TEA AND THE TEA PLANT. 



69 



Ceylon have given to England a regular supply of a much purer and 

 infinitely cheaper article tlian it formerly received from China. 



AT THE a^SOHANQa 



TO BE SOLD BY PUBUC AUCTION, 



BY MACKENZIE, LYALL & COMPANY, 



AT THE EXCHAfiOE rQUMERCJAL SALE ROOMS, 

 On WEDNESDAY next, the 26th MAY ^841, 



AT SCXiN PRECISELY, 

 BY ORDER OP GOVERNMENT. 



The first Importation fer ike CakuUa Market^ 



'OF 



ASSAM TEAS. 



1 R€se 1 ea* we c ^^^^ greatest pcs?ible wre. ind will b« duoosed of by Anciion for b» beoefic 

 Tl.-. <5.'. off«s the arat oaponnmtj la xbe people of ibie CoaNtry, of obmnio? «aBipl« of Asseoa Tea. sod will dc dosbt prow 

 ! 013 oa c «uw rr iowrestiog to the KcTMatite CofflaiimUy. 



THE CONSIGNMENT CONSISTS OF THIRTY fiVE CHESTS: 



COMPRisINC 



PEKOE. 

 . CONGO. 

 IMPERIAL. 



T H S > 



COMPRisINC 



i GUNPOWBER. I HYSOH SKIN. 



I HYSOH. ( Am 



Y04JNG HY.SON J GREKN TEA DUST. 



IMMEDIATELY AFTKK ON ACCOUNT OF GOVERNtlEKT. 



Wilt hi trovLsM forward and likeunsf Sold by Attoion, at sasx p'ace, 



i TIB.V V, ONSIG NMtNT: C O N S I 8 T 1 N Q 0 F N I N E V Y-F I V E (95) CHESTS OF 



ASSAM TEAS^ 



Tie praiuu of Gavrr^tunt Tea Flantatign in Anam,far teoiim 1940. 

 «8 rsB imoiec bi low : 



<;aino 

 Cl>ab«» 

 6 no IS. 



I nto a- 



i3fi 



\ 



f?i«!«oftb«Te3« 



CBC8WA. 



I qrrl,«t 



1 itn ;»<X)OSt 









4 cla.ea. wg.lb.65 





1 or. cb. wg. Ifc. 18 

 \ T cbs.et. «rg.lb.-« 



Vi 



so 



1 



1 ctot wg k>. » 



30 



I wj lb. «e 



40 



1 9cS»,e».<??.Il>.« 





1 Jch» wg.lb o 

 1 1 qr. ch. wj.lb. K 



liK. 34bS 



H C<y'»Krs> 



p?. 



E"" 



iHnta Skis 



116. 



J SJttUT. 



T " Sa^rnn(en4atif I O^u, 

 J.npnr t,-pr. .tj.-r« 



I 



(SigoeJ) THOS WATKINS. 



Sept. e«e<. Tw rUmtsOeat. 

 (A iroe Capy) 



N. WALLiCB. «. D. 



Fig. 6. — Advertisement of the Fiest Eegulak Sale of Assam Tea by the 

 Indian Government. 



The Tea Plant from the Planter's Standpoint.— Dn Halde, in 



his "History of China" (^vhich was translated into English in 1788), 



