70 CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURE OF TEA. 



It is not too much to calculate that this will add respec- 

 tively i, 2, and 2\ maunds of Tea per acre to the yield, and 

 I have carried this out in the table and shown the results. 



I quite believe the results shown will be obtained by 

 manuring, and I base my opinion on practice not theory 7 . 



N.B.l have deducted Rs. 8 for the first, Rs. 7 for the 

 second, and Rs. 6 for the third, as the probable cost of put- 

 ting in the manure, as it may have to be carried from the 

 factory to the garden. If purchased after being placed 

 between the lines (and if manure is bought of adjacent 

 villagers they will so place it), the cost would be less. 



The above table, of course, only applies to localities 

 where cattle manure can be purchased at 3 annas per 

 maund, including carriage to the factory. 



The value of the extra yield of Tea is estimated at only 

 Rs. 50 per maund in the above table, because the leaf which 

 will give one maund of Tea is worth no more, as follows : 



Rs. A. P. 

 Probable price obtainable for one maund or 



80 Ibs. Tea in Calcutta, at 14 annas a Ib. 

 all round (a fair calculation, one year with 

 the other, if it is well manufactured) . 70 o o 

 Deduct cost, manufacture, packing, transport, 

 and broker's charges as set out in the 

 chapter on " cost manufacture," page 162 16 9 o 



Value of leaf which will make one maund Tea 53 7 o 



But I prefer estimating it at Rs. 50 only, to be on the 

 safe side. 



