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he got there, to his disappointment, he could get none, as 

 they had all been preserved and sent off for sale. This 

 may be the case in some measure with the Chinese some 

 may sell their goods, but all may not do so. If it be 

 said a Chinese would consume 20 Ibs. of tea in the year, 

 then the inference would be 7,340,000,000 Ibs. If it be 

 said some may not use it, but as a great many make it 

 their daily beverage, probably it might be reckoned that 

 an average of once a day for all would be a fair calcula 

 tionwell that would be still 2,527,000,000 Ibs. Now, 

 according to Rev. Mr. Gutzlaff s statement, the extent of 

 the- district for producing good tea is only 40 ly, or 13 

 miles in circumference, which would at the most only 

 give 3,072,000 Ibs., leaving an opportunity for any other 

 nation to supply China with from 2,527,000,000 to 

 2,700,000,000 Ibs. of good tea. This will show two 

 things : the difficulty to say what quantity is consumed 

 in China, and the random statements writers are capable 

 of making. It is impossible to say what quantity of tea 

 is consumed in China, Nepaul, Thibet, &c., &c. 



All that is known for certain is, that by twenty-two 

 millions of Americans there are 20,000,000 Ibs. of tea 

 consumed ; that in Great Britain and Ireland, by 

 30,000,000, there are 50,000,000 Ibs. consumed. 



Extent of the use of tea under a new state of things is 

 to the purpose to inquire ; and I will recapitulate the 

 expense of producing tea to that end. 



In Assam 



Plantations, Selling and Bally-jahn, per Ib. 3| cents. 



In Singphoo country 



Plantations, Koojoo, Bura-inan-jan, 



Gin-Long, . . . per Ib. 2 \ cents. 



