Show ceylon tea tea plantations in ce ion have been in a existence only 30 years yet the annual 1 exports of black tea amount to nearly in value formerly coffee conati constituted tul ted main industry but after a disease of the plant in 1880 its cultivation ase w discontinued many planters plan tere however recouped themselves by tea and rubber thanks chiefly to the former article the islands old prosperity revived today ceylon boasts plantations plant necessary tn tea cultivation la 11 costly but very ichor lebor saving the work rk itself is not bard only the ell 2 aaker kes it irksome what is wanted mainly of employed emp loyes is to watch manci nory nery and teed feed it from the stock of tea leaves awaiting treatment the workers are not singhalese but natives of southern india A labo laborers rees wages vary from eight to sixteen cents ft a day while a foremans salary ave averaged aver agea ragen a month har pere pers weekly |