245 / 374
DRINKS.
24S
pany
at
the
unprecedented
price
of
;^io
2s,
6d.
per
pound."—
Standard,
March
nth,
1891.
Another
circular
of
the
same
firm
of
tea
brokers
gives
a
list
of
132
tea
gardens
in
Ceylon.^
Indian
tea
is
fast
helping
to
supersede
China
tea,
and
another
Tea
Circular
*
points
out
that,
**
Towards
the
190
million
lbs.
probably
required
for
home
use
during
the
coming
year,
India
and
Ceylon
together
will
contribute
fully
150
millions."
It
also
gives
the
following
:
"
London
Statistics
for
Year
ending
31ST
May."
1888.
1889.
1890.
Import,
Indian
...
86,371,000
94,954,000
101,052,000
Ceylon
...
14,705,000
26,390,000
34,246,000
China
...
117,185,000
98,695,000
90,097,000
Java
...
2,989,000
4,170,000
3,107,000
Total
Delivery,
Indian
Ceylon
China
Java
221,250,000
224,209,000
85,619,000
91,368,000
12,578,000
23,830,000
116,870,000
105,668,000
3,133,100
3,862,000
228,502,000
101,168,000
31,947,000
87,652,900
3,280,000
218,200,000
224,728,000
224,047,000
1
In
September,
1890,
a
small
parcel
of
Flowering
Pekoe
fetched,
at
public
sale,
36^.
per
lb.,
and
this
price
has
been
largely
exceeded
on
former
occasions.
"A
parcel
of
tea
from
the
Oriental
Bank
Estates
Company's
Havilland
Estate
in
Ceylon
was
sold
at
auction
in
Mincing
Lane
yesterday
for
;^i7
per
lb.,
or
over
one
guinea
an
ounce."
Standard,
May
6th,
1891.
"
A
small
lot
of
Golden
Tip
Ceylon
tea
from
the
Gartmore
Estate
was
sold
by
auction
in
Mincing
Lane
yesterday
to
the
Mazawattee
Ceylon
Tea
Company
at
£^2^
loj-.
per
lb."
Standard^
May
8th
1891.
'
Messrs.
Wm.
Jas.
and
Hy.
ThompsoiL