm.all  to  bold 
20s  a 50s 
50s  a 62s  6d 
TAMARIND.S,  C.alcutta  . 
■Mid.  to  fine  bl’k  not  stonv 
7s  a 8s 
20s  a 55s 
55s  a 65s 
Madras  ... 
TORTOISESHELL— 
Stony  and  inferior 
4s  a 6s 
35s  a 45s 
Zanzibar  and  Bombay 
Small  to  bold  dark  1 
16s  a 2’2a  Od 
3Vs  (jd  a 45s 
mottle  part  lieavy  ■[ 
tOsa  80s 
TUR.MEIUC,  Bengal  ... 
Fair 
I Os  a lOs  ed 
30s  a 37  s 
Madras 
Finger  fair  to  fine  boid 
14s  a 15s 
£45  a £55 
Do. 
Mixed  milling.  [liright 
I2s  a 13s 
82s  ed  a 90s 
Do. 
Bullis  ..  .. 
is  a 9s 
33s  a 05s 
Cochin 
I''inger 
12.S 
54s  a 60s 
20s  a 31s 
VANII.I.OES— 
Bullis  
's  ed  a 8s 
lls  a 12s  ed 
Mauritius  and  1 Ists 
Gd.  cry.sallized  3.t  .a  9iu. 
9s  (id  a 33s 
,)s  ed  a lls 
Bourbon  ...  / 2n(ls 
Foxy  A reddisli  4^  a 8 , 
I7s  a 22s 
Is  od  a 2s  Id 
Seychelles  3rils 
liCaii  and  inferior 
I2s  a 17s 
.id  a Is  ed 
Is  4d  a 2s  Id 
VERMILION 
Fine,  imre,  briglit 
2s  4ld 
Is  Id  a Is  7d 
WAX,  Japan,  squares  | 
tjood  white  hanl  „.J 
ills  a 40* 
