CONCERNING THE TEAK TREE. $$$ 



Wages of one man, per blggah, which is fully sufficient, 



for the first five years, at 36 rupees yearly - - >" 180 



For the next twenty-five years, allow one man to three 

 biggahs, is for one biggah twelve rupees, or for twen- 

 five years - - - - - - - 300 



Total charges of one biggah for thirty^five years - sgo 



Deducted from rupees 1694, leavesa clear profit of 1104 



Potatoes, leguminous, and culinary plants, meliorating crops. The ground 



may, with advantage to the plantation* be reared in constant ™f 7 be profi- 



succession, on the same ground, during the first two or three vated, and 



years, or until the tops of the trees are too large to admit of with advan- 



ta?e to the 

 theirgrowth. The produce thereof will help to defray the pjlm^tion, 



expence of labouring the ground during that period j afterwards, 



as already observed, little more will be required than keeping 



up a fence round the plantation, to keep cattle and idle people 



from hurting the trees, till they are so large as to be out of all 



danger. 



A period of thirty years is only brought into the foregoing ^Yhe observa- 



calculation, though it may well be imagined, that when in a tionsrelate to 



healthy state, they must continue to gain considerably, both in ii^rty'vezm 



size and quality, for a much longer period. In the Bath Pa- Subsequent 



pers on Agriculture and Planting, Vol. 7, Article \, Letter «Ae y.^"V''?ll'^ 

 r o o» /7 ? give higlier 



Fourth, a single oak tree is traced to have taken seventy-five profit, 

 years in acquiring a single ton ; whereas in another seventy- 

 five years, the same tree gave seven times as much in quantity, 

 besides the increase in value as naval timber. 



In addition to the remarks already made, it may be proper to 

 add the following extract of a letter from Thomas Barnet, Esq. 

 to G. H, Barlow, Esq. Chief iSecretary to the Government, 

 dated 8th November, 17QQ. 



*' A few years ago, a number of teak tree plants were, by 



* About six years ago my gardener trenched a piece of useless ground 

 behind some cottages,and planted it with refuse elnj suckers; thus prepar- 

 ed, the poor people availed themselves of the circumstance,set the ground 

 with beans and potatoes, and have continued to crop it ever since; this 

 has been of service to them, and of infinite benefit to the trees, which, 

 by means of this annual culture, have outstript their undisturbed bre- 

 thren, and almost doubled their contents. Bath Puper, Vcl. 6, p. 17. 



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