148 CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURE OF TEA. 



zinc plates, with the necessary marks cut out in them. A 

 brush run over these with the colouring matter does the work 

 well and quickly. 



Let the stamp comprise the kind of Tea, the plantation or 

 owner's mark, the number of the box, and the year, for 

 instance 



Pekoe. 

 A 



B 



No. So 1871 



The invoice you send with the break must give for each 

 box the number, the gross weight, the tare, the net Tea, and 

 the kind of Tea, with a declaration at foot that the Teas of 

 each kind have been respectively well bulked and mixed 

 together before packing. 



Remember the larger the quantity of Tea, of any one kind 

 to be sold at one auction, the higher the price it will probably 

 fetch. Sell if possible, twenty or thirty chests of one kind 

 of Tea at the same time, for small quantities, as a rule, sell 

 below large both in Calcutta and London. 



Equality of tares is the most important point to attend to 

 in packing Teas. It may be difficult, but with machine- 

 sawn boxes, nearly the same weight, any difference must be 

 made up with extra hooping, lead, solder, or nails. Anyhow 

 it must be done so that no tares shall differ more than half-a- 

 pound (see foot-note page 146). 



