The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom - Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on by P. L. Simmonds
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Cultivation in Jamaica; Trinidad; British Guiana; Cuba;
decline of production in this island. Statistics of exports. Preparation of coffee leaves for infusion according to Dr. Gardner's patent. Dr. Hooker's opinion thereon. _Tea_. Immense consumption of. Liebig's analysis of. Varieties of the plant. Imports of tea for a series of years. Alterations in the duties. Statistics of import and consumption, revenue and prices. Value and extent of the tea exported from China; first cost at the ports; enormous prices paid for superior teas. Total outlay for tea. |
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