COFFEE, TEA, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES. 
No. 7-] 
Colombo, April 8, 1889. 
Pkicb : — 12J cents each; 3 copies 
30 cents; 6 copies § rupee i 
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA. 
Mr. E. John put up for sale at the Chamber 
of Commerce Sale-room today, 20th March the 
undermentioned lots of Tea (38,017 lb.), which sold 
as under : — 
( Continued from last sheet.) 
Lot 
Mark Box Packages 
Description 
Weight 
No. 
No. 
per lb. 
c. 
40 
Great Val- 
ley 
267 
16 
ch 
bro pek 
1600 1 
41 
Do 
269 
21 
do 
pekoe 
1995 1 
not 
42 
Do 
271 
55 
do 
pek sou 
4950 [ arrived 
43 
Do 
273 
6 
do 
bro mixed 
510 
44 
Do 
274 
3 
'do 
dust 
416 ' 
45 
Mos'ville 
275 
8 
do 
bro pek 
800 \ 
46 
Do 
277 
11 
do 
pekoe 
1100 
47 
Do 
279 
19 
do 
pek sou 
1805 Vwithd'n 
48 
Do 
281 
3 
do 
bro mixed 
300 
49 
Do 
282 
1 
do 
dust 
120 J 
50 
Monrovia 
283 
2 hf-ch 
bro pek 
120 
45 
51 
Do 
284 
8 
do 
pekoe 
400 
39 
52 
Do 
285 
2 
do 
pek sou 
100 
36 
53 
ASM 
286 
3 
do 
pekoe 
150 
28 
Messrs. E. Benham & Co. put up for sale at. the 
Chamber of Commerce Sale-room today, 20th March, 
the undermentioned lots of Tea (1,905 lb.), which 
sold as under : — 
Lot Box 
No. Mark No. Pkgs. Description 
1 E F 34 5 do pek fans 
2 Fawnhepe 35 11 hf-ch bro pek 
3 Do 36 19 do pekoe 
4 N N 37 2 do congou 
5 Do 38 1 do do 
Weight 
per lb. 
500 
495 
760 
100 I 
32 
45 bid 
37 
not 
50 j arrived. 
Mr. O. E. H. Symons put up for sale 
Chamber of Commerce Sale-room, today 20th 
the undermentioned lots of Tea (21395, lb.), 
sold as under : — 
Lot Box 
No. Mark No. Pkgs Description 
1 Nahalma 85 32 ch pekoe 
2 Do 87 20 hf-ch bro or pek 
3 Do 89 9 ch pek sou 
4 Do 91 4 hf-ch congou 
5 Pambagama 93 7 ch 
at the 
March, 
which 
6PM 
7 Do 
8 Do 
9 K 
10 K 
11 K 
12 Aberfoyle 
13 
14 
15 
16 
Do 
S 
S 
X z 
17 Dp 
95 
97 
99 
2 
4 
6 
8 
10 
12 
14 
16 
18 
61 do 
do 
hf-ch pekoe 
do bro pek 
pek sou 
bro pek 
souchong 
dust 
ch 
do 
do 
57 hf-ch pekoe 
7 do bro pek 
bro mixed 
pek dust 
do 
5 do 
3 ch 
2 hf-ch bro pek 
2 do pek sou 
Weight 
per lb. 
3040 
1100 
900 
220 
700 
3870 
3300 
2745 
100 
285 
780 
2850 
250 
200 
445 
410 
100 
47 
60 
41 
32 
33 • 
54 
63 
45 
23 
20 
16 
35 bid 
88 bid 
21 bid 
26 
57 
35 
Messrs. A. H. Thompson & Co. put up for sale at the 
Chamber of Commerce Sale-room today, 20th March, the 
undermentioned lots of Tea (9,100 lb.), which sold as 
Uuder : — 
Lot 
Mark 
Box 
Packages Description 
Weight 
No. 
No 
per lb. 
c. 
1 
IDA 
66 
19 hf-ch 
pek sou 
950 
32 
2 
T R 
68 
9 do 
bro pek 
495 
43 bid 
3 
Do 
69 
13 ch 
pekoe 
975 
37 
4 
Do 
70 
10 do 
pek sou 
1000 
32 bid 
5 
Do 
71 
1 hf-ch 
dust 
80 
23 
6 
Detenagalla 72 
22 do 
pek sou 
990 
40 bid 
7 
Do 
74 
20 do 
bro pek 
900 
56 bid 
8 
EW 
76 
17 do 
souchong 
850 
37 
9 
Do 
78 
4 do 
fannings 
240 
35 
10 
Do 
79 
3 do 
dust 
240 
26 
11 
Do 
80 
5 do 
bro mix 
250 
30 
12 
Lauderdale 
81 
12 do 
bro pek 
600 
60 bid 
13 
Do 
82 
18 do 
pek sou 
900 
42 
14 
Do 
84 
9 do 
pekoe 
450 
50 
15 
Blair Avou 
85 
2 ch 
bro mixed 
180 
20 
Messrs. Somebville & Co. put up for sale at the 
Chamber of Commerce Sale-room today, 20th March, 
the undermentioned lots of Tea (15,933 lb.), which 
sold as under : — 
Lot Mark 
No. 
Castle 
Do 
Do 
S P 
K T K 
Do 
O K K K 
Do 
Do 
Do 
11 I P 
Panmure 
Do 
Do 
G L 
Do 
Alton 
Do 
Do 
No 
4 
5 
Packages Description 
Weight 
per lb. 
c. 
2 hf-ch bro pek 
120 
36 
2 do pekoe 
110 
31 
2 do pek sou 
100 
28 
16 do do 
804 
35 
1 do congou 
55 
27 
1 ch dust 
90 
25 
1 hf-ch congou 
43 
29 
1 do bro tea 
P6 
29 
2 ch pek sou 
174 
29 
1 do bro tea 
US 
29 
(Bulked.) 
9 ch fannings 
1125 
31 
(Bulked.) 
4 hf-ch congou 
200 
35 
5 ch dust 
360 
28 
1 hf-ch bro mixed 
56 
17 
7 do bro tea 
350 
22 bio! 
6 ch dust 
480 
26 
15 do do 
1050 
24 
14 do bro tea 
1400 
27 
4 • do red leaf 
400 
14 
(Bulked.) 
20 Allakolla 
21 Do 
22 Do 
23 Aadneven 
24 Do 
25 Ettapolla 
Do 
26 
27 S 
28 ZZZ 
29 Do 
23 
17 hf-ch bro pek 
935 
56 bid 
24 
9 ch pekoe 
900 
46 bi<J 
25 
14 do pek sou 
1400 
42 
26 
20 hf-ch bro pek 
1100 
60 
27 
20 ch pekoe 
1800 
48 
(Bulked.) 
28 
12 hf-ch bro pek 
660 
58 bid 
29 
27 do pek sou 
1350 
43 
30 
1 do dust 
70 
25 
31 
6 do do 
300 
28 
32 
8 do congou 
320 
34 
Messrs, Forbes & Walkeb put up for sale at the 
Chamber of Commerce Sale-room today, 20th March, 
the undermentioned lots of Tea (62,543 lb.), which sold 
as under : — 
Lot 
Mark 
Box 
Pkgs. : 
No. 
No. 
1 
O 
170 
l 
ch 
2,' 
O 
172 
l 
do 
3 
C N 
174 
4 hf-ch 
4 
Do 
176 
.2 
do 
5 
E W AH 
178 
4 
ch 
6 
Do 
180 
5 
do 
7 
Do 
182 
1 
do 
8 
S 
184 
2 
do 
9 
S 
186 
1 
do 
10 
s 
188 
2 
do 
11 
s 
190 
3 
do 
12 
s 
192 
15 
do 
13 
M K 
194 
3 
hf-ch 
14 
Do 
196 
ll 
do 
15 
Do 
198 
8 
do 
16 
MK in tri. 
200 
4 
ch 
17 
Do 
202 
10 
do 
18 
Do 
204 
6 
do 
19 
Do 
206 
3 
do 
20 
C L 
208 
4 
hf-ch 
21 
Do 
210 
8 
do 
22 
Do 
212 
5 
do 
23 
West Hapu 
tale 
214 
5 
do 
24 
Do 
216 
14 
do 
25 
Do 
218 
47 
do 
86 
Do 
220 
2 
do 
27 
Do 
222 
16 
do 
28 
Glenorchy 
224 
23 
do 
*9 
Do 
226 
21 
do 
30 
Do 
228 
17 
do 
31 
Do 
230 
6 
do 
32 
Do 
232 
1 
do 
33 
F F B 
234 
5 
ch 
34 
Do 
236 
4 
do 
35 
Do 
238 
6 
do 
36 
Do 
240 
6 
do 
37 
A K 
242 
3 
do 
38 
L E 
244 
28 hf-ch 
Description 
Weight 
per lb. 
c. 
pek sou 
113 
25 
red leaf 
129 
15 
congou 
200 
26 
red leaf 
80 
15 
congou 
448 
40 
fanning9 
700 
34 
dust 
180 
24 
pek sou 
200 
28 
bro mix 
132 
25 
red leaf 
186 
19 
fannings 
258 
30 
dust 
900 
32 
i bro or pek 
150 
52 
bro pek 
550 
47 
bro pek sou 
400 
37 
bro pek 
400 
58 
pekoe 
850 
48 
pek sou 
522 
43 
dust 
360 
28 
souchong 
200 
33 
unassorted 
400 
35 
dust 
400 
27 
bro pek 
' 260 
out 
pekoe 
700 
do 
p»k sou 
2256 
do 
souchong 
96 
do 
cougou 
768 
do 
■bro pek 
1265 
59 
pekoe 
945 
54 
pek sou 
935 
42 
dust 
420 
25 
congou 
50 
32 
bro pek 
500 
50 
pekoe 
400 
40 
do No. 2 
600 
37 
pek sou 
540 
34 
souchong 
270 
31 
bro pek 
1400 
52 
