COFFEE, TEA, CINCHONA, COCOA, AND CARDAMOM SALES. 
No. 8.] 
Colombo, May 1, 1389. 
Price : — 121 cents each; 3 copies 
30 cents; 6 copies A rupee: 
COLOMBO SALES OF TEA. 
Messrs, B Benham & Oo., put up for sale at 
the Chamber of Commerce Sale-room today, 3rd 
April, the undermentioned lots of Tea (2,910 lb.), 
which sold as under : — 
Lot Mark Box Weight 
No No Pkgs Description per lb c 
1 Yaha Ella 56 9 hf-ch bro pek 
3 Do 
3 Do 
4 K C 
58 23 do 
60 15 do 
62 7 ch 
pekoe 
pek sou 
bro pek sou 
450 
1150 
750 
560 
65 
47 
41 
32 
Mr. O. B. H. Stmons put up 
Chamber of Commerce Sale-room, 
the undermentioned lots of Tea 
sold as under : — 
Lot Mark Box 
No. Pkgs. Description 
32 19 ch pekoe 
for sale at the 
today 3rd April, 
(6,705 lb.), which 
No 
1 Nanalma 
Do 
Do 
Do 
34 11 hf-ch bro pek 
36 
38 
Gallawatte 40 28 do 
7 ch pek sou 
2 hf-ch congon 
Do 
Do 
8 Dea Ella 
42 18 do 
44 1 do 
9 
10 
11 
Do 
Do 
Do 
46 14 do 
48 
50 
52 
6 do 
1 do 
1 do 
pekoe 
bro pek 
dust 
pekoe 
bro pek 
souchong 
dust 
Weight 
per lb. 
1805 
605 
700 
110 
1400 
900 
50 
700 
330 
45 
60 
51 
57 bid 
39 
31 
34 bid 
.39 bid 
20 
30 bid 
35 bid 
25 
23 
Messrs. A. H. Thompson & Oo. put up for sale at 
the Chamber of Commerce Sale-room today, 3rd 
April, the undermentioned lots of Tea (11,480 lb.), 
which sold as under : — 
Lot Mark Box Pkgs. Description 
No. No. 
1 Dartmoore 110 24 hf-ch pekoe 
2 
3 
4 
i 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
Do 
Barra 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
P 
H 
L 
C 
12 Keenagaha- 
ella 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
bro pek 
do 
pekoe 
pek sou 
1 hf-ch farmings 
dust 
fanniugs 
do 
do 
112 12 do 
114 10 do 
115 14 do 
116 20 ch 
118 
119 
120 
121 
122 
123 
1 do 
4 ch 
2 hf-ch 
1 ch 
5 hf-ch dust 
Weight 
per lb. 
1080 
600 
600 
700 
1500 
80 
SO 
500 
80 
100 
300 
38 
38 bid 
41 bid 
37 
32 
24 
23 
30 
24 
25 
121 25 ch 
125 55 do 
127 1 do 
128 1 do 
129 1 do 
130 2 do 
bro pek 
pekoe 
souchong 
farmings 
dust 
unassorted 
1875 } withdn. 
3575 i 
70 
110 
150 
24 
24 
23 
30 
Mr. E. John put up for sale at the Chamber of Com- 
merce Sala-room today, 3rd April, the under- 
mentioned lots of Tea (24,620 lb.), which sold as 
under : — 
Box Packages Description 
No, 
Lot 
No. 
1 
Mark 
78 1 hf-cn 
a 
N 
79 
1 
do 
3 
Little Val- 
ley 
80 
6 
ch 
1 
hf-ch 
4 
Do 
82 
13 
ch 
5 
Do 
84 
1 
do 
6 
Do 
85 
1 
do 
1 
hf-ch 
7 
Do 
86 
1 
ch 
1 
hf-ch 
s 
Cruden 
87 
20 
do 
9 
Bo 
89 
15 
ch 
10 
Do 
101 
28 
do 
11 
Do 
103 
6 
do 
12 
Do 
104 
4 
hf-ch 
13 
Mahanilu 
105 
42 
do 
14 
Do 
107 
27 
ch 
15 
Do 
109 
32 
do 
16 
Do 
111 
2 
do 
congou 
red leaf 
bro pek 
pekoe 
dust 
pek fans 
congou 
or pek 
pekoe 
pek sou 
bro mixed 
dust 
or pek 
pekoe 
pek sou 
dust 
Weight 
per lb 
53 
42 
625 
1170 
125 
165 
140 
1000 
1500 
2800 
600 
290 
2520 
2700 
2880 
26u 
66 
55 
23 
38 
32 
67 bid 
60 
48 bid 
31 
25 
88 
71 
53 
32 
Lot Mark Box Packages Description 
No. No 
17 Kanangamall2 14 hf-ch bro pek 
114 In ch pekoe 
116 22 do pek sou 
118 4 do unassorted 
119 13 do pekoe 
81 Do 
19 Do 
20 Do 
21 Eilandhu 
22 Do 
121 18 hf-ch pek sou 
Weight 
per lb i 
840 
1500 
220'/ 
400 
1170 
900 
SOMERVIXLE & Co. put np for 
Messrs, 
Chamber of Commerce Sale-room today, 3rd 
the undermentioned lots of Tea (21,607 lb.), 
sold as under: — 
ale at the 
April, 
which 
Lot. MarR, 
Box 
Pkgs. 
Description. 
Weight 
No. 
No 
per lb. c. 
1 Ossington 
82 
10 hf-ch 
bro pek 
500 39 
2 Do 
83 
21 do 
pekoe 
1050 36 
3 Do 
84 
28 do 
pek sou 
1257 34 
4 Do 
85 
3 do 
dust 
180 23 
5 Hakuru- 
galla 
86 
9 do 
bro pek 
450 ! not ard. 
6 Do 
87 
12 da 
pekoe 
600 J 
(Bulked.) 
7 
Blair Avon 
88 
13 
ch 
pekoe 
1300 
35 
8 
Wewesse 
89 
32 hf-ch bro pek (bulked) 1600 
35 bid 
9 
Do 
90 
59 
do 
pekoe (bulked) 
2950 
-33 bid 
10 
Do 
91 
12 
do 
dust 
720 
27 
(Bulked ) 
11 
H P 
92 
5 
hf-ch 
bro pek 
250 
36 bid 
12 
Eelugas 
93 
18 
do 
bro pek 
990 
93 
13 
Do 
94 
15 
ch 
pekoe 
1650 
70 
14 
Do 
95 
17 
do 
pek sou 
1700 
58 
15 
M & H 
96 
19 
hf-ch 
pekoe 
950 
33 bid 
16 
Penrith 
97 
20 
do 
Dro pek 
1000 
59 bid 
17 
Do 
98 
21 
do 
pekoe 
1050 
45 
18 
Do 
99 
20 
do 
pek sou 
900 
38 
19 
Do 
100 
5 
ch 
bro tea 
675 
30 
20 
Friedland 
1 
3 
hf-ch 
souchong 
132 
32 
21 
Do 
2 
1 
do 
dust 
59 
26 
22 
Horagaskelle 3 
2 
do 
bro pek 
107 
46 
23 
Do 
4 
4 
do 
pekoe 
186 
36 
24 
Do 
5 
9 
do 
pek sou 
459 
32 
25 
Do 
6 
1 
do 
dust 
42 
25 
26 
Morningsid 
5 7 
6 
do 
bro pek 
300 
39 
27 
Do 
8 
4 
do 
pekoe 
200 
32 
28 
Do 
9 
3 
do 
pek sou 
150 
31 
29 
Do 
10 
2 
do 
bro tea 
100 
21 
30 
Do 
11 
1 
do 
dust 
50 
23 
31 
Do 
12 
1 
do 
unassorted 
50 
26 
Messrs. Fokbes & Walker put up for sale 
Chamber of Commerce Sale-room today, 3rd 
as 
under : 
Lot 
Mark 
Box Pkgs 
No. 
No. 
1 
W H 
32 
16 hf-ch 
2 
Do 
34 
2 do 
3 
Do 
36 
47 do 
4 
Do 
38 
14 do 
5 
Do 
40 
5 do 
6 
G 
42 
13 do 
7 
G 
44 
9 do 
8 
F F B 
46 
9 ch 
9 
Do 
48 
8 do 
10 
Do 
50 
8 do 
11 
Do 
52 
20 do 
The 
Yatiyanto 
12 Polatagama54 
47 hf-ch 
13 
Do 
£6 
100 do 
14 
Do 
58 
61 do 
1 15 
Craig 
60 
1 do 
16 
Do 
62 
1 do 
17 
Middleton 64 
13 ch 
18 
Walla Val- 
ley 
66 
37 do 
19 
Do 
68 
39 do. 
20 
Coorooudo- 
watte 
70 
10 hf-ch 
21 
Do 
72 
15 do 
22 
Do 
74 
16 do 
23 
C H 
76 
12 ch 
24 
Do 
78 
26 do 
25 
Do 
80 
13 do 
26 
Do 
82 
3 do 
at the 
April, 
ch sold 
Description 
Weight 
per lb. 
ICil 
congou 
768 
20 
souchong 
96 
23 
pek sou 
2256 
27 
pekoe 
708 
31 
bro pek 
2K0 
32 
pekoe 
584 
36 
bro pek 
486 
43 
do 
900 
47 
pekoe 
800 
40 
do No. 2 
800 
35 
pek sou 
1800 
35 
a Tea Co., Limited. 
bro pek 
2350 
67 
pekoe 
4000 
50 
pek sou 
3050 
iO 
congou 
50 
29 
dust 
70 
24 
pekoe 
1300 
67 
bro pek 
4070 
71 
pekoe 
3900 
64 
bro pek 
500 
40 
pekoe 
750 
35 
bro pek sou 
800 
31 
bro pek 
1200 
48 
pekoe 
2600 
38 
pek sou 
1300 
33 
souchong 
300 
29 
