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area, say, 96,640 Ibs. or 863 cwts. may be expected. In round 

 figures 500 cwts., in October (/. e., the rainy season crop) and 

 200 cwts. in May (i.e., the cold weather crop), or 700 cwts. in 

 all, at 50 shillings per cwt., amounts to 1,750. The follow- 

 ing calculation for expenditure is the result of an actual 

 experiment conducted by an Assam planter (writing in the 

 Englishman newspaper). 



Rs. 



Rent at Rs. 3 per acre for 80 acres ... ... 240 



Hoeing or cutting jungle between trees ... ... 320 



Up-keep of necessary buildings ... ... JQO 



Cutting branches and putting on .seed ... ... 340 



1,000 

 Manufacturing charges at 5 % ... ... 3,500 



Packing, and despatching, at 2|% ... ... 1,750 



Calcutta charges for forwarding and river freight, at 



'*% .- - -. 1,750 



London charges for sea freight, dock, and brokers' 



charges ... ... ... ... 3,000 



TOTAL ... u.oco 

 Proceeds of sales ^1,7 50 at 14^. ... ... 26,250 



Deduct discount to buyers ... ... ... 656 



TOTAL ... 25,594 

 Deduct expenditure ... ... 11,000 



Balance Profit ... ... ... M.594 



* 



804. Lac worked in connection with tea &c., the am- 

 ounts for European and native supervision, and up-keep of 

 cooli lines &c., may be added proportionately according to 

 circumstances. 



805. The planter referred to, however, lost nearly his 

 whole crop next year from the attack of the night-moth, 

 Finetes, belonging to the Nocturanae which deposits its eggs 

 on the immature lac insect. The larvae of this moth on 



