2 8 o Coffee Planting. 



Rs. a. p. Rs a. p. 



Brought forward ' -2,550 o o 20,000 o o 

 Nursery containing say i lac of 



plants, for 2nd year's extension 250 o o 

 Roads, to the estate and on the 



clearing (C) .... 230 o o 



Lining out 50 acres @ Rs. 3 . . 150 o o 

 Pitting, 50 acres @ 5 ft. x 6 ft., say 



1452 pits per acre @ 4 as. 



for 20 (D) .... 907 8 o 



Filling in pits (E) . . . . 151 4 o 

 Plants bought, 75,ooo @ Rs. 7/8 



per 1000 (F) .... 562 8 o 



Planting up 50 acres . . . 90 12 o 

 Cleaning up and weeding till 3Oth 



September 50 acres @ Rs. 6 (G) 300 o o 



' 5192 o o 



Management. 



Superintendent's salary and allow- 

 ances (H) .... 1320 o o 



Writer's pay 360 o o 



Maistries' pay, i o/ on coolie labour 418 o o 



2098 o o 



Contingencies . 500 o o 



Outlay, first 12 months . . . . Rs. 27,790 o o 



(A) The Tools required, at first starting will be, say, 50 

 bill -hooks, 50 axes, 50 mammoties, 25 crowbars, besides a 

 few other articles. 



(B) Felling and clearing usually cost in the Wynaad from 

 Rs. 15 to Rs. 22/8 per acre. On bamboo land a clean burn 

 is the exception, and clearing up is consequently expensive. 

 The contract rates are Rs. 15 for felling, and Rs. 7/8 for 

 clearing up. 



(C) Roads j the clearing is hardly likely to be just on the 

 high-road, and I have therefore calculated on a communication 

 with it having to be made through the jungle. This should 



