Show ceylon tea tea plantations in celion ceylon have been in existence only 30 years yet the annual exports of black tea amount to nearly in value formerly coffee constituted Cey lons main industry but after a disease of the blanp plan la in 1880 its cultivation was discontinued many planters however recouped themselves by tea and rubber thanks chiefly to the former article article the islands old prosperity revived today ceylon ceilan boasts 1500 plantations plant necessary to tea cultivation Is c costly but very laborsaving labor saving the work itself Is not hard bard only the ell mato makes it irksome what Is wanted m mainly of of employed emp loyes Is to watch manci nery and feed it from the stock of ten tea leaves awaiting treatment the workers are not singhalese but natives of southern india A ia laborers borers wages vary from eight to sixteen cents a day while a foremans salary averages a month ilar pers pera weekly |