8 CORN TRADE OF THE PUNJAUB. 



the Punjaub at two maunds of 80 lbs. eacb per 

 rupee, which is less than one-third the price 

 quoted for the like produce in Kurrachee. 



" But the Punjaub, unlike Sindh, has no re- 

 munerative outlet for her surplus produce. We 

 are authoritatively informed (see Punjaub Re- 

 port, page 95) that in a season of superabund- 

 ance there is not a sufficient market to secure 

 its sale at remunerative prices. No countries 

 surround the Punjaub to which any great quan- 

 tity of grain could be exported. To the west 

 the disturbed state of Afghanistan, and the diffi- 

 culties and cost of transit, must prevent the ex- 

 portation of food. To the south are Sindh and 

 Bhawulpore, the former producing more than it 

 can consume, the latter a poor and thinly peo- 

 pled tract. To the east is the Jullundar Doab, 

 densely peopled, but so fruitful in its own soil 

 as fully to sujDport the inhabitants. To the 

 north are the Hills, whose inhabitants have not 

 the means of purchasing our surj)lus produce. 



" Land in Sindh is perhaps more fertile than 

 the soil of the Punjaub. The Indus, which 

 waters it, is capable of conveying its produce, at 

 all seasons, to the sea face, whence it can be ex- 

 ported to various remunerative markets. Not 



