--------------+----------------------------------------------- |Uncoloured Japan, Choicest, First Picking. | +---------------------------------------- | |Coloured Japan, Good Medium, | | First Picking. | | +--------------------------------- Variety. | | |Coloured Japan, Good Medium, | | | Third Picking | | | +-------------------------- | | | | Japan Dust | | | +-------------------------- | | | |Coloured, Fine. | | | | +------------------- | | | | |Uncoloured, Common. --------------+------+------+------+------+------------------- | c. | c. | c. | c. | c. Price per lb. | 30 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 6 (wholesale).| | | | | | p.c. | p.c. | p.c. | p.c. | p.c. Total ash | 5·44 | 6·06 | 6·50 | 9·74 | 6·66 Ash soluble in| 3·46 | 2·84 | 2·90 | 1·48 | 2·78 water. | | | | | Ash insoluble | 1·98 | 3·22 | 3·60 | 8·26 | 3·88 in water. | | | | | Ash insoluble | 0·46 | 0·78 | 0·96 | 3·90 | 1·46 in acids. | | | | | Extract |39·20 |36·40 |33·40 |31·80 |32·80 Insoluble leaf|56·85 |57·10 |59·90 |61·45 |60·05 Tannin |21·92 |18·27 |17·35 |15·66 |17·74 Theine | 1·54 | 1·66 | 0·74 | 0·82 | 2·43 --------------+------+------+------+------+----- The following analyses of several kinds of spurious tea, received from the U.S. Consuls at Canton and Nagasaki (Japan), have been made by the author:-- -----------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---------- | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. -----------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---------- | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. Total ash | 8·62 | 8·90 | 7·95 | 12·58 Ash insoluble in water | 7·98 | 6·04 | 4·95 | 8·74 Ash soluble in water | 0·64 | 1·86 | 3·00 | 3·84 Ash insoluble in acid | 3·92 | 3·18 | 1·88 | 6·60 Extract | 7·73 | 14·00 | 12·76 | 22·10 Gum | 10·67 | 7·30 | 11·00 | 11·40 Insoluble leaf | 70·60 | 70·55 | 67·00 | 60·10 Tannin | 3·13 | 8·01 | 14·50 | 15·64 Theine | 0·58 | nil | 0·16 | 0·12 -----------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------