R. 
R. 
1st year — 
Value of land at R.lOO per acre 
2,500 
Clearing undergrowth, and first weeding 
at R.15 
375 
Lining, holing, planting, and supplying 
at R.20 ....... 
500 
Superintendence ..... 
500 
Cost of 37,500 good double bulbs, allow- 
ing 50 per cent for supplies, at R.30 per 
1,000 
1,125 
Tools, etc. ...... 
100 
Roads and weeding .... 
200 
Cost at end of 1st year (plants one 
1 
year old) ....... 
5,300 
2nd year — 
Supplying and cost of bulbs . 
200 
Weeding ...... 
125 
Superintendence ..... 
500 
Contingencies ..... 
100 
925 
Cost at end of 2nd year (plants two 
years old) ...... 
6,225 
3rd year — 
Expenditure 3rd year as before 
925 
Cost at end of 3rd year (plants three 
i 
years old) ...... 
1 
! 
7,150 
4th year — 
1 
Superintendence and contingencies . 
1 600 
Erection of curing-house, including cost 
of scissors, etc. . 
1,500 
Picking, curing, clipping, packing, and 
transporting 3,750 lbs. dry fruit at 40 cents 
per lb. . . . . . 
1,500 
3,100 
Cost at end of 4th year (plants four 
years old) ...... 
10,250 . 
Receipts — 3,250 lbs. at R.2 = R.6,500 ; 
500 lbs. split at R.0'75 = 
6,876 
5th year — 
3,375 
Superintendence and contingencies . 
600 
Pruning and clearing tools 
100 
Picking, etc., as before, 6,250 lbs. at 
40 cents per lb. ..... 
2,500 
1 
3,200 
Cost at end of 5th year (plants five 
years old) ...... 
6,575 
Receipts — 5,400 lbs. at R.2 = R.10,800 ; 
850 split at R.0-75 - R.637 
11,437 
Profit 
4,862 
