94 
Correspondence. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I    February,  1903. 
IMPORTS,  AVERAGE  PRICE)  AND  PER  CAPITA  CONSUMPTION  OF  TEA  IN  THE 
UNITED  STATES  DURING  CERTAIN  YEARS,  1850-1901. 
Year  Ending  June  30th. 
Net  Imports. 
Pounds. 
Net  Imports. 
Dollars. 
Average 
Price. 
Per  Capita 
Consumption 
Pounds. 
1850  
1855  
1865  
1875  
1885  
1895  
28,199,591 
19.763,593 
26,326,978 
16,849,189 
42,540,471 
63,291,304 
69,894,769 
66,374,365 
83,494;956 
96,437,042 
83-303,177 
88,502,554 
$3,982,054 
4,937,610 
6,910,124 
3,043,933 
12,489,217 
2i,959,5i8 
18,983,368 
13,135.782 
12,219,643 
12,979,868 
10,325,987 
10,865,138 
$0  14-1 
25 
26-  3 
18-  i 
29-4 
347 
27-  4 
19 -  5 
15 
I3'5 
12-4 
12-3 
I'22 
73 
84 
49 
no 
1-44 
!'39 
1  18 
*  "33 
1-38 
1-09 
t'H 
COFFEE. 
809,036,029 
$58,681,620 
7*3 
10*60 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
UNIFICATION  OF  FORMULAE. 
lo  the  Editor  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  : 
I  read  carefully,  and  with  the  greatest  interest,  the  tabulation  of 
various  international  standards  of  remedies  now  official  in  leading 
national  pharmacopoeias,  and  would  state  that  it  is  a  matter  for 
serious  thought  and  consideration. 
I  have  always  been  an  advocate  of  uniformity  and  accuracy 
wherever  possible,  and  certainly  this  matter  commends  itself  to  all 
on  the  most  practical  grounds. 
Every  merchant  in  good  standing,  of  whatever  nationality,  is  per- 
fectly familiar  with  the  dollar,  pound  sterling,  franc  and  mark,  or 
their  equivalents;  but  are  we,  as  pharmacists,  as  familiar  as  we 
should  be  with  foreign  national  standards  ? 
I,  for  one,  must  admit  the  truth:  I  had  no  idea  of  so  great  a  varia- 
tion, and  I  take  this  opportunity  to  personally  thank  the  writer  for 
