---------------+---+----------+---+-----------+---+-----------++ |#S.| 1793. |#S.| 1794. |#S.| 1795. || +---+----------+---+-----------+---+-----------++ | | | | | | || By Swedes | 1 | 1,559,730| 1 | 756,130| | || Danes | 1 | 852,670|-- | -- -- | 1 | 24,670|| Dutch | 3 | 2,938,530| 2 | 2,417,200| 4 | 4,096,800|| French | 2 | 1,540,670| | | | || Imperial | | | | | | || Hungarian | | | | | | || Tuscan | 1 | 393,870 | | | | || Portugueze | | | | | | || American | 6 | 1,538,400| 7 | 1,974,130| 7 | 1,438,270|| Prussian | | | | | | || Spanish | 3 | 400|-- | -- -- | 1 | || Genoese | 2 | 578,930| 2 | 289,470| 1 | 17,460|| +---+----------+---+-----------+---+-----------++ Total Foreign |19 | 9,403,200|12 | 5,436,930|14 | 5,577,200|| English private| | | | | | || Trade included|16 |16,005,414|18 | 20,728,705|21 | 23,733,810|| +---+----------+---+-----------+---+-----------++ |35 |25,408,614|30 | 26,165,635|35 | 29,311,010|| +---+----------+---+-----------+---+-----------++ † Most of these foreign ships went to China, previous to the Commutation Act, which passed into effect in England in September, 1784. ‡ Part of these should have arrived in 1780. It is probable that the Dutch, as they traded considerably to Japan about the time Tea was introduced into Europe, first brought this article from thence. But now China is the general mart, and the province Fokien, or Fo-chen[22], the principal country, that supplies both the Empire and Europe with this commodity. SECTION V. SOIL AND CULTURE. To the ingenious Kæmpfer we are principally indebted for any accurate information respecting the culture of the Tea Tree; and, as his account was composed during his residence at Japan, greater credit is certainly due to it. We shall give what he says upon this subject, and then state the accounts we have been able to collect of the Chinese method.