Supplement  to  “ CEYLON  OBSERVER” 
SOW,  WILSON  & STANTON’S  INDIAN,  CEYLON,  AND  JAVA  TEA  REPORT. 
| [j  Rood  Lane,  London,  E.C.  July  29 th,  1892. 
QUANTITY  BROUGHT  TO  AUCTION  IN  LONDON 
From  1st  June  to  Date. 
Indian.  Ceylon.  Java. 
1801-1802.  77,090  packages.  153,377  packages.  13,185  packages. 
During  the  week  1892-1893.  60,765  138,621  „ 9,576 
; 12,040  packages  Indian  ) 
- 27,272  ,,  Ceylon -Total  40,560  packages  have  been  offered  in  public  auction. 
1,248  ,,  Java  1 
Supplies  of  New  Season’s  Indian  Tea  are  now  coming  in  more  freely,  but  sales  from  1st  June 
date  are  still  considerably  behind  last  year.  This  feature  is  also  noticeable  in  the  supplies  of 
- Ceylon  Tea.  There  has  been  a fair  demand  for  all  descriptions,  fine  Teas  being  especially  in 
‘ 1 quest.  The  late  drooping  tendency  in  the  prices  of  lower  class  Teas  has  continued. 
! INDIAN.  Demand  this  week  has  run  principally  on  dark  liquoring  Teas  and  Fine  parcels, 
! ind  for  these  prices  show  a further  improvement.  On  the  other  hand,  thin  weak  liquoring 
' Teas  are  neglected,  and  a further  concession  in  price  has  had  occasionally  to  be  made  to  induce 
business.  Many  second  and  third  invoices  of  Assam  and  Dooars  Teas  show  a considerable 
improvement  in  quality.  Thursday’s  auctions  commence  again  in  August. 
Weekly  average  of  New  Season’s  Tea  sold  on  Garden  Account,  1892,  7675  pkgs.  av.  94.  1891,  5175  pkgs.av.  9|d. 
1 
1 1892. 
| 1891. 
1892. 
1891. 
1892. 
1891 
, PKGS.  1 PRICE. 
; PKGS.  I PRICE. 
pkgs.  1 PRICE. 
PKGS.  ! PRICE. 
| PKGS. 
PRICE. 
PKGS.  | PRICE 
As«m  . . . . 11956  p 1/24 
Cachar&Sylhet  1852  p 7 
7785  P 104 
656  p,  81 
Darjeeling..  ..  120S  p,  gj 
Dooars  . . . . 1742  p 9 
1 179  p1  io| 
654  1 9j 
Neilgherry  183  p 
Terai  . . j 
7 
154  Pj  71 
74  i roj 
Chota  Nagpore 
Kangra  Valley,  Etc.  42.1c  74 
' 255  Pi  7-2 
Travancore  I 692  p 
6 i 
J4i8  p!  7| 
Comparative  prices  of  Indian  Tea  in  London: — 
WIST. 
(Fair  ordinary,  dark  liquor) 
1892,  33d. 
1891, 
5vd- 
1890,  6Jd. 
'FANNINGS. 
(Red  to  brown,  strong  rough  liquor; 
,,  3 
> > 
6)Jd. 
6fd. 
BROKEN  TEA. 
(Brownish  to  blackish,  strong  liquor  ) 
5id- 
• > 
7Ad. 
,,  8d. 
PEK.  SOUG. 
(Blackish  greyish,  useful  liquor) 
, 64  cl . 
> 5 
8Jd. 
,,  9d  • 
PEKOE. 
(Greyish  to  blackish  some  tip,  useful  1 
lquor)  ,,  gd. 
y ) 
9id- 
,,  10  Jd 
PEK.  SOUG. 
(Blackish  greyish,  inferior  liquor) 
,,  4+d 
y J 
7d. 
,,  8d. 
PEKOE. 
(Blackish,  greyish,  some  dp,  inferioi 
iquor)  ,,  6Jd 
y ) 
8d. 
9d- 
lid 
5fid. 
6d. 
S|d. 
lod. 
6 Jd . 
7id. 
CEYLON.  At  the  exceptionally  low  range  of  rates  current  buyers  have  been  tempted  to 
Berate  pretty  freely  in  the  larger  quantity  placed  before  them,  and  last  week’s  quotations  have  been 
maintained  for  all  but  Pekoe  Teas  from  6d.  to  9b.  These  show  a quotable  fall  of  from  Jd.  to  id. 
ler  lb.,  which  is  doubtless  attributable  to  an  even  more  pronounced  fall  in  the  price  of  China 
growths  at  about  the  same  figure.  Ceylon  medium  Teas  are  now  offering  such  extraordinary  value 
tbt  they  cannot  fail  to  open  up  more  new  outlets  in  quarters  where  China  1 ea  has  now  the 
bonopoly.  A demand  would  thus  be  created  which  in  turn  should  beneficially  affect  prices, 
■h  regards  quality, — an  improvement  is  apparent  in  many  instances,  noticeably  in  Peas  "from  the  Kelani 
1 alley  ; as  an  instance  we  may  mention  an  invoice  sold  this  week  from  the  ‘ Degalessa  ” Estate, 
he  Broken  Pekoe  of  which  realised  as  much  as  1/10  against  1/ of  for  the  same  grade  in  the 
'receding  invoice,  and  an  average  of  od.  was  obtained  against  7 J cl . 1 he  Ceylon  Teas  sold  during 
the  week  averaged  8d.  per  lb. 
PEKOE  SOUG. 
PEKOE 
; PEKOE  SOUG. 
I PEKOE 
Comparative  prices  of  Ceylon  Tea  in  London  : — 
(Ordinary  leaf;  fair  liquor) 
1892,  5jd.  1891, 
7-kh 
1S90,  8fd. 
1889,  7fd. 
(Ordinary  leaf,  little  twist ; fair  liquor) 
,,  7d- 
8fd. 
„ 9id- 
.»  9id- 
(Rather  bold  leaf;  indifferent  liquor) 
,,  4vd-  >> 
6f  d. 
„ sqd. 
».  7d- 
(Somewhat  bold  leaf;  indifferent  liquor) 
» 5fd- 
7-Ad. 
» 9d- 
n 7fd. 
JAVA.  The  Java  Teas  were  for  the  most  part  of  a very  useful  description  and  attracted  attention 
bim  the  trade  ; the  prices  obtained  in  some  cases  showed  an  improvement  on  those  lately  current. 
BANK  RATE.  2 per  cent.  EXCHANGE  on  London  three  months  sight. — Calcutta  1/3,1, • Colombo  1/3, f 
