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Col. El wall and Captain Thelwell, for the respectable 

 figure of 50,000, may be considered the first sign, 

 of public confidence. It certainly showed that 

 people thought something was to be done in the 

 Hills ; and since then the influx of small capi- 

 talists, arid settlers, in the districts of Kamaon, 

 Gurwahl, Simla, Kangra, and even the distant 

 Hills of Hazara,. has been very steady. These 

 consist chiefly of retired officers of Her Majesty's 

 Royal and Indian Armies, and others still in the 

 Service. Some took grants on their own accounts. 

 Others, with less capital, formed Companies or 

 Associations, and thus a very large number of 

 tea plantations were established, many of which, 

 especially the Kousannie Concern in Kamaon,* are 

 now flourishing plantations. To all, tea seed and 

 seedlings in large quantities, were given gratis, and 

 some were furnished with native manufacturers 

 educated at the Government factories. 



And here I must draw attention to a circum- 

 stance connected with the introduction of tea into 



* The Plantations of this Concern are situated about 25 miles 

 due north of Almsrah. About 10 acres were planted in 1857, and 

 60 up to 1860. Now 300 are planted, the yield from which, this 

 year, will bs 1~,000 Ibs. The teas of this Concern (manufac- 

 tur^d by its Manager Mr. Mc.Iver) were awarded a Medal a t the 

 Exhibition (1862) and pronounced to be * excellent in manufacture, 

 strength, and flavor.' I have specially mentioned the Concern* 

 as, looking to its elevation, (from 5,000 to 6,000 feet) the results 

 obtained are worthy of attention in connection with the existing 

 differences of opinion on this point noticed in the previous chapter. 



