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work. Counsel added that whilst these proceedings 
were primarily taken to put a stop to the business 
in the interests of the public, the Customs had been 
defrauded of the duty of 4d a pound, which would 
have been obtained by the sale of good teas. Mr. 
Moyses here intimated that he was prepared to plead 
"Guilty" on behalf of White, who had, he said, 
acted quite innocently, being unaware that any 
such Act of Parliament existed or that any offence 
was being committed. No doubt, in acting as they 
had done — in "resuscitating or reviving" the tea 
leaves — they believed they weie putting upon the 
market an article which had a value in its 
unexhausted properties. Directly the defendants 
learned that the thing was illegal the business was 
stopped, though a considerable loss had been incurred 
over it, and the defendant White had taken steps to 
promote a syndicate to work it. Mr. Bushby. — 
What, after a loss had been incurred '? Mr. Moy- 
ses. — Well, the loss was in stopping the business. 
The first information that the defendants had that 
it was illegal was from an auctioneer, to whom 
some of the tea had been sent for sale. He thought 
that, under the circumstances, a nominal penalty 
would suffice. Mr. Bushby said the case touched so 
much the interests of the public that he wished to 
have some evidence as to the price the stuff 
was sold at and under what name. Mr. 
George William Small, trading as Cave, Johnson, and 
Co., tea merchants, Bishopsgate, was called and de- 
posed to buying in April last 15 chests, about 
1,3401b., of tea through the defendant Cahill, who 
called with a sample. It was bought as damaged tea 
which had been refired, and the price paid was 6*d 
per pound. The witness said it was mixed with 
other teas " of a better brew," and when " blended 
and packed," sold by him at !)J per pound. 
Mr. Bushby asked what name was given to the 
article, but the witness did not say. He was then 
asked what he understood by " damaged " tea, and 
In- replied that it might be by either fire or water. 
Mr. Bushby. — Not damaged by water in a tea-pot ? 
Witness. — No. (Laughter). By Mr. M'Connell. — It was 
not within his knowledge that ocean-carried tea 
damaged in transit was never landed but was seized 
by the Customs. Mr. Moyses. — I suppose there was 
some virtue in what the defendants sold '.' Witness. — 
Oh, yes, it made a very good brew when it was 
mixed in equal proportions with a better class of 
liquid-making tea. The prosecution accepted the 
plea of " Guilty," counsel saying that the loss to 
the Revenue was about £100: Mr. Bushby said that 
as the business was stopped lie would impose a 
tine of 20s on each of the summonses and apportion 
the costs of the prosecution between the defendants. 
The order made was that each defendant should pay 
£14 fine and A"20 costs, the full penalty incurred being 
-;tated to amount to something over £30,000. White 
>aid the money; the other defendant wasgiven time. — 
jondon '/' t tit ex , Oct. "22. 
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INDIAN TEA IN AMERICA. 
Mb. Blkchy.ndkn's work in Brooklyn has resulted in 
a considerable increase in the demand for Indian tea. 
" I arrived in New York," he writes, "on the 20th 
of June, and have then given demonstrations in 
twenty different stores, and given a clear week to 
each. The great majority of those demonstrations 
have been given in Brooklyn. The results have been 
satisfac tory both to myself and to the grocers, for 
the) have not only sold a good deal of Indian tea 
but have found that the presence of the natives in 
their stores has given a good increase to their general 
sales. Numbers of people drawn into the store by 
curiosity to see the natives have, while taking the 
i' i provided, made other purchases." In the autumn 
Mr. Bleohynden began operations in New York and 
no doubt with equal success. — .)/. Mail Nov. 6. 
The. Natives iu Tahiti are, says the American 
QfttOBP, paying lucroaiej attention to the cultivation 
of off e. 
DRUG REPORT. 
(From Chemist and Druggist.) 
London, October H. 
Annatto.— Rather lifeless. Fine bright Madras seed 
was bought in at from 4d to 4}d per lb. ; for fair Ceylon 
and West Indian bids of 2d per II). were rejected. 
_ Areca-ncts.— Ninety-one bags of fair quality were bought 
in today at 14s per cwt. & 
Cafkeine.— The. manufacturers have great difficulty in 
keeping up supplies of this article, the advance in 'price 
of which we have already announced. We are informed 
that 347 tons of tea-sweepings were sold by the Dock 
Company for caffeine-making purposes last year at the 
rate or 45s per ton. For the present the stock of sweep- 
ings is exhausted, and although the caffeine makers 
would be quite willing to pay a higher price, thev can- 
not get material on any terms. The stock of tea-sweep- 
nigs in Germany is .said to have been quite used up and 
the manufactur of the drug in that country has become 
practically impassible. " I should not be surprised " ad- 
ded our informant, " to see caffeine quoted at IBs 'ner lb 
s hortly." 1 
Cocoa-leaves.— Very little was offered today, but for a 
parcel of 7 bales good stroud and dark Hua'noco leaves 
Is 4d per lb is the price. 
Essential Oils. —At auction today 3 cases Cinnanion- 
leat oil, unblushingly labelled "finest cinnamon oil," .sold 
at IM per oz, and another 2-case parcel of the same 
quality at Id per oz. Three cases low-grade Cinnamon 
oil, ottered without reserve, realised iil per oz. Five 
cases Cajuput oil, of fair appearance and colour, realised 
2s per bottle. Two cases distilled and 2 cases hand- 
pressed \\ est Indian Oil of limes, although shown were 
not ottered. For 47 cases Lemongrass oil, from Bombay 
Md per oz is required. Eucalyptus oil remains neglected 
Iwo cases of the new brand (Porcupine) were offered and 
nominally bought in at as per lb. 
London, October ISth. 
Chillies keep very firm indeed. At auction, of 11G bales 
newly imported Zanzibar offered, 91 sold at firm prices 
viz , from 34s 6d to 38s per cwt for good to good bri«ht 
fiery ; common stalky and dark realising 30s per cwt 
Fourteen bags tine bright red Natal capsicums, oft stalk' 
realised 98s per cwt. 
Cinchona.— Five of the six catalogues which represented 
the whole of Tuesday's cinchona auctions were attenuated 
shadows of former glory, the sixth enumerated a fair 
quantity of African bark. The total supply at auction 
was made up as follows :— 
' , Packages Packages 
Ceylon cinchona 139 of which 73 were sold 
East Indian cinchona 00 ,, 54 
Java cinchona 5 5 " 
West African cinchona 474 „' 474 " 
South American cinchona 199 „ 115 " 
Cuprea bark 403 „ — 
1286 721 
The Eastern cinchonas contained a few lots of tine drug- 
gists quills, but manufacturing barks of good quality were 
almost unrepresented among them. The bulk of the sale 
was made up by the African supply, of which the quinine 
makers purchased the greater part. The tone throughout 
the sales was exceedingly weak, and buyers had it prac- 
tically their own way. The auctions show a considerable 
decline upon the unit value of the last sales (September 
IS), but went slightly above the level of those held in 
Amsterdam last Thursday, the average unit for manufac- 
tunny- b:irks— if it is possible to draw one where so little 
was sold— being about -i-loths d. per lb against fdat the 
last sales. The following are the approximate quantities 
of bark purchased by the principal buyers :— 
Agents for the Mannheim and Amsterdam ^ 
works , . . : . , 25 
.Messrs, Howards & Sons *>T)0S 
Agents for the Brunswick works 16'7S7 
Agents for the Frankfort works 12-249 
Agents for the American works cqq 
Various druggists . . 95 jjjg 
Total quantity of hark sold 
Bought in or withdrawn 
Total quantity of bark offefeil 
102,049 
72,434 
174,483 
It should be remembered that the quantity of bark 
bought affords no indication of the amount of sulphate of 
quinine represented bj the pun-base. 
The following prices were paid for sound bark :— 
CEYLON ami East Indian Cinchona.— A parcel of Hue 
bold red quill bark, from Calicut, was bought in at the 
nominal price of Is per lb; smaller, but still good heavy 
