October 28, 1899.]
COMMERCIAL.
TEA.RE SHANGHAI, 12th October.-(From Messrs Welch, Lewis, & Co.'s Circular)—Ont last " printed" Teu market report was dated 9th instant. Black Tea. -Our market has become quieter, and prices for common Teas are not quite so extreme as they were during the previous fortnight. A few of the better quality chops have been shipped on native account.
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Settlements during the fortnight: Ningehow... 587-chest, at Tls. 193/20.15 Hohow
266 "
101 Oonan
2,192
151/20 Oopack........ 403
16/17
3.898
22
Stock, 5,499 half-chests, against 3,685 half- chests at same time last year.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED
STATES AND CANADA, ALIEN 1899-19000 1898-99
lbs. 21,084,786 11,283,261
Yokohama Kobe...........
22,212,276 11,782,617
33,994,793
SILKAN
CAMPHOR.
369
HONGKONG, 27th October,--The market active and prices are advancing. - Quotation for Formosa are $72.50 to $78.0) salen 250 piculo.
SUGAR.
HONGKONG, 27th October. The market is 32,320,047 and prices are declining. Quotations are::
Shekloong, No. 1, Whitu...98.65 $8.70, tel:
do.
White... 7.90 to 7.95 Shekloong, No. 1, Brown,.. 6.75 to 5.80 -- pel. Swatow, No. 1, White... 855 to 8.60 do. » 8. Brown... 5.60 to 5.65
Swatow, No. 1, Brown... 5,65 to 15.707
do.
White. 7.86 to 7.90.
do.
2, Brown... 5.5 tỷ 5.61 Sugar Candy.............12.55 to 12 60 ..11.65 to 11,70
- CANTON, 27th October, 1899. - Be-reels.--No settlements are reported. At $790 small lots of No. 1 Grant might be obtainable. Teatlees.— Nothing has been done in these sorts. Filatures Have been in good 'enquiry during the first part of the fortnight. Dealers offering sparingly, fine sizes advanced $80/40 per picul. The last few days the market has been quieter, but prices for Yu Wo Hing 9/11, $975 for Po King Cheong are very firm, From prices paid we quote: $1,080 9/11, $1,050 for Chun Sun Hang 10/12 $1,030/995 for Kwong Shan Cheong and Miu King Lun 11/13 8080 for Kwong Wo Hang 11/18, $980 for Kwong and 18/16, $1,000 for Kwong Wo Hang 11/13, Sun On 13/15, 965 for Kwong Lun Hing 18/15, $930 for Hing Lun 11/18. been in fair demand, but the high prices asked Short-reels-Have checked busin.es. Wate-Prices advanced Waste. steadily and dea' is now ask $110 for Extra Extra
Green Tea.-Pingueys. There is very little change to report in these descriptions. Chops at Tla. 20 to Tls, 22 are in fair deinand at about previous rates, but it is difficult to more the better Teas, Some Wenchow leaf packed in bores similar to Pinganeys has been sold at prices rather in favour of the seller. No further Information about probale size of crop has been forthcoming. Country Teas.-Our market con• tinued quiet for some days after the date of our last report, but during the past week & stronger demand has set in by a few buyers, and chops up to Tis. 25 a picul show in many cases hulf à tael advance. Choice Teas are held for prices above the ideas of most buyers, and offers for this bave R.Rurkill & Sons' Circular):-The Home markets SHANGHAI, 21st October.-(From Messrs. A. not advanced in sympathy with the inferior qualities. The crop will be fully 20,000 half- Gold Kilinge Fcs. 81.25 in Lyons. Raw Silk,
are firm, Blue Elephants are 12/8 in London and obeats smaller than that of last year. We have Market quiet but steady, about 350 bales have heard of no business in ordinary Local packs. been done. Yellow Silk.-Strong market, settle- Hysona.-Until the past few days there has been ments amount to 200 bales. Arrivals, as per an almost entire absence of demand, and finest Customs Returns, October 14th to 20th, are: 998 Moyune Teas were offering at Tls. 24 to 27 with-bales White, 656 Inles Yellow and 99 bales Wild out finding buyers. The few settlements made show excellent value. Common Teas are wanted for shipment to Bombay.
Settlements during the fornight are :--
I-chests.
4
Pinganey
8,987
Moyane...
9,789
Tienkai..
12,476
ut Tls. 19.00 a 28.00 21.00 a 27.50 21.00 a 30.00
Fychow...
1,493
20.00 a 22.25
Local Packed
440
33,135.1-chesta
Total Settlements since the opening of the
season-:-
Local packed...... 17,651
Silks. Re-Reels and Hand Filatures-The de mand for America still continues and 500 bales bave been settled. Steam Filatures-Market strong. The Export of Steam Filatures to date is: 2,418 hales to America, 2,106 bales to the Continent, 40 bales to London, and 6 bales to Japan. Wild Silk.-Quiet. Waste Silk.-Quiet, but very firm.
Quotations in Taels per picul-Average Ex. change for the week 4 m./s. 2/8 and Fes. 3.39. Freight The. 7.25 per cwt :-
Tratles.
Black Lion 8... Bird Chunling
Yuenling
Blue Lion No. 1
Tis. per pol.
610 682
5624
6173
500
500
427* 497)
505
465
2
Gold Double Butterfly
416
490
1890 x 1900.
Settlements.
Stock.
-chests.
-chests.
Yaconlay Bieling
496
Fingsuey
Choy Kiling
490
.100,714
11,010
Hanchow.
Moyune
62,933
Pagoda Ting Tinghow
Tienkai
*****
48,126
11,130
Tinghow
Fychow
Lanhook
14,928
Lanling
884
Tayglam
་
Total .........234,852
Green Kahing MM
28,041
1898 x 1899.
"
13
Settlement.
-chests.
Skeins.-
Stock. 4-chests.
Pingauer ......... 31,856
14,452
Mienchew 1
.380/885
Moyune
48,780
.870/875
Tienkai
Meeyang 1 and
.850/325
46,754
37,657
Fooyang 1
Fychow
19.257
Wongchow Extra
820 290
Local packed.
...... 13,145
3,247
Hand Filature.—
Gold Butterfly, Croisee No. 1 and 2
.740/780
Keechong Fing
1 and 2
.685/675
19
Total
..153,742
55,356
Incense Chop,
52
Mars Chop,
1 1
600
Gold Double Gun, Oroisee No. 1...
Market Chop, Orossea.....
680 680 665
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED
KINGDOM AND CONTINENT.
Hankow and Shanghai... 9,514,080
Amoy..
Foochow
Canton
1899-1900
lbs.
by 12 Moss, Green Stork 1.
Lie Skeins, 3 Yellow Silk-
13.
980
Pegasus Haining, Croisee Ex. & No. 1 & 2 aver. 780 (not Croisse) No. 1 & 2 „,710/700
EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND
JAPAN TO EUROPE, ...
221,484 11,193,226 4,04%,645
1898-99 H:8. 10,608,829 390,250 10,577,774 8,770,406
Bloycle Chop
Grasshopper
No. 1, 2 & 3,,: 700 No. 1, 5 & 8, 700 Bed Eagle (not Croisee)'No. 1, 2 3 and 4.....
660
21,001,411 25,302,652
Shangbai Canton Yokoliama
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO- UNITED STATES AND CANADA,
Shanghai.
Amoy
Foochow
1899-1900- 1893.99.
lbs.
Ibs.
1,222,849
1,192,677
8,330,928
4,414,770
13,977,546
1898-9
1899-1900
Index
47.594
14,365
$11,788
13,558 8,441
78,837
51.888
Foochow
ghekloong
Per steamer Pinguey, sailed on the 10th
MISCELLANEOUS EXPORTS. October. For New York:-6,262 packages mer- 1,000 bales hemp, 404 packages preserved gin. chandise, 2,179 bales cassia, 3,529 rolly matting, ger, 57 boxes cassis, 84 cases blackwoodware, 25 bales rattancore, 13 cases cantharides, and 4 cases lithograph paper, 17 boxes bristles, 13 bales unout palm leaves.
Per American ship, Challenger, sailed on the 15th October. For New York :-4 cases preserves, 353 packages rattan furniture, 800 Chinaware, 59 cases blackwoodware, 140 casOG
and 12,119 rolls matting. bales cassis, 2017-4-cheats tea 8,250 cases fans,
For Havre:-1 case silks, 19 cases blackwood- Per steamer Savoia, sailed on the 18th Oct.
47 cases Chinaware, 50 cases bristles: 78 bales ware, 19 cases human hair, 20 cases cantharides, split bamboos. 100 cases camphor, 111 packages tea, 185 rolls matting, 210 packages canes, and 698 rolls mats. For Havre and/or Hamburg : 2 packages canes, 2 packages fans, 2 packages bamboo, 8 bales, feathers, 10 cases staraniseed, 14 cases human hair, 21 cases essential oil, 25- cases bristles, 29 cases Chinaware; 34 bales galangal, 47 casks egg yolk, and 105 cases Cassia. For Havre and/or Hamburg and/or London ---2 cases feathers, 30 bales canes, 90 cases bristles, 100 cases preserves, 100 cases cam- phor. For Havre and/or Hamburg and/or Lon- don and/or Antwerp:-26 cases albumen. For Hamburg-1 case cigars, 2 cases gypsum, tes, 9 cases curios, 9 cases sundries, 13 cases. Chinaware, 13 cases human hair, 18 casOn trunks, 20 bales rattan shavings, 76 bales starwbraid, 100 cases antgalls, 110 bales fes- thers, 244 casks wood oil, Buu rolls matting, 385 bales canes, 678 packages preservea&and 1,600 bales broken cassia. For Hamburg and/or Antwerp:-10.cases bristles and 14 bales fea thers. For Hamburg and/or Antwerp and/or London :-115 cases bristles. For Hamburg and/or Bremen and/or Antwerp-6 cases crackers, For Antwerp-7 bales tobacco leaf. For Amsterdam :—200 cases preservés. For Rotterdam:-26 bales tobacco leaf. For Lon- don:-5 cases cigars. For Bermuds →1 case ourios. For Lisbon:-49 cases Chinaware. For New York :—10 cases essential õil.
Per steamer Laos, sailed on the 21st October. For Marseilles:-372 bales raw silk, 134 bales pierced cocoons, 5 cases, Chinaware. 3 cases blackwoodware, 185 packages tea, 30 bales pun., jum silk. 12 cases vilks, 10 cases essential oil. För London :-1 case silks. For, Lyons —593 bales raw silk and 2 cases milks. For Milan 15 bales raw silk.
577
Per P. & O. steamer, Candia, sailed on the bales. 23rd October. For London F—Icase essence of 29,889 ilang ilang, casə cigars, 2008 hemp from
Manila. 523 packages, 888 boxes tea from Amoy, partic 11.144 boxes, 718 m/boxes, and from Hongkong partionlars copperware, 430 rolls matting, cases feathers, 350 m/packages packages private effecta. 150 bale
bales feathers, 2 cases bird canes, 15 cases bristles, 3 cases Chinaware, 91 casus blackwoodware 12 cases bamboowa
7,263,022 EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN 4,969,031
TO AMERICA.
1899-1900 -
18,354,650
:1898-99
·lbale
Shan i ai
Yokohama.
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO ODESSA Canton
1899-1900 lbs..
Shangbai and Hankow... 25,863,048⠀⠀ * 22,676,90 ||
halen.
1899-0 bales.
5,707
3.478
4,947
13,559
6,381
14,760
preserves
800
Hongk
boxes thers. For Hamburg