382 APPENDIX. 



Further, I have a statement of the cost of 12 chops of 

 tea, varying in price from 10*2 to 14*4 tales, and furnishing 

 an average of 121 tales. The cost of chests is stated at 

 1*1 tales, together making the cost of tea packed, 13*2 

 tales the pecul. 



T. m. c. 

 Mr. Pigou states, that the first gathering when brought to 



Canton, commonly costs the Hong merchant 



The second gathering - 



And the third gathering * - 



In this account, I presume Mr. Pigou does not include 

 the cost of transports to Canton. I am disposed to think, 

 also, that the cost of chests is not included; and, moreover, 

 by first, second, and third gatherings, the merchant who 

 furnished the statements meant Congou teas of first, second, 

 and third qualities. These terms are not unfrequently so 

 used ; so explained the account does not differ essentially 

 from the statements herein given. 



The inference, then, to be drawn from the preceding 

 statements is, that Congou tea, equal in quality to such 

 as the East India Company formerly received as contract 

 teas, cost on an average 12 tales the pecul in the tea 

 country previous to packing, or Id. the pound avoirdupois. 

 So there is no reason to suppose that the statements of 

 cost made at Java and in India are underrated. In fact, 

 they are too high. All new undertakings involve ex- 

 traordinary expenses, but if teas can be made in China 

 for Id. the pound, the greater cheapness of labour in India 

 ought to enable the Hindoo cultivator, when he has 

 become familiarised with the cultivation, and equals the 

 Chinese in skill, to furnish the same description of tea at 

 Ad. the pound. 



* Oriental Repertory, vol. ii. p. 287. 

 THE END. 



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