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cost of production examined — Mode of living of the Hindoo 

 cultivator — Of the Chinese cultivator — Comparative rate of 

 wages in the two countries — Sketch of the trade under the 

 East India company — Effects on price since the abolition of 

 the charter — Great profits of the Hong merchant — Expense 

 of transport of tea from the tea country to Canton and Foo- 

 chew-foo compared — Cost of tea at its seat of growth — Cost 

 to the European at Canton — At Foo-chew-foo — Price with 

 which the cultivator will have to compete — Cost of pro- 

 duction at Assam — Kamaon — Java and the Brazils. 



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