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two millions is but a small fraction of what it eventually 

 may be. 



The outdoor rough life, led more or less in the Colonies, 

 makes its inhabitants the largest Tea drinkers in the world. 

 For instance, each white denizen in New Zealand drinks 

 nearly three times as much Tea as each person in Great 

 Britain ! 



The following was the consumption in Ibs. per head in 

 1878 : 



N ' S ' Wales ' Q-ensland. 



4.66 6.92 7.53 9.16 H-O5 



I now give, in millions of Ibs., the consumption in 1880 

 in the same Colonies : 



Victoria. N. S. Wales. Queensland. New Zealand. 



5i 5 23 



But what vast tracts exist outside these. The total con- 

 sumption of all the Colonies must be very large. We make 

 the best Tea in the world in India, why should we not have 

 a large share of the market ? 



The population of Australia is nearly 2^- millions, and of 

 Tasmania and New Zealand nearly f million, say three 

 millions in all, or say three-quarters of the population of 

 London. What a field exists there for Indian Tea ! 



AMERICA. 



The yearly consumption (Canada is included) is over 

 eighty million pounds, nearly all supplied by China and 

 Japan. It is quite lately Indian Teas have been sent to 

 America ; so far, their reception has been favourable. But 

 the Americans are accustomed to a greener Tea than we 

 make in India, and this will prove a difficulty. Still we can 



