COFFEE, TEA, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES. 
No. 4.] 
Colombo, February 21, 1889. 
Pkicb : — 12J cents each; -i copie 
30 cents; 6 copies \ rupee s 
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA. 
Messrs. B. Benham & do. put up for sale at the 
Ohamber of Oommerce Sale-room today, 6th Feb., 
the undermentioned lots of Tea (4,148 lb.), which 
8 old as under : — 
Lot 
No. Mark 
Yaha Ella 
W 
L S 
Yaha Ella 
Do 
Yuillefield 
Box 
No. Pkgs. 
2 5 hf-ch 
4 5 do 
6 2 ch 
8 21 hf-ch 
10 9 do 
12 40 do 
Description 
unassorted 
do 
red leaf 
pekoe 
pek sou 
do 
Weight 
per lb. 
260 
188 
200 
1030 
450 
2000 
31 
36 
21 
43 
38 
not ard. 
Messrs. A. H. Thompson & Oj. put up for sile at 
the Ohamber of Commerce Sule-room today, 6th 
Feb., the undermentioned lots of Tea (4,812 lb.), 
which sold as under : — 
Lot 
Mark 
Box Pkgs. 
Description 
Weight 
No. 
No. 
per lb 
c. 
1 
Murray 
Kiver 
1 
18 hf-ch 
pek sou 
720 
37 
2 
Do 
2 
2 
do 
dust 
140 
27 
3 
Do 
3 
1 
do 
bro mixed 
50 
28 
4 
Pate Rajah 
4 
5 
do 
bro pek 
250 
58 
S 
Do 
5 
9 
do 
pekoe 
450 
40 
6 
do 
6 
6 
do 
souchong 
270 
36 
7 
Do 
7 
2 
do 
red leaf 
90 
22 
8 
P C 
8 
5 
do 
orange pek 
250 
49 
9 
Do 
9 
7 
ch 
pekoe 
560 
42 
10 
Do 
10 
8 
do 
souchong 
800 
36 
11 
Do 
11 
1 
do 
dust 
80 
21 
12 
Do 
12 
1 
do 
souchong 
90 
30 
13 
H J P 
13 
5 
hf-ch 
orange pek 
250 
51 
14 
Do 
14 
8 
do 
pekoe 
384 
44 
15 
Do 
15 
4 
do 
pek sou 
192 
36 
16 
P 
16 
1 
do 
orange pek 
45 
17 
P 
17 
1 
do 
pekoe 
44 
18 
P 
18 
1 
do 
pek sou 
44 
. 37 
19 
Y 
19 
1 
do 
do 
56 
20 
Y 
20 
1 
do 
bro mixed 
47 J 
Mr. C. E. H. Symons put up for sale at the Cham- 
ber of Commerce Sale-room today, 6th Feb., 
the undermentioned lots of Tea (15,485 lb.), which 
sold as under : — 
Lot 
Mark 
Box 
Packages Description 
Weight 
No. 
No. 
per lb. c. 
1 
Nahalma 
64 
19 ch pekoe 
1710S 
2 
Do 
66 
9 hf-ch bro or pek 
510 ( not 
3 
Do 
68 
11 ch pek sou 
990 f arrived. 
4 
Do 
70 
20 do do 
1880 J 
5 
M M 
72 
90 hf-ch pekoe 
4050 47 bid 
6 
Do 
74 
75 do bro pek 
3750 53 bid 
7 
Do 
76 
57 do pek sou 
2565 41 bid 
Mr. E. John put 
merce Sale-room 
mentioned lots of 
under : — 
Lot Mark 
No. 
1 K L 
ALE 
Do 
Do 
up for sain at the Chamber of Oom- 
today, 6th Feb., the under- 
Tea (29,055 lb.), which sold as 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
Do 
Do 
Do 
tagai 
Do 
Do 
13 Do 
14 Do 
15 Do 
16 Mahanilu 
17 Do 
18 Do 
19 Do 
20 Do 
Box 
Packages 
Description 
Weight 
No. 
per lb 
c. 
149 
3 
ch 
pek sou 
255 
35 
150 
1 
box 
bro pek 
25 
41 
151 
1 
hf-ch 
congou 
45 
27 
152 
1 
do 
red leat 
40 
23 
153 
11 
do 
dust 
880 
28 
154 
4 
do 
bro tea 
268 
30 
155 
1 
do 
congou 
66 
34 
156 
do 
red leaf 
87 
20 
157 
14 
do 
bro pek 
630 1-03 
159 
14 
ch 
pekoe 
1260 
71 
161 
13 
do 
do sou 
1040 
58 
163 
59 
do 
bro pek 
5310 
58 
165 
58 
do 
pekoe 
4930 
47 
167 
48 
do 
pek sou 
4080 
40 
169 
2 
do 
congou 
200 
25 
170 
1L' 
ch 
bro pek 
1152 
70 bid 
172 
26 
hf-ch 
pekoe 
1170 
61 
174 
29 
ch 
pek sou 
2349 
50 
176 
3 
hf-ch 
congou 
105 
41 
177 
3 
do 
dust 
171 
29 
Lot Mark 
No. 
21 JT 
22 Albion 
23 Do 
Box Packages 
No. 
178 6 box 
179 29 hf-ch 
181 10 ch 
26 
Do 
Do 
Do 
H O 
Do 
Do 
183 
185 
187 
189 
190 
191 
182 
9 do 
8 do 
7 do 
2 do 
1 do. 
1 do 
1 do 
Description Weight 
per lb. 
pekoe 30 
bro pek 1595 
pekoe No. 593- 
602 
pekoe No. 603- 
611 
pek sou No. 612- 
619 
pek sou No. 620- 
626 
dust 
conerou 
dust 
red leaf 
850 
765 
680 
595 
160 
90 
162 
65 
Messrs. Somebville & Co. put up for sale at the 
Chamber of Oommerce Sale-room today, 6th Feb. 
the undermentioned lots of Tea (37,008 lb.), whiclt 
sold as under: — 
Mara. 
Box 
Pkgs. 
Descriptions. 
Weight 
Lot. 
No. 
per lb. 
c. 
1 
Aadueven 
50 
34 hf-ch 
bro pek 
1870 
48 bid 
Do 
51 
16 
ch 
pekoe 
1440 
39 bid 
3 
Boseneath 
52 
14 hf-ch 
bro pek 
882 
42 bid 
4 
Do 
53 
8 
ch 
pekoe 
816 
43 
5 
Do 
54 
7 
do 
pek sou 
742 
38 
6 
Elchico 
55 
6 
hf-ch 
orange pek 
360 
47 bid 
7 
Do 
56 
4 
do 
pekoe 
240 
41 
g 
Do 
57 
9 
do 
pek sou 
540 
36 
9 
Do 
58 
5 
do 
unassorted 
300 
22 bid 
10 
B Toiwood 
59 
60 
6 
ch 
bro pek 
600 
58 bid 
11 
Do 
10 
do 
pekoe 
800 
48 
12 
Do 
61 
5 
do 
1 
hf-ch 
bro tea 
529 
36 
13 
B 
62 
1 
ch 
bro pek 
91 0 
40 bid 
14 
I P 
63 
3 
hf-ch 
pekoe 
117 
37 bid 
15 
Do 
64 
4 
do 
bro tea 
160 
31 
16 
Rambodde 
65 
13 
do 
bro pek 
715 1 
57 bid 
17 
Do 
66 
21 
do 
pekoe 
1050 J 
18 
Horagas- 
kelle 
67 
2 
do 
bro pek 
111 
50 bid 
19 
Do 
68 
4 
do 
pekoe 
250 
39 bid 
20 
Do 
69 
10 
do 
pek sou 
559 
37 
21 
Do 
70 
1 
do 
congou 
50 
out 
22 
Coodagama 
71 
do 
unassorted 
540 
36 
23 
Do 
72 
3, 
do 
bro tea 
135 
24 
24 
Do 
73 
5 
do 
souchong 
225 
30 
25 
Do 
74 
5 
do 
tannings 
225 
32. ' 
26 
Do 
75 
2 
do 
red leaf 
90 
23 
27 
Do 
76 
2 
do 
dust 
120 
24 
28 
Do 
77 
3 
do 
uuassorted No. 
1 135 
35 
29 
Do 
78 
2 
do 
pekoe 
90 
40 
30 
St. Andrew's 
79 
23 
do 
bro pek 
1472 1 
31 
Do 
80 
17 
do 
pekoe 
1054 f-withd'n, 
32 
Do 
81 
25 
do 
pek sou 
1500 \ 
33 
L F 
82 
4 
ch 
souchong 
320 
32 
34 
Do 
83 
4 
do 
bro mixed 
320 
•22 
35 
Do 
81 
16 
do 
dust 
1360 
28 
36 
A S C 
85 
3 hf-ch 
bro pek 
165 
50 
37 
Do 
86 
12 
do 
pekoe 
600 
37 
38 
Suriakande 
87 
66 
do 
bro pek 
3960 
71 
39 
Do 
88 
94 
do 
pekoe 
5170 
49 bid 
40 
Do 
80 
56 
do 
pek sou 
3360 
44 bid 
41 
Do 
90 
4 
do 
dust 
260 
27 
42 
Do 
91 
5 
do 
bro tea 
250 
34 
43 
Penrith 
92 
21 
do 
bro pek 
1050 
65 
44 
Do 
93 
15 
ch 
pekoe 
1350 
47 
45 
Do 
94 
23 hf-ch 
pek sou 
1035 
44 
Messrs. Fobbes & Walker put up for sale at the 
Ohamber of Commerce Sale-room today, 6th Feb. f 
the undermentioned lots of Tea (37,289 lb.), which 
sold as under: — 
Lot 
No. 
ri 
2 
3 
4 
Mark 
Goodhope 
Do 
Do 
Agra Oya 
Do 
Box Pkgs. 
No. 
Description 
208 
270 
272 
274 
276 
2 hf-ch dust 
2 do congou 
1 box red leaf 
1 ch 
1 hf-ch bro pek 
2 ch pekoe 
Weight 
per lb. 
150 
86 
34 
139 
180 
23 
32 
19 
74 
56 
