Career Lectures 1939. By Appointments and Information Board

The rapid means of communication has brought h:m in touch not only with the European"BENGALIS IN (::0%1NIERCE A711) INDUS I e i but also with the Japanese and Chinaman, as also with the non-Bengali—the Marwari, the CAujrati, the Borah or Nakhoda, the Parsi, the Behari or the U. P. man, the Punjabi, the Oriya, the Cutchi and the Sindhi. [...] The amount of coal taken out in this first working depcncls upon the depth of the seam, the nature of the overlying strata, and the nature of the coal itself, but it is safe to say that very much more coal usually remains in the pillars than has been taken out in the driving of the galleries. [...] The examination for the certificate of the School of Mines in coal mining takes place at the end of the third year, and the fourth year of the Course is for the diploma in mining engineering. [...] In dealing with these two points the planter has to consider the capital at his disposal, the land which is available, the soil, the rainfall, the suitability of the aspect for tea, the transport facilities actual and potential and the extent to which labour is available in the loca- lity. [...] The process of plucking is the basis and foundation of the tea crop for on the way in which this is done depend firstly the standard of the teas and secondly the weight of the harvest.