185362.] NORTHERN CIRCARS : FOUR DISTRICTS. 219 



and Madras. The Collector also remarks that the produc- CHAP. 



tion might be increased by three measures. 1st, By offering '__ 



rent free all the waste and jungle lands in the Government 

 Talook of Negapatam (nearly 6000 acres) on the condition 

 that nothing but Cotton was grown. 2nd, By sanctioning two 

 good bullock roads, connecting Jeypore and Raipore with 

 the coast. 3rd, By putting a stop to the exorbitant tolls 

 demanded from the traders by the Zemindars between the 

 Cotton growing districts of Nagpore and the coast. The 

 Revenue Board did not consider that any real benefit would 

 ensue from the false stimulus of granting lands rent free ; 

 but recommended the other measures to the consideration of 

 Government. In a subsequent communication, the Collector 

 remarked, that the chief cause why the Ryots of Vizagapatam JS^f "SSl 

 did not grow Cotton more largely was because it did not pay. Febt 1862> 

 Eight months were required to produce a Cotton crop, 

 whilst two crops of Gingely, and other dry grains, might be 

 produced from the same lands within the same time,and secure 

 a larger profit to the grower. 



(3) Godavari : Cotton supply larger but insuffi- 293 

 cient for the wants of the District. This District 

 (Rajahmundry and Masulipatam) produces a larger quantity JJ t r t p y r?ii J 

 of Cotton than Vizagapatam or Ganjam, the extent of land 



so cultivated reaching 12,000 acres. The quantity raised 

 however is still insuffi cient for the home consumption, and 

 further supplies are imported from the Kristna District. 

 The means of communication between the uplands on which 

 the Cotton is grown, and the ports of shipment, are all easy. 



(4) Kristna: large Cotton supply.- Guntoor, which 294 

 now forms part of this District, is regarded as a Cotton grow- 

 ing country. Upwards of 100,000 acres are under Cotton cul- 

 tivation, and as we have seen, a considerable quantity is 

 exported to the Godavari District. Every exertion is being 

 made by the Department of Public Works, to effect a junction 



