London, Feb. 23. The butter ration in Britain will be doubled from the week beginning March 10, according to the Ministry. The new ration will be four ounces for each person weekly. A corresponding increase in amount of butte allowed te be served in restaurer and catering establishments is also provided for and operative the same day.
Britain is to buy 487,000,000 pounds of tea during 1941, the Ministry of Food announces. The main purchases will be: India, 272,000,000 pounds, Ceylon 138,000,000; Dutch Indies, 48,000,000; British East Africa, 27,000, 000. The rest will come from sine tea producing countries.
A picvisional agreement already has been reached on purchases from the Dutch Indies and tenders are now being called for in empire countries. The Ministry states the buying programme has been drawn up after full consideration of needs of British markets and desirability of maintaining equilibrium in the tea producing industry in empire and allied coun-
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