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specially mentioned Mr. H. de Mornay, the regenera- 

 tor of the experiment, Mr. Williamson, and a mili- 

 tary officer, the late Lieutenant Colonel Hannay, 

 Commandant of the 1st Assam Light Infantry. 

 The latter gentleman having by high and careful 

 cultivation brought a small experimental garden, 

 of the China plant, int-.o a flourishing condition, he 

 obtained a further grant of land, and extended his 

 cultivation with great success (1851). Encouraged 

 by the success which attended the operations of the 

 Colonel and the gentlemen above mentioned, Messrs. 

 Warren and Jenkins, G. Barry of Seraj gunge, 

 and others, soon followed their good example ; and 

 the work rapidly progressed. The choked up 

 gardens of the Assam Company, had, by this time, 

 been completely reclaimed. A dividend was de- 

 clared! (1852.) Planters generally took heart. Pro- 

 per care was bestowed on the selection of the soil, 

 the cultivatiou of the plant, and finally, on the 

 manipulation of the leaf and other processes of 

 manufacture. The tea, always in itself good, 

 gradually assumed an altered appearance, until 

 at last, the produce of the indigenous Assam plant, 

 which the brokers rejected, became more sought 

 after, and, once more, fetched higher prices iii 

 the London Market, than the very finest China 

 teas. 



Applications for grants of lands now poured in, 

 a nd were complied with by Government on the 



