uppfemen^o^  LEYTOM  ’OBSERVER?1  r~ ~~  ' ~ 
(jiiW,  WILSON  a STANTON’S  INDIAN,  CEYLON,  AND  JAVA  TEA  REPORT. 
13,  Rood  Lane,  London,  E.C.  March  10 th,  1893. 
QUANTITY  BROUGHT  TO  AUCTION  IN  LONDON 
From  1st  June  to  Date. 
Indian.  Ceylon.  Java. 
1891-1892.  1,105,599  packages.  630,858  packages.  33,034  packages, 
luring  the  week  1892-1893.  1,057,652  ,,  602,619  ,,  42,342  ,, 
Total  53,839  packages  have  been  offered  in  public  auction. 
1,159  packages  Indian 
1,649  ,,  Ceylon 
1,031  ,,  Java 
The  slight  disappointment  which  may  have  been  occasioned  by  the  poor  deliveries  of  Indian  and 
;eylon  Tea  during  February,  should  be  more  than  counterbalanced  by  the  duty  payments,  shown 
elow,  of  the  past  nine  months  ; — in  which  Indian  and  Ceylon  have  made  considerable  strides,  in 
pite  of  the  reduced  quantity  of  China  Tea  used. 
•uantity  of  Tea  (in  lbs.)  on  which  Duty  was  paid  at  all  Bonded  Warehouses  in  the  Kingdom  from  1st  June  to  end  of  Feb. 
1889-1890.  per  cent  ages.  1890-1891.  per  centages.  1891-1892.  per  centages.  1892-1893  .percentages. 
Indian 
. 72,163,932 
52 
77,886,807 
52 
76,710,284 
49  79,981,669 
52" 
Ceylon 
. 21,827,422 
16 
29,633,830 
19 
43T32,i73 
29  47,271,852 
31 
China,  etc. 
43,271,224 
32 
43,232,359 
29 
35,258,826 
22  26,693,212 
17 
Total  lbs 
• 137.262,578 
1 50,752,996 
155,101,283 
!53,946,733 
Quantity  of  Tea  exported  from  Great  Britain,  from  1st  June  to  end  of  February. 
1889-1890. 
1890-1891. 
1891-1892. 
1892-1893. 
Indian  .... 
Included  with  China. 
1,768,570 
3,095,184 
2,383,660 
Ceylon  .... 
9 9 
1,054,423 
1,974,683 
2,475,78i 
China,  etc. 
25.527.667 
22,959,349 
21,219,157 
21, 511, 73i 
NDIAN.  General  firmness  has  characterised  the  market  for  Teas  below  gd.,  the  weakness  in 
ther  kinds  still  continuing.  Closing  invoices  are  being  freely  catalogued.  The  following  averages 
re  worthy  of  note  : — “ Budla  Beta,”  1/8  ; “ Luckimpore,”  1/3 \ ; “ Hattialli,”  1/2!  ; “ Beheating,” 
/if  ; “ Rungmook,”  \j\\  ; “ Tukvar,”  i/of. 
/eekly  average  of  New  Season’s  Tea  sold  on  Garden  Account,  1893,  21,873  pkgs.  av.  10.  1892, 16,173  pkgs.av.  8fd. 
1893. 
1 1892. 
i893- 
1892. 
1 1893- 
189 
PKGS.  IPRICE. 
PKGS.  1 PRICE. 
PKGS.  | PRICE. 
PKGS.  | PRICE. 
1 PKGS.  | PRICE.; 
PKGS. 
SSAM 
10799  pi°i 
7II3ip  IO 
Darjeeling  . . 
722  pi  1/ 
512  P,  I/2J 
Neilgherry 
31  pj  7 
39  P 
achar&Sylhet 
66194  9i 
62274  7l 
Dooars 
2591  p 9 
io78  p 7$ 
Terai 
399  Pi  10  ! 
363  p 
HITTAGONG 
241  1 9 
i ! 
Kangra  Valley,  etc. 
264  P|  7$ 
270  pj  7 
Travancore 
i 187  I 8f  | 
236  p| 
6| 
ll 
Hi 
l in  London 
4fd  1892, 
3fd- 
’1891, 
7d. 
1890, 
5 id. 
6d.  ,, 
4id. 
9 9 
7fd. 
9 9 
5|d. 
7id.  ,, 
5|d. 
9 9 
9jd. 
9 9 
7fd. 
8Jd.  „ 
6Jd. 
9 9 
iojd. 
9 9 
8d. 
8|d.  „ 
8£d. 
9 ? 
1 id. 
9 9 
9fd. 
7fd. 
5d- 
99 
9$d. 
9 9 
6|d. 
7 |d. 
6|d. 
5 y 
iojd. 
9 9 
7 id. 
iUST.  (Fair  ordinary,  dark  liquor)  1893, 
ANNINGS.  (Red  to  brown,  strong  rough  liquor)  ,, 
ROKEN  TEA.  (Brownish  to  blackish,  strong  liquor)  ,, 
EK.  SOUG.  (Blackish  greyish,  useful  liquor)  ,, 
EKOE.  (Greyish  to  blackish  some  tip,  useful  liquor)  ,, 
F.K.  SOUG.  (Blackish  greyish,  inferior  liquor)  ,, 
EKOE.  (Blackish, greyish, sometip,  inferior  liquor)  ,, 
3EYLON.  Teas  under  8d.  continue  in  strong  demand  at  very  firm  rates,  dusts  and  fannings 
larking  an  advance.  Grades  above  gd.,  in  spite  of  the  good  value  shown,  have  not  yet  attracted 
be  attention  they  should  command,  and  quotations  are  in  consequence  about  a half-penny  below  last 
•eek’s  rates  ; — hence  the  fall  of  a farthing  in  the  average  price.  It  is  estimated  that  about 
7,000,000  lbs.  will  be  exported  from  Ceylon  to  all  places  during  1893  as  against  69,600,000  lbs.  in  1892- 
he  following  averages  may  be  mentioned: — -“Dessford”  and  “New  Dimbula  D,”  1 if  d. ; “Henfold” 
nd  “ Valamaly,”  nfd.  Average  for  week  is  rather  over  gfd.,  against  8fd.  for  same  week  last  year. 
Comparative  prices  of  Ceylon  Tea  in  London  : — 
PEKOE  SOUG.  (Ordinary  leaf ; fair  liquor)  x893» 
PEKOE  (Ordinary  leaf,  little  twist ; fair  liquor)  ,, 
3EKOE  SOUG.  (Rather  bold  leaf ; indifferent  liquor)  ,, 
3EKOE  (Somewhat  bold  leaf ; indifferent  liquor)  ,, 
AVA.  Sales  passed  off  with  good  competition  at  very  firm  rates,  an  invoice  from  “ Perbawattee  ” 
eing  conspicuous  for  good  quality  and  realizing  an  average  price  of  io£d.  Some  good  Teas  were 
Iso  sold  from  “ Djatinangor  ” and  “ Tjiomas.”  484  packages  are  catalogued  for  next  week. 
BANK  RATE.  per  cent.  EXCHANGE  on  London  three  months  sight.— -Calcutta  1/2^.  Colombo  I/2|J 
8id. 
00 
5fd. 
1891, 
9id. 
1890, 
gd. 
8Jd. 
> 9 
8-id. 
5 9 
iofd. 
9 9 
10.3d. 
7fd. 
9 9 
4fd- 
9 9 
9*d. 
9 9 
8d. 
8d. 
9 9 
5 id. 
9 9 
iod. 
9 9 
8|d. 
