The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-16
DEPARTMENT.


RICHMOND. Va. Feb. i5.-ND offerings
N Tobacco, ut auction on 'Change to-day
Offerings for the week ending Saturday,
February 10, 1890, l2l packages. Highest
price Sjl.
Private sales reported TO the secretary
to-day: Wrappers - hogsheads; filters, y
hogsheads; cutters. > hOgsheads; dark TO-
baccos, n hogsheads. Total private sales
reported TO the secretary to-day, ~ hogs
heads
Private sales reported to the secretary for
the week ending Saturday, February 10
is9l. Wfappera. NJ. hOgshcadsl illefs. lS'
n0gsheads. cutters. NJ hogsheads; smokers,
30 hogshends: dark tobaccos, 323 hogsheads;
sun-cured. I hogshead; burleys, - hogs
heads. Total, - hOgsheads.
Office of the tODaccO inspector reports to-
day: lnspections-B Bright, - hogsheads;
dark none. Western. hOgsheads. Rein
-pections-B Bright, % h0gsheads.
For the week ending Saturday. February
Is. isp0i lnspeciiOns--i Bright, l30 hogs
heads: dark, iil hoesheads Western 3
hogsheads. Reinspections - Bright, POI
hOgsheads. dark. l-3 hogsheads. Total
inspections and reinspecicns Tor The week
ending Saturday February 10, 1890 "a
h0gsbeads
Farmers. Wilson's. Allegheny, Cren-
shaw's. Sh0ckoe Bianehards, DayenpOrt's,
Centre. ,heihurne's, Myers and old Do
miuiOu Na.chOases report ~ hOgsheads.
tierccs and box delivered to-day. De-
liYcries for the week ending saturday.
February 10, $780, o23 hogsheads, Is tierces
and boxes.
Registered at the Tobacco Exchange to-
day. :. ". tenallr, Petersburg. Mr.. h.
is. Victor. of J.. X. Victor & Co.. leaves to-
night on a t0nr Of inspection OF the Louis
vile aid other Western tobacco markets.
once OF the collector, OF the United states
internal revenue reports collections for We
city of Richmond to-day as follows: Tax
paid cigars and cigarettes, S3.lb6.>0; tax
paid t0baccos. S3.O-1.62; special, s2l.4o
Total internal revenue collections for the
city to-day. <6G,i.s1.
Internal revenue collections for city OF
Richmond for the week ending saturday,
February 10, iSW, were as follows Tax
paid cigars and cigarettes, Sll,lli.5o; tax
paid f0hacc0e. SiJNN23, special, $40
Total internal feienHe collections for the
city for the week. S3H.~,U.9-.
clip the following from the Louisville
C0urierJoumal of Friday, nth, 1890. on
the leaf tobacco market:
beginning Friday. the llth instant at
A. NJ. the sales will be held at the ware
houses in The following orders Falls city
iWhito. Dunkcr-On a COR Ninth street.
Kentucky and Tennessee, Pickett. Giyens,
llcaiiey d Co.. sarref. Nallnce 4 Co.,
Louisville. Farmers. Globe, Planters
Crescent. Central, Enterprise, Green River
The offerings to-day were large ana prices
ruled steady. There was great deal of eN-
ccilont f0hHecO 90 the breaks. and 10 an sold
40 good prices. Good Oilers continue very
strong. "a number today exceeding f-l in
price, The best demand continues 90 be Tor
that tyrc 0f tobacco, and buyers are stock
ing up with BIZ whlie fhcr can get D.. There
is not much wrappery and genuine cutting
leaf 90 Doe had. Bright hurley Tugs and
trash are firm. Offerings OF dark are light
being confined chiefly 90 hurley and COM
mon ie.f pecoiufs are rather small.
"Ihe highest priced h0gsnead oi tie year
thus FAR was sold to-day at the Farmers
Warehouse. sweet Burley filler from Car
roll county, bringing $3.50.
"I0-day'S sales were 81 hogsheadsi -Vl
old. 061 new, - sold privately. ios original
inspections. yesterdays reflections, 3d.
The Richmond tobacco market was active
and strong for fhe past week, with heaN,
sales OF bright wrappers, filters, cutters ana
dark t0bacc0s.
lu addition 20 what had % say some
time ago MS tO the strong position of old
cutters. am glad 90 he able 90 report that
the stocks of cutters have been very consid-
erahy reduced hy good sales made since
that time.
With the exception of very fancy cutters.
t0bacc0s are higher at this tine than they
have been ion years. 4. Mel.