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MANUAL OF THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



CH. XXVIII. of the plateau, though there are some fine plantations lying 

 ~ towards the north-east; but generally speaking the northern 



Cultivation, slopes are too deficient in rainfall, and the western, i.e., the 

 Kunda range, too much exposed to the violence of the south-west 

 monsoon. The following statement shows the area under occu- 

 pation and coffee cultivation according to the latest return in 

 1876-77. The subsequent returns include portion of the South- 

 East Waindd. 



Statistics of 

 coffee exports. 



The following are statistics of coffee exports from the Madras 

 Presideacy. Iiil824-25the quantity was 768,o201b., value 1,79,764 

 rupees. For the five years ending 1830-31 it averaged 356,739 

 lb., value 59,912 rupees. The figures show no very significant 

 variations until 1843-44, the average of the twelve preceding years 

 being only 393,379 lb., value 75,277 rupees. In 1843-44 the 

 exports rose to 811,000 lb., value 1,52,000 rupees ; in 1845-46 to 

 1,699,152 lb., value 2,69,750 rupees. The following year shows 

 a slight decrease. Up to the close of this year the figures include 

 re-exports, but in what proportion they stood, to exports proper 

 I am unaware. The exports proper in 1847-48 stood at 

 2,206,900 lb., value Rupees 3,38,000, but by the close of 1850-51 

 the figures had risen to 4,757,135 lb., value Rupees 4,79,000. 

 By the close of 1855-56 they had reached 8,601,0001b., value 

 8,92,000 rupees. The next five years saw a rise to 18,571,000 lb., 

 value 32,41,000 rupees. These were nearly doubled by 1865-66, 

 being 34,527,000 1b., value 78,13,000 rupees. They remained 

 nearly stationary during the following five years, being 

 55,484,000 lb., value Rupees 82,84,000 in 1870-71, and showed 

 only a slight rise in quantity in 1874-75, being 36,652,000 lb., 

 but great in value, 1,36,13,000 rupees. 



The figures for the following four years were : — 



Years. 



1875-76 

 1876-77 

 1877-78 

 1878-79 



Quantity. 



Value. 



LB. 



45,092,000 

 36,16t>,000 

 33,399,000 

 38,476,000 



1,74,27,000 

 1,43,32,000 

 1,35,56,000 

 1,56,01,000 



