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the basis of a bumper crop, the result of extraordinary 

 manuring and pruning. As a r^e, a very safe mode of 

 valuation will be found to allow 10 for every hundred- 

 weight per acre that the estates actually produce above 

 the amount required for upkeep, which is already stated 

 to be about 3 cwts. Thus, an estate giving 6 cwts. per 

 acre will be valued at 30 per acre, and one giving 

 10 cwts. would be 70. With young estates not yet in 

 bearing, there cannot be a better mode of valuing 

 than to allow a liberal interest for the risk and toil on 

 the sum that the work done should actually have cost, 

 always supposing that such work has been efficiently 

 performed. There are of course exceptional cases, 

 where from immediate neighbourhood to railways, 

 large towns, etc., extraordinary prices may be given, 

 but these are out of the operation of the general rules 

 which should guide the planter in his investments. 



