ig8 



greenish 485. to 55 s\ 6c!., good middling 57^. 6d. to 6oy. bd., good 

 bold 675-. 6d. to 68^. 6d., peaberry 495. to 62s. 



Brazil. — Of 995 bags washed Santos 350 bags sold, smalls $~]s.6d. 

 to 39-S"., middling 49*., good bold 55-S"., peaberry 39^. lo 525-. Of 

 4,255 bags unwashed Dumont Santos, quay terms, 560 bags sold, 

 smalls 375. to 37.S-. 6d., medium 38^. to 395., peaberry 39^. 



Receipts in Rio and Santos : 

 igoi-2. 1900-1. 1899-00. r8g8-gij. 

 Bags. Bags. Bags. Bags. 



Rio ...3,446,000 1,580,000 2,046,000 1,681,000 

 Santos ...6,738,000 5,195,000 4,444,000 3,609,000 



Total 10,184,000 6,775,000 6,490,000 5,290,000 



Crop ... ... 10,900,000 8,971,000 8,772,000 



Rio Exchange ... i2j-|-</., previous day i2^d. 



Havre, December 19. — Good average Santos December opened 

 barely steady at 45 f. and closed quiet at 44$f., March opened at 

 46L and closed at 45|f-, May opened at 46H. and closed at 46Jf., 

 July opened at 4 7 Jf . and closed at 47L, September opened at 48f. 

 and closed at 47^. 



Hamburg, December 19. — Good average Santos December open- 

 ed quiet at 36 pf. and closed barely steady at 35J pf. March opened 

 at 365 pf. and closed at 364 pf., May opened at 37J pf. and closed 

 at 37^ pf., July opened at 38 pf. and closed at 37} pf., September 

 opened at 384 pf. and closed at 38J pf. 



New York, December 19. — Closing prices of No. 7 Rio were as 

 follows : — 



Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April. 

 December 19, 6.60 6.60 6.70 6.75 6.85 

 December 18, 6.65 6.70 6.80 6.85 6.95 



Tea. 



Indian. — Auctions included 42,500 packages, opposed to 48,900 

 packages in the week previously, and 42,500 packages for the cor- 

 responding time of 1900. 



Bidding was brisker for all sorts, and though quotations for me- 

 dium and fine were without material alteration, there was a firmer 

 tone for the lower kinds, which w r ere slightly dearer, there being 

 very little Pekoe Souchong under 5^. per lbs. 



The statistical position shows further improvement, deliveries of 

 all Tea from the 1st to the 17th instant being nearly ih million lbs. 

 over those of the same interval last year ; while the shortage in 

 the supplies of British grown Tea is being more accentuated. 



The Regulating Committee has recommended that no Public 

 Sales be held until Wednesday, 1st proximo., and Thursday, 2nd 

 proximo. 



For 36,900 packages on estate account 7!^. per lb. was obtained, 

 contrasted with 6%d. per lb. for 38,800 packages, and S^d. per lb. 

 for 35,300 packages in the two preceding seasons. 



Totals printed for importers were . — 



