Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-07-05
CULTIVATION OF TEA, INDIGO, &c. IN GEORGIA
AND FLORIDA (


AND FLORIDA
i PROM THE SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN.
We are indebted to friend for most inteesi
ing correspondence, some Of the details of ahicl
we hasten to lay before our readers.
Mr.. FRAsK BosrsGE, now in Charleston, viii soon vsi
Savannah, with prospectus for furnishing tea indigo,
other East India plants, which calculated grow
Georgia and Florida. Mr. Bonynge has Tie best possible
evidences that he may be relied upon passed four
teen years in the country where these plants grow, and
perfectly acquainted with the whole SUBJECT His essay
the culture and preparation of tea, 6e will form impor
tant part of the next Patent Office Rport.
Subscribers to this important Undertaking will have claim
TO twelve plants twelve mango plants, twelve date tree
plants, twelve eechee tree pIans twelve coffee plants, -four
Of melon Seeds each kind half pound indigo seed
required Subscriptions are $50 each Subscribers the
Of 500 will be entitled to the above and any other
plants from India which sy may DESIRE S25 will procure
one-half the above quapdty of plants.
We are persuaded chat this enterprise of Mr. Bonynge
destined be of profit the Southern States,
through the agency Of slave labor II only remains for few
gentlemen Georgia and Florida by their subscriptions
do immense probable benefit to their respective States.
We commend this project planters in serious
ness and recommend Mr.. Bonynge to the friendly
cepon of felowcitizsns, when he shall arrive here.
That be grown successfully in Caroins Geoga and
Florida almost certain, because the experiment
pretty fairly tried. The thermometer Shanghai indicates
cold by l3o than in Charleston, South Caro-
lima. The cold winter Of 34-'35, which destroyed the
injured Mr. Bonynge has this plant growing wild in
north latitude 27o 30 hills of from three FIVE hundred
feet in height where, too, there abundance Of FROST
snow, and hail. As for indigo. that substance has already
been grown to great advantage in this State.
We proceed to give interesting statistics from
munication of Mr.. Bonynge.
The imports Of lea into America are about sO 600 lbs
The imports to England (in spite Of the
enormous duty of 2s 24d., or say "a cents
per lb) are 53 0OO 900 81, ,OOO, 900 lbs.
And to all other places they 25, 00O, 900 lbs.
The average cost of in China the ships side twenty
cents per pound while il could be produced with at ten
taton, the cultivation of the fuel used the absence Of all
economy Of machinery &c. It is only by aduleraon that
tea is sold in China cheap twenty cents. In America
the beating and rolling Of the leaves Of the abo
can be done by the simplest machinery fuel be
missed by fues &C. The Russian teas brought BY
the most expensive and best used in Europe The
Chinese themselves pay $3.50 per pound for the Yen Pou
chong' teas.
The population Of England and Ireland is, say
80, ,000, 600 inhabitants Tea within the reach Of
the poor man there. person taking tea once day will
consume about u pounds year.
Say SOC, 900 persons taking tea twice day,
or Is lbs. year, observation-disclosures. is. 800, 900 lbs.
Say ,OOO, 600 persons take tea once day,
or lbs. year, is. 80, 600, 060 lbs.
Say 10000, 600 persons take tea once week,
OF 10. year, lZ,uU IDS.
Total. 49, 0OO, 600 lbs.
Which shows that at present only person in every sixty
can have tea twice day, in every only
day. and that out of the remaining 25 900 persons,
only ,O00 900 procure it in the week. The
exact state Of the shows that only 30O0 900 Of the
people Of the United Kingdom Of Great Britain enjoy the
Of tea, leaving the other 900 excluded Chinese
will consume 80 lbs. in the year.
The cost Of tea to America, at the ships side
at Canton, say 20, 1000, 600 lbs., at rs cents
per To-, Is. ......... So,OOO,OOO
The cost to England, say 55, ,00O,0 900 lbs, at20
cents per h., 1000, 900
The cost to other places, say rs, o00 O8O lbs, at
25 cents per lb., is. 6,250, 900
Russia, unknown. .~..~ :s~
Total. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1922, $50, 900
Of Bengal indigo, 1870, 900 monds, a. 500 per
OF Madras indigo, $4,000 monds, at $50 per
mond, is. .....-............ 6O0,0 900
From the Date Iee East India Sugar is made and they
will grow pine barren any sandy soil.
The Leecec is large and shady tree bearing delicious
fruit in great quantities. .A.
The Mango is very large shady tree, throwing out at all
times, particularly in summer, delightful perfume bears
the best fruit in India, perhaps the best in the world, and
forms considerable portion othe food Of 900 Of in
habitants.
All the East India melons will grow from latitude 400
downwsrds. ......- ~.'. .
Of Yans, there eight kinds in India. There
two Of remarkably fine favor, weighing much
eighteen pounds the other three pounds These found
in the Tartar country. ....: ~.