244 COFFEE I ITS CULTIVATION AND PROFIT. 



Cinchona plantations in the province, for a reward 

 of Rs. 100 has been offered to any Karen who 

 will undertake Cinchona cultivation ; but as yet 

 no application has been made for any of the 

 plants. Every explanation of the above plan of 

 settlement will be afforded on application to the 

 Deputy Commissioner of Tavoy, the Commissioner 

 of Tenasserim at Moulmein, or the Secretariat, 

 Rangoon. The subject is worth the attention of 

 young planters with a little ready cash on hand. 

 How the district will prosper remains to be 

 seen, but those on the spot are sending home 

 rosy accounts of the new land. It is one in which 

 labour should become abundant, where soil should 

 be cheap and good, " leaf disease ' absent or 

 nearly so, and in a country presenting exceptional 

 chances and openings to a young man, while the 

 climate on the hills is said to be very healthy. 

 " People seem to have little knowledge of where 

 Tavoy is ; their geographical knowledge regarding 

 British Burma is only limited : one man thinks 

 it's awfully moist and unhealthy, and another 

 wants to know if the land is still under King 

 Theebaw ! The climate is similar to Ceylon and 

 healthy for Europeans in the extreme ; they all 

 get fat. The rainfall this year, 190 inches. The 

 rain commences showery in April and May. In 

 June the monsoon sets in, and breaks up in July, 

 the end of; then from July to middle of November 

 nice showers ; no rain from middle of November 



