Money In Tea Sweepings

Qne oír:fe Principal squrce of tha supuiKïvof i:cafts.in .Jn, Engiaad is tixa sweepingSiOt tea fiom the floers; of fehe varioufe ïoök8, wharves and warehonsea iil r.öinfon. TheSe sweepings ' aggreKiite aWui" Sounds of tea anmutlly, dr, wnh the dtrt, nails, hoopron and wood whicli gets mixed witb túe tea,,tjl:í.boii(. 100 tons. The loss tp the tea impprters annuaWy is about $l-r,0Oa. The .sweeíipgs have naturfally a 'talripropörtton of good to fine gtad'e teaa-iiiíkeá-wíith tbem, and con.-ifiiuentlj- cótttófh á latgpr amount of the uctue priticiplp of tel, called by c.heous.ts '(■;. iViu.-." than the low ijuiility teas. .The',swepj;ifï3 cost the chemists only about ;.hajfa' cent per ponad' !■ u(, j' .;