NOTES. 365 



Florins. 

 Opening the soil and planting 24 bouws at 25 florins each - - 600 



12 families, 5 florins for the men the month is 60 florins, or for 24 months 1440 



1 family, 6 florins for a garden foreman the month, or for 24 months 144 



12 families, 5 florins for the men the month, or for 12 months - 720 



1 family, 6 florins for the foreman of the manufactory, or for ditto - 72 



Cost of 26 cottages, 7 florins each - - - - - 1 82 



1 manufactory for green tea, 110 florins, or for black 160 florins, say 



average -------- *150 



Implements, including roasting vessels ; tea boxes ; lead and fuel sheds 232 



Agricultural implements for maintenance of the garden - - 30 



Unforeseen expenses - - - - - - -100 



For one garden - 3,670 



At the above rate of expense for one garden, the total expense 

 for a plantation of ten gardens, would be florins 36,700 



1 superintendent, 12 fl. the month, for 24 months - 288 

 1 packing house, with iron implements and scales - 512 

 1 dwelling house ----- 600 

 Allowance to the planter, or the paid planter, 300 fl. 



the month, for 24 months - - 7,200 



45,300 



Though " families " is the term employed in the above state- 

 ment, yet it is only the head of each family which enters into 

 the calculation of the number of persons employed. (Abstracted 

 from the Handboek v. d. Kult. en Fab. v. Thee.) 



Cost of Cultivation and Manufacture of Tea in Kamaon and 



Gurhwal. 



Dr. Jameson, observes : — " The number of acres now in 

 cultivation in Kamaon, may be estimated at 118; which I 



* For a plantation consisting often gardens and one million plants — 

 3 green tea manufactories are required, at a cost of - 330 Florins. 



And 7 black, at - - - - -1190 



1520 



Or 4 green, at - - - - - - 440 



And 6 black, at - - - - - 1020 



1460 



thus giving an average of 150 florins for each manufactory as already stated. 



