June i, 1898 .] 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
861 
months sight 
%• 
COLOMBO PRICE CURRENT. 
{^Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce.) 
Colombo, May 31st, 1898. 
Exchange on London: — Closing Rates Bank SelLinq 
Rates : — On demand 1/4 1-32 to 1-16; 4 months’ sight 1/4 
1-16 to 3-32; 6 months’ sight 1/4 3 32. 
Bank Buying Sates:— Credits 3 months’ sight 1/4 j 
6 months’ sight 1/4 11-32. 
Docts 3 months sight 1/4 9-32 ; 
1/4| 
Indian Bank Minimum Rates 11 % to 13 
Local Rates 2 o/o to 3 o/o Higher. 
Coffee: — Parchment on the spot per bushel R13 00 
Scarce. 
Plantation Estate Coffee, f.o.b. on the spot per 
cwt. R73’00. Scarce. 
Liberian parchment on the spot per bus. R4'50 
Native Coffee f.o.b per cwt. R45'0 Nominal. 
Tea: — Average Prices ruling during the week Broken 
Pekoe per lb. 43o. Pekoe per lb. 35c. i'ekoe Sou- 
chong per lb. 29o. Broken mixed and Dust, per lb. 
20c. Averages of Week’s sale. 
Cinchona Bare; — Per unit of Sulphate of Quinine 
per lb 5'85c. 1 to 4 % 
Cardamoms: — Per lb R2.25 
Coconut Oil: — Mill oil per cwt. no quotation. 
Dealers’ oil per cwt. R13.75 Coconut oil in ordinary 
packages f.o.b. per ton R306.25 
Copra: — Per candy of 560 lb. R44.50 
Coconut Cake: — (Poonac) f.o.b. (Mill) per ton, E85'00 
Cocoa unpicked and nndried, per cwt. R45.00 
Com Yarn.-Nos. 1 to 
Cinnamon: — Nos. 1 & 2 only f.o.b. 60c. 
Do Ordinary Assortment, per lb 53c. 
Ebony. — Per ton No sales 
Plumbago : — Large Lumps per ton, R500 
Ordinary Lumps per ton, R480 
Chips per ton, R320. Dust per ton, E200 
Bice. — Soolye per bushel, j R 3.45 to 3.70 
„ per bag, 1 E8.75 to 9.70 
Pegu and Calcutta Calunda per bus. R3.68 to 3.75 
Coast Calunda per bushel, R3.75 to R4.00 
Muttusamba per bushel, E4.00 to R4.50 
Eadappa & Kuruwe Kazala per bus, R3’35 to 3.40 
Rangoon Raw 3 bushel bag: — R9.50 to lO'OO 
LOCAL MARKET. 
(By Mr. James iiibson, BaiUie St. Fort.) 
Colombo, May 31st, 1898. 
Estate Parchment :— per bushel Bll to 13 
Chetty do do R9‘75 to lO'OO 
’^do’' to 35 
Liberian coffee:— per bush Rl‘75 to 3‘26 
do cleaned coffee: — per cwt R22 00 to 25 00 
Cocoa unpicked per cwt R37'00 to 40'00 
do cleaned do R43'00 to 46'GO 
Cardamoms Malabar:- per lb. BVSOtol’05 
do Mysoore do Rl'SO to 2'10 
Rice Market List 
Soolai per bag of 164 lb. nett RO'OO to 9.50 
Slate or 1st quality soolai:- per bushel R3'60 to S'fO' 
Soolai 2 & 3rd. do do do R3'45 to 3’55- 
Coast Calunda 3’37 to 3’94 
Muttusamba ordinary R4’12 to 4’50 
Kuruvee none 
Kazala R3’35 to 3’40 
Coast Kara R3’65 to 3’75 
Rangoon Bice per bag R9 60to 9’75 
Cinnamon, per lb No 1 to 4 00’42 to 00’48 
do do 1 to 2 OO’.iOto 00’52 
do Chips per candy ;R46’00 to 60.00 
Coconuts. Ordinary per thousand R34 to 3S 
do Selected do R36 to 37 
Coconut Oil per cwt B13’50 to 13'75 
do F. 0. B. per ton R306’26 to 310’00 
Copra per candy 
R41 to 43 
R38 to 10 
K36 to 38 
per ton R93 to lOO’OO 
Kalpitiya do 
Marawua do 
Cart Copra do 
Gingelly. Poonac 
Coc nut Chekku ’ do 
Mill (retail) do 
Cotton Seed do 
Satinwood per cubic feet. 
do Flowered do 
Holmilla do 
R92.50 to 97-50 
R75 to SO 00 
R70 
R2 00 to 2-25 
R5’59 to 6’09 
Rl’90 
Tuun Pali 
Palu 
Ebony per ton 
Kitul fibre per cwt 
Palmyra do do 
) Rl OO to 1-12 
) B1-20 to 1-30 
B75 to 175 
R30-00 
R9’C0 to 18-00 
Jaffna Black Cleaned per cwt B18 00 
do 
mixed 
do 
BIO 00 
Indian 
do 
Rll’flO to 14-00 
do 
Cleaned 
do 
R12.50 to 16-00 
Sapanwood per ton R45'00 
Kerosine oil American per case RS’f.O to 5’75 
do Bulk Russian per tin R2’46 to 2’50 
do Russian per Case none 
do Sumatra in Case R4.85 to 5 '00 
Nux Vomica per cwt R5 to 6 
Croton Seed per cwt B37 to 40 
Kapock cleaned f o b do R26 
do unpicked do 
Plumbago per ton, accordiii" 
to quality 
B4 
j Large lumps R280 to 451 
1 do „ R250 to 440 
1 do Chips R120 to 280 
i do dust R70 to 220 
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