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572° REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 
‘ 1878-79. 1883-"64.: 1884-’85. 1885-86. | 1886-87. © 
PROVINCES. 
1eye\aye 72) area eae ea Sema eran (Aaa 1,000,0 0 #850, 000 850, 000 850, 000 1, 009, 335 
Nort western Provinces and Oude...... 6,659,343 | 5,186,000 | 5,298,000 | 5,240,000 4, 962, 942 
SPADE ee coe ee et _..| 6,909,702 | 7,209,000 | 7,382,000 | .6,970,600 | 5, 943,400 
+ Central Provinces... ..... ...| 3,143,302 | 3,736,000 | 3,700,000 | 3,903,000 4, 297, 949 
SORA LS ee hs sc eee Sete DAO a core rea 612, 256 970, 000 819, 000 809, 000 933, 938 
Lombay (including Baroda) .............. 1,482,804 | 2,245,000 | 13,158,000 | +2,970,000.| +42, 860, 454 
SRObaL Sot SNe ented eee EER 19,812,407 | 20,196,000 | 21,207,000 | 20,742,600 | 20,608,018 
NATIVE STATES. Zen| so. . 5 
ROSPUUAMA 0 Me scare eermetslave i. atop aielera atainse gia = -2.| 2,500,000 | 2,250,000 | 1,500,000 1,562, 309 
Central India --| 2,500,000 | 3,500,000 | 3,500, 000 3, 500, 000 
Hyderabad .......... ae -| 750, 000 750,000 | 1,144,000 | 1, 156, 229 
Bis sore hs a en a, Sa OS ae 20, 000 21,740 20, 000 8,928 
[RASH IIE eee ema re Corea | Aes ag ke: 500, 000 500, 000 500, 000 500, 000 
+6, 270, 000 | §7,021,740 | 6,664,000 6, 127, 466 
125,466, 000 28, 228, 740 | 27,394,000 | 26,735, 484 
* Supposed normal area. 
+Including native states (besides Baroda) under control of the government of Bombay, estimated 
in 1885-"86 at 608,254 acres for three years past. 
+Given in 1884-"85 as the supposed normal area, 
§ These items foot up 200,000 acres more than the totals given in the official document. 
As to the production, Dr. Forbes Watson, in 1879, in an elaborate 
official quarto, estimated the annual product at 40,000,000 quarters; or 
~ 320,000,000 bushels, and including the native states, 380,000,000 
bushels in India. If there was.ever so large a product in India, there 
certainly has not been in recent years. The official estimates of four 
years are as follows: 
Bushels. 
SSS Bane Ghee wicca teitye aeaere ere trae rs so shay ahacera hel oem 6 arate Coat MDM nee Nacee hg 251, 690, 880 
SSS Spt Ae eR FN el See resaits Sahel <cai's Wht itso Ppeavaderd le oh olohe Aree mes eR Se 299, 155, 584 
NSS 8G) cPiaree loins ct eei et ival SOs e os aisles ache cerns eheieybee eases 0 258, 317, 682 
MISS GIS Mepepscer oe accep ona a ev ayalersate misisee ne cnaneie ees Ae ateccicha/ Men Reet aiole fou 238, 585, 947 
PASVETE CON Tes Ba OW So Sha une Male coat ae ler ateve. Avatars: ciore. st See MEE POR frase 261, 937, 511 
The ordinary yield is little more than 9 bushels per acre; 11 bushels 
per acre is an extreme rate of yield. The average is about three- 
fourths of our average rate of yield. Comparing the average annual 
exports of India for ten years with those of the United States, the 
following statement is made: 
Bushels. Per cent. 
TNR AIR ie sete Netecots loci are Bie cic en foic mis) neleierase pieaitiels sie maa Sis On SEED Nar emmaralste es 24, 521, 0! ; 
(URMOERISEALESE Skeet adone macs e ees cee eememnee SEE Gas bconatoousouseAae 136, 6:16, 082 31. 
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Our exports are nearly six times as much as those of India, and 
almost a third of the total product, while India exported only one- 
eleventh of her production. 
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