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Government had been superseded by those of 

 private speculators ; but their affairs had been so 

 mis-managed that, as before detailed, after a ruinous 

 sacrifice of capital, all hope of success had beeu 

 almost abandoned. 



In the Himalayas, Dr. Jameson continued to 

 carry ou his operations with as much success as 

 their experimental nature would permit. More 

 laud was cultivated and planted, and more tea, green, 

 and black, was made, the green selling in the 

 Almorah bazar as high as Rs. 10-8 to rupees 9-4s 

 per seer (equal to Us. to 9s.-6d per Ib.) He had 

 moreover considerably extended the sphere of his 

 operations, establishing, with the sanction of Govern- 

 ment, plantations at Bowaruah and Nagrowta 

 situated in the picturesque and beautiful Pahalam 

 Valley near Kangra. Some native zemindars, also, 

 had been induced, by liberal concessions, to under- 

 take the cultivation. 



In short the work Government had originally 

 intended to accomplish was completed. The re- 

 putation of those parts of the Himalayas in 

 which experiments had been made, as regards 

 their capabilities for growing tea was fully esta- 

 blished, and it might legitimately have retired. 

 But in North Western India, owing to the distance 

 from the metropolis, the consequent paucity of 

 Europeans unconnected with the Civil and Military 

 services, and existing prohibitions against covenanted 



