Average number of Average Average number of Year-Periods. pounds of Tea annual pounds of Tea consumed consumed per annum. Population. per head per annum. 1801-10 23,717,882 16,794,000 1·41 1811-20 24,753,808 19,316,700 1·28 1821-30 28,612,702 22,433,900 1·27 1831-40 34,441,766 25,257,200 1·36 1841-50 44,286,600 27,566,300 1·61 1851-60 65,160,456 28,172,400 2·31 1861-70 97,775,548 30,027,600 3·26 1871-80 144,462,622 33,055,020 4·37 1881-90 178,130,836 36,178,144 4·92 1891-1900 224,076,800 39,440,316 5·70 1901-03 255,270,472 41,550,773 6·10 Since the beginning of the last century therefore the average consumption per head has increased from 1·4 to 6·1 pounds. In our Australian and New Zealand Colonies the quantity consumed is even much larger than in the United Kingdom as will be seen from the table below:-- TABLE B. Average number of pounds of Tea consumed per head per annum. New South Wales 8·01 Victoria 7·38 South Australia (except N. Territory) 8·87 South Australia (North Territory) 6·44 Western Australia 10·07 Queensland 7·09 Tasmania 6·62 All Australia 7·81 New Zealand 6·78 The enormous quantity of tea consumed in Great Britain and our Colonies will be better appreciated if comparisons are made with other Countries:-- TABLE C. Average number of pounds of Tea consumed per head per annum. Russia 0·93 Germany 0·12 Holland 1·48 France 0·06 United States 1·09 Canada 4·64