CHAPTER III. 



TEA DISTRICTS AND THEIR COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES, 

 CLIMATE, SOIL, ETC., IN EACH. 



THE Tea districts in India, that is, where Tea is grown in 

 India to-day, are * 



1. Assam. 



2. The Dehra Dhoon. 



3. Kumaon (Himalayas). 



4. Darjeeling (Himalayas). 



5. Cachar and Sylhet.t 



6. Kangra (Himalayas). 



7. Hazareebaugh. 



8. Chittagong. 



9. Terai below Darjeeling. 



10. Neilgherries (Madras Hills). 



11. Western Dooars. 



In fixing on any district to plant Tea in, four things 

 have to be considered viz., soil, climate, labour, and 

 means of transport. When the district being selected a 

 site has to be chosen, all but the second of these have to be 

 considered again, and the lay of land, nature of jungle, 

 water, and sanitation are also of great importance in choos- 

 ing a site. 



I will first, then, discuss generally the Tea districts given 



* Note to Third Edition. I give them, as far as I know, in the order they 

 became Tea districts. Though in the said order there is, I believe, no great 

 error, I may be open to correction in one or two instances. 



f These are virtually one, and I shall allude to both as Cachar. 



