The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27
TOBACCO DEPARTM ENT.


tobacco at auction on Change to-day.
Offerings of tobeccos at auction on Change
for the week ending Saturday, July 18th,
1870, l41 packages, and tile highest price
obtained during the week was $50 for a
package Of sun-cured tobacco.
Private sales reported TO the secretary
to-day: Wrappers, ~ hogsheads; filters, y
h0gsheads; dark tObaccos, II hOgsheads.
Total, y hOgsheads.
Private sales reported to the secretary
for the week ending Saturday. July %, 1890:
Wrappers, 2is hogsheads; filters, pa
hogsheads; cutters. 60 hogsheads; smokers,
62 hogsheads; scrap. y hogsheads; dark
toDaccOs, 40 hOgsheads; sun-cured, ! hogs
heads; burleys, II hOgsheads; stems, Il
hogsheads; cutting Tugs, - hogsheads. To-
| tai, l,lJB hOgsheads.
Office Of the tobacco inspector reports to-
day: Inspections Bright, - hOgshcads;
dark, ~ hOgsheads: Western, ~ hogshcads.
lielnspections- Bright, Il hogsheads, dark,
! 1 hOg-heads.
Inspection and rcinspections for the week
ending Saturday, July 10Th, 1880: lnspec-
tions-Brght, $50 hOgshoads dark, 64
hogsheads; Western. 81 hogsheads. Rein
pectiOns-Brght - hogsheads; dark, "
hOgsheads.
Total sampling for the week l.3O2 hogs
heads.
Farmers, Wilson's. Virginia. Allie
ghany, old Dominion, Naughan's Crcn-
shaw's, SeabTOOk,s. ShOckOe, Meals, Da-
ycnport's, Planters and Merchants, Shell
burne's, and Myers warehouses re-
port to-day: Receipts. lj7 hogsheads, !
tierces and boxes; deliveries, 1862 hogs
heads, - tierces and boxes.
same warehouses report for the week
ending Saturday, July 10Th. 1870: Receipts,
jN3 bogsheads, 60 tierces and boxes; deliy-
cries. go hogsheads, II ticrces and boxes.
Office Of the collector Of the United States
internal revenue reports collections for
the city of Richmond to-day a. follows:
Tax paid cigars and cigarettes, 5000;
tax paid tObaccos $3lGi.1i; tax paid
special, $G>.03; penalty. $lG.l0. Total, ST.
3lS.97
Office of the collector Of the nited states
internal revenue reports collections for the
city Of Richmond for the week ending sat
urday, July -, $500. Is follows: Tax paid eli
CARS and cigarettes, So,O2i.S0; toDaccos, S2l.-
225.sO; special, SG~.03; penalty, Sl6lO; to-
tai $50, 33l.73.
The Louisville Couricr-Jounal, Of July
18th. has the following on the leaf tobacco
market Of Louisville: when the very heavy
offerings Of yesterday. followed boy the large
sales to-day, ale taken into consideration,
the strength shown by the market is worthy
in good tobaccos today, though common
trash was not the object Of quite such ami
mated bidding. The fancy prices Of yestcr-
day ON burleys were not reached to-day. bat
the offerings did not develop ~ high class
tobacco. Bright wrappers and cutters were
in brisk demand. and brought fan prices.
The market was attended hy % large num-
Der Of buyers but the speculative element
was not very noticeable. The market could
not Dee quoted lower, but lho rain, have r.
llcycd the apprehension which was fast
gaining ground, and there was an absence
Of excitement
The War Department weather map. dated
July ~. $500. reports mo- rain in the Louis
vile and Cincinnati sections for the past
tWenty-iOur hours.
am glad 10 say that oar Mr.. Garrett +.
Watson, who has recently been critically
i'll. is reported a. very much better to-day.
The Richmond t1bicco market was quite
active to-day. considering % wa, "a ~atur-
aY n a ., which is generally an oil day,
ard there were fair sales of bright wrappers
and bright filters. The Richmond tobacco
market was unusually active and strong
during the past week, aud there appear
heavy sales of bright wrappers, bright ill-
els. bright cutters, bright smokers, bright
cutting lugs and dark t0bacco-. nOtWlth-
standing the fact that some large sales were
suppressed i'm Difference 10 the expressed
wish of purchasers. Inspections and rein
spcctions were moderate to-day. Bright
and dark inspections for the week were
heavy: the rest of the list light. Re-insppc-
ti0us Of bright t0baccOs for the week were
moderate: the balance of the list light Tine
total samping wa, larZc. Receipts ana
deliveries to-day were about balanced. with
perhaps ten hossheado excess in favor OF
deliveries.
The following telegram wa, received al
Richmond this 4. VI. might mcssa2e):
GAINESVILLE. Tenn. June -. 1890.
" To Richmond TINES
Light shower Tuesday. Market active;
heavy leaf quarter cent higher. Lugs l-o.
higher.
(~igned, VI. II. CLARK a BRO
Receipts and deliveries for the past week
were moderately large. with an excess %.
- hogshcad- and II tierces ion favor Of The
deliveries. Internal revenue collections on
plug tobdccOs were very good to-day. and
were heavy for the week. {. Mel.