1S39] extent and produce of the Tea Plantations in Assam, 193 



Deduct charges that are not annual, viz. — 



Clearing of tracts,.. 2,000 0 0 



Purchase of Tea plants, 740 0 0 



Planting ditto, 474 0 0 



Building Tea houses, 150 0 0 



Purchase of Hoes, 200 0 0 



Do. Axes, . , 100 0 0 



Do. Daws, 100 0 0 



Do. Saws, 40 0 0 



Do. Bamboo apparatus, 200 0 0 



Do. Elephants, «, 300 0 0 4,304 



0 0 



Total annual outlay on 10 tracts, 12,287 8 

 Average produce of 3,55,555 tea plants at 4 Sa. 1 

 Wt. each plant, is 444 Mds. or 17,777 Srs. ( 35 * r Q 



or 35,554 lbs. at 2*., or 1 rupee, per pound C ' ' " ' 

 would be, ) 



Annual profit on 10 tracts, Go's. Rs. 23,266 7 7 



Annual outlay 



Go's. Rs. 



For 10 tracts, 12/287 



For 100 tracts, 1,22,870 



For 1000 tracts, 12,28,700 



Annual profits Go's. Rs. 



On 10 tracts, ... 23,266 



On 100 tracts, 2,32,660 



On 1000 tracts, .23,26,600 



N. B.— The deduction of 4304 Rs. not being annual outlay is not included in this 

 calculation ahove 10 Tracts. 



Tea tract. 

 Required for 1 

 „ for 10 

 for 100 



Duffadars. Ta'kelah. Coolies. 



1 10 30 



10 100 300 



100 1000 3000 



It- must be remembered that this calculation has been made on 

 3,55,555 plants, not on double that number as I proposed, viz. to plant 

 them in pairs, which would certainly, on the lowest calculation, increase 

 the profits thirty per cent. It should be borne in mind also, that 4 sicca 

 weight is not the full produce of each plant; when full grown it will 

 yield double that, or 8 sicca weigh t,and some even as high as 10 to 12 sic- 

 ca weight. I have calculated at the rate of 4 sicca, which was absolutely 

 produced in 1838. The plant will, I should think, produce 25 per cent 

 more this year, and go on increasing to what I have above mentioned. 

 But then, on the other hand, the items which 1 have set down, are not all 

 that will be required to carry on this trade on an extensive scale. The 

 superintendence, numerous additional artizans that will be required, and 

 a thousand little wants which cannot be set down now, but which must 



