48 TEA 



to establish a tea industry in the neighbourhood of 

 Batoum, in the Caucasus. The Imperial plantations 

 are situated at Chackra, and have an area of about 400 

 acres, and in 1905 the tea prepared from a plucking of 

 102 acres reached a total of 21,600 Ibs. The Popoff 

 plantations, which are owned by a private firm, are 

 somewhat smaller in area, and are situated at Chackra, 

 Salibauri, and Kaprshun. Up to the present, however, 

 comparatively little progress has been made in the 

 industry, the labour question being one of great difficulty. 



OTHER TEA-GROWING COUNTRIES 



A small tea industry also exists in Jamaica. In 1868 

 an acre of land was planted with tea by the Government , 

 and, as the experiment met with some considerable 

 success, the area was later increased. In 1887 there 

 was one private tea-garden in the island at Portland 

 Gap, about twelve miles from Kingston, with twelve 

 acres under cultivation. Nine years later further 

 experiments were made at Ramble in St. Ann, and the 

 results being successful, the cultivation has gradually 

 increased until, at the present day, there are about 

 ninety acres under the crop. 



In Fiji an experiment in tea planting was made in 

 1880. The island chosen was Tavinni, and an area of 

 thirty acres was planted out with the Assam hybrid ; 

 the area was gradually extended to several hundred 

 acres, when it became known as the Alpha Tea Estate. 

 The success of this garden situated within four miles 

 from the coast and at an altitude of 1,000 feet led to 

 the establishment of another plantation in the neigh- 

 bouring island of Vanua Levu, known as the Masusa 

 Estate. Fiji tea is chiefly consumed locally. 



Tea is also cultivated in the State of Johore, in the 



