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would be required. The cost would probably be at the rate of five an- 

 nas for 300 plants 5 thus : 



The clearing of 10 tracts, each 400 by 200 yards, 2,000 0 0 



7,11,110 Tea plants, at 5 annas for 300, 710 11 8 



Planting the above, 474 0 0 



Weeding each tract 3 times each year, at 30 Rs. each tract, 900 0 0 



5 Tea houses, at 50 Rs. each, , aB 250 0 0 



200 Hoes at 1 Rupee each, e , 200 0 0 



100 Axes at 1 Rupee each, 100 0 0 



100 Daws at 1 Rupee each, 100 0 0 



Doliahs, Challonis, &c, bamboo apparatus, „.*»*. 200 0 0 



8 Saws at 5 Rupees each, 40 0 0 



Charcoal and firewood for baking the Tea, 200 0 0 



40 Cast-iron pans, at 4 Rs. each, 160 0 0 



Paper for Tea boxes, , ,. 100 0 0 



Chalk and Indigo, . 50 0 0 



3 Maunds of Nails of sizes, at 10 Rs. per maund, 30 0 0 



2 Elephants at 150 Rs. each, .. 300 0 0 



2 Elephant mahoots at 6 Rs. each per month, 144 0 0 



2 Elephant mates at 4 Rs. each per month, 96 0 0 



Rice for 2 Elephants, 96 0 0 



Lead for 888 boxes, at 3 seers per box containing 20 seers, 



at S Rs. per maund, 532 12 9 



A Cooiy sirdar at 10 Rs. per month, 120 0 0 



10 Duffadars, or Overseers of coolies at 3 Rs. per month,... 380 0 0 

 Coolies to collect leaves, 30 to each tract, 20 days to each 

 crop ; for 3 crops, or 60 days, at 3 Rs. for each man 



per month, 1,800 0 0 



4 Native carpenters, at 12 Rs. ditto, 576 0 0 



8 Sawyers, at 4 Rs. ditto, 384 0 0 



2 Native Lead-canister makers, at 12 Rs. ditto, . . 288 0 0 



Coolies to bring in timber for Sawyers 150 0 0 



5 Chinamen at 30 Rs. each per month, 1,800 0 0 



120 Native Tea makers at 5 Rs. each, for 5 months, or 



one season, , 3,000 0 0 



Freight to Calcutta, •. 400 0 0 



Ditto to England, 1,000 0 0 



Total outlay for 10 tracts, Co's. Rs... 16,591 8 5 



