INDEX. 



3 OI 



i. 6 



to 8 



6 



8 



Annual consumption . . 177 

 Collapse of tea speculation . 178 

 Share list to-day . . . 179 

 Money matters : will tea pay ? . i 

 why has it not paid some- 

 times ? . . -/ . -' 

 cause of failures . . i 



wilful extensions . . ,. ..,.. 



price paid for gardens . . 



faulty area sold . '.., 8 

 cost of making a 3OO-acre 



garden ... .163 

 how much profit tea can give 168 



table, result 300 acres for 12 



years J 7 2 



PACKING J 47 



lead case for . . . *47 



larger each break the better 



161 

 59 

 57 

 58 

 59 



cost of . 

 Planting at stake . 



advantages of . 



disadvantages of . 



mode of . 



Pruning . ' lf 'i V; -v/o-vi r ' 86 



time for ' * . . . 86 



instruments for . '' ^ --'- . 87 



height to prune . '*" r- r > . 88 



cost of . '' ; < : . 88 



SALE LANDS, WASTE LANDS 



sale waste lands ... 3 



auction system ... 3 



price waste lands ... 4 

 title . . ..-_, ... 4 



Sanitation ... . -35 



Seed 54 



transport of . . . -55 



price of .... 7 



shade, natural ... 62 



do. artificial ... 64 



how to sow .... 57 



when ripe .... 54 



treatment of . . . -54 



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Seed as manure. 55 



number in i maund . . 56 



proportions that germinate. 56 



Government gave seed . 51 



indigenous hybrid and China 



alike ..... 51 



how to increase . . . 55 



nurseries or stake planting 



best . . .'";, 

 Soil . . . . . . ., /, 



only general rules for . 



sandy . .. . . . 



greasy 



poor ..... 

 - Ball on .... 



friable and porous 



in Tea districts . . 13, 25, 



clay . " l ". ' ".. '. ''V 



decayed vegetation . >~ 



for seed beds 



TRANSPLANTING . 



holes for . ',''> 



mode of --. .<*{.'' -<<\ \ 



results of bad 



when to be finished 



best days for 



. 76 

 59, 76 



77 



77 

 . 78 



79 



VACANCIES ;^ . ; ..-; ;.: ,- . 92 



difficult tO fill Up . :.':; . Q2 



why difficult ..,.;;- . 92 



best plan to fill up . .92 



large proportion of . . 6 

 Varieties of tea plants . . 47 



WHITE-ANTS, CRICKETS, BLIGHT 89 



harm done by crickets . 89 



harm done by white-ants . 90 



harm done by blight . . 91 



remedies for crickets . . 90 



do. white-ants . 91 



do. blight . . 91 

 Weeds 82 



ahead of labour ... 83 



