The report of the Government einchena plantations in Southern India indicates t;ie astonishing progress made. This valuable tree was first planted in that district twenty years Bgo. The number of trees now planted is more than 4i millions. At present the greater part of the bark produced is consumed in supplying tae medical dep6ts at Calcutta, H-'a: w n-«* Madras. The actual profit last year on me capital of the plantation is stated to have been 8 per cent.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6473, 25 November 1881, Page 5
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