High cultivation and liberal manuring will, I believe, at least double the above, if the plants are of a high class. However, here I give a table on the subject which I have carefully framed. _Estimate of probable yield per acre on flat land, good soil, in a good Tea climate, and with hybrid plants, if really high cultivation and liberal manuring is carried out._ +----+-------------+-------------------+ |Year|Supposed Year|Estimated yield per| | | | acre in maunds[79]| +----+-------------+-------------------+ | 1st| 1875 | -- | | 2nd| 1876 | -- | | 3rd| 1877 | 1/2 | | 4th| 1878 | 2 | | 5th| 1879[80] | 4 | | 6th| 1880 | 5 | | 7th| 1881 | 6 | | 8th| 1882 | 7 | | 9th| 1883 | 7-1/2 | |10th| 1884[81] | 8 | +----+-------------+-------------------+ 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.