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ing, plowing, weeding, pruning, road making, bridge building, house 

 repairing, wood sawing, charcoal burning, and many other impor- 

 tant works of equal consequence, but too numerous to mention here. 

 There should be good drainage, and no stable or manure of any kind 

 allowed to be wasted, but all the latrines, stable pits, &c., drained 

 into a close reservoir for future utilization on the plantation. 



Good water is one of the most essential things in a tea garden, as 

 it not nnfrequently occurs that bad water is the cause of epidemic 

 diseases, and such organic diseases as are not only detrimental to the 

 laborers themselves, but are frequently felt by a loss sustained by the 

 factory to more than ten times the cost of good wells, tanks, ground 

 filters, &c., &c. 



Factoey and Storehouse 

 Should be entirely isolated from all other buildings, as should the 

 storehouse, and they should each be surrounded by a ditch and wall, 

 or a strong fence, for the purpose of keeping out trespassers and stray 

 cattle. Both factory and storehouse should be built of iron or brick^ 

 and on no account should thatched or shingled houses be used. The 

 ground round the factory must be kept clean and no grass allowed to 

 grow, as the space is required for the withering of the leaf, for the 

 purpose of making hlack teas; therefore it would be advisable to plant 

 it out, at long distances, with fruit trees, or even with vegetables 

 or flowers ; it would cost but very little more than keeping it 

 clear. 



Before quitting this subject it may not be deemed superfluous to 

 offer some suggestions as to the nature and number of the buildings- 

 required to be erected. 



Eesidence of Managek. 

 The residence and out offices of a manager, on first opening out 

 the estate might be roughly and cheaply built, of materials procur- 

 able on the spot, as a frame house with shingle roof; care should 

 always be taken that the flooring be raised above the ground, at least 

 three or four feet, so as to avoid all chance of malaria, which is very 

 prevalent in newly cleared forest. This house should be so substan- 

 tially erected as to last till such time as every building on the estate 

 ought to be made permanent, by being constructed of masonry, 

 which would prove cheapest and best in the end, as no repairs would 

 be needed and no risk run. 



