On the Tea Cultivation in Western Ssuch'uan e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The quantity of tea produced annually in Ssiich'uan is a question more of theoretical interest perhaps than of practical value. Accurate statistics are furnished by the provincial topography, but that useful and vo luminous compendium has unfortunately not been re vised Since the year 1815, and its figures are therefore no longer true. A few notices respecting the earlier history of the tea trade and administration may be, however, not Without interest and are extracted here under.