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SANDALWOOD PLANTATIONS. 



some return from them, probably five hundred rupees an 

 acre. 



First year planted. 



20 acres clearing ground ... 20 



1,500 pits 15 



1,500 plants 9 



Half Sandal, Half Nurnes. 



Planting 10 



Shading 6 



Watering 20 



Supervision ... ... ... 5 



Rs. 85 



Then 85X20= 1,700 



2nd year watering Rs. 10 . . . 200 



Supplying failures Rs. 5 ... 100 



Weeding, Rs. 5 100 



Supervision, Rs. 5 100 



Cost of 20 acres, 2 years ... 2,200 



3rd year weeding ... ... 100 



Supervision... ... ... 100 



4th year weeding ... ... 100 



Supervision... ... ... 100 



21 years' Supervision ... 2,100 



Pruning and weeding .. 2,100 



6,800 

 Interest, 5 per cent, for 



12 years on Rs. 6,800 ... 4,080 



Rs. 10,880 



Felling and cleaning 1,500 



maunds at As. 2 ... 



Do. at 40 years 2,000 As. 2. 



Supervision and Weeding, 15 



years at Rs. 200 



Interest, 15 years at on 

 14,500 ... 



RS. 



Sale of 500 trees, at 3 

 maunds, each at 5 Rs. per 

 raaund 



200 trees at 41 years, 5 

 maunds per tree, 1,000 

 mannds X 20 acres = 

 at Rs, 5 . 



7,500 

 20 



1,50,000 



Deduct>harges 



On one acre = 11,337 or 



11,337 X 100 = 

 1,133,700 or 282 Rs. an 



acre a year for 40 years. 

 Tree's cost 1-4-0 each. 



1,00,000 



2,50,000 

 23,255 



2,26,745 



3,680 

 2,400 



3,000 



3,375 10,880 

 12,455 



Rs. 12,455 



23,335 Charge. 



Price of Sandal. The above estimate is, I think, well within the mark. 

 The actual cost at Vyloor, for each tree at the end of eight 

 years was 4? annas each. My balance-sheet shows the 

 cost at twelve years, to be about 12 annas each, and at 

 forty years, 1-8-0 each. Three maunds at twenty-five years 

 ia not in excessive yield according to this estimate, tho 

 acre for forty years yields 282 rupees a year, and Teak 

 gives 250 rupees a year over sixty years. The price of 



