Products Imported by Chasseur, 1816

Items

silks, 301 boxes plus 1 trunk sewing silks
cassia, 50 picola, 842 packages
straw mats, 100 plus 5 rolls
nankeens, 7900 pieces
china, 405 boxes
wangees, 5000
hats, 4 boxes
Chintorean, 20 pieces

Teas:

young Hyson, 520 chests
Hyson, 237 chests
Congou, 170 chests
Imperial, 136 chests, 2 boxes
Hyson Skin, 440 chests
Souchong, 362 chests
Gunpowder, 95 chests
Gunpowder & Imperial, 64 1/2 chests
Chulan, 200 boxes


Glossary

cassia - a course cinnamon bark
Congou - black tea from southeast China
Hyson - Chinese green tea
Nankeen - handmade, durable brownish-yellow cotton, or when plural, trousers made from nankeen
Souchong - tea made from larger leaves
wangee - any of several Chinese bamboos or a walking stick made from wangee

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