352 CONCERNING THE TEAK. TttEB. 



shafts or trunks thirty feet long, and at least four feet In circum- 

 ference, which gives, according, to the bases of timber mer- 

 chants' measurement, a girth or square of twelve inches. The 

 dimensions of such a piece of limber will therefore be thirty- 

 square feet, or three quarters of a ton, which, at one rupee (or 

 about tvi'o shillings and sixpence sterling) per square foot, the 

 average price of Pegu teak in this place (Calcutta) for some 

 time past, will amount to thirty rupees par tree. Nor is it 

 likely that the price of this indispensable commodity will fall; 

 our growing trade, and consequent increase of shipping, gives 

 reason to think it will rather rise in price. Let us, however, 

 be on the safe side, and say, that each of the last-mentioned 

 forty-two trees will be worth only twenty rupees each. 

 Value of the From the above statement, the value of a biggah of land, 

 produce. planted with teak trees, will produce, during thirty years, as 



follows : 



Rupees. 

 In the first ten years I70arecut, and reckoned to be 



worth one rupee each, is - - - - 170 



In the next ten years 85 more are cut, and worth four 



rupees each, is - - - - - - 340 



In the next following five years 43 more are cut, and 



worth eight rupees each, is ----- 344 

 At the end of thirty years, the remaining 42 trees are 



reckoned worth 20 rupees each, is - - - 840 



Total produce at the end of thirty years - - . 1694 



Independent of the branches, many of the largest of which 

 will be fit for knees, and other crooked timbers, of small dimen- 

 sions, consequently of considerable value. 

 Reduction of From the above sum of l6c)f rupees is to be deducted the 

 rent, ex- rent of land for the before-stated time, together with the ex- 



pences, c. pgjjce of planting, hedging, and taking care of the young 

 plants during the first few years J after that they will require' 



little or no care. 



Rupees. 



The former let us suppose to be three rupees the biggah, 

 which is certainly an high rent, and will amount, in 

 thirty years, to - - - - . - ()0 



Charges of planting and hedging, say - - - 20 



Wages 



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