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Seed too, at present estimated at rupees thirty 

 per raaund of 80 Ibs., is not an item of permanent 

 income, as in a very short time, it will be produced 

 in very much larger quantities than can be used 

 and possibly may then be destroyed or used for 

 manure with impunity. These matters, however, I 

 shall notice when I come to treat of the value of 

 tea property. 



In concluding this, chapter, I have to regret that 

 statistics, showing the number of acres taken 

 up for tea cultivation, the area actually planted out, 

 and the number of daily laborers employed, have 

 not as yet been published by the Governments 

 of the N. W. Provinces, and the Panjab. Dr. Jameson 

 has promised to furnish them ; so it may be, that I 

 shall be able to add this interesting information in a 

 subsequent Chapter. 



