PAKISTAN HAS RECORD CROP OF TEA
A record quantity of 53.1 million lbs. of tea was produced in Pakistan during the year 1951, despite unfavourable weather cOnditions. In 1948 the quantity produced was 43.8 million lbs.; in 1949, 46.3 million lbs.; in 1950, 52.2 million lbs. The area under tea cultivation has increased considerably? having risen from 75,500 acres in 1948 to 81,600 acres in 1951. Under the International Tea Agreement the total acreage permissible for Pakistan for 1950-55 is 83,700 acres.
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Taupo Times, Volume I, Issue 15, 23 April 1952, Page 2
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