Nanking, Nov. 17.
The estimated annual consumption of tea in China is about 600,000,000 catties, according to a survey made by the National Agricultural" Researc Bureau of the Ministry of Industrie On the whole, the people seem to prefer green "tea to black tea, In Shensi, Shansi, Suiyuan, and Chahar, more black tea is consumed, while in is Chekiang, Fukien, Kwangtung, Anhui and other provinces, the same true of green tea, The average price for tea per catty in China is approximately sixty cents and the annual average consumption per capita is about one catty. Green tea represents 62 per cent. of the total production in China and black tea 30 per cent.—Reuter,
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