22 The Neilgherry Moimiains. [No. S4, 



Estimate. 



6 bushels of barley, or 60 kolagums at 12 kolagiims 



per rupee, Rs. 500 



72 lbs. (3 maunds) of sugar, at 4 rupees per maund, 12 0 0 



7 lbs. of hops, imported from England,,, ,, 7 0 0 



Fuel for kiln drying malt, and boiling, , ,, 1 4 0 



Proportion of labour in steeping barley, turning malt, > 2 0 0 



drawing water, brewing, &c . J 



Sundries, „ 1 4 0 



Cartage to Bangalore (1 cask a load,) 9 0 0 



Total Rupees.. 37 8 0 



A hogshead should run 60 gallons of clear beer, hence Rs. ^^e= 



60 



10 amias per imperial gallon for the gross cost. 



This estimate might be reduced in many of its items if a Govern- 

 ment brewery were established here upon an extended scale. In the 

 first place all the yeast produced would meet with a ready sale in 

 Ootacamund, for the bakeries which are now dependent on the low 

 country for a supply of toddy, with which bread is fermented all 

 over India, and which, having to travel a consi- 

 ^ on* the 'Hiii?''fo? derable distance before it reaches the settlement, 

 making bread. ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ y^^^,^ passed into the stage of 



acetous fermentation, rendering it either unfit to make bread with, 

 or causing the bread to have an unwholesome and bad taste. A 

 large quantity of yeast would also be daily required for the bake- 

 houses of the European regiment located here. The estimate for 

 hops, at 1 Rupee per pound delivered here, is far too high, as, if sent 

 out by the Home Government in quantity, they could not possi- 

 bly stand in at the brewery at so high a rate ; and the cost of 

 labour would be diminished if a large quantity of beer were brewed 

 daily. 



I would further beg leave to dwell upon the importance to this 

 district of the establishment of such a manufac- 

 '^ed^b7X^n™eIse'd ^^^'^ "P°" ^ ^^^'S^ ^ Revenue point of 



foTraaitin-^ ^"^^^^^^ ^^'^^ S^'^^^ demand it would 



create for barley, would soon lead to the recla- 

 mation of the greater part of the waste but rich lands, which are now 

 left untouched through want of stimulus to the industry of the Hill 



