April 1, 1864.] THE TECHNOLOGIST. 



TEA PLANTATIONS IN INDIA. 421 



of Nundidroog, on the Shervaroy and Bababooden hills, at Curtallum, 

 and in various parts of Travancore. Although tea plants have been 

 introduced, and are growing at each of these localities, they are not all 

 equally promising ; and the place in the market which any of them is 

 to occupy has not yet been ascertained, and cannot be so until the in- 

 troduction of competent manipulation completes the experiment." 



North West Provinces. — Dr. William Jamieson, Superintendent 

 of the Botanical Gardens, North Western Provinces, writes from Seha- 

 runpore, dated 12th May, 1862 :— 



" I have the honour to lay before you, for the information of the 

 Honourable the Lieutenant-Governor, a detailed statement showing the 

 manner in which the Government tea plantations have been worked, 

 and the results obtained during the last season. 



" The out-turn of tea during the last season shows a decrease on that 

 of the former year, caused by the great drought during the cold weather 

 and months of April and May. The grain crops throughout the upper 

 part of the Doab were a failure. It ought not, therefore, to be a matter 

 of surprise that the yield of tea shows a decrease, particularly as the 

 chief or first crop of leaf almost entirely failed. Considering this, the 

 decrease may be considered small, and showing how admirably the 

 plant is fitted for the Kohistan of the North Western Provinces and 

 Punjab. 



" The quantity of tea prepared in the factories was as follows : — 



Kowlaghir Factory, Dehra Dhoon. 



Green Teas. 



lbs. lbs. 



Gunpowder ...... 199 



Imperial Gunpowder .... 182 



Hyson 150 



Young Hyson ..... 386 

 Hyson Skin 817 



1,734 



Samples sent to Exhibition ... 21 



Black Teas. 



Souchong 4,846 



Fine Souchong 1,853 



6,699 



Pouchong 3,244 



3,244 



Bohea 3,284 



Total . . . 14,982 



