much has been done. All the suggestions made 

 by Mr. Fortune are no novelties to us. Thus his 

 remarks for selecting and preparing land have been 

 carried out for years. Leaves have been gathered 

 on the principle suggested by him since the planta- 

 tions were formed, but with several important modi- 

 fications/ 



There can be very little doubt that the Super- 

 intendent had shown both the greatest energy, and 

 the greatest ability in carrying out the delicate 

 and very difficult experiment intrusted by Govern- 

 ment to his charge, and it would not only be disinge- 

 nuous, but exceedingly unjust, to attribute to another 

 what is due alone to him. Less doubt can there 

 be that Mr. Fortune's second mission to China 

 was not accompanied by those results which were 

 anticipated, and that while Dr. Jameson's reports 

 are invaluable, those of Mr. Fortune contain, but 

 a very small amount of instruction of any practical 

 value to the planter. ' Had Mr. Fortune, as Dr. 

 Jameson remarked -been able to inform us how a 

 China Plantation was conducted, the quantity of ma- 

 nure given per acre, value of manure, and the expense 

 of laying it down, time of the year when plants 

 were manured, quantity of raw leaves gathered per 

 man per day, and the yield per acre from the first, 

 second, and third crops, proportion of the different 

 kinds of Teas prepared, expense of Tea cultivation per 

 acre, all of which points were brought prominently 



