Supplement  to  “ CEYLON  OBSERVER .” 
iiotf,  WILSON  & STANTON’S  INDIAN,  CEYLON,  AND  JAYA  TEA  REPORT, 
13,  Rood  Lane,  London,  E.C. 
QUANTITY  BROUGHT  TO  AUCTION 
From  1st  June  to  Date. 
Indian.  Ceylon. 
1,126,299  packages.  641,718  packages. 
1,083,086  ,,  625,649  ,, 
IN  LONDON 
March  17  th , 1893. 
Java . 
33>°34  packages. 
42,826  ,, 
1891-1892. 
)uring  the  week  1892-1893. 
6,524  packages  Indian  1 
,^030  ,,  Ceylon  j-Tota)  50,038  packages  have  been  offered  in  public  auction. 
484  ,,  Java  j 
Home  Trade  still  continues  slack  and  buyers  appear  unwilling  to  increase  stocks. 
Export  markets  have  recently  paid  some  attention  to  medium  grades  of  Indian  and  Ceylon 
Pea.  The  extremely  low  values  now  current  for  this  class  should  conduce  to  more  notice  than 
ias  as  yet  been  bestowed  upon  them. 
The  total  re-export  of  Indian  and  Ceylon  Tea  from  Great  Britain  during  the  last  three  years 
ras  as  follows,  viz.:  1890,  4,056,510  lbs.,  1891,  5,432,857  lbs.,  1892,  7,209,709  lbs.,  thus  showing  a 
teady  and  encouraging  advance. 
We  annex,  on  the  last  page,  a table  showing  the  quantities  of  Indian  and  Ceylon  Tea  exported 
mm  the  United  Kingdom  during  each  month  of  the  last  three  years,  commencing  January  1890. 
NDIAN.  Demand  has  been  somewhat  slack  and  prices  are  a trifle  lower  than  those  of  last 
/eek,  although  a reduced  quantity  was  brought  forward. 
'RAVANCORE  has  been  a considerable  item  in  the  auctions  during  the  past  few  weeks  and  some 
fir  averages  have  been  made.  The  following  averages  are  worthy  of  note  : — “ Doom  Dooma  Co. 
amdang,”  1/3I ; “ Barjang  T Co.,”  i/i*  ; “ Romai,”  i/i£  ; “LMB  Nagri,”  1/1. 
Weekly  averageof  New  Season’s  Tea  sold  on  Garden  Account,  1893,  16,702  pkgs.  av.  9^.  1892,14,411  pkgs.av.8fd. 
SSAM 
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HITTAGONG 
I I893-  I 
! PKGS.  [PRICE. I 
1 ‘ 8232(p  IO 
332°!p  9 
147  P7i 
1892. 
PKGS.  j PRICE.1 
873 1 ip  9+  Darjeeling.. 
38024  yi  I Dooars 
Kangra  Valley,  etc. 
1 1893. 
I892. 
1893- 
PKGS.  | PRICE. 
PKGS. 
PRICE. 
PKGS.  1 PRICE. 
400  P'  I I 
162  p 
iif 
Neilgherry 
214  p 8 
3783  P1  84 
855  p 
8 
Terai 
76  P:  gi  ! 
53  Pi  7 1 
i 265  p 
H 
Travancore 
477  PI  8 ; 
1892. 
PKGS.  j PRICE. 
297  p!  6J 
t98  j 5| 
101  p 6£ 
, 4jd  1892, 
3fd- 
1891, 
7d. 
1890,  5id. 
6d . ,, 
4id. 
> 9 
7|d. 
,,  5*d- 
7^d. 
5fd. 
9 9 
9id. 
>>  7d- 
8d.  „ 
6id. 
9 9 
iojd. 
8d. 
8fd.  „ 
8fd . 
9 9 
1 id. 
,,  -9|d. 
7id.  >> 
5d- 
99 
9|d. 
„ 6|d. 
7|d. 
6-|d . 
9 9 
io^d. 
» 7|d. 
last  week,  together  44,679  packages,  have 
rl}'  a half-penny  in 
quotations. 
Medium 
Comparative  prices  of  Indian  Tea  in  London 
UST.  (Fair  ordinary,  dark  liquor)  1 
ANNINGS.  (Red  to  brown,  strong  rough  liquor) 
ROKEN  TEA. (Brownish  to  blackish,  strong  liquor) 
EK.  SOUG.  (Blackish  greyish,  useful  liquor) 
EKOE.  (Greyishtoblackish  some  tip, useful  liquor) 
EK.  SOUG.  (Blackish  greyish,  inferior  liquor) 
EKOE.  (Blackish, greyish, sometip, inferior  liquoFl 
JEYLON.  The  heavy  supplies  catalogued  for  this  a 
ither  strained  the  market  and  caused  a depression  of 
[Iroken  Pekoes  and  Pekoes  continue  most  neglected,  but  Teas  for  price  have  now  slightly  partici- 
ated  in  the  decline.  Really  fine  flavoured  high  class  Teas  are  much  wanted,  but  are  in  very  small 
apply.  A small  lot  of  “ Pedro  ” Broken  Pekoe,  brought  the  high  price  of  2/3!  per  lb. 
Were  Thursday’s  auctions  more  generally  supported  at  times  when  large  quantities  of  Tea  are 
-riving,  so  great  a number  of  breaks  need  not  be  printed  for  one  day,  and  the  buying  powers  of  the 
ade  would  thus  be  less  severely  taxed.  The  following  averages  may  be  mentioned  : — “ EP  & EC©, 
orwood,”  1/1J;  “ Dessford,”  i/oi  ; “ EP  & ECo.  Labukelle,”  1 if d. ; “ Kandapolla  ” and 
Portmore,”  n£d.  Average  for  week  is  rather  over  gd.,  against  gjd.  for  same  week  last  year. 
Comparative  prices  of  Ceylon  Tea  in  London  :- 
’EKOE  SOUG.  (Ordinary  leaf ; fair  liquor)  i893> 
’EKOE  (Ordinary  leaf,  little  twist ; fair  liquor)  ,, 
’EKOE  SOUG.  (Rather  bold  leaf ; indifferent  liquor)  ,, 
’EKOE  (Somewhat  bold  leaf;  indifferent  liquor)  ,, 
A.VA-  Auctions  comprised  selections  from  three  Estates  only,  and  passed  off  with  fair  spirit,  the 
nail  quantity  finding  ready  purchasers.  Perbawattee  was  represented  by  148  packages,  for  which 
1 average  price  of  iod.  per  lb.  was  obtained.  200  packages  Djatinangor  brought  an  average 
, 7^d.  per  lb.  
BANK  RATE.  7.\  per  cent.  EXCHANGE  on  London  three  months  sight.— Calcutta  l/2f.  Colombo  l/2-J 
8d.  1892, 
5|d.  1891, 
9ad. 
1890,  96. 
8*d.  „ 
8-Jd . ,, 
io^d. 
,,  ioid. 
7id. 
4fd-  >, 
9fd. 
,,  8|d. 
8d. 
5id. 
9|d. 
9d- 
