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jputunu uiul Central India have shown corresponding fluctuations. In 

 i'.MHi tli.-v \VITO 63,736 cwt. ; in 1902-3, 151,451 cwt. ; in 1903-4, 

 .J'.M; owt. ; and in !'.<; 7, . S 3,035 cwt. An expanding proportion of 

 ese Central India and Rajputana exports are consigned to the United 

 fs, thus making up apparently the deficiencies of these provinces, 

 percentage of the total exports are, however, consigned mainly 

 the port town of Calcutta, followed by Bombay, and appear again 

 in the foreign exports from these towns. 



Turning now to further provincial details, mainly IMPORTS: Assam, 

 with its great herds of buffaloes, exports no ghi but draws upon Calcutta 

 the Province of Bengal for about 9,000 to 31,000 cwt. Bengal 

 vince drains its foreign supply chiefly from the town of Calcutta, 

 e United Provinces, as already said, import largely from Rajputana 

 id Central India. The Panjab annually exchanges about the same 

 ;ount, namely from 11,000 to 34.000 cwt. Sind buys largely from 

 ntral India and Rajputana and Bombay, a quantity varying from 

 ,000 to 50.000 cwt. The Central Provinces are self-supporting, since 

 .ey practically import little ghi but export a large amount. The traffic 

 and from Bombay Presidency is subject to extreme fluctuations. The 

 ports in 1900-1 were 121,257 cwt.; in 1903-4, 10,376 cwt.; and in 

 i-7, 10,348 cwt. The exports, on the other hand, were in 1900-1, 

 16,134 cwt. ; in 1903-4, 54,157 cwt. ; and in 1906-7, 97,166 cwt. Bihar 

 takes little or no part in the traffic in ghi, but its imports are double those 

 of its exports. Madras Presidency is self-supporting, since it imports 

 very little, but exports very largely to its own ports and to Mysore and 

 Bengal. It has already been observed that Rajputana and Central India 

 export very largely, chiefly to the United Provinces, Sind, Bombay and 

 the Panjab, in the order named, but in years of famine or scarcity these 

 States also import. Lastly, it is significant that Mysore with its herds 

 of fine cattle exports no ghi to speak of, but is a fairly large receiving 

 centre, the imports averaging about 14;000 cwt. derived from Coimbatore 

 trict in Madras. 



The most noticeable feature of the Coasting Trade is the traffic, chiefly 

 om Bengal (followed by Madras), to Burma, which in 1905-6 was valued 

 Rs. 17,01,609. [See Sesamum, p. 986.] 



Trmns-frontier Trade. A fairly large quantity of ghi is brought across 

 e land frontiers of India. The imports and exports by these routes 

 ing the years 1902-7 were as follows : 



I-c-.-uIiurill-i : 



Panjab. 

 Bind. 



0. Pro*. 

 Bombay. 



.Ma' Iras. 



Rajputana and 

 C. India. 



Mysore. 



Trans- 

 frontier. 



The import traffic is thus exceedingly valuable, and Kashmir stands Kashmir, 

 imistakably first. Lawrence observes, " It is by far the most important 

 ticle of the export trade of Kashmir." The supply of ghi sent to India 

 rom that State was in 1 906-7, 74,096 cwt., valued at Rs. 36,23,577. This 

 may fairly be called a prosperous trade, since the figures just mentioned 

 are nearly four times those of twenty years previously. Then come Dir, cir, Swat and 

 Swat and Bajaur, which furnished India with 50,544 cwt., valued at B *l aur - 



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