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ing Darjeeling as a tea growing district, there 

 are differences of opinion. Some think that at 

 an elevation of 7000 feet, the cold is too severe for 

 the delicate young seedlings, and that the heat ia 

 summer is not sufficiently great to ensure fine 

 flushes. But in opposition to these opinions, we 

 have the simple facts that practical planters have 

 taken up 21,865 acres of land for the purpose, and 

 employed, last year, 4819 laborers in cultivating it; 

 and though operations were only commenced five 

 years ago, 8762 acres have been brought under the 

 hoe. Of this, 5152 acres have been planted out, the 

 out-turn of which for the year was estimated at 

 78,244 Ibs. of manufactured tea, musters of which 

 having tested, I have no hesitation in pronouncing, 

 though perhaps somewhat too highly flavored to 

 please all tea drinkers, a very first class tea. 



It will thus be seen, that in the provinces under 

 the Authority of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, 

 the results for the year 1862, were: 



