THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST 
[May  i,  1893. 
| 684 
CEYLON  TEA  SALES  IN  LONDON. 
WEEKLY  BETUEN  FOB  FOUB  YEAhS  WITH  NO.  OF  PACKAGES 
BOLD  ; AYEBAGE  PEICE  PEB  LB. ; AND  BATE  OF  EXCHANGE 
fob  1889,  1890,  1891  and  1892. 
We  have  received  the  following  return  in  MS. 
from  Messrs.  Shanxi,  Haldane  & Co.,  which  we 
reproduce  as  received,  although  there  are  cne  or 
two  gaps  at  the  end.  It  cannot  fail  to  Le  of 
1889  1890 
interest  to  tea  planters.  The  biggest  sale,  so  far 
as  number  of  packages  goes,  was  on  August  22nd 
laBt  year  with  2 9,612  paokages  ; the  lowest  633 
packages  on  May  23rd,  1891.  The  highest  average 
price  recorded  is  Is  2d  od  Ootober  23rd,  1889  ; the 
lowest  8fd  in  July  last  year.  Exchange  was  highest 
(Is  8 15- 1 6th  d)  on  August  22nd,  1890;  and  lowest 
(is  2 11-16  hd)  in  August  last  year.  With  these 
notes  we  ofLr  the  figures  as  sent  to  us  by  Mr. 
Shand  to  our  readers: — 
1891  1892 
Week 
ending 
No.  of 
p’kges 
sold 
Av. 
prc. 
per 
lb. 
Rate  of 
Exchange 
No.  of 
p’kges  ' 
sold 
Av. 
prc. 
per 
lb. 
Rate  of 
Exchange 
No.  of  ^v- 
p'kges  Prc' 
Psold  W 
Rate  of 
Exchange 
n?  °<P«: 
Rate  of 
Exchange 
Jan. 
3 
4,508 
10a 
1/4 
7-16th 
2,919 
11$ 
1/5  t 
!-32nd 
1/6  * 
. 
9 
9,534 
ioi 
1/4 
9-16th 
14,428 
do 
1/5 
i 
15,853 
H* 
1/6  7-16th 
14,746  : 
10 
1/4  ll-16th 
16 
9,058 
10* 
do 
10,927 
111 
1/5 
11,340 
Hf 
1/6  * 
24,810 
9* 
do 
23 
10,077 
„ 
1/4 
1 
2 
8,141 
Hf 
do 
11,076 
1/ 
1/6  7-16th 
15,153 
9* 
1/4  1 
30 
9,245 
ioi 
1/4 
h 
12,556 
ni 
1/5 
3 
11,784 
1/0 
1/6  | 
14,974 
9 
1/4  i 
Feb. 
6 
9,544 
10 
1/4 
9-16th 
8,125 
10$ 
1/5 
i 
8,869 
1/0* 
1/6 
17,847 
9* 
1/4  l-16th 
13 
6,276 
10* 
do 
9,340 
io± 
1/5 
12,876 
1/0* 
1/5  13-16th 
19,738 
9* 
1/3  15-16th 
20 
5,362 
ioi 
do 
8,692 
10i 
do 
18,796  : 
1/ 
1/5  3-16th 
15,706 
9 
1/4 
27 
9,755 
10f 
do 
10,873 
,, 
do 
14,176 
11* 
1/5  * 
11,913 
do 
March  6 
6,827 
11 
do 
10,953 
9f 
1/5 
i 
7,592 
11* 
19,497 
1/4  l-32nd 
13 
9,882 
10* 
do 
6,953 
1/5 
18,316 
11 
1/5  * 
13,164 
8f 
l/33l-32nd 
20 
7,025 
10 
do 
10,592 
10 
1/415 
c 
-16th 
20,352 
10| 
10,860 
9* 
l/327-32nd 
27 
7,346 
ioi 
do 
13,041 
10* 
lo 
7,484 
1/5  * 
14,759 
9 
1/3  9-16th 
April. 
4 
5,870 
1/4 
7- 16  th 
4;277 
10* 
do 
. 
1/5  1 
20,457 
1/3  9-16th 
10 
11,913 
91 
1/4 
15,011 
>> 
1/5 
19,776 
ll 
1/5  5- 16th 
13,913 
1/3  3- 16th 
17 
5,421 
10* 
do 
10 
1/5  i 
L 
» 
19,935 
lof 
1/5  * 
13,811 
8! 
1/3  7-32nd 
26 
2,950 
10 
do 
17,734 
do 
14,213 
11 
1/4  15-16th 
. 
1/3  1 
May 
2 
15,985 
9f 
1/4 
1 
1 
11,244 
91 
1/5 
1 
24,513 
ioi 
1/5 
24,202 
9* 
1/3  5-16th 
9 
16,288 
1/4 
5-16th 
12,239 
10 
21,648 
10* 
1/5  * 
20,468 
8J 
1/3  5- 16th 
16 
11,789 
,, 
1/4 
i 
8,816 
10* 
1/5 
17  550 
9* 
J5 
1/4  15-16'h 
20,448 
9* 
1/3  7-16th 
23 
12,722 
94 
1/4 
15-16th 
18,172 
10* 
1/6 
633 
do 
14,531 
1/3  9-16th 
June 
29 
6,486 
,, 
1/4 
i 
2,627 
10 
1/5 
i 
18,605 
do 
24,943 
9$ 
1/3  7-16th 
6 
8,568 
9J 
do 
22,746 
10* 
do 
14,894 
}> 
1/4  31-32nd 
19,698 
8J 
1/3  | 
13 
9,157 
9 
1/4 
do 
11,704 
10$ 
1/6 
, * 
25,066 
1/4  * 
3,115 
9* 
1/3  13-16th 
20 
14,281 
8f 
5-16th 
16,510 
11 
do 
20,770 
9* 
1/5  l-16th 
23,822 
9 
1/3  13-16th 
July 
27 
13,722 
» 
do 
15,663 
, 
do 
18,815 
>1 
1/5  9-16th 
21,490 
8J 
1/3  15-32nd 
4 
10,021 
9 
1/4 
do 
8,384 
101 
1/6 
9-16th 
9,946 
1/5  8 
14,873 
8± 
1/3  4 
11 
12,593 
9* 
§ 
14,418 
10* 
1/6 
1 
13,768 
1/5  ll-16th 
15,158 
1/3  | 
18 
8,854 
104 
1/4 
5-16th 
8,934 
10f 
1/7 
5- 16  th 
18,154 
1/5  8 
11,228 
Aug. 
25 
10,091 
11 
1/4 
1 
14,550 
- 
1/7 
1 
4 
16,687 
9 
do 
21,561 
8 
1/3  * 
1 
15,349 
11 
1/4 
8 
15,428 
10* 
1/7 
9- 16th 
15,227 
8! 
do 
27,272 
1/3  | 
8 
2,457 
10| 
1/4 
s 
2,947 
10 
1/7 
1 
4,123 
9 
do 
1,479 
84 
15 
9,138 
HI 
„ 
do 
19,469 
10i 
vs 
1 
8 
21,202 
- 
1/5  7-16th 
21,212 
1/2  ll-16th 
JJ 
22 
11,120 
1/ 
1/4 
1/4 
f 
17,422 
10* 
1/8 15-16th 
25,996 
9 
1/5  7- 16th 
29,612 
84 
1/2  ll-16th 
Sept. 
29 
2,156 
1!| 
2 
9,823 
10* 
1/8 
S 
18,509 
1/5  f 
22,863 
1/2  f 
5 
1,524 
1/01 
1/4 
7-16th 
19,373 
101 
1/8 
l 
20,276 
9* 
1/5  S 
21,514 
. 
1/2  23-3  2nd 
12 
7,739 
1/ 14 
1/4 
4 
7,457 
11* 
do 
14,898 
1/5  5-16th 
21,047 
8* 
do 
19 
8,504 
1/Of 
do 
9,514 
1/ 
1/8 
/ 
12,632 
9* 
1/5  3- 16th 
15,967 
8f 
do 
Oct. 
26 
8,839 
1/14 
1/4 17- 32nd 
13,016 
do 
vs 
14,639 
9f 
1/5  * 
15,029 
91 
do 
2 
9,195 
1/li 
1/4 
1 
2 
14,466 
do 
1/7 
1 
2 
14,901 
10 
1/5 
18,709 
10 
do 
9 
10  993 
1/lf 
I/417-32nd 
7,184 
Ilf 
1/7 
5-16th 
16,673 
do 
12,605 
10* 
1/2  f 
16 
8,728 
i/ii 
1/4  21- 32nd 
9,434 
11* 
1/7 
12,601 
9f 
do 
11.385 
10* 
1/2  13-16th 
23 
3,594 
1/2 
1/4 
ll-16th 
9,032 
do 
1/6 
i 
15,541 
1/5  1 -16th  10.085 
1/3  i 
Nov. 
30 
7,359 
l/H 
1/4 
13-16th 
7,769 
HI 
1/6 15-16th 
13,323 
>» 
do 
i 5,568 
11* 
1/3  1-I6th 
6 
7,850 
1/14 
1/41 
29-32nd 
4,708 
1/ 
1/6 
l 
14,009 
1/4  l 
|6,922 
114 
1/3 
13 
6,028 
1/0* 
l/427-32nd 
5,721 
Ilf 
1/6 
1 
20,713 
9 
do 
12,629 
ll| 
1/2 15-16th 
20 
6,785 
114 
1/5 
l-16th 
8,198 
11* 
1/5 
7 
5 
8,474 
,, 
1/4  f 
10,876 
11* 
l/231-32nd 
Dec, 
27 
4,574 
111 
do 
10,029 
HI 
1/6 
i 
12,567 
9i 
12,143 
lOf 
1/3  l-32nd 
4 
11,766 
„ 
do 
7,342 
„ 
1/6 
4 
13,257 
,, 
1/4  13- 16th 
7,890 
1/3  3-32nd 
11 
6,845 
„ 
1/5 
do 
14,147 
11 
1/6 
f 
12,373 
,, 
l/423-32nd 
13,042 
i’i 
1/2  X 
18 
8,468 
11* 
l-32nd 
7,207 
do 
1/6 
i 
10,617 
9| 
1/4  13-16th 
19,455 
105 
1/2  l 
24 
31 
1/4  f 
8,941 
10* 
1/2 13-16th 
London,  Feb.  9th 
, 1893. 
SHAND, 
HALDANE 
& CO. 
Coffee  Husk  Consolidation  Machineby. — Sinoe 
notifying  in  our  December  number  the  opening  that 
exists  for  plant  of  this  description  in  Brazil,  we 
have  received  further  irquiiies  for  the  names  of 
makers  of  such  apparatus,  a firm  of  engineers 
having  branch  houses  in  London,  Liverpool,  New- 
castle, and  Glasgow  informing  us  that  they  “ have 
had  repeated  applications  for  machinery  of  this 
class."  Surely  briquette  maohine  manufacturers 
should  be  sufficiently  interested  in  the  prospeots  of 
the  trade  which  is  foreshadowed,  to  endeavour  to 
meet  the  requirements  of  the  planters  who  desire  to 
utilise  coffee  husks  as  fuel. — Independent  Review. 
Sevebal  Plai'Tebs  in  East  Sumatra  Jock 
favourably  on  cultivation  of  the  so  called  Getah 
Gitang,  a kind  of  caoutchouo  which  abounds  in 
the  foreBt  there  and  \i«lds  readily  within  a short 
time.  This  getah  is  said  to  fetoh  low  prioes  at 
Singapore,  owing  to  the  careless  way  in  whioh 
the  Malays  prepare  it  for  market.— Strgits  Times. 
