Supplement to 11 CEYLON OBSERVER." 
GOI, WILSON & STANTON'S INDIAN, CEYLON, AND JAYA TEA REPORT. 
October igth, 1888. 
13, Rood Lane, London, E C. 
IN LONDON 
As a general rule, October commences the period in which the heaviest deliveries take place in 
I British Grown Tea : — nearly one half the amount of Indian Tea annually consumed is removed 
from the Bonded Warehouses during the five months between October and February. 
The deliveries of Indian Tea in October and November last year, reached the unusually high 
figures of 8,294,094 lbs., and 8,602,236 lbs. respectively, the latter figure being the highest yet 
QUANTITY BROUGHT TO AUCTION 
From 1st June to Date. 
Indian. Ceylon. 
1887. 330,766 packages. 91,623 packages. 
1888. 361,211 „ 147.349 » 
During the week ~ =-~—--~^ •. » 
26,297 packages Indian j 
3,970 ,, Ceylon -Total 30,999 packages have been offered in public auction 
732 ,, Java ) 
Java. 
15,688 packages. 
2 3'337 n 
recorded in any month. 
Latest telegrams place shipments from Calcutta at 3,200,000 lbs. in excess of last season's 
xports to date — but it appears that cold weather has set in rather earlier than usual, an event 
which must exercise considerable influence upon the output. So far, the deliveries of Indian Tea 
during each month of 1888 have exceeded the corresponding month of 1887. Should the rate 
}f increase continue during the next few months the season's crop may not be very difficult to absorb. 
With a smaller quantity offering and continued good demand from the provinces, the 
irm rates have hardened into an advance. Teas for price are ;^d. to £d. dearer, and fine descrip- 
:ions are very keenly competed for, tippy Teas being again higher. As an idea of the comparative 
trices of Indian Tea in London we quote : — 
rked 
DUST. 
FANNINGS. 
BROKEN TEA. 
PEK. SOUG. 
PEKOE. 
PEK. SOUG. 
PEKOE. 
(Fair ordinary, dark liquor) 
(Red to brown, strong rough liquor) 
(Brownish to blackish, strong liquor) 
(Blackish greyish, useful liquor) 
(Greyish to blackish some tip, useful liquor) 
(Blackish greyish, inferior liquor) 
(Blackish, greyish, some tip, inferior liquor) 
1888. 
4 fd. 1887, 
4d. 
1886, 
7id. 
6-|:d. „ 
4fd. 
)> 
7xd. 
7fd. 
6fd. 
)t 
8d. 
8fd. 
8|d. 
»» 
9id. 
9fd. 
iojd. 
)> 
IO;M 
7id. „ 
8id. 
6fd. 
8^d. 
JEYXiOISf. Probably owing chiefly to the difficulty of obtaining freight from Ceylon, this week's 
offerings have been the lightest recorded for several months. The market has been very strong, and 
■*ood Pekoes and Broken Pekoes have further advanced. Quality continues good, but in some few 
nstances the fault of " overfiring " is still noticeable. The following averages maybe mentioned : — 
'Campion," 1/3; "Hope," 1/2^ ; "Adam's Peak," 1/2; " Rangbodde," 1/2. 
The 3,970 packages sold at an average of i/oh per lb. 
FA"V"A. Only 732 packages were brought to auction. Teas for price arc dearer in sympathy with 
ndians, other descriptions show little alteration. 1,532 packages are advertised for auction next 
veek. The 732 packages, of direct import sold at an average of 8d. per lb. 
MOVEMENTS OF TEA (in lbs.) FROM 1st JUNE TO 30th SEPTEMBER, 1888. 
Imports. 
Deliveries 
188G-1887. 
1887-1888. 
1888-1889. 
1886-1887. 
1-887-1888. 
1 888- 1 889. 
N1MAN 
*5i99 8 >37 6 
=2,975,434 
25,220,lSl 
20,121,078 
23,978,682 
25,220,364 
IsYLON 
2 ( .999i 6 5° 
4,840,690 
8,044,106 
2,940,320 
4,328,170 
7,85,0,412 
AVA 
1,495,620 
921,270 
1,450,470 
1,475,320 
1.253.930 
1,491,980 
SfilNA, etc 
80,756,861 
51,676,032 
53,107,761 
48,410,1 10 
40,230,619 
38,758,96s 
Total lbs. 
101 ,250,507 
So,. j 13,426 
87,822,51s 
72,946,828 
69,79 1 ,401 
73,321,724 
I8S6-ISS7. 
16,521,294 
1,924,450 
1,251,320 
69,818,844 
Stock 
1S87-188S. 
22 >35".45o 
2,809,960 
726,040 
54.389.n4 
1888-1889. 
24,1 12,680 
4 ,812,200 
872,970 
58.760,685 
5,908 80.2SI.564 88,558,535 
BANK RATE. 5 per cent. EXCHANGE. Calcutta on London three months sight is. .! , ; . 
