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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST, 
[May. 2, 1898. 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 
(From Tjewis (& Peat's Fortnightbi Prices Current, London, April 6th, liOS. ) 
ATjOES, Socooti’jne cwt. 
Zai)/ibar & Hepatic „ 
BEES’ WAX, 
Zanzibar & ( Wliite „ 
Bombay (Yellow , , 
M.ariaprascnT ,, 
CAMPHOR, China 
Japan ,. 
CAEPAMOMS, Malabar lb 
Ceylon. — Iv ysore , , 
,, Tellicherry,, 
„ Long ,, 
,. Mangalore,, 
CASTOR OIL, Calcutta,, 
Madras ,, 
CHIT T.TEP.. Zanzibar cwt. 
CINCHONA BARK.— 
Ceylon lb. 
CINN AMOR. Ceylon 
per lb, 
Ists 
2nds 
'drds 
4tlis 
Chips 
• lb. 
CLOVES, Penang 
Amboyna 
Zanzibar \ 
and Pemba / 
COCTJLTTS INDicUS cwt. 
COFFEE 
CeJTon Plantation „ 
Native 
Liberian 
COCOA, Ceylon 
COLOMBO ROOT „ 
COIR ROPE, Ceylon ton 
Cochin ,, 
FIBRE, Brush „ 
Cochin „ 
Stuffing I, 
COIR YARN, Ceylon „ 
Cochin ,, 
do. ,, 
CPOTON SEED.S,siIt. cwt. 
CUTCH „ >, 
GINGER, Bengal, rough „ 
Calicut, Cut A ,, 
B & C „ 
Cochin Rough ,, 
QTALITT. 
QUOTATIONS 
Fair to line dry 
Common to good 
Cod to fine 
Fair 
Hark to good palish . 
Fair average quality .. 
Clipped, bold, bright, fine 
Middling. stalky"& lean 
Fair to fine plump 
.Seeds 
Good to fine 
Brownish 
Shelly to good 
Med brown to good bold 
Ists and 2nds 
Dull to fine bright 
Ledgeriana Chips 
Crown, Renewed ., 
Org. Stem 
Red Org. Stem.. 
Renewed .. 
Ordinary to fine quill.. 
GUM 
Japan 
AMMONIAOUM , 
ANM, Zanzibar , 
Madagascar ,, 
ARABIC E. I. & Aden „ 
Turkey sorts ,, 
Gbatti ,, 
Kurrachee ,, 
Madras „ 
ASSAFCETIBA ., 
KINO „ 
MIRRH,P»'b'’d „ 
Aden .sorts ,, 
CLIBANUM, drop 
pickings „ 
siftings ,. 
INDIARUBBER, Assam lb 
Rangoon 
iorneo 
Dull to fine bright bold 
Dull to tine 
Good and fine bright .. 
Common di ll to fair .. 
Fair 
Fail- 
Bold to fine l)old colory 
Middling to fine mid .. 
Low mid. anti low grown 
Smalls 
Good ordinary 
Small to hold 
Bold to fine bold 
Medium and fair 
Triage to ordinary 
Fair to good 
Ordinary to fair 
Ord. to fine long straight 
Ordinary to good clean 
Common to fine 
Common to superior . 
.. .. very fine ... 
Roping, fair to good .. 
Dull to fair 
Fair to fine dry 
Fail- 
Good to fine bold 
Small and mediuni 
Common to fine bold .. 
Small and D’s 
Unsnlit 
Sm. hlocky 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 :ind fine pale 
Reddish to ji.ale .selected 
Park to fine pale 
Clean fr. to gd. almonds 
Ord. stony and biocky 
Fine bright 
Fair to tine pale 
Middling to good 
Good to lino white .. 
Middling to fair 
Low to good pale 
Slightly foul to fine .. 
Good to fine 
Clommon to foul & mxd, 
Fair to good clean ... 
Common to tine 
£7 2 'G a £7 10s 
£6 Fjs a £6 7s Cd 
£fia £C 15s 
9.5s 
97.5 CJ 
.3s 2d a 3s 6d 
2.5 9d a Ss 
3s a 4s 4d 
2s Gd a 3s 2d 
•is 9d a 3s Id 
■is Gd 
■is 8d a 3s led 
3s 9d a 4s 4d 
3!d a 4jd 
31 d 
•27s a 42s 6d 
3|d a 6d 
4Jd a Sd 
lid a G|d 
3d a 45 d 
3Jd a 5|d 
81d a is lid 
71d a Is 8d 
7d a Is Gd 
Gd a Is 3d 
■iid a 31 d 
Gd a Is 
41 d a 5Jd 
4d a 4|d 
3gd a 3^d 
■2d 
S-S Gd 
nOs a 124s 
103s a 108s 6d 
90s a 1 00s 
7t s a 8.5s 
35s a SO.s 
30s a 45s 
4s a 80s 
G9s a 73s 
GOs a GSs 
22s a 40s 
nominal 
£10a£lG 
.£10 a £21 
.£15 a £21 
£7 a £9 
£12 a £26 10s 
£12 a £34 
.£10 10s a £15 
60s a 61s 
9s 3d a 32s Gd 
1 9s 
78s Gd a 105s 
35s a 76s 
17s Gd a 28s 
17s a 21s 
'6s Gd a 17s Gd 
SOs a 50s 
£10 7/6a£1312/6 
£8 2/6 a £10 10s 
~0s a £7 12/6 
£5 10s a £7 10s 
SOs ,a ICOs 
£4 Ss a £8 
£4 5s a £9 
40s a 62s Gd 
65.5 a 86s 
12s Gd a 40s 
52s Gd a 57.S Gd 
30.5 a 4Cs 
27s Gd a 35s 
40sa SOs 
SOs a 37s , 
12s Gd a 15s 
70.5 a 82s Gd 
INDIARUBBER, (Contd). 
Java, Sing. & Penang 11: 
Mozambique 
Madagascar 
INDIGO, E.I. 
-I 
MACE, Bombay & Penang 
per lb. 
MYRABOLANES, 1 
Madras J 
Bombay 
cwt 
Bengal „ 
NUTMEGS— lb. 
Bombay & Penang ,, 
NUTS, ARECA cwt 
NUX VOMICA, Bombay 
per cwt. Madras 
OIL OF ANISEED 
CASSIA 
LEMONGRASS 
NUTMEG 
CINNAJION 
CITRONELLE 
ORCHELLA WEED- 
Ceylon 
Zanzibar. 
lb 
cwt 
PEPPER (Black) lb, 
Alleppee & Tellicherry 
Singapore 
Acheen & W. C. Pen.n.ng 
PLUMBAGO, lump cwt, 
chips ,, 
dust „ 
SAFFLOWER 
SANDAL WOOD— 
Bombay, Logs ton 
Chips ,, 
Madras, Logs ., 
Chips ,, 
SAPANWOOD Bombay,, 
Madras ,, 
Manila ,, 
Siam ,, 
SEEDLAC cwt, 
SENNA, Tinnevelly lb 
QUOTATIONS. 
Is -21da ?.s 
is 91 d a Ss 
2s Gd a 2s 8| d 
Is Id a Is 4d 
is Cd a 2s 11 d 
■is Gd a 2s lOd 
:1s a ,3s Id 
2s a ?s 4d 
lsCda2s4fd 
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 
Fair to good black 
Niggers, low to good.. 
Bengal-- I 
Shipping mid togd liolet 4s 2d a 4s 9d 
Consuming mid. to gd. 2s Gd a 3s 6d 
Ordinary to mid. Is6da2s5d 
■Mid. to good Kurpah.. i2s a 2s fid 
Low to ordinary .. Js 4d a Is lOd 
Mid. to good Madras.. |ls 3da 2s 4d 
Pale reddish to fine .. !2s a ?s 
Ordinary to fair .. its 7d a Is nd 
Pickings .. Ilsfjda ls5^d 
Dark to tine pale UG...'4s6d a f>s 
Fair Coast .. 
Jubblepore 
Bhimlies 
Rhajpore, &c. 
Calcutta 
C4’s to 67’s 
lie's to go's 
160's to 130’s 
Ordinary to fair fre.sh.. 
Ordinary to middling.. 
Fair to good bold fresh.. , 
.Small ordinary and fair 6*1 
Fair merchantable .. 7.s Sd a 7s fid 
•■iccording to analy.sis.. 4s 9d a 6s 3d 
Good flavour & colour... 
Dingy to 'white 
Ordinary to fair sweet... 
Bright ii good flavour.. 
Mid. to fine not woody.. 
Picked clean flat leaf .. 
, wiry Mozambique 
4s 9d a 5s 
'4s a 7s 
4s 3d a 9s 
Ss 9d a 7s 
i3s fid .I 5s fid 
!3 s a. ,3s 2d 
Is 3il a 2s Od 
Gd a Is Id 
jl2s a 2-2s Cd 
|4s a 5s 6d 
s a 7.S Cd 
5d 
3jd a 4d 
5d a Is Gd 
Is O^d a Is 2d 
.SHELL, S, M. o’PEARL- 
Bombay cwt. 
M ussel , , 
TAMARINDS, Calcutta... 
per cwt, Madras 
TORTOISESHBLL- 
Zanzibar & Bombay lb. 
TURMERIC, Bengalcwt. 
Madras ,, 
Do. 
33s a 57s Gd 
Cochin 
34s a GOs 
20s a 31s Gd 
VANILLOE.S— 
lb. 
llH a 12s Gd 
Mauritius and I 
1 .sts 
9s Cd a 14s 
Bourbon .../ 
2nds 
2s 4d a 2s ll^d 
.Seychelles 
3rds 
Is Gd a 2s 
VERMILION 
2s 3d a 2s lid 
1.S 6d a 23 2d 
Gd. cry.sallized 3i a 9 in, 
Foxy & reddi.sh 4J a 8 ,, 
Lean and inferior 
Fine, pure, bright 
WAX) Japan, squares cwt Good white hard 
Fair to bold heavy 
Fair 
Dull to fine 
Fair to fine bright bold 
Middling to good small 
Dull to fine bright 
Ordinary to fine bright; 
Good to tine pinky 
Middling to fair 
Inferior and pickings 
Fair to fine flavour 
Fair to good flavour 
Inferior to flue 
Lean to good 
Good average 
( Rough & rooty to good 
1 bold smooth.. 
Ord. dusty to gd. .soluble 
Good hold gTeen 
Fair middling meclium 
Common dark and small 
Bold and A's 
D’s and B’s 
Small 
Small to bold 
Mid. to fine bl’k not stoii’v 
Stony and inferior 
Small to bold dark 
mottle part heavy 
Fail- 
Finger fair to fine bold 
bright 
Bulbs 
Finger 
Bulbs 
10s a 12s Gd 
ICs a 15s 
ICs a 11s 
3Jda4d 
4 1-1 Gd 
3|d a 4|d 
20s a 28s 
15s a 19.S 
ICs a 15s 
5s Gd a 10s 
SOs a 85s 
GOs a 70s 
SOs a 55s 
£20 a £35 
5s a £3 
£30 a £50 
C4 a £8 
£4 a £5 
£4 a £5 nom. 
£4 10s a £ 5 15s 
£6 a £7 
60s a 70s 
3}d a 44d 
3d a 3jd 
l|d a 2^d 
£4 10s a 46 12/8 
£1 5s a £3 10s 
12s Gd a 14s Gd 
4s a Gs 
16s 6d a 23s Gd. 
1:3s 9d 
18s a 19s 
12s a 13s 
13 s a 14s 
s Gd 
18s a 26s 
13s a 20s Gd 
s a 11s Gd 
s 2d 
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