72 PLANTERS IN THE TARTAR COUNTRY. 







Under all these difficulties, which would not exist in 

 America, the tea on the fourth 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 5| 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 

 Manufacturing, one man to every 40 Ibs. green 



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



Chest, per 80 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, \ $72 * Divided 



Table expenses 600 &quot; oa 2 &amp;gt; acr f - 



J or say ^ part 



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 This tea, with a large quantity of other tea; was burned by the Tar 

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



