AND  JAVA  TEA  REPORT. 
March  3rd,  1893. 
!GOW,  WILSON  & STANTON’S  INDIAN,  CEYLON, 
13,  Rood  Lane,  London,  E.C. 
QUANTITY  BROUGHT  TO  AUCTION 
II  From  1st  June  to  Date. 
Indian.  Ceylon. 
1891-1892.  1,083,442  packages.  617,694  packages, 
uring  the  week  1892-1893.  1,026,493  ,,  580,970  ,, 
-3,813  packages  Indian 
Total  37,955  packages  have  been  offered  in  public  auction. 
IN  LONDON 
Java. 
33>°34  packages. 
4I>311 
- ,626 
,5l6 
'3rJ 
Ceylon 
Java 
Deliveries  of  Indian  and  Ceylon  Tea,  as  shown  below,  are  at  first  sight  disappointing.  No  doubt 
lirchasers  have  operated  as  little  as  possible  in  the  lower  grades,  owing  to  comparatively  high  prices 
-ding;  and  these  Teas  supply  the  bulk  of  the  home  consumption. 
But  another  cause  has  been  powerfully  influencing  deliveries  of  Indian  and  Ceylon  Tea.  A 
splacement  of  nearly  18  million  pounds  occurred  in  the  use  of  China  Tea  in  1892.  Consequently 
e natural  increase  in  the  use  of  liquid  Tea  could  be  maintained  with  a comparatively  small  addi- 
in  to  deliveries  of  the  stronger  Teas  of  India  and  Ceylon.  Whenever  the  displacement  of  China 
ea  becomes  slower,  there  must  of  necessity  be  a large  addition  to  the  weight  of  Indian  and  Ceylon 
ea  used,  in  order  to  supply  this  increasing  liquid  consumption  of  Tea 
STDIAN,  The  market  has  been  rather  stronger  for  Teas  for  price,  and  buyers  are  beginnino-  to 
splay  more  confidence  in  operating. 
eekly  average  of  New  Season’s  Tea  sold  on  Garden  Account,  1893,  15,160  pkgs.  av.  9|.  1892, 14,975  pkgs.  av.  8fd. 
rs.  I 
! 
1893. 
1892. 
PEGS.  IPRICE. 
PKGS.  I PRICE. 
SAM 
5136  P 
IO 
9654JP  9 
CHAR&SyLHET 
•W45  P 
9l 
3609  p 7§ 
OTA  NaGPORE 
164  p 
7 i 
1 
Darjeeling  . . 
Dooars 
Kangra  Valley 
I i893- 
1892. 
1 1893. 
PKGS. 
PRICE. 
PKGS.  I PRICE. 
PKGS. 
PRICE. 
653  p 
3564  p 
9 
553  Pi  Ml  I 
548  8f 
Neilgherry  1 334  p 
Terai 
9i  ! 
53i  c 
7i 
1 1 
Travancore  I1211  p 
9 - 
1892. 
PKGS.  j PRICE. 
27  7 
163  p io§ 
354  PI  7 
1ST. 
INNINGS. 
Comparative  prices  of  Indian  Tea:  in  London 
i893» 
4id 
1 892, 
3l  d. 
1891, 
7d. 
6d. 
) 1 
4id- 
r» 
7i  d. 
7fd. 
9 9 
5%d. 
99 
9id- 
8f  d. 
9 9 
6fd. 
9 9 
iojd. 
8|d. 
9 9 
8id. 
? 9 
1 id. 
7 id. 
9 9 
5d. 
9-9 
9id. 
7id. 
) ) 
6fd. 
99 
iofd. 
(Fair  ordinary,  dark  liquor)  1893,  4id  1892,  3|d.  1891,  7d.  1890, 
(Red  to  brown,  strong  rough  liquor) 
IOKEN  TEA.  (Brownish  to  blackish,  strong  liquor) 
IK.  SOUG.  (Blackish  greyish,  useful  liquor) 
IKOE.  (Greyishto  blackish  some  tip,  useful  liquor 
IK.  SOUG.  (Blackish  greyish,  inferior  liquor) 
IKOE.  (Blackish, greyish, some  tip,  inferior  liquor 
EYLON.  Competition  for  the  lower  grades  was  decidedly  strong,  but  other  descriptions  con- 
me  somewhat  neglected.  Exports  to  the  United  Kingdom  for  February  are  cabled  as  6,200,000  lbs 
ferage  for  the  week  is  rather  over  gjd.,  against  gd.  for  corresponding  week  last  year. 
Comparative  prices  of  Ceylon  Tea  in  London  : — 
’EKOE  SOUG.  (Ordinary  leaf ; fair  liquor)  1893.,  8Jd.  1892,  5|d.  1891,  gfd.  1890, 
’EKOE  (Ordinary  leaf,  little  twist ; fair  liquor) 
‘EKOE  SOUG.  (Rather  bold  leaf ; indifferent  liquor) 
’EKOE  (Somewhat  bold  leaf;  indifferent  liquor) 
kVA.  Auctions  w^ere  comparatively  heavy,  but  bidding  was  animated  and  prices  very  firm,,  the 
>me  trade  finding  it  to  their  advantage  to  use  these  Teas  in  the  present  state  of  the  market. 
MOVEMENTS  OF  TEA  IN  LONDON  (in  lbs.)  DURING  FEBRUARY. 
8^d.  1892, 
5fd. 
1891, 
9±d. 
8|d.  „ 
8-id. 
9 9 
iojd. 
7fd. 
4fd. 
9 9 
9fd. 
8d.  ,, 
5hd. 
9 9 
iod. 
5id. 
5fd. 
7 id. 
7'i  d. 
gd. 
6id. 
7id. 
8|d. 
ioj-d. 
8d. 
8fd. 
Imports. 
Deliveries. 
1891. 
1892. 
1893- 
1891. 
1892. 
1893 
Indian 
10,098,585 
8,294,502 
8,810,007 
9.031.506 
9,899,400 
8,689,410 
Ceylon  
4,726,980 
5,349,238 
5.124.53b 
2,884,300 
4,760,178 
4,103,652 
Java 
596,400 
139,020 
389,410 
293,230 
134,540 
295.750 
China,  etc 
4.225,355 
3,549,564 
2,906,870 
6,211,951 
5.235.418 
4,563,966 
Total  lbs. 
19,647,320 
17,332,324 
17,230,823 
18,420,987 
20,029,536 
17,652,778 
FROM  1st  JUNE  TO  28th  FEBRUARY. 
1890-91. 
Imports. 
1891-92. 
1892-93. 
1890-91 . 
Deliveries 
1891-92. 
1892-93. 
1891. 
Stock. 
1S92. 
1893- 
HAN  
91,281,051 
100,286,157 
101,856,936 
78,639,342 
79,390,047 
80,959,674 
40,131,498 
47.557,542 
50,20Q,6Q2 
VLON 
31,519,190 
46,630,100 
45,479,186 
31,325,218 
45, 235, 002 
49. 564,854 
9.784.346 
i6,36q,qqo 
!3. 675.474 
A 
5,788,520 
2,201,010 
3,064,040 
2,847,950 
2,591,540 
2,681,840 
I ,005,410 
459,060 
829,220 
INa,  ETC 
64.5^,322 
58,262,602 
52,505,744 
62,573.391 
53,iSS,ii8 
44,094,029 
4C983.259 
33.5i8.953 
29,100,575 
Total  lbs. 
193,153,083 
207,379,869 
202,905,906 
175. 385. 9°i 
180,404,707 
177. 300,397 
92,904,513 
97.905.545 
93,814,961 
