March i, 1898 .] 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 
649 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, March. 1st, 1898. 
Exchange on London: Closing Rates. Banh Selling 
Rates: — On demand 1/3 31-32 to 1/4; 4 months’ sight 
1/4 to 1/4 1-32; 6 months* sight 1/4 1-32 to 1/4 
Ranh Buying Rales: — Credits 3 months’ sight 1/4 
7-32 to i; 6 months’ sight 1/4 5-16. 
Docts 3 months sight 1/4 | 9-32; 6 months sight 1/4 
11-32. 
Coffee. — Plantation Estate Parchment on the spot 
per bushel R13.50. Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b. on 
the spot per cwt. R77 50. Liberian parchment on the 
spot per bus. R4'50. Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt.R44'00 
Tea. — Average Prices ruling during the week Broken 
Pekoe, per lb. 40c. Pekoe per Ib. 32c. Pekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 25c. Broken mixed and Dust, per lb. 
18c. Averages of Week’s sale. 
Cinchona Bark. — Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb 7c. 
Cardamoms. — Per lbRl'80 
Coconut Oil. — Mill oil per cwt. no quotation 
Dealers’ oil per cwt. R12‘621 Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton R290.00 
Copra. — Per candy of 560 lb. R41’00 
Coconut Cake; (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, R72'50 
Cocoa unpicked and undried, per cwt. R48.00 
Com Tarn.-Nos. 1 to sjSombo^ie^OT 
Cinnamon. — Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 57c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 51c. 
Ebony. — Per ton No sales 
Plumbago : — Large Lumps per ton, K380 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R360 
Chips per ton, R230. Dust per ton, R150 
Rice. — Soolye per bushel, J R 8.30 to 3'60 
,, per bag, t R8.50to8’90 
Cost Kara per bus. none 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3'80 to R4 00 scarce. 
Muttusamba per bushel, B4'30 to R4’75 
Kadappa and Kuruwe per bushel, R3'45 to R3 55 
Rangoon Raw 3 bushel bag. — R9.00 to 9,50 
♦ 
LOCAL MARKET. 
(By Mr. James Gibson, Baillie St. Fort.) 
Colombo Mar 2nd, 1898. 
Estate Parchment per bushel Rll’75 to 12'50 
Chetty do do R.11’00 to 11*50 
Native Coffee | K 35 to36*00 
do F. O. B per cwt ) 
iiberian coffee: — per bush R1'50 to 1*75 
do clean coffee: — per cwt R20*0U to 22*00 
Cardamoms Malabar.*— per lb. Rl*30 to 1.50 
do Mysoore do Rl*50 to 215 
Cocoa unpicked per cwt R42 00 to 16*00 
do picked oo R48 00 to 50.00 
Rice Market List 
Soolai per bag of 164 lbs- nett R8*50 to 8.90 
Slate & 1st quality soolai:- per bushel R3*60 to 3.70 
Soolai 2 & 3rd. do do do R3.35 to 3.45 
Coast Callunda B3*80 to 4.00 
Muttusamba R4.30 to 4.75 
Kuruvee R3.40 to 3.50 
Coast Kara K3.00 to 3*75 
Kazala R3*25 to 3*30 
Rangoou Raw Rice per bag K9 00 to 9*50 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 to 4 00*53 to 00*56 
do do 1 to 2 00 56 10 00*60 
do Chips, per candy R76*00 to 77*50. 
Coconuts. Ordinary per thousand K36.00 to 38.00 
do Selected do R38.00 to 40.00 
Coconut Oil per cwt Rl 2*75 to 13*00 
do F. 0. B. per ton 287 to 290*00 
Copra per candy 39 to 41 00 
Kalpitiya do R37.00 to 38.00 
Mara'B'ila do 
Carl Copra do 
Poonac Gingelly. 
do Chekku- 
Mill (retail) 
Cotton Seed 
Satinwood per cubic feet. 
do Flowered do 
Halmilla do 
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R3.3.00 to 34*00 
per ton 
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91 to 93 
R76.78 
R76.79 
RSI *00 to 82*00 
R-2.00 tJ 2.30 
5.50 to 6.00 
1.30 to 2.00 
1.30 to 1.40 
Tuun Pali do R1.30 to 1.40 
Ebony per ton R80 to 180 
Kitul fibre per cwt R35 to 00 
Palmyra do do R9*50to21*,50 
Jaffna Black Cleaned per cwt 18*50 
do 11 ixed do Rio *50 to 17 *.50 
Indian do R9.50 to 17.60 
do Cleaned do K12.00 to 21*50 
Sapinwood per ton R50*00 
Kerosir.e oil American per case. R7*00 to 7*25 
do Bulk Russian per tin R2*50 to 2*60 
do Russian in Case R5.25 to R5*50 
d ) Sumatra in Case R4.60 to 4*70 
Kapok Cleaned F. O. B. per cwt R21*00 to 28*60 
do unpicked do R8'00 to 8*50 
Nux Vomica do R5.00 to 6.00 
Croton Seed per cwt 34.(0 to 40*00 
I Large lumps 320 to 390 
Plumbago per ton, .according J do ,, 200 to 380 
to quality 1 do Chips 19J to 200 
I do dust 75 to 140 
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