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or Chinicaneof Bhagalpur and Patna is another good chewing 

 variety. In some districts of Western Bengal a hardy variety 

 of sugar-cane known as Uri, sends out arrows and seeds very 

 freely. Other hardy varieties, suitable for agriculturists are 

 Kajli, Puri, Katari. The Puri variety grown in Orissa 

 Division produces canes somewhat more slender than those 

 produced by the Kajli variety which is grown by cultivators all 

 over Bengal. The canes of both these varieties are somewhat 

 thicker than Khari canes, but they are not such free ratooners 

 nor can they stand water-logging so well as the Khari, though 

 like the Khari they can be grown without irrigation. The 

 chewing canes make better jaggery than the hardier varieties. 

 The Samsara cane makes the lightest coloured jaggery, though 

 the crystals are somewhat smaller than the crystals of the 

 jaggery or gur made from Bombay or Khari Sugar-cane. 



603. Yield of gur. The average yield of gur under a 

 proper system of cultivation and manuring such as is practi- 

 cable on a large scale by planters, can be put down at 4,000 

 Ibs. per acre, though as much as 8,000 Ibs. per acre, are 

 sometimes obtained. From Samsara and other superior 

 varieties, by very careful cultivation and high manuring 

 8,000 Ibs. per acre may be often obtained, but from Khari and 

 the hardy varieties 4,000 Ibs. of gur per acre can be obtained 

 at a comparatively small cost. The average produce of gur 

 per acre of the whole country has been estimated at a ton 

 (2240 Ibs.) per acre, and the maximum yield obtained by 

 cultivators is 4 tons. 



604. Sugar-growing localities. The area under sugar-cane 

 in the whole of India has been estimated at 2,800,000 acres, 

 and in Bengal at 900,000 acres, /. ., about 1*5 per cent, of the 

 cultivated area of the provinces. On the basis of i ton per 

 acre, we have about 10 crore maunds as the annual produce of 

 gur in India, while the import of sugar per annum is about 

 50 lakh maunds. Mauritius supplies the largest proportion of 

 sugar imported to India. Besides sugar there are about 5 lakh 



