evidence of Mr. Mills, a Tea Broker, before the House of Lords.' In our
15th volume, No. 414, p. 104, the proportion of profit is differently
stated from an article in the _Quarterly Review_. A pound of 11_s_.

Hyson


_s. d._
Costs at the Company's Sale 4 4
King's Duty 4 4
____
8 8
Retailer's profit, brokerage, &c. 2 4
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11 0


We have often received from one of the most extensively dealing retail
Tea-dealers in the metropolis, an assurance, similar to that of our
correspondent, _S_. so that we do not require the substantiation he
proffers.--_Ed. M_.

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The Naturalist.

GLEANINGS IN NATURAL HISTORY.