Oct, t, 1897.] 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
285 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
(Furnished hy the Chamber of Commerce.) . 
Colombo, Sept. 28th, 1897. 
Exchange on London: Closing Rates. Banh Selling 
Rates : — On demand 1/3|; 1 months’ sight 1/3 21-32; 
6 mouths’ sight 1/3 11 16. Banh Buying Rates:— 
Credits 3 months’ sight 1/3 29-32; 6 months sight 
1/3 31-32. Docts 3 months sight 1/3 1-16; 6 months 
sight 1/4 
Coffee.— Plantation Estate Parchment on the 
spot per bushel R14'25 Very scarce 
Estate Crops in Parchment, delivery per bus. no 
quotations. Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b. on the 
spot per owt. R8100 Very scarce. Liberian parch- 
iiu-ut on the spot per bushel, RS'OO. Nominal 
i'iative Coffeeunpicked and undried per cwt. E62 00 do 
Tea. — Average Prices ruling during the week Broken 
Pekoe, per lb. 48c. Pekoe per lb. 37c, Pekoe 
chong ner lb. 28c. Broken mixed and Dust, per lb, 
19c. Averages of Wednesday’s sale. _ 
Cinchona Bark. — Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb 03Jc. Very scarce . 
Cardamoms. — per lbB2'50 Rs.2‘75 for special qualities 
Coconut Oil. — Mill oil per owt. R13-50, 
Dealers’ oil per cwt. R13’25 Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton R302 50. 
Copra. — Per candy of 560 lb. R39'00 
Coconut Cake: (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) perron, 90'00 
Cocoa unpicked and undried, per cwt. R38 Nominal 
r, -vT -NT 1 Q 1 Kogalla R18 00 
COIB Yarn.-Nos. 1 to 8 ] Col® nibo R16 50 
Cinnamon. — Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 62c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 565C. 
Ebony. — per ton None 
Plumbago : — Large Lumps per ton, R350 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R340 
Chips per ton, R190. Dust per ton, R140 00 
Rice. — Soolye ner bushel, j R410‘00 to 4'20 ) 
„ per bag, tBlO'25 to 11'50 f 
Pegu and Calcutta Calunda RIO OO to 11‘25 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R4’15 to 4'50 
Muttusamba per bushel, R415 to R4'G5 
Kara per bushel, 
Rangoon Raw 3 bushel bag — 
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(By Mr. A. M. Chittambalam, Baillie St., Fort) 
Colombo, Sept 30th, 1S97. 
Estate Parchment per bushel Rl7’75 to 14'25 
Chetty do do do RIS'OO to 13*50 
Native Coffee unpicked per cwt R48*00 to 50*00 
do F.O.B. per cwt. R56 00 to 18*00 nominal 
Liberian coffee per bushel R6*00 to 7*00 
do clem coffee per cwt nominal R40 00 to 4*2*00 
Cardamoms per lb. Rl*50 to 2*25 little doing 
Cocoa unpicked jei cwt. R28*00 to 32*00 
do picked do R35.00 to 41*00 
Rice Market steady. 
Sooly Scarce per bag R10*50 to 1100 nominal 
Callunda S arce 
Coast Callunda 4*12 to 4*20 per bushel 
do Kara 4 06 to 4*18 do 
Muttusumba 4.18 to 4*40 do 
Cinnamon! per Nos 1 to 4 55c. 
do do 1 & 2 OOc. 
do Chips per candy R80*00 
Coconuts Ordin.'iry per 1000 R30*00 to 34 0 
do .Selected do R33*00 to 40* 
Coconut Oil per cwt. R13*25 to 13*50 
do per ton F. O. B. R:100 to 302*50 
Copra per Candy.— J 
Kalpitiya do R39*50 to 40*00 
Marawila do ,, 37*00 to 38*50 
Cart copra do 
Poonac Giugelly 
do Chekku 
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Cooton seed 
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per ton R85*00 to 87*50 
do ,,85*00 to 90 
do „ 80*00 to 85*00 
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Rl*75 to *2*25 cubic feet 
R1 to 1*50 
Ebony per ton R 100 o 185 
KituI Fibre per cwt. ,, 30*00 to 32*00 
Palmyia Fibre:— 
Jaffna Black clea’i per cwt. R19*00 to 20*00 
dp Mixed do ,,16*00 to 17*00 
tndiart do do ,,10*00 to 14*00 
do Cleaned Nil 
.Sapan w*ood per ton R55*00 to 60*00 
Keroaine Oil American per cise R7*3l to 7*37 
do Bulk Russian tin f.i2 68 to 2*73 
do Russian in '‘ase ,, 5*45 to 6 50 
Kapok Cleaned fob per cw., R*2/*00 to 29*00 
do Uncleaned do ,.6 00 to 7*00 
Croton Seed per dwt no business, R*25*00 to 40*00 
Nux Vomica per cwt R4*U0 to 6*00 nom nal 
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