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could then exist. In two words, Indian Teas would, I believe, six 

 months after such operations were commenced, become the rage in 

 England, and we, the owners of Tea property, would add 50 per cent, 

 to the value of our estates. 



Is not even the chance of all this worth an outlay of Rs. 120 for 

 each garden ? I am proud to head the list with my Rs. 360, and I do 

 beg of all interested in Tea to follow my lead. 



In the plan I have sketched, like Mr. Drews, all the operations 

 would be simple. The necessary supervision would be small : the 

 details easily arranged. The Teas would of course be bought in the 

 open market in London and distributed for public auction to the 

 different localities. There might be some loss at first (it is for this the 

 capital is wanted), but if always sold to the highest bidder, there 

 would be none nay, a handsome profit after a time ; and though I do 

 not think with Mr. Drews, nor should I wish, that the prices would 

 eventually equal Cooper and Cooper's, I do think that the said firm 

 would soon find it useless to advertise their cheapest Indian Tea at 

 3 shillings a pound Tea for which they certainly paid no more than 

 13 pence ! 



I may add that I quite agree with the last paragraph of Mr. 

 Drews' letter ; but a sale for India and a sale for England are two- 

 different things, and I will not treat of both together. 



EDWARD MONEY. 

 Western Dooars, January 7, 1882. 



Alas ! in this case, like the one of supply of Tea to 

 natives, nothing practical came of it. A very few gardens 

 agreed to subscribe, and the matter dropped. 



Of all the plans that have been mooted, this of Mr. 

 Drews I believe to be the best. I wish a small company 

 in England would try to initiate it. No greater boon, in my 

 opinion, could be conferred on the Indian Tea industry; 

 and were such a Company, with good names, launched in 

 England, a large proportion of the shares would probably 

 be taken in India. A very moderate capital w^ould suffice. 



