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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [Nov. 1. 1899. 
CUSTOMS AND WAREHOUSE. 
We append the Custom House rules as to 
teas bulked in London, and the warehouse 
charges on tea, which will be of special interest 
at the present time. 
The difference between bulking, which costs 
Is, and bulking and taring, which costs Is 5d 
per chest of 1291b. gross, is 5d, a heavy item 
to pay for simply weighing an empty package. 
Ceylon bulks only 28 per cent of its import in 
London, while India bulks about 90 per cent 
here, thus increasing the cost of laying down 
its tea considerably, instead of following the 
example of its younger rival and completing the 
work on the factory. China and Java always 
put their tea on the market in a finished con- 
dition, while in India only a very small propor- 
tion of the planting community seem able to do 
this. The trade (including Lipton) all admit 
that they much prefer garden bulked tea (if it 
is properly (lone, of course), as it saves the 
tea from being exposed to much injury to its 
keeping qualities. Where the bulking is done 
here the tea suffers, while the lead lining of 
the box is almost destroyed. Before long it 
will be absolutely imperative that all the work 
be done in the factory, thus saving London 
charges. The example of the few Indian tea 
companies which bulk on the garden might 
with advantage be followed by all. They seem 
to have no difficulty in carrying out the pro- 
cusi, or in securing even tares : — 
ABNERAL OBDER, CUSTOU HOUSE. LONDON, DKCEUBm 
22, 1894. 
TARING or BULKKD TEAS. 
Officers are informed that paragraph 62 of General 
Order 127, 1892, in regard to the taring of Indian, 
Ceylon and Java teas, has been cancelled, and that 
the following rtgulations are., to be observed instead 
thereof : — 
In the case of teas bulked in warehonse, for which 
average tare has been allowed prior to the operation 
of bnlking, that tare may be retained, provided the 
packages which were selected for taring on taking the 
landing account did not vary to a greater extent 
than 2 lb ; or the actual tare of each package may be 
taken at the time of bulking. 
If the selected packages varied to a greater extent 
than 2 lb, each package must be tared at the time of 
bulking. 
All copies of G. 0. 127, 1892, are to be noted accord- 
ingly. 
By order of Board 
John Courroux. 
ftbnerll order, custom house. london, febbua.bt 
11, 1899. 
SEWlIOHINa OJ TEA AFTER BULKINO ABOLISHED ; AND 
AUXNDUENT OF GENERAL ORDER 107, 1894 ; AND 
CODE PARAGRAPH 441. 
The Board direct that the general practice of 
reweighing tea after the operation of balking be re- 
linqaished, the usual request for permission to bulk 
parcels of tea being still required as hitherto. In 
order, however, to maintain the principle of a check 
on all operations in bonded warehouses, the surveyors 
at the tea stations will occasionally as a test-check 
in the ordinary coarse of their daily visits call for 
the production and reweighing in their presence of 
some of the packages of tea after bullcing and re- 
filling. The board further direct that the regulations 
contained in General Order 102, 1894, as to the taring 
of bulked Indian, Ceylon, and Java teas b« amended 
as follo:v8: — 
Delet« the words — 
If the selected packages varied to a greater extent 
than 21b each package must be tared at the time 
of "bulking"; 
»nd substitute the words — 
If the selected packages for an average tare vary 
to a greater extent than 21b, and the surveyor be 
satisfied that the difference is only exceptional, an 
actual tare may be taken for the exceptional 
package or packages, and an average tare given for 
the remainder of the bed by selecting other pack- 
ages in lieu of those rejected : provided that the 
warehouie keeper also agrees to the course adopted. 
The Board further direct, in concurrence with the 
Board of Inland Bevenue, that the provisions of 
Paragraph 441 of the Warehousing Code, which will 
be affected by the abolition be amended accordingly, 
by deleting the words— and payment to the collec- 
tors of a deposit sufScient to cover the expense of 
the officer re-weighing. 
Copies of general orders, 127, 1892, and 104, 1894, 
and of the code, are to be noted accordingly. — By 
order of the Board, (Signed) R. T. Prowse. 
BONDED TEA WAKEHOUSES. 
CHARGES ON TEA. 
To apply to all parcels by ships reporting on and 
after July isfc, 1888, and to New Season's China tea 
arriving prior to date. 
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The above rates are chargeable on the a-rerage 
cross weights on each break. When the fraction of 
the aTerage weight is half a pound or more the 
higher rate will apply. Thus: The average of » 
briak being 79ilb gross, the whole break will be 
rated at 80 to 891b, but the average being less than 
79ilb the whole break will be rated at 60 to 7911) 
—H. C. Mail Sept. 22nd. 
