1839.] extent and produce of the Tea Plantations in Assam. 519 



pulverized and sifted saffron is laid on and dried. The paper on the 

 corners of the boxes is ornamented by means of a wooden block with 

 flowers carved on it ; on this bit of wood very thin paper, cut to its size,, 

 is placed, and a mixture, consisting of pulverized saffron, indigo, and 

 water, having a deep green color, is laid singly on each bit of paper 

 with a brush made of cocoanut fibres. These slips of paper are put 

 one above the other, twenty thick, or as long as the paper takes the 

 impression of the carved wood below. When the corners of the boxes 

 have been ornamented with this paper and dried, another mixture, 

 about the proportion of four seers of oil to three seers of rosin, boiled 

 together, is applied with a cocoanut brush over all the boxes as a 

 finish ; after these are dry they are ready for the Tea. 



The following table will shew the size and produce of the Tea 

 tracts now worked, and the probable amount of Tea for this and the 

 next season. 



Names of Tea 

 tracts fully 

 worked in 1838. 



No. 1 Tringri, 

 No. 2, Tringri, 

 No. 1 Kahung, 

 No lChubwa, 

 Deenjoy, . . . , 



Length and 



Number of 



breadth of 



plants in 



Tea tracts. 



each Tea 





tract. 



267 by 90 



5,000 



155 by 70 



2,340 



480 by 210 



1,36,000 



200 by 160 



8,200 



223 by 171 



8,400 



From Shady Tracts, 



Average pro- 

 duce of single 

 Tea plants. 



4 Sa. Weight. 

 3-12 Sa. Wt., 

 4 Sa. Weight, 

 4 Sa. Weight, 

 2 Sa. Weight, 



The probable increase of the above Tracts for 1839. 



Produce in 



1838. 



260 Seers 

 160 „ 

 680 „ 

 410 „ 

 210 „ 



1,720 

 390 



"i^Tlo" 



527 



Probable produce of 1839 2,637 Seers 



Remarks. 



The plants are 

 small in this tract 

 including China 

 plants. 



5,274 ffes. 



Names of the 



Length and 



Numberof 



Probable 



Probable 





tracts to be 



breadth of 



plants in 



produce of one 



produce in 



Remarks. 



worked in 1840. 



Tea tracts. 



each Tea 

 tract. 



Tea plant. 



1840. 





No. 2 Kahung, 



192 by 114 



4,720 



3 Sa. Weight, 



177 





No. 3 Do. 



215 by 70 



3,440 



3 Sa. Weight, 



129 





No. 2Chubwa, 



160 by 70 



2,420 



3 Sa. Weight, 



90 





Nowholea, 



476 by 160 



16,480 



3 Sa. Weight, 



618 





Tipun, 



344 by 331 



24,620 



3 Sa. Weight, 



922 



~) The plants in 



Jugundoo, 



400 by 200 



17,300 



3 Sa. Weight, 



648 



> these tracts now 



Ningrew, 300 by 189 



12,260 



3 Sa. Weight, 



459 



) small will not 

 yield a good co'rp 

 for two years. 



The probable produce of th 

 Add the probable produce 



e above 7 far 

 of the other 



b tracts in 1 





2,943 



2,637 



5 tracts 



340 



Probable produce of all th 



5,580 



41,160 lbs. 







