Imports, Exports, and Values.—Our imports of tea in 1880 were :—Frorn China, 158,195,142 lb., 8,349,699/. ; Bengal and Burma, 44,437,406 lb., 3,032,3541. ; Holland, 2,426,738 lb., 120,7381. ; Bombay and Sind, 618,062 lb., 34,8101. ; United States, 335,801 lb., 19,313/. ; Straits Settlements, 242,222 lb., 13,9751. ; Japan, 213,804 lb., 11,5521. ; Ceylon, 150,395 lb., 10,1321. ; Madras, 82,643 lb., 5728/. ; other countries, 269,284 lb., 15,0671. ; total, 206,971,570 lb., 11,613,3981. ; retained for home consumption, 158,570,842 lb., 3,964,2901.
Our exports in 1880 were :—To Germany, 22,713,650 lb., 1,394,008/. ; British N. America, 6,257,381 lb., 406,9431.; Russia, 5,557,571 lb., 333,6561.; Holland, 3,176,313 lb., 187,0261. ; Denmark, 832,951 lb., 55,4811. ; Chili, 727,421 lb., 41,2511.; Portugal, Azores, and Madeira, 662,033 lb., 57,4891. ; United States, 652,179 lb., 38,014/. ; Channel Islands, 611,253 lb., 38,3411.; Morocco, 432,629 lb., 38,3181. ; France, 424,042 lb., 33,371/. ; Brazil, 395,572 lb., 33,0701. ; Turkey, 348,832 lb., 22,593/.; other countries, 1,802,986 lb., 124,0071. ; total, 44,594,846 lb., 2,803,568/.
The approximate London market values per lb. of teas in bond (duty 6d. a lb.) are :—Congou : brown leaf siftings, 4-10d., ordinary to leafy, 7-10d., good ordinary to middling, 71-11d., ditto export kinds, 81-11id., fair to medium, 9-17d. ; Kaisow, 2nd clasa, 14-20d., 1st to finest, 18-27d. ; black leaf, common, 7i-14W., good common, 81-320., fair to medium, 9A-17d. ; Oopack and Moning, 8-27d.; ditto fine to flneat, 19-30d. ; Tayshan, 7-18d.; Ning Yong and Oolong, 8-24d.; Souchong, common to good, 8+-20d., fine to finest, 12-24d. ; Flowery Pekoe, 12-19d., fine to finest, 19-40d. ; Caper, scented, 6i-15d., fine to finest, 10i-21d.; Orange Pekoe, scented, 6-18d., fine to
finest, 12-24d. ; Twankay, 4i-13d. ; Hyson, COMMOD, 61-14d., fair to fine, 10-27d., finest, 21-42d. ; Young Hyson, common, 5i-14d., good to finest, 9-30d.; Imperial, 6-15d., good to superior, 10-22d.; Gunpowder, 7-19d., good to finest, 12-42d. ; Canton, 8-12d. ; Japan, uncoloured, 8-16d. ; Indian : broken, 8i--28d., Colwell, 9-16d., Souchong, 9-24d., Pekoe Souchong, 12-32d., Pekoe, 10I-38d. ; Flowery Pekoc, 18-45d.
Bibliography.—S. Ball, Cultivation and Manufacture of Tea in China, &c.' (London : 1848); R. Fortune, ' Tea Districts of India and Cbina ' (London : 1853); W. Nassau Leea, Tea Cultiva tion in India ' (London : 1863); Papera on Tea Induatry in Bengal ' (Calcutta : 1873); A. H. Hassall, Food : its Adulterations ' (London: 1876) ; L. & S. Ritter von Fries, Thee-cultur rind -handel in China ' (Vienna : 1878); E. Money, 'Cultivation and Manufacture of Tea ' (3rd ed., London and Calcutta : 1878); W. Cochran, Capabilitiea of New Zealand for Tea Culture ' (Jour. Soc. Arta., Vol. xxx. No. 1524, London : 1882); J. H. Haworth, Information and Advice for Tea plantors ' (Jour. Agri.-Horti. Soc. Ind., Vol. xiv., Calcutta : 1865); also the following papers in the Jour. Agri.-Horti. Soo. Ind., on Tea Culture, &c., in :—Kumaon, Gurliwal, and Deyra Doon, 288, ii. 323, iv. 173, v. app. 146, vi. 81, app. 14. viii. app. 1 ; Chittagong, ii. app. 408; Assam, fi. 337, iii. 1, 61, app. 102,v. 79, app. 132, xiii. pt. i. 31 ; Java, v. 162, 206, vi. 72, vii. 292 ; Darjeeling, vi. 123, vii. 31, viii. 91, xiv. sup. p. xxxvii. ; Cachar, ix. 201, xiv. sup. p.i. ; Sylhet, ix. 207, 342 ; Hinallayas, xiv. pt. fi. 119.
(See Beveragea—Tea.)