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54(3 MANUAL OF THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



CU. XXIX. inay commence. This ensures evenness of quality througliout the 

 boxes which constitute the boreah. 



" The sifting of green teas is conducted in exactly the same manner, 



but the teas are differently named. Sieve No. 12 will turn out Young 

 Hyson, the flat and broken leaf winnowed out of this Hyson Skin, 

 No. 10 will give Hyson No. 1, No. 8 Hyson No. 2, No. 6 Imperial 

 Gunpowder, that which remains Gunpowder," 



Messrs. W. and J. Jackson have patented a very powerful and 

 satisfactory sifting machine^ but its working capacities are too 

 great for our small gardens. There is, however, procurable from 

 Messrs. J. Savage and Sons, Eastcheap, London, a very excellent 

 mixing and sifting machine, the price of which is £14. This 

 will sift readily 1,000 lb. per day of 10 hours. 



-packing. Boxes of excellent make and even weight are procurable at 



moderate rates from the Cochin Steam Mills Co., Cochin. These 

 being worked by machinery are packed flat for travelling and put 

 together (the sides being numbered) as required for use. The 

 boxes I am in the habit of using are No. 1, 100 lb. full chests. 



Inside measurement. \ .^ ^^^.^ / broken pekoe ..110- 



Length 21 inches / \ orange pekoe 



Depth 18 ,, I j pekoe souchong 



Width 17 ,, / ^"^^^'to ' souchong or congou . . 



No. 2, Half Chests, -v .,, . 



Length 14| inches f ^ f broken pekoe 



!-> ii, 1 c 1 > on an > , 



Depth 15i ,, I \ orange pekoe 



Width Hi „ ) ^^^^^S^ ^ 



No. 3, 20 lb. Boxes. \ .,, . ^ 



Length 12 inches / / broken or orange pekoe 



-Tk ii, 1 o > on an /- 1 



Depth 12 ,, I \ pekoe . , 



Width 12 „ ) ^^''^^^ ^ 



It is not advisable to pack the coarser tea for home shipment 

 in boxes containing less than a Bengal maund of 82 lb. 



The boxes must be put together securely, care being taken to 

 drive in each nail perfectly straight. If any points project 

 inside the lead will be torn. For 20 lb. boxes 1 inch French 

 wire nails, and for the half and full chests 1^ inch similar nails 

 should be used. 



Previous to packing the boxes must be leaded. Tea lead is 

 sold in sheets of regular size by the cut. Both Betts' and 

 Compton's lead are of excellent quality. The best size of sheet 

 is 37-22, and these sheets weigh, as a rule, about 1^ lb. 



When the boxes are all ready and the teas have been sifted, 

 they must, whether green or black, be fired again so as to be 

 packed hot. Tea that has been fired will stand great pressure 

 without the leaf breaking. AVhen the required quantity has been 

 packed in each box and well pressed down, the top should be 



