Of interest, The historian James Jervis writes ' The quantity of (tobacco) leaf grown in 1844 was 330,000 pounds and of this quantity Boydell had purchased about 160,000 pounds....Boydell , who was the oldest and largest manufacturer had purchased about half the crop which was to be expected to yield about 112,00 pounds of manufactured tobacco. His product sold at about an average price of one shilling per pound.' Source: Jervis, James. The Hunter Valley A century of Its History. RAHS Vol. XXXIX . 1953. Part 3. Htioi Terry