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Show SEEKING TO LAND TEA BEFORE TAX IS RAISED ! San Francisco, June 17. Rushing across the Pacific, loaded with over a thousand tons of tea, the Asia is 1 seeking to land her cargo at this port , before" the additional tax, which im-, 1 porters fear will be fixed on this com- niodity by the present congress, goes into effect. In order that no time may be lost in the race with the i ayne tariff bill, the steamer has been scheduled to come direct, omitting the i Honolulu stop, and thereby saving two . days. The Manchuria and the Choyo Maru, which have arrived here during fhe past few days, both landed large cargoes of tea. |