398 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 May, 1903. 
Sugar (duties, raw, 2s. to 8s. 10d. ; refined, 4s. 2d. and + per cent.).— 
Refined, £16 10s. to £18 per ton; German beet, 88 per cent., 6s. 93d. per cwt. 
Syrurs (duty, 2s. per cwt. and } per cent.).—Finest, 14s. per ewt. 
Monassus (duty, 2s. per ewt. and + per cent.).—5s. 9d. to 8s. per ewt. 
Rice (duty free).—Rangoon, £8 to £14; Japan, £12 to £17; Java, £19 
to £24; Patna, £17 to £21 per ton; Queensland paddy, local price £7 10s. 
to £9 (Pimpama Island clean), valued at £18 10s. in the London market. 
Correr (in bond, duty 13d. per lb. and 3 per cent.).—Ceylon plantation, 
small to good middling, 40s.; peaberry, 75s.; Santos, 30s.; Mocha, 65s. : 
| Jamaica, finest, 100s. per ewt. 
Arrowroor.—St. Vincent, 13d. to 43d.; Natal, 53d. to S8d.; Bermuda, 
1s. 3d. to 1s. 6d. per lb. 
Wauear.—Australian, white, 29s. 43d. to 31s. 6d.; New Zealand, white, 
29s. 6d. to 30s.; Duluth, red, 33s. 6d.; Manitoba, red, 33s. 8d. per 480 lb. 
Frovr.—Australian, 20s. 6d. per 280 lb. 
Marine Bartey.—Enelish, 28s. to 38s. per 448 Ib. 
Oats.—New Zealand, 25s. to 31s. per 384 lb.; Canadian, 16s. to 28s. 
per 320 Ib. 
Sprit Pras.—48s. per 504 lb. 
Gixaer (duty free).—Calicut, good medium, 80s. to 100s.; medium, cut 
rough, 39s.; small, cut rough, 30s. to 34s.; Japan, rough, 42s. to 438s.; 
Jamaica, good bright, 60s. to 70s. ; middling to fair, 40s. to 56s. per ewt. 
Taproca.—23d. to 6d. per lb. 
PrprErr.—Capsicums, 16s. to 80s. ; chillies, 35s. to 88s. per ewt. 
Topacco.—American. Messrs. Thomas H. Edwards and Co., Liverpool, 
report as follows on the Tobacco Market :— . 
31st January: Stocks on hand, 95,074 hogsheads and tierces, representing 
approximately 95,074,000 Ib. 
STRIPS. 1902. LEAF. 1902. 
WeEsSTERN— WESTERN— 
Fillers ars a «| 43 @ —J| Commonexport ... oo |—— | (@i— 
Rather short “th: oli, ip African export an) + |—@5 @ 64 
Very middling to middling} 64 ,, 6%} Short trade ... a uy || = = ny 
Good to fine i | 7 @S8@— | Medium to goodtrade ..| 44 | 6 
Buriey a Aes ..|6 4, 9,, — | BurtEey ty ap «.|7@7 @ 8 
Virginia DarK— Vireirnta DarkK— 
Fillers i ret «+| 5 @ —J| Common export — @ -— 
Rather short a + 1aj| Gee EG Short trade ... i wee | » 
Very middling to middling] 6} ,, 73 | Medium trade a ml Ke a, 
Good to fine ate cr: hts) » — | Good to fine trade ... ard GY A, == 
VIRGININA AFD CAROLINA VIRGINIA AND CAROLINA 
BrigotT— Brieut— 
Semi-dark ... ott +» | —_ @_ 7 | Common or semi-bright ... | 6 @ 
Semi-bright ... aS -»|8@9 @ — | Medium ormixed ... .../ 8 @10@ — 
Medium or mixed ... --|L0  @ 11) Good to fine uae ary WUE ae Foals 
Goo" ‘o fine oF ... 114 @123@14 
After a week of quietness our market settled down to a steady general 
demand in January, without, however, the exceptional activity which character- 
ised the business of the closing months of the old year. 
Virginia and North Carolina brights were scarce in first hands, conse uently 
no great volume of business in them could be looked for. Western strips met 
with increased attention, and some lines of considerable size were sold, the 
better classes receiving more inquiry than for some time back. 
