The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-31
TOBACCO EXCHANGE.

R1cHxosD, VA, May Ono offerings Of tobac-
cos az auction on Change to-day Saturday
May 30, 1891
for the week ending Saturday May 30, 1891:
Total offerings, 945 packages of sun-cured to-
baccOs; highest price for the week, $50. ,
Private sales reported TO the secretary OF the
Richmond Tobacco Trade to-day Saturday,
May 10 1891: Wrappers 6 hogsheads; filters, 81
hogsheads; smokers, ~ hogsheads. Total, 80
hogsheads.
Private sales reported to tho secretary of the
Richmond Tobacco Trade for the week ending
Saturday, May 30 1884, Wrappers 81 hOgsheads;
smokers. l46 hogsheeds; dark tobaccos' IS
hogsheads; sun-cured, hO2shead: scrap, 60
hogsheads. Total AZ hogsheads.
Private sales reported TO the secretary OF the
Richmond Tobacco Trade for the month ending
Saturday. Nav ~, 1891: Wrappers. 40S hogs
heads; filters. Ss7 hogsbeads; cutters, l3S hogs
heads smokers 5l3 hogsheads; scrap &i
hogsheads: dark leaf 3S3 hogsheads; sun-cured.
4 hogsheads; burleys, 226 hogsheads; cutting
lugs IS hogsheads; dark lugs' Il hogsheads
Total. 2,Sl2 hogsheads.
Office of the tobacco inspector reports to-day
Saturday nay 0. 1881: Inspections, Drght'
a. hogsheads: Western, - hCgsheads. Relnspec-
tons, bright % hogsheads dark, hogs
Inspections and reinspections for the week
ending Saturday. May 20, 1891: Inspections,
bright, SIS hogsheads; dark, li5 hogsheads;
Western, IS hogsheads. Rsnspections, bright,
l76 hogsheads; dark, 245 hogsheads; Western,
. hogsheads.
Inspections and reinspections for the month
ending SATURDAY., May ~, 1891: Inspections,
bright, 1,47 hogsheads; dark. 437 hogsheads
Western. 252 hogsheads. Renspections, bright.
5i9 hogsheads; dark, 32S hogsheads; Western II
hogsheads.
Total.sampfng for the month ending Saturday,
May 30, 1891. 1910 hogsheads.
SlockOe. Farmers, Dayenports Allegheny,
Yaughan's, Crenshaw's Shelburne's, Seabrook s
warehouses report to-day, SATURDAY May %,
1891: Receipts. IS packages: deliveries, 81 pack
ages.
Same warehouses, with Wilson'S Virginia,
Jones. Meals and Planters, and Merchants
warehouses added, report to-day, Saturday, May
30, 1891: Receipts. 75S packages; deliveries, 5S5
The same warehouses report for the month
ending Saturday. May 30, 1891: Receipts 22So
packages: deliveries. 2.240 packages.
Office Of the Collector of the United States In
ternal Revenue reports collections for the city
Nav 81. 1891 as follows; Tax paid cigars and
cigarettes, ss.sI7.4S; tax paid on plug tobaccos,
si5,2is99; tax paid special, slSso Total
internal revenue collections for the city Of
Richmond, Va. for the month ending saturday,
May 81. 1891, were as follows: lax PAID cigars
and cigarettes, Sal 1883; tax paid pug toDaccoS'
s7l,5S6.40; tax paid special. s2Oolo9 Ioltl' S4lo-
616.92.
sun-cured tobaccos are in active demand, and
prices eliminated this week at the highest point
reached this season. Among the sellers OF sun
cured tobaccos this week who obtained top
prices WAS Mrs X. ;. Foster, OF Louisa county,
who appears TO have an impned contract a.
least with our Mr.. W. T. Hancock for the pnr-
chase OF her crop at the highest figures; for 1t Is
Generally understood she will not offer her crop
unless she is on hand TO see that she gets Pre-,
MUM prices, and this year she certainly did
not reckon without her host for he paid most
handsomely for the tobaccos she sold through
our Mr. George Haynes, her commission mer-
chant, realizing the best prices OF the season
for sun-cured tobaccos, viz, So sos so'oo
and $55 ., .h..
morning announced that our Mr.. Alfred Gray
has the buying OF the French tobaccos FOR the
italian contract which has been awarded 10 his
correspondents, Messrs. l.. Haffer d Co.. OF
Paris, France.
him many happy returns.