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ami fiN't according to \\\v ("liirux" nu-th(xl of iiianu- 

 faotiin*. 



Timo prossoH, and we miwt bo making our way to 

 other l<'a-lnnds. But U^fore we K-ave Assam. I want 

 to sa}' a few words with the object of helping }ou to 

 appreciate all that has been done in various parts of 

 India to further the interests of the tea industry, and 

 generally to bt^nefit the consumer. The foundations 

 of the Indian tea trade were laid by the pione<T8 in 

 Assam, whoso courageously fought against many trjing 

 eircumstaneos ; but the growth of that trade to its 

 present flourishing state is the result of work done by 

 generation after generation of equally enthusiastic, 

 hard-working and ambitious agriculturists, scientists, 

 and industrial organiz«Ts. Year by year, means of 

 transport have been improved ; notoriously unhealthy 

 regions have been rendered more and more fit for 

 habitation by jungle-clearing, drainage, and the erec- 

 tion of well- planned houses for all grades of employees ; 

 and, generally sjx'aking. steady progress has gnulually 

 simplified the business of tea production in India. 

 Nevertheless, even to-day a tea-planter there has to 

 work verj- hard. 



Judging by what you saw in Ceylon, yon are, I 

 ex]x*ct. incliiK'd to think that a tea- planter has very 

 little time for play, no matter in what part of the world 

 is the estate for which he is responsible. Henc<^ you 

 are wond«Ting why I have s|x«cially drawn your 

 attention to the lot of the pres<'nt-day manager of a 

 tea-estate in India. 



I have already told you that tiicrc arc two cla,sses of 

 tea plantations in India — those situated among hills, 

 and those occupying plains. By pointing out to you 



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