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Press, Volume LV, Issue 9986, 16 March 1898, Page 7

APPLES. APPLES. • - » W E ARE NOW PREPAREP r ■»» ! Tq Make ARRANGEMENTS WITH GROWERS FOR THE b PURCHASE OF APPLES DURING THE PRESKNT SEASON. FLETCHER, HUMPHREYS & CO., CATHEDRAL SQUARE, OHRISICHUROH, Proprietor* of the ~ !\M9ffJ^i^^-J^^^!!sm--,sm PURS AND WHOUESOWB "Iff " TOMATO jyL sauce TRUTH WILL PREVAIL "\fO one will question the accuracy of the Gtutoro JIV returns. A paper laid before Pwliament this week furnishes a table of the consumption of Article in common use, which is startling until the surround in? circumstances are considered, »nd ; the xenon only strikes one like the flash of an electric eearchight. ' The consumption ot Sugar and Tea for'the two past yean, and the duty paid. per. head of population, w stated thua:— Lta Duty Total lbs nsed, per head. pelf bead. Sugar, 1895, 65,568#CM*- «8,5 3s Kd Sugar, 1896, .33.4 _ 5« «d ncrease. .. 1,826,apq- .9 <Hd Tea, 1895, 4,472,528 6Ot , 2e A|d Tea, 1896; 4,«1,480 5.88 ?• 1» IX^i Decrease., M.OW ; >6 W It seem* incredible that while the people wed man sugar they should Consume Lew Tea. The m<. planation is that the China aud Indian Teas are rapidly going out of consumption, and the British product, grown-in CeyJoo, is very pioperiy ttkiog; theur plao*. Foremost among geylop Tew sUQdi the UNEIVALLED SURATURA, and although there have been doubts. cast upon th« cleJma, that have been made for ice Strength Mid Wonderful Economy, the official, testimony that 41,048 fewer poand* of Tea have proved snnfeieotfor an increase of population of 13,317 in the 1886 period is too convincing to ftdloit otf urther queatian. SURATURA TEA is not blended with Indian ot China lea*, nor is it handled from the time it leaves the stores in Ceylon until it reaches the consumer. Reflect and consider what you are loaiiur annually by using ordinary tea. Ask your grocer .for, and insist upon havlnf, SURATORA, and bo other. - HUBBABD, HALL ANP CO., AGENTS. jyjUSTARD WITHOUT BB|SP Is not appreciated, bat CUSTARD WITHOUT EGGS Is a luxury to be secured only, by purchasing DRAGON CUSTARD POWDER, "Which is Made from the Purest Materials. The Flavour is v Rich- as that Imparted toy New Laid Egp, t SOLD-β* STXPENNX TINS. Manufactured only by THE EMPIBE COMPANY, WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCtt BRANCH— HEREFORD STREET.