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Already Mr. Wilson has taken off the Indian export 

 duty on tea, among other important productions, and by 

 the Himalayah tea in its infancy being admitted at a 

 lower import duty into England than the Chinese 

 article, some chance might be given of its eventually 

 taking its place, for although to many people the 

 Himalayan tea is at first not so grateful as the Chinese, 

 it eventually so completely usurps the place of the for- 

 mer, that they would not drink Chinese tea if Himalayan 

 were procurable. The present high prices that the 

 Himalayan tea obtains in India is a sure proof of its 

 popularity. . As the Himalayan and Chinese plants are 

 the same, any difference of flavour is merely that of 

 manufacture, so that, when the variety most in demand 

 is known, it will be easy to supply teas not only equal 

 to the Chinese, but without their various adulterations. 

 That India is able to produce sufficient tea to fully sup- 

 ply the English market is apparent from the estimate,* 

 by Dr. Jameson, the Superintendent of the Government 

 Botanical Gardens of the North- West Provinces, of the 

 amount of the tea lands in the Himalayah, by which it 

 will be seen that from these alone an amount can be 



* Kumaon 350,000 acres = 35,000,000 Ibs. 



Eastern Gurhwal 180,000 18,000,000 



Western Gurhwal 180,000 , 18,000,000 



Deyrah Dhoon 100,000 10,000,000 



JousarBarun 10,000 1,000,000 



Kooloo 35,000 3,500,000 



Kangra Valley 30,000 3,000,000 



N.B. The general return, when in full bearing, may be given as 

 100 pounds of tea per acre, and by this scale the above is calculated. 

 Extracted from Dr. Jameson's work, " India" No. XXIII., before 

 quoted. 



