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thon. further extension of the industry has brought 

 the area under cultivation up to about 5«o,(MM> acreH. 

 and the aimual output to utvr 2Gl.O(»0.0(K> lbs., of whieh 

 as mueh as 249,(KM),«K)0 lbs. has been exiwrted in a 

 single year. 



The tea districts of Northern India arc in Assam, 

 Ilengal, North -West Provinces and the Punjab ; those 

 t)f Southern India are in Madras and the native State 

 of Travanoore. Tlie Assam phmtations make up more 

 than half of the total area under tea throughout all 

 India. 



IJurma has some tea plantations, but most of their 

 crop is converted into pickled tea, which is not suitable 

 for European consumption, 



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TEA-M.\KrNO IN INPI.V 



There are two classes of tea plantations in India — 

 thoeo situated among hills, and those occupying plains. 



The principal hill-gardcns are on the lower ranges of 

 the Himalayas, as at Darjwling, where grows the 

 finest Indian tea ; at Alraora and Naini Tal in the 

 United Provinces ; and in the Simla and Kangra Valley 

 districts of the Punjab. There are also hill-gardens 

 around Chittagong in Eastern l^>nt:al ; and in Soutiiern 

 India, around Ma<lras. ^ 



The tea districts in tlu' plam.s arc tho.se of Assam, 

 including the Hrahmaputra Valley, and the Surma 

 Valley ; of Jalpaiguri. in ICostern B(*ngal ; and of 

 Travancore. in the south. 



In setting out on our wander tour among tin* ex- 

 ieusive tea-lands of this vast country, we are induced 



