LEAD LININGS FACTORY 
‘The final stage has now been reached and it remains for the factory 
to produce the finished article. The leaf, as bought by them, isa long, 
sprawley article of reddish black color, in stJle rather resembling 
Pouchong tea. 
A light firing 
renders the leaf 
brittle, and it is 
then broken down 
to the size, as 
known to the trade, 
by being passed 
through a compli- 
cated system of 
sieves, of Various 
sized mesh, man- 
ipulated by hand, 
some in lateral mo- 
tion, and some in 
rotary motion—at 
various stages, this 
system enables the 
workmen to re- 
move small stalks 
and any coarse leaf 
tea. 
When the leaf 
has all been worked 
down to the re- 
TEA ON ITS WAY TO POYANG LAKE quired size, it is 
