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THE TEA TRADE IN 1907-8.” -- The following letter is published in The Sir,It is pleasant, in this our annual review of the condition of the trade: to be able to say that the consumptions of tea is steadily increas kog, yearly year, in the country again, her the world. On the Continent of Europe, where for many years but little tes was drunk, the habit of taking it is now Braly etablished, Is Paris ten is served in the Duval Restaur
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PONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14TM¤, 1908,
--EVENING,
tion of the home sirote-there is none 10 important in its effect se that of musis. Muris is one of the joys that tend to brighten home life, and to suffuse the whole home into perfect The Talking Mrobine has been the means of contentment and harmony. gladdening the lives of many thousands of familion, and awakening the souls of the people
love for good music. There is
is to limit
GAMBLING SYSTEMS.
BMINENT MATHEMATICIAN'S ADVICE. ~ The recent duel” in London between 'Lord
Roesly and Sir Hiram Maxim to test the former's system for breaking the bank at roulette has exited bouniderable laterest in combination which he believes would enable him, Franon, where niacst every gambler has a pet if he only possessed the necessary ospital, to M. Henti Poincaré, the eminent Fearch despoil the tables at Monte Carlo or elsewhere.. been enked for his mathematician, having
cannot make a fair proft if they wil good to HOW TO SPEND A PLEASANT A at auch low prices; and for the consumer, s his taste for good tea is spoiled, and he adapts Biofell to drinking inferior, t-s, which cannot Of all the delights that make for the atirao give a much refreshmant, as really good tea the truly comforting oup of tos is not harsh, black, and bitter, but strung, ris, and delicion
Exports from Japan alightly increased during the year, but not in proportion to the world's consumption. Some Japanese planters find tes so anremunerative that they are giving it for silk. In the past ten years, tea acreage has decreased 15 per cent, and minibarry soreage has Bats, and the words "Afternoon Tas" are incremed 25 per cent, Export from TATA to a greater rest at the fan and entertain, | opinion on the subject, has adressed the follow- to be seen over many other establishmenta,
inorsesed, It seems likely that the island will, In 1882 the nonsumption of tea in Frases was
million pounds. It is now 24 million' at soms futurs time, take an important position under B We may hope that the exhibit organized by among tea-producing contrios. Last year, a small the Indian Tes Association at the Franco quantity of Natal teu peared in the London British Exhibition may help to form a taste for market, but it has not been followed up. ten among the numerous French visitors to the ton from. Nyasaland over seen in London poriments in tea-growing are being carried an at Einehurst (Suath Carollas), in the Caucasus, in Toxse, and a few other places, but the amount produced is still a negligible quantity.
White City.
was sold a few days ago.
The
This Sason's Improved models reproduce the hamna vios so feelingly, and with anch life like reality, that the full power of musio cau always be enjoyed at the smallest possible outlay, when and wherever you like.
ment to be derived from a good Phonographing instructive and massing letter to the I learn that the question of martingales →→ home of the people everything that is sweetest in fant, it is joy at all times, as it brings to the Press and best is magic old time ballads- and gems doubling systems--has once more been raised, of Grand Opera-or side splitting comio songs and is exciting discussion. It is certainly and rollicking rag time tunes which young- not for the last time, and the inventors of infallible systems are incorrigible. There is tors revel in.
no infallible systems. All one can do is to adjust Germany stems al last to have taken to tea. drinking. A tea house was opened last April in a fashionable quarior of Berlin. The wells
the stakes so as to have many chances of winning are hung with Indian draperies, Indian carpets
little and for obsnes of losing mach, or, if you profer it, few chances of winning mach and many chances of losing little. You can arrange cover the Roors, and Indien tes is served by tur.
It is evident from the above facts that bazed Indian servants. Pecket tan is also sold.
Mr. George Kobey, The World's Provider, things so as to have one chance of winning 100, The enterprise is a great success. But it is not the consumption of tee, partionlarly British- only
the well-to-do olssses who are developing a grown, is increasing. It must not be supposed, Coventry, Eng. was one of the first to realise francs against one chance of losing 10, or one the enormous possibilities of these wonderful chance of winning a million francs and a million tasta for tea. An order has been issued that however, that the plan or last 18 our instruments, and owing to specially favourable obances of losing one frane, or, again a million encouraged, still more than before, by order and hardships, His troubles and diffoultios de | jog manufacturers of Phonographs, he can now. Painos: Étays nothing about that im- the use of tea in the German timy is to ba to do but reap the fruits of his former Jam i contracts which he has arranged with the lead-chances of winning one frane and one ohanOз
of losing a million--if you have it. That's sil." the Emperor.” In many canteens, specially of heave duty in Great Britais, persistont advertis. enpply any of the most famous makos portant factor in favour of the bank at roulette," the Gasris, ten is regularly served, and the mon og of so-called cheap ton--not to mention like it. As every German has to serve in the blights and antavirabis weather-all combine army, we may expect that the time-expired.
to make it very hard for him to make anything soldier will entry the taste for te, seqaired daring his time of service, to every part of the Approaching a fair profit. Sul that indomit able British pluck which are as to furish par- country.
ticularly well on Oriental soil has risen superior to all difficulties hitherto, and will doubtles nit fail him now that his proepso'z sro a little brighter than they were a few years ago.
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Jabours
still many great Secretary of labour,
Yours faithfully,
BL00Er Born & Co. (Lid.)
St. Dunstan's-bill, 1,C., Out. §.
PEKING SYNDICATE PROGRESS.
about half shop cash prices.
AN UNKISSED BABY.
Living with his parents at Bradford is s nine-month-old baby Boy who has never yet; boon kissed.
- Hanging in a conspinaons place just inside the entrance to the bouse is a set of rules addressed to visitors and signed by the father and mother. The following are extracts from the rales :--
Don't him the baby.
Don't handle baby unless your hende are rezy very clean.
Don't bring baby's face close to your own or to your bale,
Don't allow baby to touch your fave or bais, Don't talk, breathe, whistle, blog, cough, ar mez into baby's face. We want him to live
Don't use your handkerchief to baby's hands, fane, or mouth. **
Bere,
and in spite of all that eminent mathematiclana may say, votarion of the tables will still go on trying to break the bank "
WEALTH OF THE PEOPLE
OF INDIA
The difference between the commercial wealth of the United Kingdom and of India is foraibly brought out by the fact that in the former sonutry every penny per, pound of income-tax brings the Chancellor of the Exchequer about. two and a half million pounds while the gross collection of what is practically a aspenny tax mae, only about £1,400,000. It has to be borne. in India yielded, before the fast concessions were in mind, however, that in India gricultural probis, the main Bourge of the sonatry's wealth,
Up to the present time the sale of British grown to in Russia has been handicapped by a of 11-163, on all ten entering through poris. This surcharge the Russian Government decided to remit on Sept. 1, 1908, We may therefore expect a great increase in imports of British-grown toas in the near future. Leading Russian Sems say that Caylon 1es is rapidly ousting Chinese, which long had the field to itself. Large quantities of British
The consulting enginers of the Poking grown tea are still sent to Russia from the United Kingdom, but comparatively less than Byudioste lave issued a report, in which there formerly, as Russian buyers operate largely in are quite a number of satisfactory feature. It Caloutta and Colombo, whence the tea is will be remembered that the company's coal in brought to the Black Bes poris by the Eussian the earlier days of its operations was at 10 Volunteer Fleet, Jine
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rabužeg from frisbie a quality that it was protionlly worth Vladivostok to Odose, via the Boer Canal, leas for commercial purposes, but the coal in all the above-named Countries the which is now bang obiaiad, sufficient jo increase in consumption of British grown gasstily for builor consumption is giving
strennotasi faction, b-ing, socording to the begin tas is
the owing greatly to
"had in tex are with lustrous fracture, and sustained efforts of the planters
Qual, to introduce thair produce. Th Tes giving a large percentage of round Cess, voluntary tax under Government high percentage of carbon, and the analysis ansplos, is devoted to exploiting new markets shows it to bo high grade sathwile, and is doing good work, not only in Europe, equal to any produced in China." Evou ħsi
due allowance is made for officiel optimism, this. but also in Canada and the United States, where la amisisciory. Anamarised list is giron importe of Indish and Ceylon tes kavo risen from less than 12 millions to upwards of 3 of the boreholes which had been completed -millione in ten years. We do not wish 10 convey | during the last fifteen months, with thẻ rosu poessfully last month at Sunderland, wh1233 lakh, and the interent from 7 to 35 lakhs.
the idea that this advance is due to advertising attained. Of sloven holes, nine have proved alone. British grown tea has won on its merits, conl of a workable quality and thickness. The Amerios has long been coffee-drinking country, It was not likely that people secustomed to such "beverage as doftes would give it up for the light, this teas of China and Japan. As long therefore, as thes growths only were imported, tea was drunk only by the fow. When the stronger, faller bodied, Leas of India and Ceylon were introduced, coffee drinkers found them satisfying and continued to drink them.
Are exempt from this tax. A comparison be tween the Post Offos Savings Banke in India and at Home illustrates the unwillingness of the At the font of the xaler is writion: India, and the humblor as in the wealthy class, to invest his savings in this way: Depositors in Rome these rules will appear comic I er stupid Indis number 1 out of 296 of the population.. but they s not writion as a joke or without In the United Kingdom the proportion is 1 in though. Therefore, any person infringing 44 Then, the average amount at the oredit
sas compared the les after having read them will incur the Indian depositor is neven annas, a
with £39, Id, in the United Kingdom. It is our di pleasurex tremely."
satisfactory, however, to know that daring the last twenty years the number of depositora in the Indian Savings Bank has increased from -155,008 to 957,635, their deposits from 219 to
GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT.
A unique engineering feat: was accomplished the heaviest independent span for a bridge was completed over the River Wear. This bridge two dake the upper carrying the North Essen Elway and the lower the public roadway.
engineers estimate, at present, sigut million tons of coal in sight,. It is a pity that the directors have nothing to say as to a ospital reorganization scheur Nearly eight mouth bave elapsed since the meeting whon Mr. Torre weight is over three times that of the brought forward bis schem, which was to have Forth Bridge central girders, bona the basis of further negotiations between the representatives of the various classes. Bave matters reached a deadlock? A lost the directors should make some statsment on tus matter.-P. Cute te
The problem sat for the builders, Sir William Arrol and Ca. Glasgow, was to construct is ponition this immee bridge span without latorfering with the river traffic.
The bride is with its approachen, one and three quarter miles long and has cost about
£500,000,
The foundations are of themselves of great depth. Like those of the Forth Bridge, they consist of great steel bozes, 65ft. long by 35ft. wide, and were rank by air presure to depth of 75: blow high water. While they were skin to the superstructure of granite was bring bad.
- CHINA'S AWAKENING.
It is often said that the competition of the for hundred million Chiness, with their in dustry and low standard of living, would overwhelm Barope. Wahsvěno such fear, I China beame rich by commerce her standard of
SMOKING AT GOLF,
One feature of golf professional play is that the profesionala so seldom smoke while they are playing: in not, some of then never smoke at all. The" Field" contrasis this fast with the case of Mr. Travi, the American who won the Amateur Championship. Mr. Travis smoked
Lat. lung back cigars during all his matches. Sandwich without any apparent inconvenience to his play. But appearance seemed to show. according to our contemporary, that the ling black cigar between the lipe was foil to the nervous tension of the player. Those who se moet of the early play of the late Mr. F. G. Talt will recall to mind his famillar habit of smoking a pipe all the way round in many of his important matches. It was n-var taken out of his month to play long and difeilt tee shots. On the other hand Mr. Bilton and to smoke cigarettes continon-ly,
As for the habits of our local champions-- pressure upon our space will not admit of our entering upon the discussion to-day,
THE SMILE OF MR. TAFT,
In Australia the consumption of Indian to has risen from 600 1.00 16. la 1903 11,000.001. in 19078. The Commonwealth also importa
HINDU SUPERSTITIONS. largely from Ceylon. It seems that Australia may be able to supply one of Ceylon's great
The Hindu theory of an eclipse of either the Wauls, and so wrocurage confual trade. One of the pianter's difficulties is to obtain tes sun or moon being sogousted for by a serpent chests which shall be light durable, and coming and swallowing either the one or the absolutely fram from small. Mom wood, from other is almost universally known; bat the fact Japan, bas hitherto been used, but the supply that the present time the majority of the country threatens to fil. The wood of the Ti tres look upon an eufine with superstitions feas may Evan Brabmine which grows in Western Australia, possesses all not be on 'generally known the required properties. It is light, odourless, and Visy fast and batho specially on that day the evil effects. It is almost to wash away. tough, and, if properly seasoned, will not split.
the Political troubles have greatly interford Impsible for us to rid our minds of with rada in Morocco during the last sentido explanations heard from our earliest two years, buat bu-iness has retired the laşi years, and it is therefore diffult to imagine few maths The demand there is entirely for what the uninstructed mind thinks on subjects green China ter.
of this sort, or to sympathise with the fears
As a speaker Mr. Taft, bayu, a contemporary sn olips, many of the people rstire into their houses and remain behind closed doors until the all the stages of prosperity; and moreover, if we acept-bat bis smile esptivates all his au- evil hour has passed. The time is in th all ree. bought her goods, we should buy them for the dienoes. When he appeared before a huge mest pestsinsuspicions and nowork begin or completed very plain reason that we wanted them and bolding in the conres of his campaign, a working
afford them. We should
pay for them with min exclaimed, "Don't speak, Billy! You'll during this periodon meet with supereas indeed,
our own manufsolares, and if we had not (1st do better if you smile." Mr. Taft, unable to so great is the draad that no one would think of initiating any important work at this time, wamppose) enough manufactures for the help himself, smiled immediately, and the au-
dience broke into vociferòna spplouse, More+apecially is this time fatal to women-who purpose, we should create new manufactures, which would be a very good thing for us for are pregnant, for the evil will fall upon the
bern babe, and in every one of serious mal-money is not the final payment for anything. We must not ran away with the lden bowever, formation or of songenital Issues that China is likely to impress herself upon the said to be that the mother looked on an eclipte
Western world purposely. It has never been Womer, therefore, not only ritire into the basse, but in order that they may be further her way to evangelie. We are a propagandist protected from the evil they bura horn shavings, nation, aid our faith makes us no
India continues to send "brick" tas to Tibst, which are he corollary of ignoratice. During living would faithfully reflect her rise through is an atter failure, a statement which we do not
If this trade can be firmly established, it will be most valuable to the British pisater, by pro viding him with a market for his dat. There are, howeyr, many difficulties in the way, the oki-f one being that the China trade possess as an Indian paper expresses it, the interested bansdiction of the lamss,”.
Turning from the consideration of consump tion to that of supply, we find that, during the year, the world prad sed, in round numbers, about 677,000,000lb, of
fos,
of which over 60 par cant one from India sod Caylon per coat from Caim, 6 per cost, from Japaa and the rest from Java and other countries. The crop from India and Crylon was of fair average quality, The to more well-made, but, speaking gen" Madres Mail" rally, there has been an absence of very fins teas, and,but faw high prives have been realized, Qaite lately, however, some very fine Assams have arrived and have obtained good price, ranging as bigh 42.014, a pound. Caylon't ent put exceeded that of any previous year. This was due to favourable climatio conditions and to careful cultivation rather than to coepis plucking.
There is some friction between Ladia and Ceylon, owing to the duty of 4, a pound levied in Ceylon on all tas imported for --local consumption. Indian plasters consider
that foreign, including Ceylon, tos is) admitted into India at the almost nominal duly of per cent. ad valorem (about ji per it on an Ankrage, their 16s ooght to
Bumitted into Laying at about the 2820 rate. It is also argued that, if the tax were removal, Colombo would become the great blendung and distributin ontre of the worl). Ceylon plantern for that, if the da'y were removed or substantially reduced, rabbisty ten the bugbear of the grower of good tes- would be blended with the produce of their gardens and sold as grow in the island, with The result that Cegion 1 would lose its high reputation. It is very unlikely that tes would be imported for local consumption, it would certainly be used for blanding,
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Cola exported 676,300 b loanin 1907-8 than in 1906-7. The United Kingdom importad more Chinates than during the pravings year. This was chiefly owing to the tigh price of common lndian and Daylon leaf, which obliged blenders, in order to supply tan to ba sold at la- and la, s. per lb., to look for some Matagotanother Beitia prowadzo
It is much to
to bẻ regretted that fea should be advertised as
as it qʊuntan-ly ie, at Iz, 61, and la
"Not to be surpassed,"
Nothing
finer," &c. drinkable tea is to be hid at that pri but ine tea acets from 2. to 3e, a pound in Micong-line, and the extra oholosst and fanny. teas 91. [o 45, and even more. The consegnotos of these advertisements has been an increased demand for low-priced tons; the price of co- mon British-grown has gone up, and low-olm ouatimes very low-class Clina tea ban been imported to supply the deficiency. This pushing of for priced fustin rotuons for the planters, as it almost obliges them to produce quantity instead of quality; for the distributors, as they
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