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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[Fee. r, 1 ^ 98 . 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
B'urnished hy the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, Feb. 1st, 1898. 
Exchange on London: Closing Bates. Banl Selling 
Sales:— On demand 1/3 7-8 to 129-32; 4 mouths’ sight 1/3 
29-32 to 1516; 6 mouths’ sight 1/3 31-32; 
Banlc Bulling Bates : — Credits 3 mont’ns’ sight 1/4 
5-32 to' 3-16; 6 mouths’ sight 1/4 7-32 to 9-32. 
Doots 3 months sight t/4'3-16 to 7-32; 6 months sight 
1/4 9-32 to 5-16 
Coffee.— Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot 
per bushel IU4.00. Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b. on 
the spot per cwt. B77'50. Liberian parchment on the 
spot per bus. B5’00. Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. 42*00 
Tea.— Average Prices ruling during the wee’s Broken 
Pekoe, per lb. 14c. Pekoe per lb. 33c. Pekoe Sou- 
cboug per lb. 27c. Broken mixed o-nd Bust, per lb. 
19c. Avei'ages of Week’s sale. 
Cinchona Bark. — Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb 61c. 
Cardamoms. — Per lb E2 04 
Coconut Oil. — Mill oil per cwt- Bll. 374, nominal 
Dealers’ oil per cwt. Eli*25 Coconnt oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton E2S2.50 nominal 
Copra. — Per oandv of 560 lb. R40 00 
Coconut Cake: (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) perton, RbrSO 
Cocoa unpicked and undried, per cwt. R49 50. 
„ _ 1 i Q I Kogalla E17.25 
Coir Yarn.— Nos. 1 to 8 j Colombo E16 00 
Cinnamon. — Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 57c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 51o. 
Ebony. — Per ton No sales 
Plumbago : — Large Lumps per ton, R365 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R345 .. 
Chips per ton, R220. Dust per ton, R145 00 
Rice. — Soolye per bushel, f R 3.35 to 3 80 
,, per bag, 1 R8.90 to 9*50 
Cost Kara per bus. none 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3*80 to R3*95 
Muttusamba per bushel, R4*50 to 
Kadappa and Kuruwe per bushel, R3*30 to R3 27 
Rangoon Raw 3 bushel bag — E9.60 to 10,00 
LOCAL MARKET. 
(By Mr. Janies Gibson, Baillie St. F ort. ) 
Colombo Feb 1st, 1898. 
Estate Parchment; -per bushel to 14'75 
Chetty do do B12 00 to 13 00 
Native Oofi'ee 1 R41*00 to 42*00 
do F O. I! pu* cwt ) 
Llhei'ic.n cofteo;— per Inish Et’.'iO to 6*00 
do clo.'in coffee:— per cwtR31*00 to 85‘ 
Cardamoms M.alabar:— per lb. Rl*‘25 to 1. 
do Mysoore do R‘2'00 to 2*5 
Cocoa unpicked pier cwt R44*00 to 48*00 
do picked *’0 R 60 00 to 54.00 
Rice Market List 
Soolai per bsg of 104 lbs liett RS*90 to 9.50 
Slate & 1 st quality soolai:- per bushel R3*65 to 3.80 
Soolai 2 & 3rd. do do do R3.43 to .55 
Coast Callunda R3**10 to 4.00 
Muttusamba ordinary R4.50 to 4.75 
Kuruvee R3.*'.0 to 3.37 
Coast Kara K3.00 to 3*80 
Kazala RS“2.5 to 3*:10 
Raw Rangoon Rice p*cr bag of 3 bushels R9*50 to 10*00 
Ciuu.imou, per lb No 1 to 4 at GGtoSSets. 
do do 1 to 2 65cts 
do Chips, per candy R80*00 
Coconuts. Ordinary per thousind R35.00 to 37.00 
do Selected do 1138 00 to 40.00 
Coconut Oil per cwt 1*2*75 nomir.al» 
do F. O. B. per ton 287*50 to *290 t 
Cotira per candy:— 
Kalpitiya do RS'i.OO to 35.50 
Marawila do 4136.50 to 37.00 
Cart t opra. do R83.00 to 33*50 
Poonac Gingelly. per ton 90.00 to 94.00 
do Chekini do R72.0O to 76.00 
Mill (retail) do R70.00 to 75*00 
Cotton .Seed do R80*00 to 82 
Satinwoocl per cubic feet. R*2.00 to 2.50 
do Flowered do 
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1,30 to 1.70 
1,30 to 1.40 
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do 
R1.30 to 1.40 
Ebony per ton R1 0 
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Kitul fibre per 
cwt 
R35.00 
Palmvra do 
R9*00 to 22*50 
Jaffna Black 
Cleaned per 
cw t 18*00 to 
20*00 
do n ixed 
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R17.00 to 
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R9.00 to 
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do Cleaned 
do 
R12.50 to 
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oapanwood per 
ton 
R50 
Kerosine oil American per case. RC*75 to 7*23 
do Bulk Russian per tin R*2.00 to *2*53 
do Russian in Case R.5.00 to R5*l*2 
da Sumatra in Ca.se R5.(0 to 5*12 
Kapok Cleaned F. O. B. per cwt -R*27*00 to 28*00 
do unpicked do R7*50 to 8*00 
Croton Seed per cwt 3G.eo to 40*00 
Nux Vnp;i.:a do R5.50 to 6.00 
I Large lumps *200 to 380 
Plumb.ago per ton, according J do ,, 240 lO SOO 
to quality 'j do Chips 1*20 to 230 
( do dust 90 to 140 
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COUNTRIES. 
To United Kingdom 
„ Austria 
„ Belgium 
„ France 
„ Germany 
,, Holland 
,, Italy 
„ Russia 
„ Spain 
„ Sweden 
„ Turkey 
„ India 
„ Australia . . . , j 
„ America 
„ Africa 
„ China 
„ Singapore 
,, Mauritius 
,, Malta 
Total exhorts from 1st Jan. 
to 1st.' Feb. 1898 
1897 
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