PRICE OF GRAIN. 7 



^' The proportion of produce to cultivation 

 is for : 



mds. seers. 



Kurracliee 2 18 



Hydrabad 3 15 



Sliikarpoor 4 4 



Jacobabad 1 20 



^ ' So that it would appear that nearly twice 

 the quantity of land is required to cultivate a 

 maund of produce in the Kurrachee than in the 

 Sliikarpoor Collectorate. 



"If as a general rule it holds good that the 

 price of grain diminishes as the distance from 

 the sea-coast increases, then the jorice of grain 

 in the Punjaub must be still lower than it is at 

 Sliikarpoor ; hence probably, though the princi- 

 ple would not seem to hold good in Sindh, the 

 lower rate of land assessment in the Punjaub 

 as compared with Sindh, which averages rupees 

 1-12-7 per acre, whilst for the Punjaub it is 

 only rupees 1-5-4 per acre. 



" In a letter written in April last by Mr Tem- 

 ple, Secretary to the Chief Commissioner in the 

 Punjaub, it is stated on the authority of the 

 Friend of India J that wheat was then selling in 



