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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 
[MaUch I, 1858k 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 
(From Lewis <£ Leaf’s Fortnightly Prices Current, London, February 9th, 189S. J 
ALOES, Soceoti'ine cwt. 
Zanzibar & Hepatic ,, 
BEES’ WAX, „ 
Zanzibar & ( White ,, 
Bombay {Yellow,, 
M art aprasen r ,, 
CAMPHOE, China 
Japan ,, 
CARDAMOMS, Malabar lb 
Ceylon.— Mysore ,, 
„ Tellicherry,, 
„ Long ,, 
„ Mangalore,, 
CASTOR OIL, Calcutta,, 
Madras ,, 
CHTTXIES. Zanz.ibar cwt. 
CINCHONA BAEK.— 
Ceylon Ib. 
CINN A MO^ , Ceylon 
per lb, 2 ikI.« 
3rds 
4tlis 
Cbios 
CLOVES, Penang E>. 
Amboyna •• 
Zanzibar 1 
and Pemba ./ 
Stems 
COCULUS IHDICUS Cwt. 
COFFEE , ^ 
Ceylon Plantation „ 
Native > 
Liberian 1 , 
COCOA, Ceylon .> 
COLOMBO BOOT 
COIE EOPE, Ceylon ton 
Cochin ,, 
FIBEB, Brush . 
Cochin ,, 
Stuffing,, 
COIE YAEN, Ceylon „ 
Cochin ,, 
do. ,, 
CROTON SEEDS, sift. cwt. 
CTJTCH 
G I N G ER , Bengal, rough , , 
t allcut, Cut A ,, 
B&C „ 
Cochin Rougli ,, 
Japan „ 
gum AMMOHIAOUM „ 
ANM, Zanzibar „ 
Madagascar 
AP.ABIC E. I. & Aden 
Turkey sorts 
Ghatti 
Kurrachee 
Madras 
ASSAFCETIDA 
KINO 
MYRRH, picked 
Aden sorts 
OLIBANUM, drop 
pickings 
siftings 
INDIARUBBER, Assam lb 
Eangoon 
Borneo 
QUALITY. 
Fair to tine dry 
Common to good 
f}. od to fine 
Fair 
Dark to good palish 
Fair average quality 
Clipped, bold, bright,fine 
.Middling, stalky & lean 
Fair to fine plump 
.Seels 
Good to fine 
Brownish 
Shelly to good 
Med brown to good bold 
Ists and 2nds 
Dull to fine briglit 
Ledgeriana Chips 
Crown, Renewed 
Org. Stem 
Eed Org. Stem 
Renewed 
Ordinary to fine quill... 
Dull to fine bright bold 
Dull to tine 
Good and tine brigbt 
Common dull to fair 
Fail- 
Fair 
Bold to fine bold roloryjl06s a 116s 
Jliddling to fine mid . 9.ts a 105s 
Low mid. and low grown 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to bold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium and fair 
Triage to ordinary 
Fair to good 
,)U0TAT10NS. 
tir 2.'6 a £7 10s 
£6 5s a £6 7s Gd 
£6 a £6 7s 6d 
9.5s 
100s 
3s 6d a 4s 
•2s 9o a :ts ?d 
3s a 4s 3d 
3s 4d a 3s .fid 
■2s 9d a 3s 
2s 6d 
2s 8d a 4s 3d 
3s 6d a 3s 9d 
37d a 5d 
3jd a 3Jd 
32s 6d a 40s 
85 da 6 d 
4|d a 8 d 
l-Jd a Gfd 
3d a 4^0 
3Jd a 5|d 
lOd a 2s 4d 
9d a Is 7d 
8 |d a Is 5d 
8 d a Is 3d 
■25 d a 3jd 
6d a Is 
4jd a 53 d 
4|d a 4Jd 
4d a 4 5-16d 
l|d 
Ss 6d 
INDIARUBBER, (Contd). 
Java, Sing. & Penang lb. 
( 
Ordinary to fair 
Old. to tine long straight 
Ordinary to good clean 
Common to tine 
Common to superior 
.. very tine ... 
Roping, fair to good .. 
Dull to fair 
Fair to line dry 
Fail- 
Good to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Common to fine bold .. 
Small and D’s 
Unsnlit 
Sm. blocky to fine clean 
Picked fine pale in sorts 
Part yellow and mixed 
Bean and Pea size ditto 
Amber and dk. red bold 
Med. & bold glassy sorts 
Fair to good palish .. 
., ., red 
Ordinary to good pale 
Pickings to fine pale ... 
Good and fine pale 
Reddish to pale selected 
Dark to fine pale 
Clean fr to gd. almonds 
Ord. stony and blocky 
Fine bright 
Fair to tine pale 
Middling to good 
Good to fine white ... 
Middling to fair 
Low to good pale 
Slightly foul to fine ... 
Good to tine 
Common to foul & mxd. 
Fair to good clean 
Common to tine 
Mozambique 
Madagascar 
INDIGO, E.I. 
MACE Bombay & Penang 
per lb. 
MYRABOLANES, I 
Madras J 
Bombay 
Bengal „ 
NUTMEGS— lb. 
Bombay & Penang ,, 
NUTS, ARECA cwt. 
NUX VOMICA, Bombay 
per cwt. Madras 
OIL OF ANISEED lb 
CASSIA ,, 
LEMONGRASS 
NUTMEG 
CINNAMON 
CITRON ELLE 
ORCHELLA WEED-ewt 
Ceylon 
Zanzibar. 
J 
90s a 95s 
7f s a 90s 
40s a 85s 
38s a 60s 
76s a S2s 6d 
70s a 74s 
60.S a 68s 
38s a .58s 
nominal 
£10 a £16 
£10 a £21 
£15 a £21 
£7 a £9 
£12 a £26 10s 
£12 a £34 
£10 10s a £15 
50s a 60s 
9s 3d a 32s 6d 
16s 
80s a £5 
28s a 75s 
15s a 30s 
10s a 20s 
15s a 16s 
30s a 50s 
£10 7s 6d a £13 
£8 2/6 a £10 10s 
70s a £7 12/6 
£5 10s a £7 10s 
80s a 100s 
£4 8s a £8 
£4 5s a £9 
40s a 62s 6d 
65s a 85s 
12s 6d a 4fis 
52s 6d a 57s 6d 
30s a 4Cs 
27s 6d a 35s 
40s a 80s 
30s a 37s 
12s 6d a 15s 
70s a 82s 6d 
33s a 67s 6d 
34s a 60s 
■20s a 31s 6d 
Us a l-2s 6d 
9s Od a 14s 
■2s Ojd a 2s Gjd 
Is 3d a Is Gd 
Is 4d a 2s 6d 
la 6id a la 7jd [WAX, Japan, aquarea cwt 
PEPPER (Black) lb 
Alleppee & Tellicherry 
Singapore 
Acheen & W. C. Penang 
PLUMBAGO, lump cwt. 
chips 
dust 
SAFFLOWER 
SANDAL WOOD— 
Bombay, Lo^s ton. 
Chips ,. 
Madras, Logs 
Chips „ 
SAPANWOOD Bombay,, 
Madras ,, 
Manila ,, 
Siam ,, 
SEEDLAC cwt. 
SENNA, Tinnevelly lb 
SHELLS, M. o’PEABL— 
Bombay cwt. 
Mussel ,, 
TAMARINDS, Calcutta... 
per cwt. M adras 
TORTOISESHELL- 
Zanzibar & Bombay lb. 
TURMERIC, Bengalcwt. 
Madras „ 
Do. 
Cochin „ 
VANILLOES— lb. 
Mauritius and I Ists 
Bourbon ... / 2nd.s 
Seychelles Srds 
VERMILION lb. 
Foul to good clean . 
Good to fine Ball 
Ordinary to fair Ball 
Low .sandy Ball 
Sausage, fair to good 
Liver and livery Ball. 
Fr to fine pinky & white 
F,air to good black 
Niggers, low to good.. 
Bengal-- 
Shipping mid togd violet 
Consuming mid. to gd. 
Ordinary to mid. 
Mid. to good Kurpah 
Low to ordinary 
Mid. to good Madras 
Pale reddish to fine 
Ordinary to fair 
Pickings 
Dark to fine pale UG 
Fair Coast 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlles 
Rhajpore, &c. 
Calcutta 
64’s to 57’s 
llO’s to 65’s 
160’s to 130’s 
Ordinary to fair fresh 
Ordinary to middling 
Fair to good bold fresh 
Small ordinary and fair 
Fair merchantable 
According to analysis 
Good flavour & colour 
Dingy to white 
Ordinary to fair sweet 
Bright & good flavour 
Mid. to fine not woody . 
Picked clean flat leaf 
„ wiry Mozambique 
Fair to bold heavy 
Fair 
Dull to fine 
Fair to tine bright bold 
Middling to good small 
Dull to tine bright 
Ordinary to fine bright 
Good to fine pinky 
Middling to fair 
Inferior and pickings 
Fair to fine flavour 
Fair to good flavour 
Inferior to fine 
Lean to good 
Good average 
( Rough & rooty to good 
i hold smooth 
Ord. dusty to gd. soluble 
Good to fine bold green 
Fair middling medium 
Common dark and small 
Bold and A’s 
D’s and B’s 
Small 
Small to bold 
Mid.to fine bl’k not stony 
Stony and inferior 
Small to bold dark 
mottle part heavy 
Fair 
Finger fair to fine bold 
bright 
Bulbs 
Finger 
Bulbs 
Gd. crysallized a. 9 in. 
Foxy & reddish 4J a 8 ,, 
Lean and inferior 
Fine, pure, bright 
QUOTATIONS. 
Is a 2s 3d 
■2s 8-Jd a 2s lOd 
2 s 4B1 a 2s 7d 
lOd a Is Id 
Is Sjd a 2s lOd 
2s 4id a 2s 5jd 
Is lid a 2s lUd 
Is 6d a Is lljd 
Is5jdals8d 
4s 2d a 4s 9d 
3s 6d a 3s 5d 
Is 6d a 2s 5d 
2s a 2s 6d 
Is 4d a Is lOd 
Is 3d a -2s 4d 
Is lOd a 2s 9d 
I s 6d a 1 s 9d 
1s3|da Is 4]d 
4s 6d a 6s 
4s 9d a 5s 
4s a 7s 
4s 3d a 9s 
3s 9d a 7s 
3s 6d a 5s 6d 
3s a 3s 2d 
Is 4d a -2s lid 
d a Is Id 
I2s a 14s 
4s a os 6d 
7s a 7s 6d 
5s 6d 
7s 3d a 7s 6d 
4s 9d a 6s 3d 
8d 
3jd a 4d 
od a Is 7d 
Is 2d a Is 2Jd 
10s a 12s 6d 
'Os a 15s 
-vs a 11s 
315-16da4d 
4 l-16d 
3fd a 4^ 
20s a 2Ss 
15s a 19s 
ICs a 15s 
5s 6d a 10s 
80s a 85s 
60s a 70s 
oOs a 55s 
£20 a £35 
os a £3 
£30 a £C0 
£4 a £8 
£4 a £5 
£4 a £5 nom i 
£410.sa£6 15s •) 
£6 a £7 
70s a 80s 
3|d a 4|d 
3d a 3id 1 
l^d a 2^d I 
£5 15s a * 6 12 / 9 ! 
£1 5s a £4 3/6 
7s a 8s 6d 
4s a 6s 
15s a 23d 6d 
14s 9d 
18s a 19s 
12s a 13s 
13s a 14s 
8s 6d 
18s a 26s 
13s a 20s 6d 
7s a 11s 6d 
■2s 2d 
Ctood white hard 
j36f 6d 
