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AREA AND PRODUCTION OF TEA IN INDIA FROM 

 1886 TO 1908 



Yrar. Acres. Ibs. 



' 1886 298,219 82,425,812 



1887 312.su;-; 92,252,082 



1888 324,327 99,792,544 



1889 333,701 107,042,875 



1890 ^ 344,827 x 1 12,036,406 



1891 362,437 123,867,902 



1892 374,869 121 ,994,274 



1893 395,837 132,247,900 



1894 400,527 134,713044 



V 1895 415,717 143,407.827 



1896 433,280 156,426.054 



1897 470,1 18 153,783,208 



1898 501,680 157,475,400 



1899 515.658 181,797,455 



X -^"1900 \ 522,487 197,460,664 



^ 1901 524,767 171 ,302,773 



1902 525.257 188,589,261 



1903 526,61 1 209,041,888 



1904 524,472 221,565.631 



S 1905 528,004 221.712.407 



1906 532,208 241,403,510 



1907 537,849 248.020.397 



, 1908 x 548, 127 247.477.324 



In 1875 the total production was about 26i million 

 pounds. Of the total export in 1905 the United King- 

 dom took no less than 166,754,000 Ibs., or, roughly 

 speaking, seventy-six per cent. In 1906 the quantity 

 was 176,299,335 Ibs., in 1907, 169,474,706 Ibs., while in 

 1908 tlu lanjr total of 177,268,931 lb-. was reached. 

 The next best customers were Russia, taking 18,552.425 



