CINCHONA AND TEA. 103 



It is possible that the Eed Bark (Cinchona succirubra) may 

 thrive on the higher slopes of the Cockscomb Mountains, but 

 for the present, at least, with so many other valuable and more 

 convenient industries, that of cinchona does not demand 

 immediate attention. 



Tea. One kind of tea suitable for warm, steamy plains, viz., 

 the Hybrid Assam, would thrive in .many of the interior parts 

 of the colony. The chief difficulty would be. in fermenting, 

 rolling, and firing the tea, so as to gain such prices in the 

 market as would remunerate the planter. 



An experienced planter from India or Ceylon, with a few 

 coolies, would be able to start, the industry, which, I doubt not, 

 if it supplied only the local demands, and those of the neigh- 

 bouring Republics, would prove commercially a success. 



