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of the unit was fully l^d, possibly owing in some measures 
to orders being in the market to buy for speculation. 
.During the past few weeks, meetings of tbe principal 
manufacturers of qbinlae have been held with a view of for- 
ming a combination to regulate the pVice of quinine. 
The representatives have, however, separated without 
arriving at any definite understanding. Only small trans- 
actions are reported in quinine, the latest sales being at 
llfd to lljd for German on the spot, and l^^d for arrival. 
The Amsterdam public sales of bark, are fixed for tbe 
following date i^ext year, viz., 22nd January; ‘26ih Februfiry; 
2nd April ; 14th ^ay ; 11th June ; I6th July ; 3rd 
September ; 8lh October ; 12th November ; 17th December. 
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COFFEE AND TEA FIGUEES CON- 
SIDEEED. 
Tea : Home Consumption. 
Then at this rate 12 
months 1890-1891 
Ending October 1890, would show 
five mouths. as follows. 
Indian ... 41,016,071 .. equal to 98,438,570 1b. 
Ceylon ... 17,542,380 42,101,712 
China, &o. ... 24,938,790 „ 59,853,096 
83,497,241 „ 200,393,378 lb. 
Take G. W., & S.’a next Circular 
of 21st Nov. 1890 reTea exported 
from United Kingdom fur 10 
months ending 31st Oct. 1890 Say H. 0. and 
and the figures for 12 export, 12 
months at the rate in- months, 
dicated vfould be. 
Indian ... 2,359,629 
Ceylon ... 1.328,461 
China, &o. . .31,643,916 
equal to 100,798,199 lb. 
„ 43,430,173 
„ 91,497,012 
35,332,006 „ 235,725,384 lb. 
Since compiling the above, G-, W. & S.’s figures are 
<0 hand in gross, for H. 0. and export for 6 months 
ending November: they are. — 
Indian ... 
Ceylon ... 
China, &o. 
Java 
50,081,487 lb. 
22,102,654 
44,719,286 
2,098,250 
119,001,677 lb. 
being in exoess of the above estimate and showing 
a still further advance in the rate of deliveries for 
Ceylon tea. 
"With a reduced crop estimate from India (Rucker 
& Beuoraft iu a late circular suppose they will 
receive in London from India 106,000,000 ; Oeyion 
50,000,000, supposition of mine ; China 63,600,000,® your 
Hongkong correspondent’s figures — he says it is his esti- 
mate for “ the whole year ” — say 25 per cent less than 
United Kingdom required last year), U. K. receipts 
will probably not exceed 220,000,000 lb. against a pos- 
sible 240,000,000 lb. required, unless the export from the 
United Kingdom of China tea further shrinks, as it 
probably will do. No allowance is made here for a 
very possible increase in the exports of India and 
Ceylon tea from the United Kingdom. 
COFPBB. 
British tea planters are apt to leave unstu- 
died the po.sition of their great Rival Coffee in 
Europe and America— here are som'i figures showing 
the gigantic preponderance of coffee over tea iu the 
principal consuming markets of the world. 
Rucker & Bencraft in thoir Circular dated 6th 
Nov. 1890 (see Observer 1st Dec. ’90) state that iu 
March 1890, the deliveries in Europe and America were 
62,000 tons (i. e. 138,880,000 lb.) which “ nearly 
coincides, ” tlioy say, “ with the total stocks in the 
TWO OoNTINENTn” Oil Gth NoV. 1890. 
.James Cook & Co. in their Circular dated 22u(l Oct. 
1890. (Bee Observer 17th Nov. 1890) give total deli- 
ft Japan too included hero I believe. 
veries for 9 months ending Sept. 1890 at 
in Europe ... 309,000 tons 
„ America... 159,600 „ 
Total.. 468,500 „ for 9 months 
or at the rate of 624,666 tons for 12 „ 
i-e- — 1,40 1,000,000 lb. or about 115 million lb. monthly 
Strange to say J. Cook & Sons give stocks in 
Eubope, on 1st Oct. 1890 at about 60,000 tons — so one 
of these firms has fallen into an eeeoe. 
Rucker & Bencraft in their circular of Oct. 9th 
(see Ceylon Observer 30th Oct. 1890) give stocks on 
1st Oct. “ in Europe” 61,200 tons. In same Circular 
they say, the “ deliveries (Europe and America) have 
been nominal— about 50,000 tons for the month” — 
large crops and ever increasing consumption. 
As far as I remember 8,000,000 bags* is the 
estimate of the coming Brazil cron, but even 
if it is on Ihe trees will it ever be picked with 
labor only just made free ? The Brazil ’ planters 
evidently funk it and were getting some thousands of 
Chinese to help them, hut did not late Rio News inform 
us that the Rio Government forbid their being landed 
and in fact ordered the ships with the Chinese on board 
to leave their shores. 
Messrs. Jas. Cook & Co. in their circular of Sept. 24th, 
1890 (see Ceylon Observer, 21st Oct. 1890) say ‘‘the 
deliveries (Europe and America) for consumption during 
the 8 mouths of this year are very good being 10,000 
tons above last year, and nearly 17,000 tons in exoess 
of those for 1888— the figures for the United Kingdom, 
however, are not so encouraging owing to adultera- 
tion.” The Grand Old Man is mainly responsible 
for this. He surrendered at discretion, and the grocers 
carried their right to continue to poison the English 
working people 1 — His grand demonstration about pure 
coffee and tea was — Pure Humbug. 
P. S. — 1 see the new Directory gives a comparison of 
lb. of coffee and lb. of tea. Your estimated consump- 
tion of coffee on Continent of Europe was 405,000 tone, a 
very close estimate indeed, looking at the actual figures 
above. 
To open freely new tea acreages in India and Ceylon 
until new markets are more assured of, and China com- 
petition can safely be despised, would seem to involve 
some risk at present, cheap coffee must be reckoned with 

COFFJ^E NEWS. 
The coffee crop in Hayti this year is reported very 
large. The Rio News says that, generally good news 
fiom coffee producing countries this year promises to 
cause much lower prices for the next year or two. — 
American Orocer, Nov. 12th. 
Tobacco Cultuke Prohibited. — The Khedive of 
Egypt, on June 25th, 1890, issued a decree prohibit- 
ing the cultivation of tobacco throughout Egypt, 
and lands hereafter found to be under such culti- 
vation will be subject to a fine equaling $1,000 
per acre. — American Grocer, Nov. 12th. 
The Keyolitb Trade , — A revival seems to have 
takan place in the Kryolite trade, the Company 
which own the quarries at Ivigtut, Greenland, 
having found a new market for it in Russia. For 
some time the manufacture of products has been 
falling off and the Company had disposed of most 
of their vessels which traded with Copenhagen. 
Keeping up the supply, however, to Philadelphia 
where there are also manufactories. The result of 
the recent revival of the trade has been the re- 
employment of the Traveller (Captain Alexander 
Simpson,) of Peterhead, to carry two cargoes to 
Copenhagen next year, and to take out a cargo of 
coals. It is six years since this vessel was simi- 
llary employed. — A. F, Press. 
* R. & B. in th(-ir last circular, published iu the 
Observer of 24th Dec., say 8 to 9 million bags— iuvolv- 
irig a probable certBiu export to Europe and Amirica of 
7 million bags of 132 lb. each— truly a “ bumper” crop, 
