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REMARKS. 



" The average of the sale is consequently 3-1-7 rupees per 

 acre, but that average has been largely increased by biddings 

 on No. 3. Captain Duff and his partner, Captain Souter, had 

 previously selected this site and commenced building, and were 

 consequently obliged to pay high to secure the lot. Again, 

 Captain Younghusband had secured 180 acres of cultivated 

 land at Kunyara, and particularly required the lot put up to 

 complete his advertisement. The lots generally are not promis- 

 ing. The streams said to be e in the neighbourhood ' are some of 

 them dry, some of them below the lots they should irrigate. 

 The soil not generally good, but the spots will form nuclei on 

 which to graft other and more advantageous plots. They give 

 a footing to the intending planter. 



" There are at present four planting concerns, the first the 

 Kangra Tea Company, managed by an enterprising young gen- 

 tleman, Mr. E. Meakin, on behalf of himself and others. The 

 Kundee concern, of which Captain Duff and Captain S outer are 

 owners, the Baijnath concern, owned by Captains Fitzgerald 

 and Cooper and Dr. Frazer; and the Nassar Company, in 

 which Captain Lees of Calcutta, Captain Elphinston of Jul- 

 lundhur, and Captain Orr of Lucknow, are shareholders. Dr. 

 Crawford has bought for himself and brothers. 



" The prospects of tea cultivation are promising, but much 

 capital will have to be laid out before any of the land but the 

 best can be brought into suitable condition. Houses must be 

 built, factories established, the villagers conciliated, roads con- 

 structed, &c. I will give you a few more memoranda on the 

 subject when I have more leisure." 



APPENDIX L. 



(From the "Delhi Gazette" July 2lst, 1860.) 



THE following extract is from a letter from the Punjaub : 

 "At the sale of waste lands at Kangra there were eight pur- 

 chasers, and some of the lots brought seven rupees an acre ; 

 and had not the intended purchasers accommodated one another 



