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of Tea as carried on hitherto with few exceptions, that is 

 to say, on gardens covered with weeds for many months in 

 the year, and to which no manure has ever been given. 

 With such cultivation, particularly on gardens planted on 

 slopes, I think myself that the yield will not exceed four 

 maunds at the outside. 



High cultivation and liberal manuring will, I believe, at 

 least double the above, if the plants are of a high class. How- 

 ever, here I give a table on the subject which I have carefully 

 framed. 



Estimate of probable yield per acre on flat land, good soil, in a 

 good Tea climate, and with hybrid plants, if really high 

 cultivation and liberal manuring is carried out. 



1 Calculating Tea by maunds is convenient, inasmuch as pounds necessitate 

 such lengthy figures for all calculations. The maund here employed is, however, 

 quite an arbitrary measure. It is not the Indian maund, it equals and is repre- 

 sented exactly by 80 Ibs. Any number of maunds multiplied by 80 will naturally 

 give the Ibs. of Tea. 



2 Up to this point, viz., the fifth year inclusive, the figures given have been 

 much more than realised, and that on a garden with 15 per cent, vacancies. It 

 has been, though, highly cultivated and liberally manured from the first. 



3 From the fifth to the tenth year is assumption, except that I know one garden 

 which, to my certain knowledge, has given more than ten mawnds an acre, and 

 this in spite of about 15 per cent, vacancies. The garden is an old one, planted 

 about 1 8 years ago. It is also a very small one. The soil is very poor, but the 

 plants are of the highest class. It was much neglected till about eight years ago. 

 From that time it has been highly cultivated in every way except in the point of 

 irrigation, for it has not that advantage. It has been most liberally manured. 



