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mentioned, taken steps to improve that system ; they do, however, 

 think that it should be abandoned, and to that end have adopted the 

 Tea Bulking Machinery as an alternative, and an immeasurably 

 superior process. That they are justified in this view there can be no 

 doubt in the minds of those who have witnessed both the systems in 

 operation. 



The said machinery is at the CRUTCHED FRIARS Ware- 

 house alone, and it is, of course, very desirable the machinery 

 should be adopted in all Tea warehouses. This end will be 

 quickly brought about if those who send their Tea home, 

 and the importers here, insist on their Tea being sent to this 

 one warehouse that has the machinery. 



What an advantage to owners and managers of Tea 

 estates is the fact that Tea bulked by machinery at 

 CRUTCHED FRIARS is not exposed to the changeable English 

 atmosphere, or at least not for more than a few minutes, 

 and consequently is not so likely to be classed as "flat." 

 How many planters are there who, after taking especial care 

 in the manufacture of their crop, find to their chagrin that 

 on arrival in London (and after exposure probably for some 

 days), the shipment is described as "flat, "and worth so 

 many pence per Ib. less than if the atmospheric exposure 

 had not occurred. 



It appears to me that very little, added to the help this 

 new machinery gives, would now do away with all the injury 

 the producer and the Tea has hitherto borne in the Customs. 

 So much has now been accomplished by this machinery, 

 the Tea is well bulked, and receives no injury whatever thereby. 

 But two further improvements are required : 



i. That the actual weight of Tea in each chest (discard- 

 ing ounces) be recorded, and that thus the loss to 

 the producer and the Customs, detailed above, be 

 avoided. 



