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14,400 Ibs. of tea cost, all expenses included, say 477 

 dollars, or 3 cents per Ib. when it would be landed in 

 Calcutta. 



The following year, in the middle of the season, I was 

 attacked by the Tartars, and the above tea, which, from 

 want of boats, I could not ship to Calcutta, and all the 

 tea then manufactured, and in process of manufacturing, 

 was destroyed. 



PROBABLE EXPENSE OF THE CULTIVATION OF THE TEA 

 PLANT, AND MANUFACTURE OF TEA IN AMERICA, ON 

 100 ACRES. 



I will not insert an item for superintendence, as the 

 planter would know best the care and expense necessary to 

 manage 100 acres of land under cultivation. The price 

 of seeds cannot be ascertained ; nor is that of any import 

 as tea trees last 25 to 30 years ; so the planter would 

 have to purchase seed but once. 



The seeds are sown the first year in beds, from which 

 the young plants are transplanted out into the land in- 

 tended for plantation. I suppose one-half acre of seedlings 

 would answer for 100 acres of a plantation. 



I have given the expense of the first year, on the esti- 

 mate of 1,000 acres of land, at 13,075 dollars. Circum- 

 stances called for that heavy outlay. The company was 

 supposed to be formed in London ; the scene of operation 

 near the west of China, under management of agents ; 

 and therefore, however little the work the first year, the 

 establishment must be full. In an unhealthy climate, as 

 is that of Assam, it would not be prudent to trust to one 

 superintendent, as the natives will not work but when 

 closely watched ; and in case of sickness, there must bu 

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