THACKER, SPINK ^ CO., CALCUTTA. 

 Crown 8vo. Rs. 5-8. {js. 6d.) 



A TEA PLANTER'S LIFE IN ASSAM: 



By GEORGE M. BARKER. 



WITH SEVENTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR. 







This book aims at convej'ing to all interested in India and the tea industry an entertaining 

 and useful account of the topographical features of Assam ; the strange surroundings — human 

 and animal - of the European resident ; the trying climate ; the daily life of the planter ; and 

 general details of the formation and working of tea gardens. 



" Mr. Barker has supplied us with a verj' good and readable description, accompanied by 

 numerous illustrations drawn by himselt. What may be called the business parts of the book 

 are of most value." — Conteinporary Review. 



"Cheery, well-uTitten little book." — Graphic. 



" A very interesting and amusing book, artistically illustrated from sketches drawn by the 

 author."— iT/ar/^ Lane hxpress. 



A Complete List of Indian Tea Gardens, Indigo Concerns, 



Silk Filatures, Sugar Factories, Cinchona Concerns, and Coffee Estates ; with 

 their Capital, Directors, Proprietors, Agents, Managers, Assistants, &c. , and 

 their Factory Marks by which the chests may be identified in the market. 

 5J. [Rs. 3.) With Supplement containing List of Ceylon Tea Gardens 

 with their Acreage. 6^. {Rs. 3-8. ) 



_ " The strong point of the book is the reproduction of the factory marks, which are presented 

 side by side w,th the letterpress. To buyers of tea and other Indian products on this side, 

 the work needs no recommendation." — British Trade Journal. 



Ceylon Tea Estates, a List of, with their Districts and Acreage under Tea- 

 Compiled by W. Straford. Svo. IS. bd. [Rs. x.) 



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