263 
Rs. 
ought forward 6,582 
Weeding, at Re. 1 acre ee onth ... Ey 3.6 
Cost of surveying Tis round plantation, s «d ey 75 
Contingencies, such as special work, ere | over streams, 
or supplying vacancies, &c. Bes m 250 
Salary of assistant... E. te lii si h^ 1,000 
Tappal cooly a os 2 T is i am 120 
Tools... ve ij T - at "^ : 300 
Total ... 11,927 
“This represents an average of Rs. 40 per acre. A return of 
Rs. 4,200 is estimated to be obtained by the sale of beg and 
firewood from the land cleared. P should suffice to erect the 
Assistant's bungalow and leave a small margin for c contingencies 
“ To this estimate private po must add the cost of land 
and of seed aba t Rs. 20 per 1,000). "These items will A, 
bring up the MA cost for the first year to at least Rs. "A per 
Ts Asa Haa of fact 300 acres is more than can be o 
in one year, as the number of seeds requi red will be at [uh 
160. ,000, CENE amounts to nearly rid years’ crop of the trees in 
the Botanic Garden 
* For the second, “third, and fourth years Mr. Lewis estimates 
following i is at the of Rs. 5 per acre, the cost of the planta- 
ip and oy cia the tenth year, might work out as 
folio 
Rs. 
Cost of land, aue acres at Rs. 75 fe Ds fs .. 22,500 
Cost of se in x ^s w: $000 
First year's pen above s es i 475:11,927 
Weeding and rupptring. second year (UM RUE e i 800 
Do. thir aM -4AUUR dit ood AD 
Do. reet oit hae ud 1000 
Do. fifth to tenth years, ‘inclusive... 9,000 
Salary of assistant, second to tenth years, inclusive.. .. 9,000 
Tappal cooly and tools, second to tenth years inclusive |... 1,25€ 
TON. ues on TTE 
o 
* Allowing interest at the rate of 7 per cent. on all mon 
expended up to the end of the tenth year, the outlay upon the 
plantation will amount to at least Rs. 100,000, or Rs. 366°66 per 
acre. 
“ Return.—The value of Para rubber in the London market 
varies between two and four shillings perlb.according etsy ed 
the which 
2s. per lb., and the yield in the tenth year at 100 Ib. only per 
acre, the return in that year will be £10, or say Rs. 150 per 
