Only a very small quantity of the first-crop has been made in the new fashion; for this, the Chinese give as a reason that the process is too costly; at the same time it is, understood that it is their intention to adopt the new method in preparing the second and third crops pretty extensively. The Foochow Tea Improvement Company have been turning out come beautiful teas. Of course their operations so fur are only on a very limited scale, but even so, they are amply sufficient to show the Chinese what wonderful results can be attained by the use of machinery. It should be mentioned that it is the second-crop teas with which the Counpany have been so particularly suecessful, ful.
The Kiogsin line s. Oceana will leave to-morrow for Havre and Hamburg, and the Glengyle on the 10th for London.
8th June.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.