Extent and Produce of the Tea- Plantations in Assam. 155 



Brought forwaid, 12,191 8 5 



120 native tea-makers, at 5 rupees each for 5 months or one 



season, 3000 



Freight to Calcutta, 400 



Ditto to England, 1000 



Total annual outlay on 10 tracts, 12,287 8 .5 

 Average produce of 355,555 tea-plants, at 4 sa. wt. each plant, 

 is 444 mds., or 17,777 srs., or 35,554 lb., at 2s. or 1 rupee 

 per pound, would be, .... 35,554 



It must be remembered that this calculation has been made 

 on 355,555 plants, not on double that number, as I proposed, 

 viz. to plant them in pairs, whicli would certainly, on the low- 

 est calculation, increase the profits thirty per cent. It should 

 be borne in mind also, that 4 sicca weight is not the full pro- 

 duce of each plant ; when full grown, it will yield double that, 

 or 8 sicca weight, and some even as high as 10 to 12 siccaweight. 

 1 have calculated at the rate of 4 sicca, which was absolutely 



