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The  diagram  on  the  front  page  shows  the  progress  made  in  the  principal  external 
markets  during  the  past  five  years,  giving  also,  as  nearly  as  can  be  ascertained,  the  total 
quantities  of  both  Indian  and  Ceylon  Tea  used  outside  the  United  Kingdom.  The  progress 
made  is  remarkable,  and  indications  point  to  a still  more  rapid  and  important  development 
in  some  of  the  chief  markets,  in  the  near  future. 
With  the  coming  crop  from  India  estimated  at  about  140,000,000  lbs.,  and  that 
from  Ceylon  at  about  91,000,000  lbs.,  the  importance  of  using  every  available  means  for 
increasing  the  consumption  of  British  Grown  Tea  becomes  so  great  that  no  efforts  should 
be  neglected  by  which  new  fields  may  be*  opened  up. 
The  prosperity  of  the  Tea  trade  depends  mainly  upon  the  creation  of  sufficient 
demand  to  cope  with  the  ever  increasing  production ; and  unless  constant  attention  is 
bestowed  upon  the  discovery  of  new  outlets  and  the  extension  of  existing  markets,  the 
danger  of  over  production  which  has  been  the  ruin  of  so  many  flourishing  industries, 
might  prove  equally  disastrous  to  the  Tea  producer. 
Looking  at  the  diagram,  it  is  clear  that  many  markets  which  five  years  ago 
were  comparative!}'  insignificant,  have  since  attained  sufficient  importance  to  exercise 
considerable  influence  upon  the  course  of  prices. 
Approximate  quantities  of  British  Grown  Tea  used  outside  the  United  Kingdom. 
T89O. 
1891. 
1892. 
1893. 
1894. 
Australasia 
7,500,000 
7,700,000 
9,000,000 
13,200,000 
1^,300,000 
U.  S.  A 
1,300,000 
1,400,000 
1,600,000 
2,500,000 
3,300,000 
Turkey  and  Persia 
1,100,000 
5,200,000 
2,200,000 
4,200,000 
4,300,000 
Canada  .... 
800,000 
1,100,000 
1,500,000 
T, 600, 000 
1,900,000 
Russia  and  Germany  ....  600,000 
800,000 
1,500,000 
2,000,000 
2,500,000 
All  other  places 
2,100,000 
2,900,000 
3,500,000 
3,500,000 
4,100,000 
13,400,000 
19,100,000 
19,300,000 
27,000,000 
28,400,000 
Indian  and  Ceylon  Tea  shown  separately. 
INDIAN. 
CEYLON. 
1890 
1891.  1892.  1893. 
1894. 
1890. 
1S9I.  1892. 
1893.  1894- 
Australasia  ...  bs. 
5,000,000 
4,500.000  3,900,000  6,200,000 
4,900,000 
Australasia  ...  lbs.  2,500,000 
3,200,000  5,100,000 
7,000.000  7,400,000 
U.  S.  A. 
800,000 
800,000  800,000  1,500,000 
2,000,000 
U.  S.  A. 
...  ,,  500,000 
600,000  800,000 
1,000,000  1,300,000 
Turkey  & Persia  „ 
1,000,000 
4,6oo,oco  1,700, 0X1  3,200,000 
3,400,000 
Turkey  i4  Persia  „ 100,000 
6oo,coo  500,000 
1,000,000  900,000 
600,000 
Russia  & Germany  „ 
100,000 
200,000  300,000  30o,oou 
400,000 
Russia  & Germany  „ 500,000 
600,000  1,200,000 
1,700,000  2,100,000 
All  other  places  ,, 
1 ,400,000 
1,800,000  2,100,000  1,800,000 
2,100,000 
All  other  places  „ 700,000 
1,100,000  1,400,000 
1,700,000  2,000,000 
8,900,000 
12,300,000  9,600,000  13.800,000 
13,600,000 
4.500,000 
6,600,000  9,700,000 
13,200,000  14,800,000 
Taking  the  most  important  market  of  all,  namely  : — 
The  Australian  Colonies.  One  is  surprised  at  the  rapidity  with  which  the 
taste  has  altered  in  favour  of  Indian  and  Ceylon  Tea.  In  these  Colonies  the  annual 
consumption  of  Tea  amounts  to  about  30,000,000  lbs.,  and  the  quantity  taken  per  head  of 
population  each  year  reaches  about  7-66  lbs.  Five  years  ago  India  and  Ceylon  contributed 
some  25  per  cent.,  while  at  the  present  moment  they  supply  about  45  per  cent, 
of  the  total  consumption. 
Considering  the  similarity  of  race  to  ourselves,  and  the  progress  already  made,  there 
seems  little  reason  to  doubt  that  these  Colonies  will  follow  the  example  of  the  mother 
country  in  using  almost  entirely  the  Teas  of  our  own  dependencies, 
