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first year should now be ready for topping, and will then 

 require to be handled once or twice. 



(B) Pulping House, &c. A mere platform and set of cis- 

 terns roofed over with thatch, can of course be run up for 

 much less than is here set down. My intention, however, is 

 to provide for a neat, strong building, with iron roof and 

 water-wheel, costing in all some Rs. 2000 or more. Some 

 planters look upon a store as a superfluity in districts where 

 there is no rain from which to protect the coffee ; my view, 

 however, is decidedly in favour of a moderate-sized building, 

 with brick or stone pillars and an iron roof, costing something 

 like Rs. 2000 or 3000. Part of the outlay under the above 

 heading may be extended over the following year. 



(C) Crop. A first crop of 2^ cwts. per acre is here calcu- 

 lated on, from the 50 acres first planted. 



FOURTH YEAR. 



(October ist to September 3oth following.) 

 Cultivation (150 acres.). 



Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. 



Weeding for 12 months . . . 2700 o o 



Filling up vacancies. . . . 139 o o 



Thatching and repairing buildings . 400 o o 



Repairing roads and trenching . 250 o o 



Keeping up nursery (A) . . . 100 o o 



Topping, handling, and pruning . 425 o o 



4014 o o 



Extension (50 acres). 

 Additional coolie-lines, tools, and 



roads, as before . . 720 o .o 

 Felling, clearing, lining, pitting, fill- 

 ing in, planting and weeding 50 



acres, as before . . . 2599 8 o 



3319 8 o 



Crop. 



Completing store and pulping-house 2000 o o 



Carried forward . . 9333 8 o 



