Dec, I 1897.1 the tropical AGRICULTURIST. 
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COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
{Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, Dec. 7th, 1897. 
Exchange on London; Closing Bates. Banl 
Rates-.-On demand 1/3 to 1/3 1-32; ^ months sight 1/3 
1-32 to 1/3 1-16; 6 months sight 1/3 1-16 to 1/3 3-32 
Bank Buying Rates '. — Credits 3 months sight / 
9-32; 6 months’ sight 1/3 to 11-32. ■ ,.h/q 3 
Docts 3 months sight 1/3 5-16; 6 months sight 1/3| 
Coffee. — Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot 
ner bushel R15.00. Plantation Estate Coffee, f-o-o- 
the spot per cwt. E80 00. Liberian parchment on the 
spot per bus. B5-50. Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. nominal 
Tea. — A verage Prices ruling during the week Uroken 
Pekoe, per lb. 47c. Pekoe per lb. 35 c. Pekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 28c. Broken mixed and Dust, per lb. 
21c. Averages of Wednesday’s sale. 
Cinchona Bark. — P er unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb 9c. 
Caebamoms. — Per lb R2'50 
Coconut Oil.— Mill oil per cwt. R12-87. 
Dealers’ oil per cwt. E12-50 Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton B291.25. 
Copra.— P er candy of 560 lb. R39'50 
Coconut Cake; (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, BOO 00 
Cocoa unpicked and undried, per cwt. R47'00. 
_ „ XT 1 , Q I Kogalla B17.50 
Com Yarn.— Nos. 1 to 8 1 Colombo B16 50 
Cinnamon. — Nos. 1 <fe 2 only f.o.b. 60c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 51c. 
Ebony. — Per ton B160.00 
Plumbago ; — Large Lumps per ton, B360 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, B340 .a 
Chips per ton, K210. Dust per ton, B142 50 
Rice. — Soolye per bushel, ( B 3.80to 4'10 
,, per bag, t E9.75 to 11'25 
Pegu and Calcutta Calunda None, 
Coast Calunda per bushel, B3’90 to E4'30 
Muttusamba per bushel, R4'25 to B6 00 „ . 
Kadappa and Kuruwe per bushel, B3-50 to B4.00 
Rangoon Raw 3 bushel bag. — R9.75 
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Croton seed 
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Satin wood Rl*75 
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Ebony per ton RlOO to 185 
Kitul Fibre per cwt. ,, 30'00 to 32 00 
Palmy I a Fibre:— 
Jaffna Black clean per cwt. R20'00 to 22'00 
do Mixed do ,, 18'50 to 19 00 
Indian do do ,,10'00 to 14’00 
do Cleaned Nil 
Sapan wood per ton R55'00 to 60 00 
Kerosine Oil American per case R7'25 to 7'30 
do Bulk Russian tin B2 45 to 2'50 
do Sumatara in ( ase ,, 4’84 to 4 -90 
Kapok Cleaned fob per cw R27'00 to 29-00 
do Uncleaned do ,. 7'00 to 7'50 Nominal 
Croton Seed per cwt R38'00 to 45'00 Scarce 
Nux Vomica per cwt R4'00 to 5'00 nominal 
/ Large lumps R250;to S60 
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(Bw Mr. A. M. Chittambalarn, Baillie St., Fort) 
' Colombo Nov 18th, 189 
Estate Parchment per bushel R13’75 to 14-25 Nominal 
Chetty do do do R12-50 to 13-00 do 
Native Coffee unpicked per cwt R45-00 to 48-00 
do F.O.B. per cwt. R52-00 to 55-00 
Liberian coffee per bushel R6-00 to 7-00 
do clean coffee per cwt nominal E38-00 to 40-08 
Cardamoms per lb. Rl-50 to 2-25 little doing 
Cocoa unpicked jet cwt. R30-00 to 35-00 
do picked do R38.00 to 47-00 
Rice Market.— Likely to go down. _ 
Sooly per bag RlO-50 to 11 00 nominal 
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do Kara 4 00 to 4 12 do 
Muttusamta 4.40 to 4-60 do 
Cinnamon per lb No 1 to 4 .53cts 
do do 1 & 2 57c, 
do Chips per candy R80-00 
Coconuts Ordinary per 1000 R30-00 to 34 00 
do Selected do R38-00 to 40-00 
Coconut Oil per cwt, R12-87^ to 13-12| 
do per ton F. O. B. E292-50 to 297-50 
Copra per Candy. — 
Kalpitiya do R38-00 to 38-76 
Marawila do 36-00 to 37*50 
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