I do not think plants reach to perfect maturity under eight or ten years.
That eight maunds per acre as estimated in the table just given can be realised, under the conditions stated, I have no doubt whatever, but I am equally certain that the size of some gardens in India must be much reduced if even five or six maunds are looked for.[82] Not only must they be reduced in size, but they must be highly cultivated, must be manured, and no vacancies allowed. However, I have dwelt on all these points before, and need not repeat here, for unless the reader is convinced before this that a large area and low cultivation won’t pay, it were waste to write more.
I now give a table showing the result for twelve years of a plantation such as I have advised.
TABLE SHOWING THE ESTIMATED RESULTS FOR 12 YEARS OF A 300-ACRE PLANTATION, IN A GOOD TEA CLIMATE, HIGHLY CULTIVATED AND LIBERALLY MANURED.
| Year and Rate of yielding in maunds | Yield in maunds of 300 acres and its Value | Yearly Results | Final Results | Remarks. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
| Year | Yield per acre as per page [170] | Supposed year | Rate yield of 100 acres, planted in 1875 | Rate yield of 100 acres, planted in 1876 | Rate yield of 100 acres, planted in 1877 | Total yearly yield in maunds | Value per maund | Receipt from sale of Tea | Total expenditure detailed at pages [164], [165], [166] | Yearly Profit | Yearly Loss | Total receipts to end of each year | Total expenditure to end of each year | Balance to credit end of each year | Balance to debit end of each year | |
| Mds. | Mds. | Mds. | Mds. | Mds. | Rs. 50 per maund, after cost of manufacture, packing,and transport are deducted, see pages [70] & [162] | Rs. | Rs. | Rs. | Rs. | Rs. | Rs. | Rs. | Rs. | It will be seen from this table as follows:— 1. About Rs. 90,000 of capital is necessary to make a plantation as quick as this. If made more gradually, very much less would suffice. 2. There is no yearly profit until the fifth year. 3. By the eighth year all the outlay is recovered. This table has been prepared with great care, and the authority for the figures assumed has been arrived at in previous parts. (See headings of the Cols. for the pages and note at foot.) At the following pages will be found the calculations for the figures assumed:—Col. 2, page [170]; Col. 8, pages [70] and [162]; Col. 10, pages [164], [165], [166]. I believe this table represents truly what Tea, with all the necessary advantages detailed in the next page, can do. | ||
| 1 | .. | 1875 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22,600 | .. | 22,600 | .. | 22,600 | .. | 22,600 | ||
| 2 | .. | 1876 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23,000 | .. | 23,000 | .. | 45,600 | .. | 45,600 | ||
| 3 | ½ | 1877 | ½ | .. | .. | 50 | 2,500 | 37,657[83] | .. | 35,157 | 2,500 | 83,257 | .. | 80,757 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1878 | 2 | ½ | .. | 250 | 12,500 | 23,400 | .. | 10,900 | 15,000 | 1,06,657 | .. | 91,657 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 1879 | 4 | 2 | ½ | 650 | 32,500 | 25,700 | 6,800 | .. | 47,500 | 1,32,357 | .. | 84,857 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 1880 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1,100 | 55,000 | 28,000 | 27,000 | .. | 1,02,500 | 1,60,357 | .. | 57,857 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 1881 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1,500 | 75,000 | 42,000 | 33,000 | .. | 1,77,500 | 2,02,357 | .. | 24,857 | ||
| 8 | 7 | 1882 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1,800 | 90,000 | 39,000 | 51,000 | .. | 2,67,500 | 2,41,357 | 26,143 | .. | ||
| 9 | 7½ | 1883 | 7½ | 7 | 6 | 2,050 | 1,02,500 | 31,000 | 71,500 | .. | 3,70,000 | 2,72,357 | 97,643 | .. | ||
| 10 | 8 | 1884 | 8 | 7½ | 7 | 2,250 | 1,12,500 | 31,000 | 81,500 | .. | 4,82,500 | 3,03,357 | 1,79,143 | .. | ||
| 11 | 8 | 1885 | 8 | 8 | 7½ | 2,350 | 1,17,500 | 31,000 | 86,500 | .. | 6,00,000 | 3,34,357 | 2,65,643 | .. | ||
| 12 | 8 | 1886 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2,400 | 1,20,000 | 31,000 | 89,000 | .. | 7,20,000 | 3,65,357 | 3,54,643 | .. | ||
| Year and Rate of yielding in maunds | Yield in maunds of 300 acres and its Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Year | Yield per acre as per page [170] | Supposed year | Rate yield of 100 acres, planted in 1875 | Rate yield of 100 acres, planted in 1876 | Rate yield of 100 acres, planted in 1877 | Total yearly yield in maunds | Value per maund |
| Mds. | Mds. | Mds. | Mds. | Mds. | Rs. 50 per maund, after cost of manufacture, packing,and transport are deducted, see pages [70] & [162] | ||
| 1 | .. | 1875 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2 | .. | 1876 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 3 | ½ | 1877 | ½ | .. | .. | 50 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1878 | 2 | ½ | .. | 250 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1879 | 4 | 2 | ½ | 650 | |
| 6 | 5 | 1880 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1,100 | |
| 7 | 6 | 1881 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1,500 | |
| 8 | 7 | 1882 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1,800 | |
| 9 | 7½ | 1883 | 7½ | 7 | 6 | 2,050 | |
| 10 | 8 | 1884 | 8 | 7½ | 7 | 2,250 | |
| 11 | 8 | 1885 | 8 | 8 | 7½ | 2,350 | |
| 12 | 8 | 1886 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2,400 | |
| Yearly Results | Final Results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Receipt from sale of Tea | Total expenditure detailed at pages [164], [165], [166] | Yearly Profit | Yearly Loss | Total receipts to end of each year | Total expenditure to end of each year | Balance to credit end of each year | Balance to debit end of each year |
| Rs. | Rs. | Rs. | Rs. | Rs. | Rs. | Rs. | Rs. |
| .. | 22,600 | .. | 22,600 | .. | 22,600 | .. | 22,600 |
| .. | 23,000 | .. | 23,000 | .. | 45,600 | .. | 45,600 |
| 2,500 | 37,657[83] | .. | 35,157 | 2,500 | 83,257 | .. | 80,757 |
| 12,500 | 23,400 | .. | 10,900 | 15,000 | 1,06,657 | .. | 91,657 |
| 32,500 | 25,700 | 6,800 | .. | 47,500 | 1,32,357 | .. | 84,857 |
| 55,000 | 28,000 | 27,000 | .. | 1,02,500 | 1,60,357 | .. | 57,857 |
| 75,000 | 42,000 | 33,000 | .. | 1,77,500 | 2,02,357 | .. | 24,857 |
| 90,000 | 39,000 | 51,000 | .. | 2,67,500 | 2,41,357 | 26,143 | .. |
| 1,02,500 | 31,000 | 71,500 | .. | 3,70,000 | 2,72,357 | 97,643 | .. |
| 1,12,500 | 31,000 | 81,500 | .. | 4,82,500 | 3,03,357 | 1,79,143 | .. |
| 1,17,500 | 31,000 | 86,500 | .. | 6,00,000 | 3,34,357 | 2,65,643 | .. |
| 1,20,000 | 31,000 | 89,000 | .. | 7,20,000 | 3,65,357 | 3,54,643 | .. |
Remarks.
It will be seen from this table as follows:—