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the experiments were unsuccessful. But in the meantime other experi-

ments in the cultivation of the

indigenous plant had been initiated in Assam hy Cnﬁtnln enltins. These Wel‘cloltcmd Dr. ritliths, and cventnully saml es ot genuine Assam too were endured. In 1830 the Assam ompany was formed in London. with e ca ital of nearly a quurtel' at a m' lion sterling. it was no means nieces-slid at ﬁrst. or about ten years most of its exguertnwnts seem to the e in disaster. In tact at one time it Was on the v of liquidation. But gradually t stren its position. lts rue. thods nl cultivath and manufac- ture were retortned: and by about 1352 it hogan gradually to enter upon an era ol prosperity. In the meantime other gardens were being 03ch out in all directions. By rsatheex sot lndian teato the United ingdont amounted to 350.000 Ilia. in the (allowing year the indigenous plant was discover. ed in Cachar: and in 1856 Mohamed Warish found it in South Sylhet. The Jorehaut Company—a most auecastul undertaking—was eon- stituted in [858. And lrorn that date the tea industry of Aaant may he said to have been lalrly established.

it is now necessary to turn to those Himalayan localities. the claims at which as gapectiw teavgrowing areas had urged so stroneg by Dr. Walllch. As has been already indicated. the balance at opinion in the early days of lndian tea {avowed the Himalayas. Not Wullich only. hot outer scientists—Rowe. Supe- rintendent oi the Government Gar. dens at Saharanpnr. and Falconer his successor tor instance—were inclined to that \‘ch. Their anti- cipations were not realised. although it is not untrue that the China varieties do ﬂourish in the cool hill climate. Naturally it was not loreseen that the strongly ﬂavour- ed Assam indigenous eas would because hit with the consumer. Tim is relore nothing sur trip log in the endeavour oi the V. eternent to produce teas Wisely similar to those in: ed into the United K' China. Relennce has made to Gar. Jon's mission to the latter country.

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and to the stock which he brought back with him. Apparently these plantsdid not strﬂlce: loratnrther slimy was called lot. To obtain it. Robert Fortune was depu- ted by the Government to C.th in 1848. He returned to Calcutta

in 1851. with a lax-Fe quantity of o a

seed. and umards 0.000 lants. While in ‘na he had s'ludicd

methods 0! cultivation and manuo lecture. 01: his return he visited Dehra Dun and the Kangrn Valley. and reported upon the plantations there. His repm was unluvouto able. The Governmont was dis. a ‘nted at the non-success oi

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sist ' of Dr. jauieson. who «lath Falconer at the Saharan. put gardens. they would have ter- minated their experimts. For it was just about this time that the attains ol the Assam Com y use at the lowest ebb: the -cts oi tea mltivation in ' were slimy indeed. But lard Dalhouste visited Kanp- in 1851. lie permitted the experiv ments to he extended hr the culti- vation ol Holta: and he allotted Fortune to undertake a second mission to China. On his return

Fortune ’n reported an the Kangn whirl-awn gardens; and he was towed to adrnlt that «out: oi his tendons strictm-es mootinstiﬁod. lntarthenow mtsotarasto say that he had not seen better [Illnth in China. Nevertheless he still criti- c‘ued. aodlorsometimeaeontro- rersyproneedodbetweeo himastd Jameson. Totole itis notnow Butituasprohahl'not without its valueJor it an. contributed—as did most at the disgusteecooeeroing tu—togreater moved investigation. and ultimatelytoht-tter methods at cultivation and tnanulactore. It has [seen already remarked "on w w" W m lasrly esta ' in Assam. [n
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respectable total at imp-sou. Ll: hulk at which must have I! produced in Assam. At about this time it! began to .t. ml the attention 0‘ com motersands torsth in . dandin odia. Them. tcanﬁvilWarwasinWw tin-tones were being made ﬂu.

uncuan rapidity in India. The success of the Assam and lore. haut Companies. and of a tear pri‘ vate. enabled e. rated pictures to be drawn of t - pccts before concerns with capital. Land was recklessly taken up. Com nics were hastily termed. most every day saw the constitution at a new comiuny in Calcutta. Shores roan :10 an extra ant mmiutn. was easilyyzﬁtained by speculators; tor the stringent waste land nsla in. troduoed by Government in :21 were to a certain extent rel

in 186:. Sonic oi the pontoters emleavoured to clear and cultivate the land. But in many cases large clearances were made without and!|

prot'ltaide to deshare

to invest to which did not

crust. As for example in Nour- . where the lot a

sioaiutimaedthatinthegeneral
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slowly away. That a assembler! had been dealt to theindustry was evident. Considerable the dapedbelmoooﬁdaieewasno stored. Butthelewasagradml merger-maulme mandnltoaatelyprnspemusm.