Jan. I, 1898.1 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
S°9 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
Furnished by the Chamber of Vctnmcrce.) 
Colombo, Jp.n. 4th, 1898. 
Exchange on London: Ceosing Rates. Banl Selling 
Rates : — On demand 1/3| to 27-32; 4 months' sight 1/3 
25-32 to 7-8th‘. 6 months’ sight 1/3 13-1> to 27-32 
Ranh Buying Rates : — Credits 3 months' sight 1/4 
1-32 to 3’32; 6 months’ sight l/4g to 5-32; Doots 3 
months sight 1/4 1-16 to J; 6 months sight 1/4 5-32 
to 3-16. 
Coffee. — Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot 
per bushel R14.75. Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b. on 
the spot per cwt. R80 00. Liberian parchment on the 
spot per bus. E4’73. Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. none. 
Tea. — Average Prices ruling during the week Broken 
Pekoe, per lb. 00c. Pekoe per lb. OOo. Pekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 29c. Broken mixed and Dust, per lb. 
00c. Averages of Week’s sale. No sales. 
Cinchona Bark.— Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb 07c. 
Cardamoms. — Per lb R2'35 
Coconut Oil. — M ill oil per cwt. B13.C0, 
Dealers’ oil per cwt. R12 50 Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton E297.50 
Copra. — Per candy of 560 lb. RIO 00 
Coconut Cake; fPoonac) f.o.b. (Mill) perlon, R70’00 
Cocoa unpicked and undried, per cwt. R46'00. 
Com Yarn.— Nos. 1 to 8 ] 
Ctnnamon.- — Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 60c. Nominal 
Do Ordim ry Assort uent, per lb 51c, ,, 
Ebony. — Per ton No sales 
Plumbago ; — Large Lumps per ton, R365 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R345 
Chips per ton, R220. Dust per ton, E145 00 
Rice. — Soolye per bushel, j R 3.48 to 3’65 
,, per bag, 1 R9.15 to 9 70 
Pegu and Calcutta Calunda None, 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3'87 to Rl 20 
Muttusamba per bushel, R4'25 to R4 60 
Kadappa and Kuruwe per bushel, R3'12 to R3 44 
Rangoon Raw 3 bushel bag — R9.75 
LOCAL MARKET. 
(By Mi\ James Gibson, BaiUie St. Fort.) 
Colombo Jan 4tli, 1897. 
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Estate Parchment per bushel K.14'04 to ]4'25 
Chetty do do lilS'OO to lo‘25 
Native Coffee 
do F 0. B p r cwt 
iiiberian coffee:— per bush R2'50 4'00 , 
do clean coffee:— per cwtRSC'OO 
Cadamoms Malabar:— per lb. R2 00 to 2.2.4 
do Mysoore do R2'2.5 bo 2’.'0 
Cocoa unpicked per cwt 11:34.00 to S6‘00 
do picked Co R45'0U 
Rice Market List 
Soolai per bag of 104 lbs nett RO.1.5 to 9.70 
Slate & 1st quality soolai:- per bushel RiOO to 3.70 
Soolai 2 & 3rd. do 
Coast Callunda 
Muttusamba ordinary 
Kuruvee 
Coast Kara 
Kazala 
Raw Rangoon Rice per 3 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 
do do R3.C0 to 3.00 
J13'37 to 4.20 .Scarce 
R4.60 to 4.7.5 
R:l.t2 to 8.44 
K3.76 to 4'UO 
R:3 '50 
bushels bag E9.73 
to 4 at ti4cts. to oOcts 
do do 1 & 2 03c. OoCts 
do Chips, per candy none 
Coconuts. Ordinary per thousand E08.00 to 40.00 
do Selected do R41 00 to 42.01 
Coconut Oil per cwt 13'00 to 13'25 
do F. O. B. per ton 293 to 29.5 
Copra per caudy:- 
Kalpitiya do 
Marawila do 
Cart Copra do 
Poonac Gingelly. 
do Chekku 
Mill (retail) 
Cotton Seed 
(latiiiwood ger cubic feet. 
R:)C.00 to 47.00 
R35.00 to 38,00 
R3:1.00 to 34-00 
per ton 80.00 to 84. 
do R62.00 to 67.00 
do R7.5.00 to 78-00 
do R 77 - 0 O to SO 
K-2.00 to 2.50 
do Flowered 
Palu. 
Halmilla 
Tuun Pali 
do 
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do 
6.00 to 8.0J 
1.30 to 1.40 
1.30 to 1.70 
R1.30to 1.40 
Ebony per t n R80 to 180 
Kltul fibre per cwt R3.5.00 
Palmira do do R9 50 to 22-00 
Jaffna Black Cleaned per cwt R20.00 to 22* 0 
do n ixed do R18.00 to 19 
Indian do R9.50 to 17.00 
do Cle.anecl do R12.50 bo 17 
Sapanwood per ton R55-r0 
Kerosine oil American per case R7.-27 to 7.37 
do Bulk Russian per tin R2.60 to 2-65 
do Russian in Case R.5.25 to R5.37 
d ) Sumatra in Case R5.00 to 5 03 
Kapok Cleaned F. O. B.— N j stock 
do tinpicked do none 
Croton Seed per cwt 25.'‘0 to 40 
Niix V(.m.-3 (Jo Rl.OO to 6.03 
I Large lumps R240 to 380 
Plumbago per ton, according J do ,, R223 to 360 
to quality 1 do Chips R120 to 2-20 
y do Dust R 9 ) to 140 
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