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especially highly spoken of and considered superior in 

 its very high flavour to that of the Bengal low country. 



In the North-west Provinces it is extensively grown 

 in the hot valleys in Kumaon, and the Punjab also 

 supplies a considerable quantity of good ginger. 



The amount of land actually occupied by this spice 

 in India is difficult to estimate as it is elsewhere, because 

 in most places it is grown as a garden plant, that is to 

 say, in small patches, the area of which is very difficult 

 to estimate. 



The amount exported from India is, however, large 

 and important. 



Milburn states that the amount imported by the 

 East India Company in 1808 was 2,245 cwt., valued at 

 5629. 



P. L. Simmonds in Tropical Agriculture gives the 

 following export table : 



1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 



11,825 cwt. valued at 20,017 



15,313 

 13,014 

 13,210 

 14,959 

 16,004 

 30,307 



27,647 

 28,199 

 28,217 

 39,830 

 47,410 

 85,384 



Murray (Dictionary Economic Products) gives the 

 following as the quinquennial average exports : 



1875-1880 

 1880-1884 

 1885-1890 



6,691,867 Ibs. value K.9,72,853 



5,421,379 8,89,016 



10,377,710 13,94,213 



The trade suffered a large diminution during the 

 years from 1880-1881 to 1883-1884, but received in 1884 

 and 1885 and in 1886-1887 a maximum of 14,927,926 

 Ibs. In the following years it fluctuated considerably, 

 and in 1889 to 1890 fell to 6,918,681 Ibs., the lowest 

 export since 1883-1884. 



The price also showed a great diminution, for, at the 

 same time, and about 1893, the price was 1 rupee per 

 10 Ibs., or a little over 11 rupees per cwt. 



