Supplement  to  “ CEYLON  OBSERVER." 
GOW,  WILSON  k STANTON'S  INDIAN,  CEYLON,  AND  JAVA  TEA  REPORT. 
13,  Rood  Lane,  London,  E.C. 
QUANTITY  BROUGHT  TO  AUCTION  IN  LONDON 
April  2 is/ , 1893. 
Java. 
38,387  packages . 
49>946 
From  1st  June  to  Date. 
Indian.  Ceylon. 
1891- 1892.  1,211,623  packages.  704,658  packages. 
1892- 1893.  1,162,937  ,,  697,619 
During  the  week 
24,468  packages  Indian  i 
17,830  ,,  Ceylon ‘ Total  43,027  packages  have  been  offered  in  public  auctx  1 . 
729  ,,  Java  ) 
Some  slight  revival  appears  to  have  taken  place  in  the  provincial  demand ; this  has  been 
chiefly  noticeable  in  Teas  for  price,  and  has  occasioned  additional  competition  for  such  descriptions, 
resulting  in  an  advance  of  about  a farthing  per  lb. 
It  is  expected  that  the  Budget  Statement  will  be  made  on  Monday  next. 
A small  parcel  of  Fiji  Tea  from  the  “ Alpha  ” Estate  was  included  in  the  auctions,  the  highest 
price  offered  being  8fd. 
Telegraphic  advice  from  Calcutta  gives  the  estimate  for  the  coming  season’s  Indian  Tea  crop 
as  125,500,000  lbs.  of  which  116,500,000  lbs.  is  expected  to  be  available  for  export. 
INDIAN.  The  Market  was  again  amply  supplied,  but  the  number  of  closing  invoices  has  of  late 
been  so  large  that  sales  of  Tea  on  garden  account  must  soon  show  considerable  diminution  in 
quantity.  Competition  was  good  throughout  the  auctions.  While  medium  grades  showed  no  quotable 
change  in  price,  the  lower  descriptions  advanced  a farthing  per  lb.,  and  finest  kinds  were  also  in 
strong  demand.  A small  lot  of  Jaipur  Broken  Pekoe  brought  2/0J  per  lb.,  the  Pekoe  selling  for  1/8J, 
the  invoice  averaging  1/5^  per  lb.  The  following  averages  are  worthy  of  note: — “ Poobong,”  1/3^  ; 
“ Rungli  Rungliot,”  i/i£  ; Upper  Assam  Co,  “ Boroah,”  i/i£. 
W eekly  average  of  New  Season’s  Tea  sold  on  Garden  Account,  1893,  16,019  pkgs.  av.  94. 
Assam 
Cachar&Sylhet 
Chittagong 
1893.  ||  1892. 
PKGS . | PRICE  . | PKGS. (PRICE. 
7j87  P 9§ 
6008 1 p 8J 
n8  p 94  | i 
Darjeeling  . . 
Dooars 
1893. 
1892. 
I 1893- 
[ 1892. 
PKGS.  | PRICE. 
PKGS.  | PRICE. 
| PKGS.  1 PRICE. 
■ • 13  P!  6f 
KangraVal.  j 3o£c  7 
| PKGS.  ! PRICE. 
..  227  p 1/24 
1 
Terai  . . | 139  ; 8£ 
. . 11664  pi 
1 
Travancore  | 633  p|  8| 
i 1 
Comparative  prices  of  Indian  Tea  in  London  :- 
DUST. 
(Fair  ordinary,  dark  liquor) 
1893,  5d 
1892, 
3id- 
1891, 
7d- 
O 
ON 
OC 
5d. 
FANNINGS. 
(Red  to  brown,  strong  rough  liquor) 
„ 6-id. 
, , 
4fd. 
7 7 
8d. 
7 7 
5fd. 
BROKEN  TEA. 
(Brownish  to  blackish,  strong  liquor) 
„ 7fd- 
77 
5id. 
7 7 
9|d. 
7 7 
7id. 
PEK.  SOUG. 
(Blackish  greyish,  useful  liquor) 
„ 8*d. 
J 7 
6-5-d . 
7 7 
iofd. 
7 7 
8Jd. 
PEKOE. 
(Greyishto blackish  some  tip, useful  liquor) 
,,  9d. 
J 7 
9d. 
7 7 
1 if-d. 
7 7 
9fd. 
PEK.  SOUG. 
(Blackish  greyish,  inferior  liquor) 
» 7fd- 
7 7 
5d- 
77 
iod. 
7 7 
yd- 
PEKOE. 
(Blackish , greyish, some  tip,  inferior  liquor) 
7ld- 
* 7 
6|d. 
7 7 
IO-Jrd. 
7 7 
8d. 
CEYLON.  Auctions  comprised  a somewhat  smaller  quantity  than  last  week,  when  it  will  be 
'remembered,  some  accumulation  from  the  previous  fortnight  was  brought  forward.  With  a good 
general  demand,  prices  were  fully  maintained  for  all  descriptions,  except  perhaps  Medium  Broken 
Pekoes,  which  sold  with  some  slight  irregularity.  The  few  fine  1 eas  attracted  attention  and  sold 
readily  at  full  rates.  Teas  for  price  showed  a general  advance  of  about  a farthing,  with  keener 
Competition.  Some  high  prices  were  obtained  for  a small  invoice  of  Aberdeen  Tea  in  boxes,  the 
Broken  Pekoe  realizing  2/0$,  the  Pekoe  1/6$,  and  the  Pekoe  Souchong  1/4  per  lb.,  the  average  of 
die  invoice  being  1/8J.  The  following  averages  may  be  mentioned  : — “ Labukelle,”  i/o£  ; “ Dess- 
fird,”  1/-;  “Henfold,”  n£d.  ; “ Tangakelly,”  CTPCo.,  n|d.  Avge.  for  week  rather  over  gd.  per  lb. 
PEKOE  SOUG. 
PEKOE 
PEKOE  SOUG 
PEKOE 
1 893 , 
8id. 
1892 
> 5fd. 
1891, 
gfd.  1890, 
8fd. 
8|d. 
7 7 
84d. 
7 7 
ioyd.  ,, 
iojd. 
7-id. 
7 7 
4fd. 
77 
9id. 
8id. 
7fd. 
7 7 
5*d. 
7 7 
iod. 
gd. 
ns 
from 
five 
Estate:- 
;.  Bidding 
was 
(Ordinary  leaf ; fair  liquor) 
(Ordinary  leaf,  little  twist;  fair  liquor) 
(Rather  bold  leaf ; indifferent  liquor) 
(Somewhat  bold  leaf;  indifferent  liquor) 
fAVA.  Only  one  auction  was  held,  comprising 
mimated,  and,  in  sympathy  with  similar  grades  of  Indian  and  Ceylon  Tea,  some  improvement  was 
oticeable  in- the  rates  paid  for  the  lower  grades.  “ Perbawattee  ” was  represented  by  twTo  invoices 
•hich  averaged  together  iojfd.  per  lb. 
'BANK  RATE.  2|  per  cent.  EXCHANGE  on  London  threeinonths  sight.— Calcutta  1/2%.  Colombo  1/2J-: 
