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and not permitted to remain in a moist and flaccid CASE 

 state so long as those intended for black tea. Tea is 10. 

 largely produced in India, Ceylon, China, Japan and Java, 

 and to a less extent in Formosa, the Caucasus, Natal, &c. 

 The total imports of tea into the United Kingdom for 

 1905 aniounted to 309,601,776 lbs., of this quantity 

 259,088,591 lbs. were entered for home consumption. In 

 the last division of this case note examples of Chinese 

 Tea-root carvings from Amoy. 



No. 61. A box of ingredients used in China for the 

 artificial colouring of the lower grades of green tea. 



No. 62. Brick Tea of Tibet, pressed and dried in 

 moulds. It is largely used in Central Asia boiled with 

 salt, butter, &c. In the table case at the head of the 

 stairs near Case No. 1 are various articles employed by 

 Tibetans in the preparation of this tea for consumption. 

 Observe in the tea case " wheatsheaf ," " lozenge " and 

 other forms of fancy teas. Upon the adjoining wall are 

 hung Chinese drawings on rice paper, illustrating the 

 history of the tea plant from its first introduction in 

 fabulous times to human notice by a monkey, to the 

 packing and exportation of the present period. 



Wood-Oil Order {Dipterocarpeae). A small group of CASE 

 gigantic forest trees of India, Burma and Ceylon, valuable 11, 

 as timber trees, and for the most part abounding in resin 

 and wood-oil. They have characteristic winged fruits, of 

 which various forms are shown. 



No. 63. Gar JAN or Kanyin Oil, obtained chiefly 

 from Dipterocarpus turhinatus, Gaertn. A lofty ever- 

 green tree of India, Burma, and the Andaman Islands. 

 Large quantities of the wood-oil are collected in the 

 Chittagong forests and exported to Calcutta. To extract 

 . the oil deep incisions are made in the trunk about 3 to 

 5 feet from the root and tire is applied to cause the f 



oil to exude. It is used in medicine in India as a sub- 

 stitute for balsam of copaiba ; also as a varnish for 

 preserving timber. The oleo-resin known as In or Eng 

 Oil is obtained by a similar process from D. tubarciUatuSy 

 Roxb., a large deciduous tree of Burma ; this is used for 



