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ry. Beet-sugar, at its present price, could not pos- 
sibly be produced without the steam-engines of facto- 
ries ; and there is nothing to prevent us tocall that great 
mechanic agent also to our aid for heating and curl- 
ing Tea-leaves. Also, in this respect, we must eman- 
cipate ourselves from foregone conclusions.* The de- 
mand for Tea, as a commercial commodity, is some- 
thing astounding. The importation into Britain alone 
has been latterly about at a value of ten millions ster- 
ling annually ; the consumption is even rapidly in- 
creasing. The process of establishing Tea-fields is 
simple and easy. In North America the plants are 
placed six feet apart; each plant yields about one 
pound of tea annually, or about four pounds of fresh 
leaves ; the gathering extends over about six months 
there. To foster Tea-culture is to advance the great 
temperance cause. + 
Foreign select Oaks, or rare and important Pines, 
may have been introduced by the thousand, and 
pectic — e 
* Oa explaining to Mr. G. Joachimi, C. E., of this city, all the details of 
preparing Tea-leaves for mercantile commerce, he has constructed, on my 
suggestion, an apparatus to be worked aud heated by steam; this will re- 
quire, according to his opinion, only two men for performing the work 
which, according to the present Chiuese method, would occupy twenty-five 
men. The mechanism, su constructed, provides for cutting wood for tes- 
- chests as a by-work. 
+ The imports of tea into the United States for some of the past years 
were as follows, according to Consul T. Adamson; viZ., year ending June 
30: 
1856-57. ..... ee SE aioe ce iviaiein w/ojeie'einia)eicienee Sheteiee 25,292,100 lbs 
1858 Pee Ya ca cs cace do conde sees “le 20;200,000 lbs. 
- 1859 RO Py cs a ninisieny aa cner ees cna BUsh iontOD ibs. 
fi TSG UEE Rariniernts cere « cused eee Lule Sha storAdeele ova = case OOayaue lbs. 
1861 ee oan anaes njeinderd on saan SO eauOD lbs. 
39,892,658 lbs. 
MISO AP UE crafe's picie's s'e s's'e a setters bia iene ia cidepiee/acesi<'om 
The importation of tea into Britain for the seven months of each year, 
ending July 31st, was 
DB asettssateinis nie lel eis 
FSFE se loesistecqieses's 
For the whole year —in 
$15. 
7 
wee sees 067,648,588 Ibs. value £4,904,777 
. 79,384,477 lbs. ~ £5,263,836 
.eeeeee 91,753,906 lbs. es £6,030,556 
1364, £9,338,760; 1865, £10,044,462; 1866, £11,208,- 
