July i, 1897.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
{Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, June 29th, 1897. 
Exchange on London: Closing Rates, Banh Selling 
Rates:— On demand 1/2 7-8 to 29-02; i months sight 
1/2 29-32 to 15-16; 6 months’ sight 1/2 15-16 to 31-32 
.Bank Buying Rates : — Credits 3 months’ sight 1/3 1-lb 
6 months’ sight 1/3|; Docts 3 months sight 1/3 o-3_, 
6 months’ sight 1/3 5-32; 
Coffee. — Plantation Estate Parchment on the 
spot per bushel R15 75 Scarce Estate Cro^ in 
Parchment, delivery no quotations. Plantation Estate 
Coffee, f.o.b. on the spot per cwt. R85’50 ^^joe 
Liberian parchment on the spot per bushel, R7 09. 
NativeCoffee f.o.b. per cwt. E.62’00 Nominal no in- 
Te'a. — Average Prices ruling during the week Broken 
Pekoe, per lb. 40c. Pekoe per lb. 34c. Pekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 24c. Broken mixed and Dust, per lb. 
18c. Averages of Wednesday’s sale. 
Cinchona Babk. — P er unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb 3|c. 
Cabbamoms. — per lb, R2’.75 
CocoNDT Oil. — Mill oil per cwt. R13"00. 
Dealers’ oil per cwt. E13'00 Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton R295‘00 
CoPBA. — Per candy of 560 lb. E.40'50 
OocoNDT Cake: (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) perton, 80'00 
Cocoa. — Unpicked and undried, per cwt. 40c. 
-IT -NT 1 (. Q J Eogalla R18-00 
Com Yabn.-Nos. 1 to 8 j Colombo R16 50 
Cinnamon.— Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 67c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 62c. 
Ebony. — per ton R185 Govt, sales on. 
Plumbago : — Large Lumps per ton, R340 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, E330 
Chips per ton, R175. Dust per ton, R130 
Rice. — Soolye per bushel, J R3'75 to 3'85 
„ per bag, IrIO OO to 11'25 
Pegu and Calcutta Calunda RlO OOto 11'25 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3'65 to 4 30 ^ 
Muttusamba per bushel, R3'80 to R4‘65. 
Kara per bushel, R3'65 to 3‘75 
Rangoon Raw 3 bushel bag — Rll’50 
Fbbights. 
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Plumbago 
Coconuts in bags 
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Broken Stowage 
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COPBA. — Market steady :— 
Kalpitiya R40 to 41 per candy 
LOCAL MARKET. 
By Mr. A. M. Chittambalam, , BaillieSt., Fort. 
■ Colombo, July 1st, 1897. 
Scaif ■ per bushel 
(Nominal) R-3 25 to 13'.50 dp 
E51-00 to 55-00 
R62-00 to 63-00 do 
R12-60 per bushel (nominal) 
R63-00 to 04-00 per cwt 
R1-.50 to 2-50 per lb (nominal) 
R2S-00 to 36-00 per cwt do 
Garden Parchment :— 
Chetty do :- 
Native Coffee: — 
do f.o.b. do : — 
Liberian Parchment, 
do Coffee 
Cardamoms.— 
COCOA.— (nominal) 
Rice. — M arket i.s quiet : — 
Kazla 
Soolye (nominal) 
Callunda 
Coast Callunda (Scarce) 
Kara 
Muttusamba 
(Scarce) 
R9-50 to 10-50 per bag 
(.Scarce) 
3-6 i to 3-63 per bushel 
3-62 to 3-75 do 
t™»mN.-Quoted Nos. 1 ®'^' 4.° at Mc and Nos. land 
64 cents per lb (nominal) 
Chips — 1185’00 t>) 87*50 , 
COCONUTS.-Ordinary R32 to 38 per 1,000 (nominal) 
do Selected 40 to 44 do do 
COCONUT OIL. 12-8/t to 13-0' per cwt do 
Marawfla 
Cart Copra 
POONAC.— Gingelly 
Chekku 
Mill (retail) 
Ebony. — quotations at 
Satinwood. — cubic feet 
Halmilla.— do 
37 to 39 ■ do 
34 to 36 do 
87-50 to 92'60 ^do ton 
95 to lot do 
70 to 75 do 
RlOO to R195 (nominal) 
2-00 to 2-25 do 
1-25 to 1-60 do 
KiTUL Fibbe.— Q uoted at R28 00 per cwt (nominal) 
Palmyra Fibre. — Q uoted nominally :— 
Jaffna Black. — Clean (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 per ton 
Kerosine Oil — American 7-70 to 7-75 per case 
uo Bulk Russian 2-80 to 2-84 per tin 
do Russian in Cases B5-90 to 5-95per case 
Kapok. — Cleaned f. o.b : — R28-00 to 30-00 per cwt 
do Uncleaned (new) R4.50 to 5.50 do (nominal) 
Croton Seed .Scarce 
Nux Vomica 2‘50 to 3-00 do 
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