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two maunds of charcoal,, it then follows that each maund of wood, put 

 into Colonel Money's furnace, equals seven maunds of wood used to 

 make charcoal; 



1 Of course the above are more or less random figures, but they 

 suffice to show that the saving of fuel will be very great a boon of 

 course to planters, but a boon also to the Forest Department and to 

 India. 



' We knew of the invention some time back, but we forbore to 

 notice it until the brokers' reports on the Tea so made had been 

 received. We have now seen these. Samples of " charcoal " and 

 " furnace " Tea were sent down, made from the same leaf, the same 

 day, and manufactured in one up to the "firing" process. Two 

 brokers give the higher value to the furnace Tea, one to the charcoal 

 kind but the difference is small. 



1 We believe, as one of our most experienced planters, who has 

 tasted the Teas, been to Soom, and seen the brokers' reports, says : 

 that " the Tea dried by the furnace apparatus will be at least equal to 

 that prepared over charcoal." 



' As Colonel Money is already known as an authority in Tea, and 

 as he has stated to us his belief that " charcoal days " for Tea are 

 now at an end, we await with confidence the ultimate success of his 

 invention, which even if it makes no better Tea will certainly make 

 it far cheaper, while the dirt from charcoal dust will be done away 

 with, the temperature of the Tea houses much reduced, and the dele- 

 terious fumes of charcoal, so very objectionable from a sanitary point 

 of view in Tea manufacture, will be known no more.' 



Again, 29th August, a month later, the Darjeeling News further 

 remarks : 



'We alluded recently to Colonel Money's very ingenious plan 

 for drying Tea without charcoal. Since then his apparatus has been 

 in full work at Soom, and has been inspected by numbers of the 

 Darjeeling planters, one and all of whom have, we understand, 

 reported most favourably on its working. Samples of Tea manu- 

 facture have been from time to time sent to Calcutta brokers for 

 their opinion, and reports have been received from fifteen, of whom 

 seven are in favour of Tea made by the old charcoal process, seven 

 are in favour of the new furnace process, and one reports that the 

 Tea made by each process is exactly the same. 



'Colonel Money is now taking steps to erect his improved 

 furnace, which will be in working order by the end of September, 



