Management. g1 
allowance, this is much cheaper for the proprietors 
as the wear and tear of the ponies is great on 
steep gardens. The allowance is generally Rs, 25 
a pony a month, some few estates allow Rs. 
8l. A regular garden Diary should be kept 
by every manager or what is better a sheet like 
the one on reverse. In event of the manager of 
a garden going on leave or joining another estate, . 
the new manager is at a very great disadvantage 
until he gets to know his new charge thoroughly 
and it often happens that a planter who has been 
successful on his former charges, does badly for 
a year or two, through not knowing the peculiar- 
ities of the garden he joins, Certain patches of 
tea may be particularly subject to blight, the soil 
vary much in different portions, or rainfall be 
very short. So if on taking over charge of a gar- 
den he finds a proper account of all the work that 
has been done for years with the results attained, 
it is a very great help to him. On some estates 
the manager looks after garden, and assistant fac, 
tory, and on others assistant garden, and manager 
factory, In either case if the work is being done 
