152 CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURE OF TEA. 



in one basket, which is the case when each picker brings his or 

 her leaf to the factory twice a day. The pickers are paid so 

 much per basket, holding in any case 2\ Ibs. I find the most 

 convenient plan is to give the mangee in charge of the pickers 

 tickets of any kind for this, which tickets are changed for 

 money in the evening. As each load of leaf comes in 

 through the day it is weighed, and this gives a check on 

 the tickets given by the mangee or mate. This is the mean- 

 ing of the two columns in the form below ' tickets by leaf 

 and ' tickets paid.' 



In the form the first column of ' leaf results ' shows the 

 condition of the leaf when picked whether wet (W) or dry 

 (D). Unless this were noted the proper amount of Teas the 

 leaf ought to make could not be known, and there would be 

 no check against theft, which is carried on to a great extent 

 in many gardens. 



As explained previously, only the sections ready in each 

 garden are picked. The sections are not entered in the form, 

 only the number of the garden. The flushes now noted are 

 the 2Oth, in some the 2ist, or 22nd in others. 



The Tea is calculated from the leaf. It should be 25 per 

 cent, if the leaf is picked dry, and 22 per cent, if picked wet. 

 As each load comes in a memorandum is made as to whether 

 it is dry or wet, and the figures in the column ' Tea should 

 be ' are thus found. 



The Tea is weighed the morning after it is made and 

 entered in the column 'Tea made.' The percentage it bears 

 to the leaf is then calculated and entered in the account 

 column. 



After sifting the whole is weighed again, and the result 

 entered in the column ' Tea after sifting/ Doing this is very 

 important, for it checks theft. Directly after it is weighed 

 this second time it is put in the bins in the store. 



