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Amount of duty received on tea:--

L Prices of Sound Common Congou per lb.
1841 3,973,668 1s. 7d. to 2s. 0d.
1842 4,088,957 1 7 1 10
1843 4,407,642 1 0 1 2
1844 4,524,093 0 10 1 0
1845 4,833,351 1 0 1 91/2
1846 5,112,005 0 9 0 91/2
1847 5,066,860 0 81/2 0 91/2
1848 5,330,515 0 8 0 81/2
1849 5,471,641 0 81/2 0 91/2
1850 5,597,708 0 101/2 1 1
1851 5,902,433 0 8 0 81/2
1852 5,986,482 0 71/2 2 2

Mr. Montgomery Martin, in his work on China, published in 1847, gave
the average annual consumption of tea, the produce of China, as
follows:--

lbs.
Great Britain and Ireland 45,000,000
British North America and West Indies 2,500,000
Australasia, Cape of Good Hope, &c. 2,500,000
British India and Eastern Islands 2,000,000
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Total used throughout the British Empire 52,000,000
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United States of North America * 7,000,000
Russia 10,000,000
France and Colonies 500,000
Hanse Towns, &c. 150,000
Holland and its Colonies 1,000,000
Belgium 200,000
Denmark, Sweden, and Norway 250,000
The German States 500,000
Spain and Portugal 100,000
Italian States 50,000
South American States 500,000
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Total consumption in foreign countries 20,250,000

[* This is only one-third the actual consumption.]

According to this statement, it would seem that the English consume
twice the quantity of tea that is used by all the other countries
excepting China and Japan.

The consumption of tea in Europe and America I estimated a year or two
ago as follows:--

lbs.
Rus