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implement  to 
GOW,  WILSON  4 STANTON’S  INDIAN,  CEYLON,  AND  JAVA  TEA  REPORT. 
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27,643  packages. 
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13,  Rood  Lane,  London,  E.C. 
QUANTITY  BROUGHT  TO  AUCTION  IN  LONDON 
From  1st  June  to  Date. 
I—  • Indian.  Ceylon. 
1891-1892.  774,730  packages.  462,810  packages. 
1892-1893.  743,115  ,,  447.394 
ring  the  week 
238  packages  Indian  ) 
941  ,,  Ceylon  [ Total  33,142  packages  have  been  offered  in  public  auction. 
963  ,,  Java  ) 
Auctions  were  held  only  on  Monday,  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  this  week,  when  the  Market 
used  for  Christmas  and  will  probably  not  reopen  until  early  in  January. 
Considering  the  near  approach  of  the  holidays  business  has  been  brisk,  and  all  Teas  brought 
rward  appeared  to  be  wanted.  This  points  to  small  stocks  being  held  by  buyers  generally  and  to 
active  demand  in  the  early  part  of  I893. 
INDIAN.  The  small  Auctions  met  with  general  support,  and  with  active  competition  prices  w'ere 
tly  maintained  at  last  weeks  rates. 
le  average  price  of  all  the  Indian  Tea  sold  in  London  on  Garden  Account  in  1892,  was  10d.,  against  about  10yd.  in  1891. 
eekly  average  of  New  Season’s  Tea  sold  on  Garden  Account,  1892,  10,218  pkgs.  av.  104.  1891, 13,312  pkgs.av.  8fd. 
CJEYLON  UJr^WkVKR. 
December  22 nd,  1892. 
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1892. 
1891. 
1892. 
1891. 
1892. 
1891. 
PKGS.  [PRICE. 
PKGS  1 PRICE. 
PKGS.  | PRICE. 
PKGS. 
PRICE. 
PKGS.  I PRICE. 
PKGS. 
PRICE 
5AM 
2309jP  nj 
393 1 Ip  9l 
Darjeeling..  ..  671  p 1/1J 
448  p 
1/  4i 
Neilgherry 
n6  p 7i 
shar&Sylhet 
4441  p 10 h 
5259;p  7! 
Dooars  . . . . 2065  p gj 
2809  p 
8$ 
Terai 
2M  C|  qS 
443  P 
8 
1 ITTAGONG 
1 
120;  icq 
Kangra  Valley  . . , 
z79ic 
6£ 
Travancore 
385  c|  10 
60 
7t 
UST. 
INNINGS. 
Comparative  prices  of  Indian  Tea  in  London  : — 
1 892, 
4^d.  1891, 
4id- 
1 890. 
6d. 
1889,  5yd 
5ld- 
5d- 
? 1 
64d. 
„ 6d. 
7|d. 
6|d. 
y y 
8d. 
,,  7id- 
8-Jd.  „ 
7id. 
y y 
8yd. 
,,  syd. 
gd. 
8|d. 
y y 
9ld- 
„ gd. 
6fd.  „ 
5fd- 
? > 
7id- 
n 7d- 
7id' 
7d- 
,, 
syd. 
„ 8d. 
(B'air  ordinary,  dark  liquor) 
(Red  to  brown,  strong  rough  liquor) 
ROKEN  TEA.  (Brownish  to  blackish,  strong  liquor) 
EK.  SOUG.  (Blackish  greyish,  useful  liquor) 
EKOE.  (Greyishto blackish  some  tip, useful  liquor) 
EK.  SOUG.  (Blackish  greyish,  inferior  liquor) 
EKOE.  ( Blackish , grevish, some  tip,  inferior  liqnorl 
EYLON.  Offerings  although  small,  were  not  bid  for  with  quite  the  keenness  lately  so  noticeable, 
id  prices  for  all  grades  were  rather  inclined  to  droop.  Competition  was  strongest  for  Teas 
for  price,”  there  being  a good  general  demand  for  this  class, 
re  rage  for  week  10yd.,  against  gfd.  for  the  corresponding  week  last  year. 
average  price  of  all  the  Ceylon  Tea  sold  in  London  on  Garden  Account  in  1892,  was  94d..  against  lOd.  in  1891. 
Comparative  prices  of  Ceylon  Tea  in  London  : — 
'EKOE  SOUG.  (Ordinary  leaf ; fair  liquor)  1892, 
EKOE  (Ordinary  leaf,  little  twist ; fair  liquor)  ,, 
’EKOE  SOUG.  (Rather  bold  leaf ; indifferent  liquor)  ,, 
’EKOE  (Somewhat  bold  leaf ; indifferent  liquor)  ,, 
IVA.  The  1963  packages  brought  forward,  met  with  good  attention,  and  were  well  competed 
This  growth  is  now  being  more  freely  taken  for  Home  trade  use,  owing  to  the  high  price  of  the 
fer  grades  of  Indian  and  Ceylon  Teas.  Of  the  1963  packages  in  Auction,  only  1071  packages 
ere  of  direct  import,  the  remaining  Hga  being  mostly  Teas  of  indirect  import,  brought  over  from 
olland. 
8Jd.  1891, 
7ld- 
1890, 
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"O 
00 
1889, 
iojd. 
gyd.  ,, 
gyd. 
rod. 
> > 
1 id. 
7\d. 
5fd- 
8yd. 
) > 
9fd. 
8d. 
7hd- 
9|d. 
> > 
iojd. 
Bank  RATE.  3 per  cent.  EXCHANGE  on  London  three  months  sight. — Calcutta  ij2\\.  Colombo  1/2^ 
