14 TOBACCO GROWING IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



(1886). It may be observed that the rent, rates, 

 and taxes in Belgium ai-e exceptionally high, and 

 that the manure is put down at an exorbitant 

 price, owing to the fact of the cultivation of 

 tobacco being carried on by very small land- 

 owners, who cannot afford to procure the 

 manui'es wholesale. 



(A translation of the original document is 

 subjoined at the end.) 



£ s. d. 

 Manures . .17 9 4 per acre. 

 Labour . . 17 9 4 „ 



Rent, rates, taxes .568 „ 



£40 5 4 



To this has to be added a duty of two centimes 

 a plant, about 16,000 plants being calculated to 

 an acre. An ordinary year yields 2,700 lbs. an 

 acre, of which 70 per cent, is first quality, and 

 30 per cent, second and third quality ; the first 

 quality selling at 6hd. per lb., and the second 

 and third qualities at about 4^d. ; the net pi-ofit 

 amounting to about £18 or £19 per aei-c. 

 This calculation does not take into account the 

 enhanced value of succeeding crops, of which it 

 is reckoned that four or five corn-crops can be 

 taken off the land without extra manuring. 



