THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST 
[Aug. 2, 1897 
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MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCES. 
(From Lewis <£ Peat's Fortnightly Prices Current, London, July 14 th, Vi07. ) 
AT>OES, Soccotrine cwt. 
Zanzibar & Hepatic „ 
BEES’ WAX, „ 
■ Zanzibar & ( White „ 
Bombay 1 Yellow,, 
Madagascar ,, 
CAMPHOR, China 
Japan ,, 
CARDAMOMS, Malabar lb 
Ceylon.— My. sore ,, 
„ Tellicherry,, 
Long „ 
,, Mangalore,, 
CASTOR OIL, Calcutta,, 
Madras ,, 
OH 1 1. LIES, Zanzih.ai cwt. 
CINCHONA BARK.— 
Ceylon lb. 
CINNAMOb’. Ceylon lst.« 
per lb, 2 ii( 1 .' 
3rds 
4tiiS 
Chins 
CLOVES, Penang lb. 
Amboyna 
Zanzibar \ 
and Pemba / 
Stems 
cocnurs iboicus cwt. 
COFFEE 
Ceylon Plantation ,, 
Native 
I.iberian 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COLOMBO ROOT 
COIR ROPE, Ceylon ton 
Cochin „ 
FIBRE, Brush „ 
Cochin ,, 
Stuffing ,, 
COIR YARN, Ceylon „ 
Cochin ,, 
do. ,, 
CROTON SEEDS, 9 iD. cwt. 
CUTCH „ 
GINGER, Bengal, rough ,, 
Calicut, Cut A ,, 
B & C „ 
Cochin Rougii ,, 
Japan „ 
GUM AMMoNIACUM,, 
ANII, Zanzibar , 
Madagascar ,, 
ARABIC E. 1. &Adrn „ 
Turkey sorts ,, 
Crhatti ,, 
Kurrache „ 
Madras ,, 
ASSAFCETIDA „ 
KINO 
MIRRH, picked „ 
Aden sort.s ,, 
OLIBANU-VI, drop 
pickings ,, 
•siftings „ 
INDIAEUBBER, Assam lb 
Rangoon „ 
Uorueo j, 
QUALITY. 
QUOTATIONS. 
I QrAUiy. 
QUOTATION.S 
Fair to tine dry 
44s a 120s 
INDI.IRUBBER, (Conltt) 
Common to g[Ood 
Us a 70s 
Java, Sing, & Penang lb. 
\ 
iFuul to jiood clean .. 
Good to tine 
Hid a 2s 3d 
2s 2d a 2 .S 7}il 
Good to fine 
£7 a £8 
Ordinary to fair Ball . 
Is 2 d a 2 s Ijd 
Fair 
£0 a £G 10s 
Mozambique ,, -( 
Low .sandy Ball 
lOd a Is Id 
Dark to good palish . 
£5 L5s a £6 5/ 
Sausage, fair to gooil 
Is 4d a 2s .tjd 
Fair average quality ... 
95s 
V 
1 
I.iver and liverv Ball.. 
Is 3j(l a 2 s ijd 
J • • • 
110 s 
Fr to fine pinky & white 
Is 11(1 a 2s 5(1 
Clipped, bold, brigbt,fine 
Middling, stalky & lean 
3s a 3s Id 
Madagascar ,, -j 
Fair to good black 
Is 3d a Is lod 
2s fid a 2s 9d 
Nigger.s, low to good... 
lOd a Is 5d 
Fair to fine plump 
2s fid a 3s Id 
INDIGO, E.I. 
Beilijill — 
Seeds 
3s a 3s Id 
Shippinit mid togd violet 
Consumin^^ iniu. to fjd. 
4s 4d a .5s Id 
(lood to fint^ 
2s 9d a 3s 
3s 4il a 4s Id 
Brownish 
2 s fid 
Ordinary to mid. goo(i 
2s 8 d a 3s 2d 
Shelly to good 
2 s a 2 s fid 
Mid. to good Kurpah... 
2 s a 2 s U)d 
Med brown to good bold 
od a 3s 6 d 
Low to ordinary 
Is 3d a Is lid 
Ists and 2 nds 
3id a 4jd 
Mid. to 'iood Madras... 
Is 4d a 2s fid 
S^d 
MACE, Bombay & Penang 
Pale reddish to tine ... 
Is 9(1 a 2 s 9(1 
Dull to fine bright 
2us a 37s fid 
per lb. 
Ordinary to fair 
Chips and dark 
ls4d a Is 7d- 
Is Id a Is od 
Ledgeriana Chips 
Id a 31d 
.MYRABOLANK.S, 1 
Madras J 
Dark to fine pale UG .. 
3s 9d a 5.S fid 
Crown, Renewed . . 
2 ci a 4rid 
Fair Coast 
Is^fid 
Org. Stem 
IJd a 3d 
Bombay ,, 
.lubhlepore 
4s a 7s 
Hybrid Root 
21 d a 2 ^d 
Bhimlies 
Is 3d a 9s 
Chip 
IJd a 2 d 
Rhajpore, &c. 
Is 9d a 7s 
Ordinary to fine quill... 
lOJd a Is fid 
Bengal ,, 
Calcutta 
3s Gd a 5s 6 d 
lOd a Is 5d 
NUTiMEGS— lb. 
64’s to 57’s 
Is a 3s 2d 
)> J * 
9^d a Is 3d 
Bombay & Penang ,, 
112’s to 67’s 
Is 3d a 2s lid 
)> >» 
85 d a Is 
IfiO’s to 130's 
8 d a Is 2 d 
Dull to fine bright bold 
lid a 3d 
NUTS, ARECA cwt. 
Ordinary to fair fre.“h... 
I2s a 14s 
41 d a 9sd 
NUX VO. MICA, Bombay 
Ordinary to middling... 
Is a 6 s fid 
Dull to fine 
Sd a 4 ^d 
per cwt. Madras 
Fair to good bold fresh.. 
7s a 7s fid 
Good and fine bright 
2 3-16d a 2^d 
Small ordinary and fail 
OS 6(1 
Gammon dull to fair .. 
Id a 2 Jd 
OIL OF ANISEED lb 
Fair merchantable 
fis 9d 
Fair 
Id 
CASSIA 
According to analysis,. 
os fid a 7s fid 
Fair 
Ss 6 d 
LEMONGRAS.S 
NUTMEG 
Good fiavour & colour... 
Dingy to white 
2 id 
Ijd a 4d 
BoM to fine hold colorv 
lOSs a 120s 
CINNAMON 
Ordinary to fair sweet... 
4d a Is 3d 
Middling to fine mid 
Low mid. and low grown 
106s fid a 110 s 6 d 
07s fid a lOGs 
CITRON ELLE 
ORCHELL.A WEED-cn t 
Bright A good fiavour... 
Is l^d a Is 2d 
Smalls 
SBs a 97s 
Ceylon ,, 
.Mid. to fine not woody.. 
lOs a 12s Od 
Good orilinary 
65s a 80s 
Zanzibar. ,, 
Picked clean fiat leaf ... 
lUs a 15s 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
40s a C5s 
70s a 80s 
PEPPER- (Black) lb. 
,, wiry Mozambique 
10s a Us 
Medium and fair 
52s a C5s 
Alleppee & Tellicherry 
Fair to bold heavy 
l^fd a 3'd 
Triage to ordinary 
:jOs a 60s 
Sinjiapore 
Fair 
Hd 
Fair to good 
20s a 30s 
Acheen & W. C. Penang 
Dull to fine 
i 7-lCd a 2Jd 
nominal 
PLUMB.AGO, lump cwt. 
Fair to tine bright bold 
15s a 17s fid 
Ordinary to fair 
£10 a £10 
Middling to good small 
■3.S fid a 13s 
Ord. to fine long straight 
£10 a £21 
chips ,, 
Dull to fine bright 
Is fid a 83 9d 
Ordinary to good clean 
.£15 a £21 
dust , , 
Ordinary to tine bright 
2s a Os 
Common to fine 
£5 a £6 10s 
SAFFLOWER 
Good to tine pinky 
^Os a 85s 
Common to superior 
£12 a ,£26 10 s 
.Middling to fair 
oOs a 70s 
very tine ... 
Roping, fair to good ., 
Fair nomin.al 
£12 a £34 
dlO 10s a £13 
SANDAL WOOD— 
Inferior and pickings ... 
60s a 55s 
i5s 
Bombay, Logs ton. 
Fair to fine flavour 
£20 a £35 
Fair to tine dry 
9s 3d a 32s fid 
Chips ,, 
... ,,, ,,, 
)s a £.3 
Fair 
Lfis 
Madras, Logs ,, 
Fair to good flavour . . 
£30 a £50 
Good to fine bold 
70s a 8.5s 
C hips ,, 
Inferior to fine 
t'4 a £8 
Small and medium 
30s a 68 s fid 
SAPANWOOD Bombay,, 
Lean to e;ood 
£4 a £5 
Common to fine bold .. 
23s a 32s 
Madius „ 
Good average 
£4 a £5 nom 
Small and D’s 
10s a 27s fid 
Manila ,, 
1 Rough A: rooty to good 
C410.sa£5]5s 
Unsnlit 
13s 
Siam ,, 
\ hold smooth .. 
£6 a £7 
Sm. blocky to fine clean 
I7s a 36s fid 
SEEDLAC cwt. 
Ord. dusty to gd. soluble 
. Os a 80s 
Picked tine pale in sorts 
£10 7s fid a £13 
SENNA, Tinnevelly lb 
Good to tine bold green 
4d a 8 d 
Part yellow and mixed 
£717/Ca£10 10 s 
Fair middling medium 
2Jd a 4jd 
Bean and Pea size ditto 
Amber and dk. red bold 
70s a £7 12/6 
£5 10s a £,7 10s 
SHELLS, M. O'PEARL— 
Common dark and small 
Id a 2 d 
Med. A bold glassy sorts 
90s a 13is fid 
Bombay cwt. 
Bold and A’s 
£5 5s a £5 7/6 
Fair to good palish .. 
.£4 Ss a £8 
D’s and B’s 
t'4 lOs a £0 15s 
, . , , red ' . 
£4 5s a £9 
Small 
£4 
Ordinary to good pale 
40s a 62s fid 
Mussel ,, 
Small to bold 
20s a 50s 
56s a 85s 
TAMARIND.S, Calcutta... 
Mid. to fine bl’k not stonv 
7s a 8 s fid 
Pickings to fine pale ... 
Good and fine pale 
20s a 55s 
55s a Cos 
per cwt. Madras 
TORTOISESHELL- 
Stony and inferior 
is a fis 
Reddish to pale selected 
35s a 45s 
Zanzibar & Bombay lb. 
Small to bold dark / 
17s a 23s 
Bark to tine pale 
35s a 40s 
mottle part heavy 1 
Clean fr to gd. almonds 
40s a 80s 
TURMERIC, Bengal owt. 
Fair 
lOs a lOs fid 
Ord. stony and blocky 
30s a 37s 
Madras ,, 
Finger fair to fine bold 
L 6 s a 17s 
Fine bright 
£45 a £55 
Do. 
Mixed midhig. [bright 
L2s a 13s 
Fair to tine pale 
82s fid a 75s 
Do. 
Bulbs 
is a 9s 
Middling to good 
33s a 57s fid 
Cochin ,, 
Finger 
I 2 s fid 
Good to fine white ... 
Middling to fair 
34s a 00s - 
20s a 31s 
VANILLOES— lb. 
Bulbs 
's fid 
Low to good pale 
11 s a 12 s fid 
Mauritius and 1 Ists 
Gd. crysallized 34 a 9 in. 
9s Cd a 33s 
Slightly foul to fine ... 
9s fid a 14s 
Bourbon .../ 2nds 
Foxy & reddish ii a, 8 : 
7s a 26s fid 
Good to fine 
Is 9d a 2s 4d 
Seychelles 3rds 
jean and inferior . . : 
2 s a 26s 
Common to foul & mxd. 
Fair to good clean ... 
3d a Is fid 
Is 4d a 2s Id 
VERMILION lb. 
Fine, pure, bright ... 
s Id a 2 s 2 d 
Common to fine 
Is Id a Is 7 jd 
WAX, Japan, squares cwt. 
Good white hard 4 
5 S 
