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:--