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The prospects of Tea cultivation then in India, 

 whether they be examined from an external, or an 

 internal an English or an Indian point of view, 

 would seem to be pregnant with results beneficial 

 alike to to both countries. 



It cannot be supposed, however, that these results 

 will be obtained without much difficulty, probably 

 some disappointments, and certainly very great 

 care and attention on the part of the controlling 

 authority. It is impossible when examining under- 

 takings involving extensive agricultural operations, 

 to exclude considerations connected with the three 

 principle elements of their vitality viz., Land, Labor, 

 and Capital, their relation to one another, and to 

 circumstances as existing around them. For, these 

 considerations, as effecting cost of production, it 

 is obvious, must enter if not directly more or less 

 remotely, into all questions connected with the 

 commercial policy of a nation : and, if they be 

 overlooked, complications in regard to one or 

 other, will be certain to arise, that may endanger 

 altogether the success of the undertakings, and 

 under any circumstances cause much embarrass- 

 ment. At the outset then we are met with the 

 necessity of solving problems, involving fundamental 

 principles in a comparatively new science, which, 

 however students may have previously settled them 

 to their own satisfaction, are still disputed by the 

 tblest economists of our times. 



