April i, 1898.] THE TROPICAL AGEICULTDRlst. 
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COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
Furnished hy the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, March. 29th, 1898. 
B.kchaxge on London:— Closing Rates BanL Sellinq 
Rates: — On demand 1/3 3116; i months’ sight 1/3 
27-32 6 months’ sight 1/3 7-8 
Banlc Buying Rates: — Credits 3 months’ signt 1/1 
1-16 ; 6 months’ sight 1/4 5 32. Docts 3 months sight 1/4 
3-32 ; 6 months sight 1/4 3-16. 
Coffee: — Parchment on the spot per bushel R14 00. 
Plantation Estate CoSee, f.o.b. on the spot per cwt. 
R77'00. Liberian parchment on the spot per bus. 
RS'OO. Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. Rlo'OO nominal 
Tea: — Average Prices ruling during the wee'K Broken 
Pekoe per lb. 44c. Pekoe per lb. 353. Pekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 26c. Broken mixed and Dust, per lb. 
18o. Averages of Week’s sale. 
Cinchona Bare; — Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb ojo. 1 to 5 % 
Cardamoms: — Per lb R2.05 
Coconut Oil; — Mill oil per cwt. no quotation. 
Dealers’ oil per cwt. R13.25 Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton R295.00 to 297.50 
Copra: — Per candy of 560 lb. R42.00 
Coconut Cake; — (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, R75 00 
Coooa unpicked and undried, per cwt. R51.23 
Coir Yarn.-Nos. 1 to 8 ] 
Cinnamon: — Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 57c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb .52Jc. 
Ebony. — Per ton Govt, sales on 4th April 
Plumbago : — Large Lumps per ton, R400 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R380 
Chips per ton, R250. Dust per ton, R170 
Bice. — Soolye per bushel, f R 3.00 to 3.35 
,, per bag, t R7.75 to 8..50 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3.50 to R3.75 
Muttnsamba per bushel, E.3.40 to R4.00 
Kadappa and Kuruwe per bushel, B2’87 to 312 
Rangoon Raw 3 bushel bag:— R9.25 to 9'4 q 
Tiiuu Pali do E1.30 to 1.40 
Ebony per ton R80 to 180 
Kitiil fibre per cwt E35’00 
P,almyra do do R9’50to20 
Jaffna Black Cleaned per cwt 20*00 
do nixed do RIT'OO to 18’j0 
Indian do R9.50 to ‘2U’00 
do Cleaned do R12.50 to 2U'U3 
Sa pan wood per cwt R45'00 
Kerosine oil American per case. RC'37 to 6'50 
do Bulk Russian per tin R2'40 to 2'4.5 
do Rus.sian in Case Rl.70 to R4'75 
do Sumatra in Case R4.60 to 4'65 
Nux Vomica do R5 to 6 
Croton Seed per cwt 28 to 30 
Kapok no stock the seas n is in June 
■ Large lumps 2.50 to 450 
Plumbago per ton, according do „ 220 to 370 00 
to quality ) do Chips HO to 230'00 
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Estate Parchment :— per bushel R12 to 12‘7.> 
Chetty do do EII'jO to 117.5 
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Liberian coffee:— per bush R2'50 to 3'50 
do dean coffee:— per cwt R24 to 27 
Cocoa unpicked per cwt R48 to 51 
do picked do R50 to 52 
Cardamoms M.alabar:— per lb. RIMO to 1.7.5 
do Mysoore do Rl'85 to 2’25 
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Social per bag of 1G4 lbs nett R775 to S..50 
Slate & 1st quality soolai:- per bushel R3'20 to 3.35 
Social 2 & 3rd. do do do R3.05 to 3.15 
Coast Calunda R3'50 to 3.75 
Muttusamba R3.40 to 4.oO 
Kuruvee (not good) R3.00 to 3.10 
KaZala R3'9U to 2’95 
Raw Rangoon Rice per bag of 3 bus. R9 25 to 9‘40 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 to 4 55 c to 57 cts. 
do do 1 to 2 58 c to 60 ets. 
do Chips, per candy i RSO to 82 none to be hand 
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Coconuts. Ordinary per tbous.and E36. to 38 
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