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AND  JAVA  TEA  REPORT, 
December  i6//z,  1892. 
IN  LONDON 
GOW,  WILSON  4 STANTON'S  INDIAN,  CEYLON, 
13,  Rood  Lane,  London,  E.C. 
QUANTITY  BROUGHT  TO  AUCTION 
From  1st  June  to  Date. 
Indian.  Ceylon. 
1891- 1892.  745,084  packages.  446,538  packages. 
1892- 1893.  720,877  „ 438,453 
)uring  the  week 
,9,980  packages  Indian  I 
Ceylon -Total  61,382  packages  have  been  offered  in  public  auction. 
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1,947  >>  Java  J 
The  six  months  between  the  1st  June  and  the  end  of  November,  comprise  exactly  one  half  of 
lie  season  year.  During  that  period  the  total  quantity  of  Tea  upon  which  duty  was  paid  in  the 
nited  Kingdom  has  been  practically  the  same  as  the  corresponding  period  last  season,  but  the 
^portions  of  the  various  growths  used  have  changed. 
The  Table  below  shows  the  difference  to  be  largely  in  favor  of  Indian  and  Ceylon.  These 
nds  have  contributed  about  nine  million  pounds  more,  and  China,  etc.,  about  nine  million  pounds 
ess  than  last  year,  the  proportions  now  standing  thus  : — India  and  Ceylon,  84%  ; China,  16%  ; 
gainst  India  and  Ceylon,  76%  ; China,  24%  last  year. 
Quantity  of  Tea  (in  lbs.)  011  which  Duty  was  paid  at  all  Bonded  Warehouses  in  the  Kingdom  from  1st  June  to  30th  Nov. 
J ava . 
27,470  packages. 
29,052  ,, 
1889. 
per  centages 
O 
08 
00 
per  centages. 
1891.  per  centages.  1892.  per 
cental 
Indian 
47,500,000 
5i 
50,258,435 
50 
48,547,047 
47  52,476,875 
5i 
Ceylon 
16,600,000 
18 
20,510,002 
2 1 
29.935G54 
29  34,795,091 
33 
China,  etc. 
29,705,000 
3i 
29,4I5,H9 
29 
25,443,178 
24  16,627,263 
16 
Total  lbs 
93,805,000 
100,183,556 
103,925,479 
103,899,229 
Quantity  of  Tea  exported  from  Great  Britain,  from  1st  June  to 
30th  November. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891 . 
1892. 
Indian  .... 
Included  with  China 
1,096,507 
1,947,104 
1,638,45! 
Ceylon  .... 
789,626 
1,381,095 
1,818,154 
China,  etc. 
17,830,798 
18,062,333 
15,974,104 
16,370,138 
NDIAN.  The  near  approach  of  Christmas  no  doubt  induced  importers  to  push  forward  supplies 
this  week,  resulting  in  comparatively  heavy  auctions.  General  firmness  was  the  predominent  feature 
1 the  market,  Teas  under  lod.  showing  here  and  there  a slight  advance. 
Weekly  average  of  New  Season’s  Tea  sold  on  Garden  Account,  1892,  26,921  pkgs.  av.  10f.  1891,  25,580  pkgs.av.  9d. 
ISSAM 
Cachak&Sylhet 
Chittagong 
j 1892.  I 1891. 
PKGS.  |PRICE.j  PKGS.  1 PRICE. 
12319P  iofj  1 1 204  p 
72134  10  9170  p 8 
2 I I P Io£ 
Chota 
Darjeeling  . . 
Dooars 
1892. 
PKGS.  ' PRICE. 
71  7), 
555  P nf 
. . 5266  p.  gA 
J8gi. 
; PKGS.  j PRICE. 
1 94  , 5| 
6938  p,  nj 
'2748  Pi  8 
I 1892.  1891. 
| PKGS.  j PRICE.  1 PKGS.  PRICE 
Kangka  Val  175  p 8J  I 158  6 
Terai  . . 4S2  p gl 
Travancore  629  p 9I  176  <31 
Comparative  prices  of 
Indian  Tea  in  London 
— 
DUST. 
FANNINGS. 
1892. 
4id. 
5kd 
1891 , 
7|d. 
(Fair  ordinary,  dark  liquor) 
(Red  to  brown,  strong  rough  liquor) 
BROKEN  TEA.  (Brownish  to  blackish,  strong  liquor 
REK.  SOUG.  (Blackish  greyish,  useful  liquor)  ,,  8Jd. 
PEKOE.  (Greyishto  blackish  some  tip,  useful  liquor)  ,,  gd. 
PEK.  SOUG.  (Blackish  greyish,  inferior  liquor)  .,  6(Jd 
PEKOE.  ( Blackish , greyish , some  tip,  inferior  liquor)  ,,  7id. 
CEYLON  was  somewhat  heavily  represented.  Competition  was  stron 
4fd- 
5d- 
64d. 
7fd. 
8Ad. 
1 890, 
6d . 
6 Ad. 
8d. 
1889, 
r id 
5+a 
SJd. 
6d  . 
,1. 
n> 
64d. 
9 Ad. 
7fd- 
8id. 
8Jd. 
gd. 
7d. 
Sd. 
for  all  grades 
up 
about  iod.,  prices  for  these  remaining  at  about  last  week’s  rates, 
with  irregularity  and  were  occasionally  somewhat  easier. 
Average  for  week  io^-d.,  against  iod.  for  the  corresponding  week  last  year. 
Medium  Broken  Pekoes  sold 
PEKOE  SOUG.  (Ordinary  leaf ; fair  liquor) 
PEKOE  (Ordinary  leaf,  little  twist ; fair  liquor) 
PEKOE  SOUG.  (Rather  bold  leaf ; indifferent  liquor) 
PEKOE  (Somewhat  bold  leaf ; indifferent  liquor) 
JAVA.  Amongst  the  offerings  were  many  good  Teas,  two  invoices  from  Perbawattee  standing  out 
irom  amongst  the  rest,  as  did  also  some  Tjiboengoer,  Panoembangan,  and  a few  Ijiomas.  Prices 
show  an  advance  on  last  week’s  rates,  with  good  home  trade  competition. 
C4 
O' 
GO 
8^d.  1891, 
7fd. 
1890,  S^d. 
1889,  iojd 
1 J 
9fd. 
93d. 
,,  iofd. 
,,  1 id 
j > 
7id.  „ 
5Th 
,,  83d. 
,,  9|d 
> > 
8d.  „ 
7fd. 
,,  gd. 
iojd 
n 
Bank  RATE.  3 per  cent. 
EXCHANGE  on  London  three  months  sight.— Calcutta  1/2J.  Colombo  1/2$ 
