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of the financial results of Tea plantations in the hands of 

 private firms and private individuals increases, that third stage 

 will dawn, if it has not done so already. It consists in a sober 

 appreciation of the subject opposed to both the extremely 

 exulting and depressing views passed through, and when it 

 arrives, the great and successful future of Indian Tea will be 

 only a question of time. 



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