The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-22
THE DAILYETIM ES-W EDNESDAY. MAY ~ Hcs'
TOBACCO DEPARTM ENT.

RICHMOND, May 2i.-Sales Of loose to-
baccos to-day amounted to 3,2i5 pounds.
Highest price, $3.50
Offerings of tobaccos at auction on
Change Tuesday, May 81. 1889: Total
offerings, seventy-hve packages, prin-
cipally sun cured and common dark to-
baccos. One package sold at Slj.25, one
at $13, one at $ll.75, one At $il.25, one
nj $ll, one at $l050 one at 1919, one at
81; one at $715, one at 1926. Fifty-six
packages sun.cured and common dar k
tobaccos brought under $40 per hundred,
Of which two were taken in.
OF the bright tobacco offered at auc-
ton on Change to-day. one package was
taken in at $21, one sold at $lj.7j, one
taken in at $3.50, one at $ll Five
packages brought under ten dollars per
hundred and were taken in.
Registered at the Tobacco Exchange.
G.. II. Kent, Fluvanna; Joseph Saal, John
b. Bland, Petersburg.
Office Of the United States Collector
of Internal Revenue reports collec-
tions for the city Of Richmond. Va.
to-day as follows Tax paid, cigars ana
cigarettes, $4,000; tax paid. tobacco,
81 1874. 36: special tax, $2j3.OO. Total col
lections for city to-day, 81, 1896.
Office of the Tobacco Inspector reports
to-day Inspections. 1876 hogsheads re-
inspections, ~ hogsheads.
Myers, Crensbaws, Shockoe, ban
chard's, Davenport's s, Centre shelburne F,
Allegheny, Wilson's and Old Dominion
warehouses report 1j4 hOgheads and :
tierces delivered to day.
Sales of tobaccos reported to the sec
rotary to-day Wrappers, 40 hogsheads'
filters. 30 hogheads cutters, II hOgsheads,
dark. 80 hogsheads. Total sales report
ed to-day 142 hogsheads.
The Richmond tobacco market was
steady and quiet to-day C. Mel.
R1cnMoND. VA. May 2l.-Loose sales
AZ well as sales on Change, show good
. demand for desirable black working to-
, bacco. while for black wrappers there
are many buyers, but few samples OF
finer grades. Prices thus far, from . Il
o. 10 cents, are very fair for the quality OF
fered. There is much tobacco OF the
o. sun-cured class out OF condition, thereby
a. excluding BUYERS who want 10 hold some
. Mould in samples is often met with
D showing lack of care in curing Coco
4 seasons have been almost general, an1
much tobacco has been struck and siucl
out this week, which will enable buyer
r TO 90 into the market again soon Plant
10 in many cases are oyergrOwn, and thu
ID tend to make coarse tobacco
The demand for old wrappers this wee
b has been moderate and to-day conhne
= TO only a few packages to local buyers
ne while there was some inquiry 10
nc medium to good filters. The ware
G. houses are rapidly filling up. soon til
~ Old Planters and Merchants ware
10 house will be fitted up by filling u
be- and raising the roof, etc, for occupanc.
ne and then the capacity for storage an
ii samplng will be increased. ANON
Mt visitors to-day are Hon. Thomas Masol
of the Western TOj0cc0 J0urHW. J.
Is Hackney, of the Southern 1oboccon"l
OF Richmond, Va.
rd The Italian types are respectively
DO and "a inches long of very good rich al
TO ripc leaf. the same have attracted mod
he rate attention.
20 Stemming fire leaf has met with mo
IN ready sale this week at u to lOt cent
we while low grades show a material chan
my for some time passed In burleys the
to are no sales particularly worthy OF reco
in. ately. and the Western news OF rain
Oh bullish tendency W j. y