72 PLANTERS IN THE TARTAR -COUNTRY. 



Under all these difficulties, which would not exist in 

 America, the tea on the fourtli year would not stand in 

 more than 7f cents per lb., of which 2 cents might be 

 saved in packages and transmission to Calcutta, making 

 the expenses, at the very outside, only 5f cents per lb. 



ACTUAL EXPENSES ON 45 ACRES OF TEA LAND IN THE 

 TARTAR COUNTRY. 



My own table per month, $50 - 



Hoeing once, and weeding once, 45 acres. 10 

 men to hoe, and 10 men to weed an acre. 

 Wages, 6 cents, for hoeing and weeding 45 

 acres, - 54 



Picking leaves, one man 20 Ibs. of green leaf- 

 one acre produced (average) 128 Ibs. on 45 

 acres 5, 760 Ibs., at 6 cents for every 20 Ibs. - 172 



Manutacturing, one man to every 40 Ibs. green 



leaf 5,760 Ibs., at 6 cents for 40 Ibs., 86 



Ohest, pei^SO Ibs., (quantity put into a chest) 

 50 cents, chest for 14,400 Ibs. dried tea. 

 These chests were second-hand China tea- 

 chests, -_----_ 90 



* Transit to Calcutta, 25 cents per 80 Ibs., 45 



Firewood and Charcoal, 7 cents per 80 Ibs for 



14, 000 Ibs., 12 



Horses, two Elephants, two 10 dollars per 

 month. 



or yearly, 120 dollars, \Vto be divided 

 Table Vn- 600" ') #jP 



Total, - - - $459 



Return, 320 Ibs. the acre on 45 acres 14,400 

 Ibs.t sold at 63 cents, wholesale, - - - $9,072 



* Of former year's teas. 



t Thig tea, with a large quantity of other tea, was burned by the Tar- 

 tars ; the teas of the season prior, sold for 63 cents. 



