Nov. t, 1897. J 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
359 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
(Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, Oct. 19th, 1897. 
Exchange on London: Closing Rates. Bank Selling 
Rates:— Oa demand 1/3 21-32 to 11-16; 4 months' sight 
1/3 11-16 to 23-32; 6 months’ sight 1/3 23 32 to |. 
Bank Buyina flafes:— Credits 3 months’ sight 1/3 
15-16 to 31-32;' 6 months’ sight 1/4 Docts 3 months 
sight 1/3 31-32 to 1/4; 6 month sight 1/4 11-32. 
Coffee.— Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot 
per bushel R14 00 Very scarce; nominal. Estate Crops 
in Parchment, delivery per bus. no quotations. 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b. on the spot per 
cwt. E81-00 No transactions; nominal. 
Liberian parchment on the spot per bus, xl5 5U, 
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. RGl'OO. , . 
Tea. — Average Prices ruling during the week IJroken 
Pekoe, per lb. 51c. Pekoe per lb. 42c. Pekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 31c, Broken mixed and Dust, per lb. 
22c. Averages of Wednesday’s sale. . ^ . 
Cinchona Babe. — Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb 06gc. . 
Cabbamoms. — Per lb R2'55 R3 for special. 
Coconut Oil.— Mill oil per cwt. R1 3-00, 
Dealers’ oil per cwt. R13'00 Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton JE292 50. 
CoPBA. — Per candy of 560 lb. R39 50 
Coconut Cake: (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, K75 00 
Cocoa unpicked and undried, per cwt. R41 Very scarce. 
_ „ XT 1 4 ^ a J Kogalla R17-50 
CoiB Yabn.— Nos. 1 to 8 j Colombo R16'25 
Cinnamon. — Nos. 1 <fe 2 only f.o.b. 63c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 56Jo. 
Ebony. — Per ton No sales. 
Plumbago : — Large Lumps per ton, R350 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R340 
Chips per ton, R195. Dust per ton, R140 00 
Rice. — Soolye per bushel, J R4 00 to P40 
,, per bag, I RIO. 25 to 11' 40 
Pegu and Calcutta Calunda RIO. 50 to 11.50 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R4 00 to RA'40 
Muttusamba per bushel, R4'15 to R4'b” 
Kandappa and Kuruwe per bushel, R4.15 to 4 20. 
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SAILERS. 
Coconut Oil 
Plumbago 
LOCAL MARKET. 
(Bit Mr. A. M. Ghittambalam, Baillie St., Fort) 
' Coloinbo Oct 27th, 139 
Estate Parchment per bushel R1^5 Nominal 
Phpt.r.v do do do Rl2 50 to lo UU ao 
Native Coffee unpicked per cwt R45-00 to 48-00 
do F.O.B. per cwt. R52 00 to t5H)0 
Liberian coffee per bushel R6 00 to 7 CO 
do clean coffee per cwt nominal R38 00 to 40 00 
Cardamoms per lb. Rl'oO to 2‘2.5 little doing 
Cocoa unpicked l ei cwt. RSO’OO to 3a 00 
do picked do R37.00 to 45 00 
Rice Market.- Likely to go down. 
Sooly Scarce per bag R'O'.O to 1100 nominal 
C.dlunda S arce , , , 
Coast Callunda 4'12 to 4‘25 per bushel 
do Kara 4 10 to 4-20 do 
Muttusum' a 4.30 to 4 '50 do 
Cinnamon per lb No 1 to 4 54cts to 56c. 
do do 1 & 2 58c. to 60c. 
do Chios per candy RSO O' 
Coconuts Ordinary per 1000 RSO’OO to .3LO0 
do Selected do RSS'OO to 40*00 
Coconut Oil per cwt. Rl*2-S7^ to 13*LT 
do per ton F. O. B. R'292'50 to *29i-o0 
Copra per Candy.— . 
Kalpitiya do R3r50 to 38*00 
Marawila do 35*00 to 37*00 
Cffrt copra do 30*00 to 34*00 
Poonac Gingelly 
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do Chekku 
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Slill (retail) 
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Ctoion seed 
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Satinwood Rl*75 to 2*25 cubic feet 
Halmilla 
Ebony per ton 
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RlOO to 185 
Kitul Fibre per cwt. ,, 30*00 to 3*2 00 
P.ilmy a Fibre:— 
Jaffna Black clea*i per cwt. R20*00 to 22*00 
do Mixed do ,,18*50 to 19*00 
Indian do do ,, 0*00 to 14*00 
do Cleaned Nil 
SapPvii wood per ton R55*00 to 60*00 
Kerosiue Oil America'i per c se R7 25 to 7*30 
do Bulk Ru.ssian tin :(2 68 to 2*73 
do Sumatara in '*a,^e ,, 5*10 to 5 15 
Kapok Cleaned fob per cw R27*00 to 29*00 
ilo Uncleaned do ,.6*00 to 7*00 Nominal 
Croton Seed per cwt R3S*00 to 45*00 Scarce 
Nux Vomica per cwt Rl uO to 5*00 nom nal 
I La ge lumps R2oO to 350 
Plumbago per ton, according J Ordinary „ R*220 to MO 
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