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North America. The next market in point of size is that of North America, 
comprising the United States and Canada, in the former of which large amounts of 
money have been spent in endeavouring to foster a taste for both Indian and Ceylon 
Teas. The progress made has been slow, but after several years of anxious work and 
costly expenditure, an appreciable change has at length taken place in the public taste, 
and — as will be seen by the diagram — the quantity of both Indian and Ceylon Tea recently 
used has shown a remarkable increase. 
So many different agencies are now at work for developing this extremely important 
market that it seems quite beyond doubt that the corner has at last been turned, and 
that an increasing outlet will in the near future be found in this locality. 
Russia. The expansion which has taken place in Russia in the use of Ceylon Tea 
during recent years is most encouraging, and aftords almost a positive proof of its 
establishment in this large market, where some 70,000,000 lbs. of Tea are annually 
consumed. There is also a moderate sale for the more delicate liquoring kinds of 
Indian Tea. 
Bearing in mind the strong demand which exists for fine China Teas and also for flavory 
Ceylons — the time seems to have arrived for Indian Tea proprietors to turn their attention 
to the conquest of this market. Ceylon has for years had a representative in Russia and 
has derived unquestionable benefit from his labours. 
So much Tea reaches Russia through Germany, that exact figures cannot be 
obtained ; the two countries are in consequence shown together in the diagram. 
Persia and Turkey continue to use a large quantity of Indian Tea, and this 
market has also become a very useful outlet. 
In addition to the above markets, there are various others which, in the aggregate, 
show important and encouraging results. 
The Indian Tea Levy. The necessity for impressing upon Indian Tea pro- 
prietors the urgent need of continued subscriptions towards the tund for opening new- 
markets cannot be too strongly insisted upon. Unless a liberal iesponse is forthcoming to 
the appeal which has been made, there is danger lest the encouraging progress recently 
made in foreign markets should meet with an unfortunate check ; an eventuality which, at 
the present juncture, would be essentially undesirable. 
Coarse Plucking. A word of warning may be addressed to planters against the 
temptation to send home Tea of inferior quality, owing to the high prices ruling for the 
lower grades during the past season. Such a policy would probably lead to results most 
damaging to the general industry. 
Prospects of Tea Cultivation. The cultivation of the Tea plant in India and 
Ceylon has been successfully carried on for a number of years, and has proved a source of 
considerable revenue to the proprietors. In both countries the industry has existed so 
long, and has proved so free from serious depredations, that it ma\ he looked upon 
as fully suited to those lands, and as a thoroughly established agricultural product. 
