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TEA 



COST OF ONE CUP OF TEA AT DIFFERENT RETAIL PRICES 



I 'rice PIT ll>. Cost of one Cup. 



s. d. 



1 4 



0-071 



1 

 1 



2 

 2 

 3 

 3 



224 cups to the Ib. 



280 cups to the Ib. 



The number of cups in a pound is taken as 224 up to 

 Is. 8d. and at 280 above that price. The cost is of, 

 course, taken without milk and sugar. 



COST OF TWENTY CUPS OF TEA ON THE ABOVE BASIS 



Price per Ib. 

 s. d. 

 4. 

 6. 

 8. 



0. 

 26. 

 30. 

 3 6 



Cost of 20 (ups. 



1 

 1 

 1 



2 



} 



1-42 



1-60 r224 cups to the Ib. 



1-78 



1-70 

 2-14 

 2-56 

 3-00 



280 cups to the Ib. 



Such differences in the cost of a cup of tea cannot 

 be of importance to anyone directly he knows how 

 trivial they are. 



If an individual drinks three cups a day it would 

 take him about ninety days to consume one pound, 

 and, therefore, nearly three months to spend the extra 

 cost of 8d. for 2s. as compared with Is. 4d. tea. For an 

 average family of five persons, it would cost say a pound 

 a year to drink the better tea. This is on the 



