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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[May 1, 1902. 
ndian green teas into Canada during 1900 and 
1901 were as follows : — 
1900. 19C1. 
Indian green, lb. 23,214 81,578 
Ceylon „ 27,175 334,634 
Japan and China greens imported duiiug the 
same periods were as follows : — 
1900. 1901. 
Japan greens, lb. 8,520,781 6,645,3.37 
China „ 1,235,197 863,586" 
MR. GALT'S VIEWS ON THE CANADIAN 
CRITICISMS. 
Seen by a representative of the Observer this 
tuorning Mr. Gait said that he had read over the 
criticisms of the " Canadian Grocer." He was of 
opinion that the article had simply been inspired 
by one of the " ardent champions " which it 
referred to. The writer was 
UNABLE TO REFUTE A SINGLE STATEMENT 
he had made in connection with the manu- 
facture of Ceylon Green Tea. It seemed 
that the " Canadian Grocer " had stooped 
to a purely personal attack. With regard 
to the remarks which that paper described 
as " exaggeration " Mr. Gait has no recol- 
lection whatever of making so broad a state- 
ment as is attributed to him. He is, however, 
in possession of a letter, received last mail 
from Toronto in which the writer states thaS 
after making careful enquiry he finds that no 
wholesale Grocer in the city of Hamilton handles 
Ceylon Green tea and that only two wholesale Gro- 
cers in Toronto make a practice of handling it, 
while their outlet is but for a limited quantity at 
from S^d to 6d. Mr Gait's correspondent also 
informs him that about a year ago the wholesale 
grocers of Toronto and Hamilton were each in- 
dHced to handle 200 to 300 half chests of Ceylon 
Green Tea 
BY PRESENTING THEM WITH CANISTERS 
whicli were again in turn handed over by them to 
the retailers as an inducement to the retail trade t© 
purchase the tea. Since the canisters have stopped, 
the sale of the Ceylon Green Tea has stopped. The 
package tea eoncerns in Canada put up what is 
called a mixed Ceylon Tea. Mr Gait thinks 
that possibly a good deal of the so-called Ceylon 
Green Tea is uisposed of in this way. (The 
" ardent champions " probably drink the l est 
themselves.) The Canadian Grower states thafc 
the manufacturers in Ceylon will be humiliated 
by the introduction of such machinery as would 
enable them to make 
TEAS THAT WOULD COMPETE SUCCESSFULLY 
with those made in China and Japan. Such is 
surely an erroneous idea. The object of the 
manufacturer is surely to produce a Green Tea 
acceptable to the taste of the people and which 
will get a market on its merit and not require 
to be bolstered up by canisters or forced upon 
the people. So far as the " ardent Champions " 
are concerned Mr Gait thinks they have been 
well-paid for their work and, therefore need not 
be seriously pitied. It is, he says, a generally 
accepted principle among business-men to give 
people what they want instead of trying to make 
them buy something else. The demand is for 
A GREEN TEA WITH A GREEN COLOUR 
and it is only such a tea that is likely to find 
a ready of market in America. Whether Ceylon 
will, eventually, be succesaful in introducing its 
nreaent style of manufacture remains to be seen, 
but Mr Gait thinks it will furnish employment 
to Commissioners for many years tQ come before 
such an end is attained. In conclusion Mr Gait 
said that the only point of importance which he 
observed in the article in question was that after 
weighinf all the pros and cons the " Canadian 
Grocer " came to the conclusion that the Anglo- 
American Tea Trade Company were doing the 
logical thing in carrying on their experiments 
to make a Ceylon Tea that people will buy. 
TEA SALES. 
PUBLIC SALES OF TEA IN COLOMBO. 
roR THE 1st ftUABTEB ENDING MABCH 1902. 
Date. 
Offered 
Sold 
Avg. 
Av?. 
1902. 
1901. 
Jan. 
lb. 
lb. 
c. 
c. 
3 
1,493,593 
1,020,013 
3 
27 
»• 
8 
646,988 
565,268 
36 
31 
»i 
15 
1,120,132 
752,067 
34 
29 
>> 
22 
1,375,393 
1,050,692 
33 
27 
Feb. 
29 
930,113 
600,060 
32 
27 
5 
784,641 
591,461 
33 
30 
12 
768,910 
6ol,783 
34 
29 
' i 
19 
1,011,108 
775,306 
34 
29 
Mar. 
26 
891,360 
680,597 
35 
30 
6 
847,998 
684,470 
36 
34 
»i 
12 
839,768 
685,687 
37 
35 
II 
19 
1,176,128 
941,572 
36 
36 
25 
1,097,693 
813,233 
35 
37 
Total i 1902 12,983,825 
9,812.209 
34i 
31 
Do 
1901 12,531,942 
9,604,377 
PUBLIC SALES OF TEA 
FOB THE 1st QDABTEE ENDIN 
Date. 
Jan. 
j» 
») 
Feb. 
II 
Mar. 
2 
9 
16 
24 
30 
6 
13 
liO 
27 
6 
13 
20 
27 
Offered. 
11,000 
21,000 
32,0(10 
26,000 
27,000 
28,000 
26,000 
23,000 
26,000 
21,000 
25,000 
23,000 
25,000 
Packages 
Sold. 
9,000 
20,000 
29,000 
24,000 
25,000 
24,000 
23,000 
22,ono 
24,000 
20,000 
23,000 
21,000 
22,000 
Oemaad 
Drafts 
1902, 
s. d. 
1/4 1.32 
1/4 1-32 
1/4 1-32 
1/4 1-16 
1/4 1-16 
1/4 1-32 
1/4 1.16 
1/4 1-16 
1/4 1-32 
1/4 1-32 
1/4 
1/4 
1/4 1-32 
1/4 ... 
IN LONDON. 
3 MABCH 1902. 
■Z §. Gow. Wilgcn 
" and Stanton'8 
Average. 
Total i 1902... 314,000 
Do 1901...375,000 
286,000 
338,000 
[The figures for Local Sales are compiled from the 
weekly circular of Messrs. Forbes & Walker, while 
those for London Sales are from the telegrams reeeired 
weekly .J 
THE NEW CEYLON GREEN TEAS. 
7th April, 1902. 
Messrs. Forbes «fe Walkery Colombo, have 
furnished us with the following opinion, at our 
request, of the green teas being produced under 
Mr. Gait's direction, as alluded to in our inter- 
view with Mr. Gait on Saturday ;— 
" The favorable opinion we have formed of the 
samples of 'finished green tea ' made by Messrs. 
Fin lay, Muir & Go's factory and shown to us 
from time to time by Mr. Gait will, we think 
be shared by most of thos« who carefully conside 
