Note 146 — Chapter XVII
Reading edition
In January, 1868, the current prices were as follows:
Refined Sugar, per arroba $3 00
Rice"1 40
Cacao" 3 20
Coffee" 3 50
Farina" 75
Tapioca "3 00
Pure rubber"11 50
Plassaba cord"6 50
Tobacco"1 50
Sarsparilla" 11 50
The Brazilian arroba is seven pounds heavier than the Spanish.