154 Ml" Bruce un the Manufacture of Tea, and on the 



first table exhibits the absolute produce of 1838. Now let us 

 suppose a new settler were to take land in these parts, what 

 would be his expenses if he were only to cultivate tea, and 

 had to clear forest land (in the vicinity of the tea) ten times 

 the size of Nowholea, which is, say 400 by 200 yards, and 

 which would cost him 200 rupees to clear. Ten such tracts 

 would cover 800,000 square yards. Now, to cover this svir- 

 face of gTound with tea-plants, and the plants six feet apart 

 each way, 355,555 plants would be recpiired ; but if two plants 

 were to be placed together, as I would recommend, then 

 711,110 plants would be required. The cost would probably 

 be at the rate of five annas for 300 plants ; thus : 



The clearing of 10 tracts, each 400 by 200 yards, . . 2000 



711,110 tea-phints, at 5 annas for 30oi . . . . 740 11 8 



Planting the above, 474 



Weeding each tract 3 times each yeai-, at 30 rs. each tract, 900 



5 tea-houses, at 50 rs. each, 250 



200 hoes, at 1 rupee each, ....... 200 



100 axes at 1 rupee each, 100 



100 daws at 1 rupee each, 100 



Dollahs, challonis, &c. bamboo apparatus, . . . 200 



8 saws, at 5 rs. each, . 40 



Charcoal and firewood for baking the tea, .... 200 



40 cast-iron pans, at 4 rupees each, 160 



Paper for tea-boxes, 100 



Chalk and indigo, 50 



3 maunds of nails of sizes, at 10 rupees per maund, . 30 



2 elephants, at 150 rupees each, 300 



2 elephant mahoots, at C rupees each per month, . . 144 



2 elephant mates, at 4 rupees each per month, . . . 96 



Rice for 2 elephants, 96 



Lead for 888 boxes, at 3 seers per box containing 20 seers, at 



8 rupees per maund, ....... 532 12 9 



A Cooly sirdar at 10 rupees per month, .... 120 



10 Duffadars, or overseers of coolies, at 3 rupees per month, 360 

 Coolies to collect leaves, 30 to each tract, 20 days to each 

 crop ; for 3 crops, or 60 days, at 3 rupees for each man per 



month, . . . . 1800 



4 native cai-penters, at 12 rupees ditto, .... 576 



8 sawyers, at 4 rupees ditto, 384 



2 native lead canister-makers, at 12 rupees ditto, . . 288 



Coolies to bring in timber for sawyers, . . . . 150 



5 Chinamen, at 30 rupees each per month, . . . 1800 



Carry forward, 12,191 8 5 



