45 COFEEE PLANTERS’ MANUAL. 
EsTIMATE FOR BRINGING A CoFFEE ESTATE INTO 
BEARING IN CEYLON, 
lst Year. 
200 acres land at average value say £3 per acre £600 
Felling and leaning 100 acres @ £2 5s, = £225 
Pegs.. 15 
Lining sik aes ~ ; i 10 
Tools sek “ge set av oe 30 
Holing tive me uk aide eg teed 
Planting... se se “3 bi 50 
Lines for laborers.. she _ 30 
Superintendent's bungalow at sn 50 
Plants a be od 75 
Weeding, Ist. six months... en esl! 
Ditto, 2nd six months.. ory (eee 
— 135 
Superintendence Ist year wh .. 100 
—- £920 
2nd Year. 
Weeding... ie ae oe Seco hOg 
Supplying ... hos bic ¥ ce 50 
Roads — ae ree Sue TRAE BBS 50 
oppime -o.. ee e eh ste 10 
Suckering ... A at. set “35 10 
Superintendence ... ge P88 OF, 800 
— £320 
3rd Year. 
Ordinary work as last... Ae VERE 320 
Extra to Superintendent... A .. 100 
Handling ... Re Oe, id Fe: 30 
Pulper ot Sh Ny Lu By, 30 
Pulping House... 2. ae Soc 50 
‘Temporary Store ... kd a) TOUS: 
Crop, Gatherin 
ee Guiagon | 600 cwts.@ 6/8 ... 200 
Transport to folontbe of 3,000 bushels 
‘ Parchment @ 1/ r 150 
80 
£2,820 
Cr. 
By value of 600 cwts. of Coffee at 50/in Colombo £1,500 
Estate now three years old, stands to the debit £1,320 
And should be worth £5,000 
-N.B.—The other 100 acres could, if all available, be 
brought into bearing for £1,500, when the estate if it 
had been well cared for should be worth £10,000. It 
would then, however, require more per manent and 
therefore more costly buildings. 
