»PIC*«— COST OV CULTIVATING. Si 



The cost at the outset was enormous, ami it has 

 gradually decreased as experience has been giuued- 

 The following, after patient investigation, seenw to me 

 a fair average of expenses as they are likely to be 

 infultirc. 



Assuming- a plantation to be one hundred ortongs 

 (or about one hundred and thirty-three acres) m ex- 

 tent, the items will ruu thus : — ■ 

 (First Cost j 



Sp. DoUcrs. 

 100 orlongs of cleared land on a grant in 



ft e rpe tuffi 2,000 



Plants, planting, ditching, hedging and 



nursery ♦ • • « 1,600 



Btnttu^ga) implement*, and cattle, 400 



4 ? OUO 



This estimate may perhaps be found too 

 k>w ou account of the increasing value of 

 land. 



(Seven Years' Expenses.) 

 One overseer, 5 J Chinese labourers or 

 70 Chulialw, cattle, (or else manure,) carta, 

 pi »ogh»j quit-r^nt, au J compound interest 

 ou the outlay 39,000 



making a total of Sp. dollars . . . . 43,000 



But it ought al&o to be noticed that the cost varies 

 ac^rJing to Idealities, A sjil that is light and friable, 

 and which may be easily freed from the lallang grass, 

 may be cultivated at less expense than one of au al- 

 1 i vial nature. In tlie long run, however, the latter 

 makes ample amends in its superior productiveness. 

 N »r ought a plantation, which has cjuie into bearing, 

 to Im valued at its mere prime cost; for to it, a sum, 

 irjual to one-third at least of ibis last, may fairly be 



