The Mikado's Empire/Catatan dan Apendiks/Tanaman Teh tahun 1875

TEA CROP OF 1875.

THE total export of tea amounted to 22,582,152 pounds, of which 16,546,289 pounds were shipped from Yokohama, 4,292,159 pounds from Kobe", and 643,159 pounds from Nagasaki. All Japanese tea is green, and the United States is the chief customer for this tea. About 400,000 pounds were sent to England from Nagasaki in 1875. Some consignments are also made to China for conversion into black tea. The tea is picked in the spring and fall. About nine per cent, weight is lost by reflring or redrying for export. The best tea-producing prov- inces are Ise", Suruga, Inaba, and Yamashiro, which produce for foreign export 28,000, 26,000, 23,500, and 22,000 pounds respectively. Kiushiu sent 22,000; Yama- to, Kawachi, Iga, and Kii sent 12,000; Omi, 9000; Mino, 9000; Shimosa and Kad- zusa, 6000; Tamba, 5000; Echizen and Echigo, 3500; and sundry small districts, 5000 pounds for export in 1875. The area of plantations and crop of tea is in- creasing steadily every year.