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Captured; but out of a total consumption of iii million lbs., about 75 million lbs. 
consist of Green and uncolored Tea. Should not India and Ceylon be able to supply 
this enormous demand ? 
Suitable Tea can be made, and if we want the North American market, let us supply 
it with the kind of Tea most appreciated, similar to the Oolongs, Japans, and Greens which 
form nearly three-fourths of its consumption. 
It is unlikely that the Green Tea drinkers of North America will- be converted into 
Black Tea drinkers ; why then not supply them with the Green and unfermented Tea which 
they want and are ready to buy ? 
Even if no better price could be obtained for such Tea than for Black, it appears 
advisable to cultivate this trade, because for every pound made the production of Black Tea 
is reduced by an equal quantity. This would minimise the danger of over supply of such 
Teas as are sold in the United Kingdom, and consequently increase competition. 
The Ceylon Fund has been allowing planters over ijd. per lb. as a bonus to produce 
this class of Tea, and both Mr. Mackenzie, the Ceylon Commissioner, and Mr. Blechynden, 
the late Indian Commissioner, appointed to exploit North America, believe that the great 
outlet in the United States will be for Tea of this description. 
This bonus will go far to obviate any loss which might be entailed m selling, while the 
"Thirty Committee" would doubtless continue to foster its manufacture if prospects 
continued favourable for its ultimate success. At the same time it must not be 
forgotten that if once a commencement were made in this direction, great possibilities 
exist for a profitable trade in other markets, such as South America, where Green Tea 
is largely used as well as Mate or Paraguay Tea, besides North Africa, Persia and 
the neighbouring parts of Asia. 
The fact that British grown Tea is so largely displacing black China Tea in almost 
every market hitherto attacked, is sufficient argument to warrant the belief that the 
Green Tea monopolies of China and Japan can be assailed with equal success, and 
that by this means an enormous outlet may be opened for the surplus produce of India and 
Ceylon. 
Surely British energy and resource are capable of suiting their superabundant 
produce to the requirements of Foreign markets, when by some change in manu- 
facture they can not only attack such important outlets with every probability of 
success, but by the act of so doing immediately relieve that very pressure which is proving 
so injurious to their own interests, and a cause of much anxiety as to the very existence of 
not a few Tea properties. 
The diagram on the last page gives a history of the consumption of Tea in the most 
important consuming countries of the world in the years 1890 and 1899, showing the rapid 
way in which British grown Tea has displaced other growths in many important markets. 
The United Kingdom has naturally led the way, and has been closely followed by her 
Colonies, as shown by the increase in Australasia, while the taste for Indian and Ceylon 
Tea has developed considerably in North America as well as Russia. 
It is important to remember that a very large proportion of China Tea which Was 
formerly used in the Australian Colonies, has now been displaced, so that it is doubttul 
whether the same rapid increase can take place in these Colonies as has been the case m 
the past. The only large field for the displacement of Black China Tea appears now to be 
Russia, which is gradually increasing its taste for the produce of India and Ceylon ; while 
the world's markets for Green and uncolored Tea still remain to be exploited. 
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