From these estimates it will be noted that China ranks first in tea-producing countries, followed by Japan, India, Ceylon and Java in the order of their priority; the total product of the other countries having little or no effect as yet on the world’s supply. This most important food auxiliary is now in daily use as a beverage by probably over one-half the population of the entire world, civilized as well as savage, the following being the principal countries of consumption:— TABLE 2. ESTIMATED TEA CONSUMPTION OF THE WORLD. Countries. Consumption Per capita (Pounds). (Pounds). Austria, 1,000,000 0.03 Australia, 18,000,000 4.50 Belgium 130,000 0.03 China, 800,000,000 3.00 Canada, 23,000,000 4.00 Central Asia, 13,000,000 ... Denmark, 850,000 0.37 France, 1,250,000 0.03 Germany, 4,000.000 0.09 Holland, 5,000,000 1.20 Italy, 60,000 0.01 India, 5,000,000 ... Japan, 50,000,000 4.00 Java, 5,009,000 1.00 Norway, 165,000 0.09 New Zealand, 4,500,000 7.50 Portugal, 600,000 0.12 Russia, 100,000,000 1.70 Spain, 275,000 0.02 Sweden, 150,000 0.03 Switzerland, 150,000 0.08 South Africa, 600,000 0.80 South America, 12,000,000 0.03 Straits Settlements, 1,000,000 ... United States, 82,000,000 1.50 United Kingdom, 180,000,000 5.94 West Indies, 300,000 0.03 ————————————— ———— Total, 1,308,039,000 1.67