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course to planters, but a boon also to the Forest Department and to 

 India. 



" We knew of the invention some time back, but we forbore to 

 notice it until the brokers' reports on the Tea so made had been 

 received. We have now seen these. Samples of 'charcoal' and 

 ' furnace ' Tea were sent down, made from the same leaf, the same 

 day, and manufactured in one up to the " firing " process. Two 

 brokers give the higher value to the furnace Tea, one to the charcoal 

 kind but the difference is small. 



" We believe, as one of our most experienced planters, who has 

 tasted the Teas, been to Soom, and seen the brokers' reports, says, 

 that ' the Tea dried by the furnace apparatus will be at least equal to 

 that prepared over charcoal.' 



" As Colonel Money is already known as an authority in Tea, and 

 as he has stated to us his belief that ' charcoal days ' for Tea are now 

 at an end, we await with confidence the ultimate success of his 

 invention, which even if it makes no better Tea will certainly make it 

 far cheaper, while the dirt from charcoal dust will be done away with, 

 the temperature of the Tea-houses much reduced, and the deleterious 

 fumes of charcoal, so very objectionable from a sanitary point of view 

 in Tea manufacture, will be known no more." 



Again, 2gth August, a month later, the Darjeeling News further 

 remarks : 



" We alluded recently to Colonel Money's very ingenious plan for 

 drying Tea without charcoal. Since then his apparatus has been in 

 full work at Soom, and has been inspected by numbers of the 

 Darjeeling planters, one and all of whom have, we understand, 

 reported most favourably on its working. Samples of Tea manufacture 

 have been from time to time sent to Calcutta brokers for their opinion, 

 and reports have been received from fifteen, of whom seven are in 

 favour of Tea made by the old charcoal process, seven are in favour 

 of the new furnace process, and one reports that the Tea made by 

 each process is exactly the same. 



" Colonel Money is now taking steps to erect his improved furnace, 

 which will be in working order by the end of September, and the 

 whole October crop of Soom Tea will be fired by the new furnace. 



" Colonel Money has applied for a patent, and as soon as this is 

 granted we hope to give our readers a description of the apparatus. 



