AMERICA AND CHINA COMPARED. 71 



RETURNS. 



360 Ibs. per acre, on 1,000360,000 Ibs. at 33j 

 percent, ---/-- $120,000 



The 360,000 Ibs. of tea would cost by the estimate, 

 27,850 dollars, or 7f cents per Ib. for cultivation, manu- 

 facture, and transportation, some 1,400 miles, to Cal- 

 cutta. 



As the above items are condensed, it may be necessary 

 to explain them. Salaries of Superintendents on the 

 fourth year were to be Superintendent, 350 dollars ; 

 1st Assistant, 250 dollars ; 2nd Assistant, 125 dollars a 

 month, salary ; making 8,700 dollars, leaving 300 dollars 

 for repairs of their houses, &c. Hoeing and weeding 

 Hoeing the land in the cold half of the year, and weeding 

 it once during the rains. 



To hoe an acre of land in America 2 me^ are allowed, 

 and of course it would not require more to cut down 

 young soft grass, therefore there would be 4 men to each 

 acre : for Indian labor there are allowed 20 men at 6 

 cents per diem each : would make, on 1,000 acres, 1200 

 dollars only. Then, in addition, there is allowed for native 

 head establishment, support of elephants and horses, &c. ? 

 and a very liberal margin for the managers to save to the 

 company. 



Manufacturing item is made out at one man to pick 

 20 Ibs. green leaf, wages 6 cents, and one man to manu- 

 facture 40 Ibs. into dried tea 7,300 dollars. 



t and packing, &c., all the wooden and leaden 

 part of the tea-chest would be sent from London to Cal- 

 cutt;i, and from Calcutta to Assam, and consequently 

 be very expensive. 



