GOW, WILSON & STANTON'S INDIAN, CEYLON, AND JAVA TEA REPORT. 
April tfh, 1889. 
13, Rood Lane, London, E C. 
QUANTITY BROUGHT TO AUCTION 
From 1st June to Date. 
Indian. Ceylon. 
1887- 1888. 878,269 packages. 184,886 packages. 
1888- 1889. 978,105 „ 3H.645 
During the week 
16,208 packages Indian \ 
5,870 Ceylon I 
2,309 J AVA 
IN L3NDON 
Jaa; 
32,83 packages. 
4 6 >°5 » 
Total 24,387 packages have been offered in public auction, 
the 
Judging from the figures just issued it would appear that last mont's low prices have stimulated 
consumption of British Grown Tea, the quantity delivered aggregating 10,281,737 lbs., 
against 8,517,074 lbs. in March last year. Of this quantity Indian conributed 8,143,899 lbs., against 
7,432,224 lbs. last March, and Ceylon 2,137,838 lbs., against only i,o8(.,85o lbs. in the same month 
last year. The fact that the stock of all Tea is rather below last year's amount should not be over- 
looked, especially when it is remembered that the quantity to arrive rom India and China is now 
extremely limited. The market this week was not over supplied, and buyes were more willing operators 
at the low prices current, fine flavored Teas still continuing to engross tie largest share of attention. 
INDIAN. The lighter auctions have resulted in better competition and slightly tinner rates. 
Offerings consisted principally of Garden invoices, Calcutta bought Tsas being just now brought 
forward only sparingly. The proportion of " last of the Season " invoices sold up to date, is rather 
in excess of last Season. A last invoice from the " Moabund Tea Co." realized an average of 1/5^; 
an invoice of 148 packages from the " Upper Assam Tea Co." also realized 1/5^. 
TRAVANCORE was fairly represented in the auctions, but the Teas are somewhat disappointing 
in quality. As an idea of the comparative prices of Indian Tea in London we quote :- 
5*d- 
5d. 
6+d. 
7fd. 
9 d. 
6*d. 
7|d. 
4^d. 1887, 
6Jd. 
8Jd. 
io£d. 
7*d. 
9id. 
5d. 
5d. 
6<L 
8id. 
9fd. 
DUST. (Fair ordinary, dark liquor) 
FANNINGS. (Red to brown, strong rough liquor) 
BROKEN TEA. (Brownish to blackish, strong liquor) 
PEK. SOUG. (Blackish greyish, useful liquor) 
PEKOE. (Greyish to blackish some tip, useful liquor) 
PEK. SOUG. (Blackish greyish, inferior liquor) 
PEKOE. (Blackish, greyish, some tip, inferior liquor) 
CEYLON. Offerings were slightly below last week. The average selection shows little altera- 
tion as regards quality, whatever change there is being towards improvement ; advices from 
eylon appear to indicate that a larger proportion of good Tea may soon be arriving. The market 
ms remained steady for all but the poorest liquoring Teas, and competition has on the whole been 
"airly well maintained. The following averages may be mentioned: — "Sheen," 1/3^; "Chapelton," 
1/2; "Frotoft," 1/2 ; and the "Wallaha" Estate of the Ceylon Tea Plantations Co., Limited, i/if. 
\n average of io^-d. per lb. was obtained. 
[_AJVA. Offerings this week were upon a more extensive scale, but operators found no difficulty 
n absorbing the rather larger quantity without any quotable alteration taking place in the market 
>rice. Java Teas at the present low prices usually attract competition from a number of foreign 
narkets, which help to steady quotations. An average of 6£d. per lb. was obtained. 
MOVEMENTS OF TEA in lbs. DURING MARCH. 
Imports. 
Deliveries. 
Ceylon 
Java 
China, etc 
1887. 
5,489,484 
749,280 
383.320 
3.555.915 
1888. 
5.495.3 J 3 
1,243,966 
468,720 
4.835.79« 
1889. 
5.456.388 
2,476,842 
415,940 
3,273,444 
1887. 
7. I 5i.3 r '4 
616,230 
307,650 
10,156,830 
7-43-.«4 
1 ,oS.|,850 
-M'.43° 
1), 1(10,676 
1889. 
8,143,890 
2,137.838 
396,060 
7.938.307 
Total lbs, 
10,174,999 
12,043,797 
1 r, 622, 614 
18,232.074 
1 7.010,180 
18,616,104 
MOVEMENTS OF TEA (in lbs.) FROM 1st JUNE, TO 31st MARCH 
Imports. 
1887-188S. 
Dl AN . . . 
iYLON . . . 
VA 
rll N A , etC. 
1886-1887. 
75.053.832 
6,494,900 
2,989. 6 3 0 
132,081,301 
83,696,821 
11,583,160 
2,471,210 
I 14,962,387 
iSS8-i88<). 
92,088,(154 
20,449, 182 
3,374,700 
98,01 1 ,874 
Total lbs. 216,619,663 212,713,578 213,923,81b 
1886-18S7. 
61,941,314 
6.307.570 
3,030,480 
115,441,367 
Deliveries. 
18S7-1S8S. 
71,111 ,802 
10,030,744 
2,441,180 
98,517,983 
1888-18S9. 
74.855.493 
18,832,350 
3,215,660 
90,196,325 
/ 886- 1 887. 
33,844,626 
2,054,290 
1,190,350 
55.102,377 
Stock 
1887-1S8S. 
35.947.o8o 
4,033,012 
1,088,430 
60,524,862 
1SS3-1889. 
41,356.107 
6.239.952 
1 ,084,160 
52,136,281 
186,720,731 182,104,709 187,099,828 
02.191,643 101,593,984 ioo,Si6,50o 
