Show China Tea Trade Declining let > Some Interesting statistics have en r i collected by ViceConsul Arnold ers loo hovr concerning tho great ark le In Chinas tea trado From ore 11 when tea was first Introduced its England until 1837 China held ox csj ilrely the tea trade of tho world fiea India began to enter tho tea na rket The Chinese trade reached jest 111 tide In 1CSG with a total export I 000000 pounds In 1884 China shed about 72 per cent of the aridi i total India and Ceylon 18 per ind hilt at and Japan and Formosa 10 per lIt l But in 1904 when tho total con ptlon bad Increased to 644000000 hiltHE ads China contributed only 30 por n 1 India and Ceylon CO per cent HE sw and Formosa 10 por cent Tho clot In China Is ascribed to care fills rd I by 1 methods of cultivation and pro soon of the leaf TOMS TO |