Extent and Produce of the Tea- Plantations in Assam. 153 



nut brush over all the ])oxes as a finish ; after these are dry 

 they are ready for the tea. 



The following table will shew the size and produce of the 

 tea-tracts now worked, and the probable amount of tea for this 

 and the next season. 



Xames of the 



Tracts to be 



worked in 1840. 



No. 2 Kahung. 

 No. 3 Ditto, 

 No. 2 Chub-\va, 

 Nowholea, 

 Tipun,t 

 .Jugundoo,t 

 Ningrew,t 



I'ith and Nuniler 

 breadth of Plants 

 Tea-tracls. each 1 

 tract. 



192 by 114 

 215 bv 70 

 160 by 70 

 476 by 160 

 344 by 331 

 400 by 200 

 300 by 189 



4720 

 3440 

 2420 

 16480 

 24620 

 17300 

 12260 



Probable produce 

 of one Tea-plant. 



3 Sa. Weight, 

 3 Sa. Weight, 

 3 Sa. Weight, 

 3 Sa. Weight, 

 3 Sa. Weight, 

 3 Sa. Weight, 

 3 Sa. Weight, 



Probable 

 Produce 

 in 1840. 



177 



129 

 90 

 618 

 922 

 648 

 459 



The probable produce of the above 7 tracts. 

 And the probable produce of the other 5 tracts, 



Probable produce of all the tracts in 1840, 



2943 

 2637 



5580 

 (11,160 lb.) 



It should be borne in mind that this is a rough calculation^ 

 and I can only give the probable amount. Most of these plants 

 arc very young, or have been recently cut doAvn ; a few years 

 hence the plants may yield twice the above quantity. The 



• The plant« are small in this tract, including Cliina plants, 

 t The plants in these tracts, now small, will not yieldagood crop for 

 two years. 



