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Dr. Jameson, the Superintendent of the Botanical 

 Gardens of the North-West Provinces, has been inde- 

 fatigahle in his exertions to improve its culture and its 

 subsequent manufacture, and to him the flourishing 

 state of the various Government plantations in Gurhwal, 

 Kumaon, Deyrah Dhoon, and the Kangra valley, are 

 attributable. The researches of Mr. Fortune, who was 

 sent to China by the Indian Government, are well 

 known, and to any one desirous of engaging in, or of a 

 thorough acquaintance with, tea planting in India, the 

 possession of the various Reports * of Dr. Jameson and 

 Mr. Fortune will be absolutely necessary. In the 

 commencement, the cultivation of tea was not a subject 

 of much interest to any but those engaged in the 

 experiment, but at the present time, owing to the 

 prominence given to the colonization of India, it is the 

 theme of general conversation ; for the desire to grow 

 rich, or to participate in a lucrative speculation, is 

 common to all; and as advantages seem greater in 

 proportion to the difficulty or impossibility of possession, 

 so tea-planting is peculiarly pleasing to those who are 

 unable to follow it. 



Although many people look merely to India itself, or 

 to Central Asia, for a market, there is no doubt that 

 the completion of the projected railways, the better 

 state of many hill-roads, and the increased perfection of 

 river navigation, will direct the tea produce of the 



Himalavah to the English market. 



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* Selections from the records of the Government (Home Depart- 

 ment), No. 23. Report upon the Present Condition and Future Pro- 

 spects of Tea Cultivation in the North- West Provinces in the Punjaub. 

 Published by authority. John Gray, Calcutta Gazette Office. 



