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RETURNS. 



360 Ibs. per acre, on 1,000=360,000 Ibs. at 33 

 per cent,, - - - I - - $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 men 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. 



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

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

 cutta, and from Calcutta to Assam, and consequently 

 be very expensive. 



