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would be no difficulty in raising two crops in a year. Forty bags of rice, 
however poor in quality, would fetch at least a hundred and forty 
dollars. From my experience of rice growing, I think I am safe in 
estimating that the cost of seed, preparation of land, already used for 
rice growing, transplanting, weeding, topping, reaping of two crops, 
and threshing by hand and cleaning in a stamper pot, 40 bags of rice 
would not exceed sixty- five dollars. If twenty-four dollars is added 
for rent of land and water supply, the cost of production comes to 
eighty. nine dollars. This shews an apparent profit of fifty-one dollars 
per acre per annum, which seems almost too good to be true. 
The result of the experiments point to the probability of such enor- 
mous profits accruing from the growing of some of the varieties of 
Indian rice under the very favourable circumstances which are at our 
disposal here, as to call for immediate trials on a larger scale. Arrange- 
meats are being made to have these carried out. 
A. R. GILZEAN. 
