50 TEA 



Straits Settlements, and small plantations exist in 

 Burma, the Andamans, and Tonquin. Expej^ments 

 have also been made in British Central Africa. (^In Java 

 a valuable export trade is being gradually built up. 

 The first seed was introduced into Java from Japan in 

 1827 by von Siebold, and young plants were raised in 

 the famous botanical garden at Buitenzorg, but a few 

 years later better varieties were obtained from China by 

 Jacobsen, who may be regarded as the founder of the 

 tea industry in Java. 



