Timber and hides by the Kurjah, or score. Fuel in little bundles.
The following is a tariff of articles purchasable in the bazar during the month of May, 1857. The reader, however, is warned that the price of almost everything was then exceedingly high.
| Grains. | ||||||
| Rice | (Bombay best) | 17 | German crowns | per | Kandi. | |
| ” | Bengal | 14 | ” | ” | ||
| ” | Zanzibar best | 1 | German crown | per | 5 | Kaylah. |
| ” | ” 2nd quality | 1 | ” | 5½ | ” | |
| ” | ” 3rd ” | 1 | ” | 6½ | ” | |
| ” | Indian (red) | 1 | ” | 7 | ” | |
Holcus or Jowari (Ar. Durrah and Taam, Kis. Mtámá, Ang. Kafir Corn)—
| Coast Grain | 1 | German crown | per 15 Kaylah. |
| Indian ” | 1 | ” | ” 16 ” |
At harvest time even 130 Kaylah may be bought for a dollar.
| Muhindy or maize— | ||||
| Coast grain | 1 | German crown | per 16 Kaylah. | |
| Wheat (all imported)— | ||||
| 1st quality | 10 | German crowns | per Kandi. | |
| 2nd ” | 9 | ” | ” | |
| Flour (America) | 4 | ” | per barrel. | |
| ” (Maskat) | 2 to 3 ” | ” Juniyah. | ||
| Bájri, Arabic Dukhn, Guinea corn, Pennisetum typhoideum (imported) the best from Cutch | 1 | German crown | per 13 Kaylah. | |
Of this grain not more than 50 sacks are grown on the Island.
| Pulse. | |||
| Lobiya (best and largest is the white from Mozambique) | 1 | German crown | per 8 Kaylah. |
| Lobiya (smaller reddish) | 1 | ” | ” 10 ” |
| ” (small red) | 1 | ” | ” 12 ” |
| ” (inferior) | 1 | ” | ” 14 ” |
| Chaná, Arab. Hummus, Persian Nukhud, Kis. ‘dengu’ Anglo-Indian ‘gram’ from Port. Grão (Mandavie best) | 12 | German crowns | per Kandi. |
| Chaná (Banjáru red, called black) | 8 | ” | ” |
| Chaná (Jambusiri yellow, called white) | 8 | ” | ” |
| Sesamum (Tel, Kunjid, or Futa) | 1 | German crown | per 7 Kaylah. |
This article has greatly varied of late in price: from 6 to 8½ Kaylah have been bought for a dollar.