from the first Taik of seeds about 
1880 the first real tea field was planted a fi : 
. 10,000 plants. ‘the total area under tea = tivation was 
cues I acres, and the ot of tea produced w about 57,000 
ast year km the amount of tea produced 
t may be pointed ‘out that the extent of country supposed to be 
lit. ble f for tea culture in Natal is confined to a belt about 12 miles. 
iri 
sea, where there is 
to frost, and so far it has proved succe 
a industry in Natal i is practically in its atten but the results 
. Stanton, in the. ; 
the tea vides: in the 
court dn. re epre esenta- 
e indicative of 
