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quantity of tea consumed in Great Britain, was 

 trebled in two years. In 1783 the quantity of tea 

 sold at the East India Company's sales, amounted 

 to 5,157,883 Ibs. In 1785, it reached 17,307,433 

 Ibs. The quantity of tea imported into Great 

 Britain, in 1833, was 39,057,832 Ibs., and in 1858, 

 it was 75,432,578 Ibs.* I have not got the Trade 

 Returns of last year, but from the circulars of Messrs. 

 W. J. & H. Thompson for the months of the first 

 half of the year, we have data to assume, that the 

 quantity of tea imported into Great Britain in 1862, 

 was very little short of 100,000,000 Ibs. ! ! | 



To say nothing-' of the possibility of an interrup- 

 tion of the trade with China, these results show how 

 deeply concerned both India and England are, or 

 ought to be, in the subject of this Review ; and it is 

 to be hoped that the Governments of both Nations 

 will see the necessity of acting- in concert for the 

 advancement of a cultivation which may confer such 

 solid benefits on both countries. Let them carefully 

 examine existing* rules regarding- waste lands, immi- 

 gration regulations, &c., and deliberately consider 

 how they may be best modified so as to give those 

 desirous of investing their money in tea, if no favour, 

 at least afairjield. If I may be the exponent of 

 their views, I would venture to say that they want 

 no more. 



* The quantity of tea re-exported was, in 1833 254,4601bs., 

 and in 1858 7,249,2761bs. 



t America before the present disunion, consumed about 

 35,000,000 Ibs. of tea. 



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