PROFIT. 171 



I do not think plants reach to perfect maturity under 

 eight or ten years. 



That eight maunds per acre as estimated in the table 

 just given can be realised, under the conditions stated, I 

 have no doubt whatever, but I am equally certain that the 

 size of some gardens in India must be much reduced if even 

 five or six maunds are looked for.* Not only must they be 

 reduced in size, but they must be highly cultivated, must 

 be manured, and no vacancies allowed. However, I have 

 dwelt on all these points before, and need not repeat here, 

 for unless the reader is convinced before this that a large 

 area and low cultivation won't pay, it were waste to write 

 more. 



I now give a table showing the result for twelve years of 

 a plantation such as I have advised. 



* Note to Third Edition. With high cultivation on a favourable site and 

 in a really good Tea climate, I now believe 10 maunds per acre will eventually 

 be realised. 



