XCIX 



Remarks.— In comi)arinfc the figures given in the above statement for different years, the foUowing 

 facts should be borne in mind :— 



1. The taluks of Cumbum, Markapur and Koilkuntla were transferred from the Cuddapah to the 

 Kurnool district in 1857-58. 



2. Ninety-seven \illages wei-e transferi'ed from the Kumool to the Nellore district in 1863. 



3. Forty-nine villages were transferred from the Chingleput to the Nellore district in 186;5. 



4. A portion of the Sattiavedu division was transferred from the North Arcot to the Chingleput 

 district in 1860. 



5. Several of the districts were surveyed since 1852-5", and the survey showed that the areas 

 entered in the old accounts were below what they ought to be. The percentage of the excess area 

 discovered by the survey to the area entered in the old accounts was as follows : — 



Applying the rates given above to the areas under cultivation in 1852-53, the correct area is found 

 to be 13,131 thousands of acres. Up to a recent period, the area under cultivation i'lcluded portions 

 of fields left waste and the extent on thisfaccount may on a rough calculation be taken to be 2 per 

 cent, of the cultivated area. The net area, after deducting the area of portions of fields lett waste, 

 under cultivation, is thus 12,967 thousands of acres, or about | of a million of acres in excess of the 

 area entered m ihe statement. 



6. In the column headed " Dry " is included the area of lands irrigated by private sources of irri- 

 gation, such as wells, ic. The areas thus irrigated in each district for the years 1852-53 and 1889-tO 

 are in thousands of acres :— 



7. The extent of lands (in thousands of acres) irrigated under th principal systems of irrigation 

 ate as under i — 



