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and wide. The Neelgiri Hills, though previ- 

 isly abandoned in consequence of the unscientific 

 manner in which the Government experiments 

 were carried out, it has been so satisfactorily proved 

 will grow excellent tea, that the Secretary of State 

 has sanctioned native tea makers being sent to 

 the Madras Presidency from the tea factories in, 

 the Himalayas. It has just come to light too, 

 that tea plants planted some years ago in Chitta- 

 gong by Mr. Sconce, the late Commissioner of 

 Revenue, are thriving well. Tea has been manu- 

 factured from them, which I have tried, and found 

 to be good. There is sound reason to believe 

 then, that the regions in which tea will grow in 

 India, are varied and numerous. The natives now 

 seek it eagerly as a restorative, and when suffer- 

 ing from catarrh; and that they will drink it 

 largely, as a healthy and refreshing beverage, as soon 

 as ever it is brought within their means, there 

 can be no doubt whatever. 



The demand for this article from Australia, from 

 America, from the Continent of Europe (where tea 

 is gradually encroaching on the domain of Coftee,) is 

 increasing so rapidly, as to leave no room, to antici- 

 pate a fall of prices ; while if, in addition, the people 

 of India, Thibet, Afghanistan, and Persia, come into 

 the market as consumers, which they seem very 

 well inclined to do, it will take very many years 

 jfore the supply will exceed the demand. That 



