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TEA. 



documents, for the year 1873, and dispose of a certain quantity of 

 the tea produced and shipped from the East : 



IMS. 



Eussia 26,379,928 



Denmark 849,635 



Holland 9,625,200 



North Germany 2,000,000 



United Kingdom 132,022,159 



Spain, Gibraltar, and Malta .. .. 361,000 



Turkey 400,000 



France 6,500,000 



United States .. 51,028,904 



Dominion of Canada .. .. .. ., 8,776,781 



Newfoundland 599,104 



British West India Islands, Guiana, 



and Honduras .. 100,000 



South American States 1,000,000 



South African States . . 1 , 000 , 000 



Sierra Leone, St. Helena, Falklands, 



and Mauritius 30,000 



Victoria ■ 10,585,795 



New South Wales 5 , 021 , 219 



Queensland 1,355,575 



South Australia 1 , 678 , 325 



Tasmania 530,500 



New Zealand 2,301,308 



Total 262,645,433 



The consumption of tea, we are informed, increases yearly in the 

 South of Germany, but statistics are wanting to indicate the progress 

 of this increase. Austria, Italy, and many other European States are 

 omitted for want of precise figures as to their tea consumption. 



Imports of tea into the United Kingdom, showing the producing 

 countries : 



Year, 



British India and 

 Ceylon. 



China. 



Japan. 



Total Imports. 





lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



1853 



551,800 



68,639,727 





70,735,135 



1854 



530,710 



83,301,550 





85,792,032 



1855 



470,559 



81,560,207 





83,259,657 



1856 



692,959 



84,795,802 





86,200,414 



1857 



1,849,966 



60,295,610 





64,493,989 



1858 



936,903 



73,359,599 





75,432,535 



1859 



1,483,101 



71,916,833 





75,077,452 



1860 



2,707,449 



85,295,129 





88,946,636 



1861 



1,983,785 



92,145,365 



1,348,911 



96,577,183 



1862 



1,870,306 



109.756,857 



2,450,270 



114,787,440 



1863 



2,564,000 



127,872,778 



1,788,000 

 2,434,180 



138,880,990 



1864 



3,443,493 

 2,037,586 



83,871,554 

 112,782,845 



124,359,243 

 121,271,220 



1865 



4,021,901 



1866 



5,413,583 



130,863,501 



1,908,800 



139,610,044 



1867 



7,776,001 



117,551,978 



1,585,099 



128,028,726 



1868 



9,099,444 



142,111,486 



1,041,150 



154,845,863 



1869 



11,241,070 



126,482,613 



704,275 



139,223,298 



1870 



12,923,993 



125,593,898 



238,005 

 389,575 



141,020,767 



1871 



15,150,958 



151,636,036 



169,898,303 



1872 



16,445,170 



160,520,882 



93,774 



184,927,148 



1873 



18,471,063 



137,246,372 



311,849 



163,765,269 



1874 



18,092,673 



133,452,693 



128,305 



162,782,810 



1875 



25,387,359 



170,462,921 



54,806 



197,505,316 



