77*  ' 
IN  LONDON 
Java. 
41,125  packages. 
53.78'9 
Supplement  to  “ CEYLON  OBSERVER 
GOff,  WILSON  ft  STANTON’S  INDIAN,  CEYLON,  AND  JAVA  TEA  REPORT. 
; 13,  Rood  Lane,  London,  E.C.  Mav  12th , 1893. 
QUANTITY  BROUGHT  TO  AUCTION  ^ ' 
From  1st  June  to  Date. 
Indian.  Ceylon. 
1891-1892.  1,268,817  packages.  769,776  packages. 
During  the  week  1892-1893.  1,226,26 2 ,,  752,916  ,, 
[6,040  packages  Indian  j 
17,308  ,,  Ceylon f-Total  33,468  packages  nave  been  offered  in  public  auction. 
114  ,,  Java  j 
Duty  payments  are  shown  below  from  the  commencement  of  the  season  to  30th  April. 
Exceptionally  heavy  clearances  having  taken  place  since  the  Budget,  the  figures  for  May  require  to 
be  added  before  the  position  again  becomes  normal.  : 
This  week  has  witnessed  a quiet  and  somewhat  inactive  market,  buyers  complaining  of  great 
slackness  in  provincial  demand. 
Quantity  of  Tea  (in  lbs.)  on  which  Duty  was  paid  at  all  Bonded  Warehouses  in  the  Kingdom  from  1st  June  to  30th  of  April 
1889-1890.  per  centages.  1890-1891.  per  centages. 
Indian 
deylon 
dhina,  etc. 
Total  lbs. 
1891-1892.  per  centages.  1892-1893.  per  centages^ 
■ 
Indian  .... 
Ceylon  .... 
China,  etc. 
INDIAN. 
81,117,248 
53 
93,584,697 
5i 
95,349,797 
50 
96,400,937 
52 
24,186,728 
16 
36,3I3T39 
20 
52,530,254 
28 
56,380,644 
30 
47,7251964 
31 
52,626,764 
29 
40,787,664 
22 
33,084,677 
18 
153,029,940 
182,524,600 
188,673,745 
185,866,258 
Quantity  of  Tea  exported  from  Great  Britain, 
from  1st  June 
to  30th 
of  April. 
1889-1890. 
1890-1891. 
1891-1892. 
1892-1893. 
Included  with  China. 
2,134,262 
3,860,315 
2,946,646 
1 9 
1,294,162 
2,672,592 
3,217,620 
26,745,800 
25,942,316 
32,649,646  27,521,659  | | 
The  quantity  brought  forward  has  shown  marked  reduction,  but  demand  was  slack 
'f  |[nd  prices  in  consequence  generally  easier.  Teas  over  gd.  per  lb.  must  be  quoted  a farthing  to  a 
lalfpenny  cheaper,  while  the  lower  priced  kinds  sold  with  less  competition  in  the  bidding  at 
[Slightly  easier  rates.  A small  lot  of  Orange  Pekoe  from  the  “ Hukanpukri  ” Division  of  the 
- ‘ Jokai  Tea  Co.”  sold  at  2/2!  per  lb. 
Weekly  average  of  New  Season’s  Tea  sold  on  Garden  Account,  1893,  5,912  pkgs.  av.  9f. 
1892,  8,228  pkgs.av.  8Jff. 
: 
SSAM  , . . 
Jachar&Sylhet 
Chittagong 
1893- 
PKGS.  | PRICE . 
4696^  IO 
495  [P  84  :'.4276  P 
IS92. 
i PKGS.  | PRICE. | 
11328  p 9^  j Darjeeling  , . 
8 j Dooars 
I KangraVal. 
r»93 
1892. 
j i«93- 
1892. 
! PKGS.  I PRICE. 
PKGS.  | PRICE. 
| PKGS.  | PRICE. 
PKGS.  PRICE. 
; 220  p. 
if 
486  p.  q 
Neilgheery  : 72  pi  1/3J 
Terai  . . ; 
52  b:  9 
117  i 
8 
52  p!  5 1 
Travancore  312  pj  8 
61  1 
i893,  5ld 
1892, 
3td- 
1891, 
63d. 
„ 6|d. 
> J 
43d. 
9 y 
7d. 
t>  7id  ■ 
)) 
6d. 
yy 
8*d. 
„ 8Jd. 
1 > 
6*d. 
yy 
9i<l. 
„ 8fcl. 
y y 
IO  d. 
y y 
io^d. 
» 7fd. 
y y 
5i  d. 
y y 
gd. 
„ 7|d. 
y 1 
7d. 
y y 
9*d. 
1890, 
5fd. 
6d. 
7fd. 
8fd. 
9fd. 
7^d. 
8*d. 
Comparative  prices  of  Indian  Tea  in  London  : — 
UST.  (Fair  ordinary,  dark  liquor) 
7ANNINGS.  (Red  to  brown,  strong  rough  liquor) 
3ROKEN  TEA.  (Brownish  to  blackish,  strong  liquor) 
jFEK.  SOUG.  (Blackish  greyish,  useful  liquor) 
MpEKOE.  (Greyishto  blackish  some  tip,  useful  liquoi ) 
^EK.  SOUG.  (Blackish  greyish,  inferior  liquor) 
— PEKOE.  (Blackish , greyish . some  tip,  inferior  liquor) 
; ZJEYLON.  The  market  showed  less  eagerness  to  purchase,  and  prices  drooped  to  the  extent  of 
(1  bout  a farthing  per  lb.  on  common  Teas  and  a halfpenny  on  medium  kinds.  The  few  finest  were 
6f  n strong  demand  and  sold  freely  at  an  occasional  improvement  in  prices.  The  following  averages 
nay  be  mentioned: — “ Wallaha,”  nfd.,  and  “ Waverley,”  n^d.,  both  of  the  CTP  Co.;  and 
[ Glentaffe,”  njd.  Average  for  the  week  is  8fd.,  against  g|d.  for  same  week  last  year. 
Comparative  prices  of  Ceylon  Tea  in  London  : 
PEKOE  SOUG.  (Ordinary  leaf ; fair  liquor) 
PEKOE  (Ordinary  leaf,  little  twist ; fair  liquor) 
PEKOE  SOUG.  (Rather  bold  leaf ; indifferent  liquor) 
PEKOE  (Somewhat  bold  leaf;  indifferent  liquor) 
AVA.  The  Only  Javas  brought  to  public  auction  this  week  consisted  of  114  packages  which  were 
rought  over  from  Holland,  no  Teas  of  direct  import  being  represented. 
BANK  RATE.  3^  per  cent.  EXCHANGE  on  London  three  months  sight. — Calcutta  l/2j|.  Colombo  I/2^( 
1893, 
7|d. 
8fd. 
7jd. 
7'$d. 
1892,  6^d.  1891, 
9<b 
5d. 
6d. 
8*d. 
93d. 
8jd. 
8fd. 
1890, 
8Pd. 
9|d. 
8d. 
8|d. 
