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terms at the manufactory, they would receive five or six times 

 the amount procured elsewhere for any other produce. The 

 plant is thriving over about 4° of latitude and about 3° of lon- 

 gitude. It is a great mistake to suppose, that the quantity 

 of land available and adapted to tea cultivation in the hills is 

 small. The tea sold at Almorah from 3*2 rupees to 5*1 rupees 

 per seer. The quantity sold was small, amounting to 173 seers. 

 There are now three Chinese engaged in manufacturing tea in 

 Deyra." (Journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society 

 of India, Part IV. vol. iv. pp. 181 — 196.) 



Brazils. 



With respect to the green tea manufactured at Rio de Janiero, 

 it is simply necessary to state that the cost of manufacture in that 

 settlement is so great that its importation into England would 

 be attended with considerable loss. The cost of Hyson tea is 

 stated at prices varying from 3s. \d. to 6s. 5d., for teas valued 

 by respectable parties to be worth only from Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. 

 the pound in the ordinary state of the market. 



