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days no man would have more highy appreciated its 
possession than myself That it may be found useful 
to the class for which it was intended is my earnest 
wish and hope. Let no one however suppose that I 
recommend the embryo planter to proceed, even if he 
‘have the means, with this little book in his pocket, 
to make an estate for himself. He will drop plenty 
-of money if he tries it. There is much to learn in 
Coffee Planting, that he will not find written in these 
pages, much that experience alone can teach him, and 
much that he can only learn in time and by practice. 
He will act wisely therefore, be he ever so smart, 
-or well supplied with the necessary finances, to place 
himself for a time under the instruction of some senior 
in the art, from whom he will gradually acquire a 
practical acquaintance with this very interesting branch 
-of agriculture. 
ALEX. Brown, 
April 1871. Kandy, Ceylon. 
APPENDIX : 
EsTIMATE FOR OPENING A “OFFEE ESTATE. 
This treatise would not be complete if it did not 
furnish a table to shew at what rate a Coffee Estate 
~ean be opened and brought into bearing. So much of 
the cost, however, depends on the mode in which the 
work is done, the nature of the ground, the abund- 
ance or searcity of labor, and though last, not least, 
the habits, expensive or economical, of the manager, 
that the sketch I am now to give will doubtless be 
found to differ materially fromthe experience of many 
of my fellow planters. With careful management, how- 
ever, I consider the scale is liberal, and 1 have known 
the work done for a lower figure—£15 per acre is I 
am satisfied a fair allowance to bring an estate into 
bearing: and it will be seen that in detail it works 
-out at this. Yet I have known a new clearing opened 
and brought into bearing for £10. And I have even 
heard of its having been done under peculiarly favorable 
circumstances for £8. In this table I assume that 
the planter starts with a block of land of 200 acres 
—that he opens only half of it—keeping the balance 
as a reserve to be opened at his convenience. And 
that he works with his own money. Such a clearing 
will generally be managed by a neighbour—which is 
the most economical way till it arrives at the 2nd 
_year. Hence, till then 1 fix the salary at only £100 
per annum. After that, with buildings to put up 
and crop to gather; as well as new land to open, 
the item of superintendence will increase, 
