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existing in China, where small tea plantations 

 are seen dotted on every hill side, and the natives 

 are met on the roads in numbers, carrying the 

 produce of their little farms to the market towns, 

 or to the factories of foreigners for sale. And, 

 if the Government of India desires to confer on 

 Her Majesty's Indian subjects the benefit of 

 this harmless luxury, a luxury universally appre- 

 ciated wherever the English language is spoken, 

 and one that would evidently be highly prized 

 by the people of this country, this is a view that 

 will be forced on its consideration ; for, tea to 

 be consumed, generally, by the people of India, 

 must be reduced to a much lower price than 

 would remunerate Europeans for growing it. If 

 the natives of India then are to add this healthy 

 and refreshing beverage, to the small number of 

 their present comforts, they must produce and 

 manufacture it themselves. 



To supply tea" for two hundred millions more 

 people than at present consume it, is certainly a 

 startling idea. It does not, however, involve any 

 thing impossible. A million of acres of land will 

 produce, at a very low average estimate 200,000,000 

 Ibs. of tea, and of land suitable for tea culti- 

 vation, we have not one, but many millions of 

 acres, now waste and uncultivated. Nor are these 

 lands confined to those provinces in which experi- 

 ments have been already made. They are spread 



