A reasonable calculation, however, based on a general knowledge of the circumstances, makes it probable that the European production of coffee may be put down at about an average of 120,000 cwts.

a-year, and the native production at about 172,000 cwts., and if we put the average value of both as low as L3 a cwt.

this would make the annual value of the coffee amount to L876,000.

I now proceed to close this chapter with some remarks on manufactures in Mysore.
Many years ago I heard the late Mr.Hugh Mason (formerly President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce) speak at a meeting of the Society of Arts on the manufacturing prospects of India, and, after reviewing the general situation, he said that it is difficult to see what other advantages India could require in order to raise itself into the position of a great manufacturing country.

It is true, he said, that the operative there cannot do as much as the operative hero, but, he continued, I can remember the time when the operative here could not do nearly as much as he can do now, and there is no reason to doubt but that a similar improvement would take place in the case of the Indian operative.