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these are not obliged to labour. They are supported by the 

 wages of the men. But when they are employed they ought to be 

 paid full wages, since they do the work equally well with the 

 men ; and it is the interest of the planter to encourage them to 

 work. 



§ 175. [Observations on the beneficial effects produced on 

 the women by liberal treatment.] 



§ 176. Every encouragement should be given to settlers. A 

 cottage with a garden attached, may be let for four or five florins 

 the j ear. , The cultivation of coffee should be encouraged ; and, 

 for the cultivation of rice, the planter should lend a buffalo for 

 the ploughing, &c. 



§ 180. — 1. Those who keep the gardens and embankments in 

 order should be paid by daily wages ; the gatherers by the 

 pound of fresh leaves ; and the manipulators by the weight of 

 tea they make ; the rate per pound must be regulated relatively 

 to the wages paid to the gatherers and other labourers. The 

 payment for the erection of the buildings, and construction of 

 implements must be settled by agreement. 



§ 186. Supposing one park to consist of 2857 bushes, and the 

 garden to produce seventy-one Amsterdam pounds of tea for 

 each day's gathering, then the division of labour would be : 



For keeping up the garden - 12 men. 



daily carriage of fire-wood - 2 men. 

 making boxes and baskets - 2 men. 

 pinning together bamboo leaves 



for tea canisters - - 2 women, 



the gathering of the leaves - 14 women and 28 children, 



carriage of leaves to the sheds 4 boys, 



the manipulation of the tea - 8 men and 4 boys, 



foremen - - - 2 



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Thus leaving 10 women and 16 children to complete the 

 total number of 104. 



§ 187. The expense of a plantation of ten gardens, containing 

 one million bushes would be, for the two first years, as follows : 



