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lated and wild tracts, and a few districts favored by 

 a soil and climate suitable for growing an extraordi- 

 narily remunerative crop requiring European skill in 

 its management, not an acre of it would come into 

 the possession of Englishmen ,for the sound and very 

 simple reason, that it would be worth the natives' 

 while to pay more for it \ And this, moreover, is a 

 view, that, for the right understanding of the land 

 question in its relation to European settlers in India,it 

 is highly important should be carefully borne in mind. 

 Of the land actually at the disposal of the British 

 Government in India, exclusive of those lands men- 

 tioned as available in the Punjab, about 189,108 acres 

 in the Gorukpoor district, some 600 square miles of 

 rocky hills in the Banares Division, and 2,028 

 square miles in Sindh, the jfollowing table will give 

 an approximate idea. 



Pegu 28,111 square miles. 



Jubbulpoor Division N. W. P 25,180 ditto. 



Tenassarim and Martaban Provinces . 14,176,011 acres. 



Arracan 4,860,000 ditto. 



Cossyah and Jyntiah Hills .. .. 453,000 ditto. 



Assam (4 out of 7 districts) 4,469,533 ditto. 



Dehra Boon (Himalayan Range) .. 141,652 ditto. 



Darjeeling (ditto.) 250,000 ditto. 



Kamaon, Gurwahl Simla &c. (ditto) .. No Returns. 



Soonderbuns 809,648 ditto. 



Cachar 200,000 ditto. 



Besides some thousands of miles of 

 mountain and plain, covered with 



forest. 



f Space enough to accom- 



Chittagong < modate any number 



(_ of European settlers. 



