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D.—TEA AND CHOCOLATE.
An exhibition of teas from localities other than
the well-known ones in China possesses more than
ordinary interest. There can be no donbt that tea
will be extensively cultivated in India, land spread
over a district exceeding 1,000 miles in length being
more or less adapted to its growth. The production
of Tea in Assam has taken very firm root, and is
spreading with almost unexampled rapidity, although
no samples were sent for exhibition. But the cultivation
of tea is not confined to Assam ; the Government
of India having succeeded, through the able
agency of Dr. Jameson, in introducing its cultivation
into Dhera Dhoon, Kumaon, Gurhwal, and Kangra.
As the result of this, private enterprise—as represented
by a number of individuals and several
Companies—is now engaged in extending its cultivation
in the districts in question, the Government
still, however, continuing to foster its growth, not
with the view to immediate pecuniary profit, but
simply to encourage so important an article of commerce.
In the Neilgherries also, the introduction of
tea culture has proved a success.
Exhibited from the Curzon Estate, Kotergherry.
2.228. Dust tea.
2.229. Orange Pekoe.
2.230. Pekoe.
2.231. Gunpowder.
This latter is a small black tea, and not the green
tea usually known by the name of Gunpowder.
C. Havelock, Esq., Thia Shola Estate, Ootacamund.
2.267. Pekoe.
2.268. Pekoe Souchong.
E. G. Brace, Esq., Kotergherry.
2.269. Pekoe.
J. G. Findlay, Esq., Kotergherry'.
2.270. Neilgherry Tea.
Thos. Stanes, Coonoor.
2.271. Flowery Pekoe.
Mr. Rohde, Balmadies Estate, Ootacamund.
2.272. Neilgherry tea.
Kousanie Tea Company.
4,180. Orange Pekoe tea.
4,180. Pekoe.
4,180. Souchong.
4,180. Kousanie mixture.
4,180. Young Hyson.
4,180. Hyson.
4,180. Imperial.
4,180. Gunpowder.
The following information respecting the foregoing
samples was furnished by the manager of the
Company:—
Probable value of the above samples in the London
Market.
Orange Pekoe
Pekoe - - -
Souchong
Kousanie mixture -
Young Hyson
Hyson -
Imperial
Gunpowder -
s. d. s. d.
perlb. from 3 0 to 3 6
„ „ 2 10 „ 3 4
„ „ 2 8 „ 3 2
„ „ 2 6 „ 3 4
„ „ 3 6 „ 4 0
„ ,, 3 0 „ 3 6
„ „ 2 6 „ 2 10
„ „ 2 4 „ 2 6
Out-turn of Kumaon and Gurwhal season, 1872:
250,000 lbs.
Land tenure, “ fee simple.” Cost of manufacture,
from 10 to 12 annas per lb. Number of hands
employed on this garden, 350—half local and half
imported from Nepaul. Remuneration, Rs. .4 per
mensem for able-bodied men.
The exhibits have been manufactured by Luchee
Chowdry, native of India, under the superintendence
of H. McMaster, and are the produce of the season
1872.
Kuttyoor Tea Company, Kumaon.
4,181. Young Hyson.
4,181. Hyson. No. I.
4,181. Hyson. No. II.
4,181. Gunpowder. No. I.
4,181. Gunpowder. No. II.
4,181. Imperial Gunpowder.
The probable value of the accompanying musters in
the London market.
As long since as 1862, upwards of fifty tea plantations
existed in Cachar, and some thousands of
acres were under cultivation.
8.515. Pekoe Souchong. Cachar.
8.516. Pekoe. Cachar.
8.512. Congou. Cachar.
8,518. Broken leaf. Cachar.
8,514. Souchong. Cachar.
8,517- Broken pekoe. Cachar.
8.513. Broken Pekoe Souchong.
Both in Kumaon and Gurwhal, and the Deyrah
Dhoon, Government plantations, as well as those of
individuals and Companies, are to be found. In the
year 1861 alone, the Government distributed to
private planters throughout Kumaon, Gurwhal,
Deyrah Dhoon, and the Punjab upwards of 130 tons
of seed, and 2,400,000 seedlings.
Young Hyson
No. I. Hyson
No. II. Hyson
No. I. Gunpowder
No. II. Gunpowder
Imperial Gunpowder
perlb. from 2 11 to 3
„ „ 2 10 „ 2
„ „ 2 7 „ 2
» „ 2 4 „ 2
„ „ 2 0 „ 2
» >> 1 7 „ 1
Out-turn of the district for the season of 1872:
About 300,000 lbs.
0
11
8
6
2
8
Rcntal value of land :
Rs. 2-8 per acre of forest land buys in it fee-simplc.
Government rental on land is about, on the average,
12 annas per acre.
Cost of manufacture :
About front 8 to 10 annas per lb.
