GRAMINEM 



601 



Commerce, — The following statistics of the trade in Sugar 

 are taken from the Reports on the inland trade of the different 

 provinces and on the trade hy sea : 



Articiks. 



Value in lakbs 



of Rupees, 



Quantity in thousands of cwts. 



a, 



GO 

 I 



00 



oc 



00 



CO 



00 

 I 



QO 



CC 



1> 



00 



I 



00 



CO 



CO 

 00 



J 



op 



00 



00 



CO 



CO 

 00 



oo 



00 



00 



00 



> 



1 



o 



\fi 



00 



QO 



00 



00 



bo 



Sugar, refined... 

 Do. unrefined. 



10 



45 



4 



42 



Total . . . 



4 



46 



3 

 50 



55 46 



50 53 



.144 

 869 



38 33 

 1,009 953 





1,013| 1,047 



Sugar, refined... 



18 



20 



21 



t 9 « 





150 



986 



158 



25 

 1,143 



1,168 



cwts. 



)> 



163 



cwts 



cwts. 



ORYZA SATIVA, Linn. 



Fig. — Behtl. and Trvn,, t. 291 ; Rheedcy Hort. Mai. v., 

 196—201. Rice {Eng.), Riz (F/-.). 



Hab. 



Throughout India, wild and cultivated. 



The 



grain, spirit, and vinegar. 

 Vernacular. ^Vhin {E\ 



Bcng.), 



{Mai 



Chokha 



) 



[Hind., Bcng.), Tdndula (Mi 



History, Uses, &C.- — Wild rice was probably used by 

 tbe aboriginal tribes of India in prehistoric times ; it is still 

 carefully collected by the peasantry, who consider it to hav 



special virtues, and call it " god's rice," " hermit's rice," &c. 

 ^ice ( ^ vrihe ) is not mentioned in the Rig- Vcdat but in the 

 ^tharva-Veda it is noticed along with barley, masha {Phaseolus 

 ^oxburghn), and sesamum. Eice cultivation in India appears 

 to have been subsequent to that of China and Burma. Girard 



B 



Myth 



urma believe that every plant has its la or ke/ah (spirit). 

 The rice has its spirit, and when the crop is bad, they pray to it 



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