HANDBOOK OF FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 

 Table 17. — Crops of British India — Continued. 



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Sesamum. 1 



Sugar (cane). 2 



Tea. 



Rice (hulled). 



Crop 



year. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 



acre. 



Pro- 

 duc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 



acre. 



Pro- 

 duc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



1910-11... 

 1911-12... 

 1912-13... 

 1913-14... 

 1914-15... 

 1915-16... 

 1916-17... 

 1917-18... 

 1918-19... 

 1919-20 .. 



1,000 

 acres. 

 5,206 

 4,808 

 4,980 

 5,076 

 5,565 

 5,108 

 5,023 

 4,271 

 4,054 

 4,465 



Lbs. 

 220 

 185 

 212 

 178 

 213 

 211 

 229 

 200 

 158 

 248 



1,000 

 tons. 

 573 

 445 

 529 

 452 

 617 

 540 

 552 

 427 

 320 

 554 



1,000 

 acres. 

 2,115 

 2,380 

 2,527 

 2,546 

 2,311 

 2,391 

 2,416 

 2,809 

 2,820 

 2,686 



Lbs. 

 2,298 

 2,307 

 2,290 

 2,016 

 2,386 

 2,468 

 2,531 

 2,640 

 1,856 

 2,532 



1,000 



tons. 

 2,484 

 2,745 

 2,894 

 2,566 

 2,757 

 2,950 

 2,941 

 3,708 

 2,617 

 3,400 



1,000 

 acres. 

 564 

 575 

 592 

 610 

 624 

 635 

 649 

 667 

 678 



Lbs. 

 467 

 467 

 503 

 504 

 501 

 586 

 571 

 557 

 561 



1.000 

 lbs. 

 263, 269 

 268, 603 

 297, 878 

 307, 250 

 313, 301 

 372,203 

 370, 314 

 371,296 

 380, 459 



1,000 

 acres. 

 58,029 

 64, 726 

 71,623 

 75, 425 

 76, 625 

 78, 152 

 80,080 

 80, 141 

 79, 508 

 79, 426 



Lbs. 



1,077 

 1,041 

 891 

 855 

 796 

 941 

 973 

 1,013 

 695 

 902 



1,000 



lbs. 

 62,489,056 

 67,364,976 

 63,805,168 

 64,490,272 

 61,022,080 

 73, 525, 760 

 77,931,840 

 81,197,760 

 55,218,240 

 71,612,800 











1 Including the crops of both "pure" and "mixed" seed. 



2 Acreage of cane and production of cane sugar. 



Table 18. — Number of live stock in British India. 

 [Source: Department of Statistics, Calcutta, India.] 



Date. 



Cattle.i 



Sheep. 2 



Goats. 2 



Horses. 2 



Mules. 2 



Asses. 2 



1909-10 3 



119,369,000 

 120,658,000 

 120,909,000 

 138,129,000 

 143,179,000 

 147,239,000 

 148,872,000 

 149,353,000 

 149,111,000 



23,235,000 

 23,281,000 

 23,290,000 

 22,934,000 

 23,081,000 

 23,005,000 

 22,960,000 

 22,913,000 

 22,895,000 



30,604,000 

 30,900,000 

 30,914,000 

 28,684,000 

 30,694,000 

 33,360,000 

 33,664,000 

 33,423,000 

 33,165,000 



1,553,000 

 1,565,000 

 1,574,000 

 1,555,000 

 1,644,000 

 1,654,000 

 1,673,000 

 1,682,000 

 1,681,000 



113,000 

 113,000 

 113,000 

 81,000 

 79,000 

 72,000 

 70,000 

 72,000 

 71,000 



1,337,000 

 1,342,000 



1910-11 3 



1911-123 



1,341,000 



1912-13 



1,364,000 



1913-14 



1,508,000 



1914-15 



1,511,000 



1915-16 



1, 538, 000 



1916-17 



1,536,000 



1917-18 



1, 534, 000 







i Includes buffaloes, which numbered in 1909-10, 16,951,000; in 1910-11, 17,063,000; in 1911-12, 17,106,000; 

 in 1912-13, 17,709,000; in 1913-14, 18,214,000; in 1914-15, 19,004,000; in 1915-16, 19,188,000; in 1916-17, 19,266,000 ; 

 in 1917-18, 19,235,000. 



2 Exclusive of Bengal, subsequent to 1911-12. 



3 Exclusive of eastern Bengal. 



Table 19. — Net imports or net exports of leading farm products, for British India. 

 [Source: Annual and monthly reports on the sea-borne and land trade of British India.] 





Net exports. 



Cheese, 



net 

 imports. 



Net exports. 



Year. 



Barley. 1 



Corn. 2 



Rice. 



Wheat. 2 



Butter. 



Cotton, 

 unmanu- 

 factured. 



Flaxseed. 



1911 



1,000 



bush. 



9,475 



31,843 



10, 069 



1,290 



7,441 



7,705 



14,531 



14,848 



598 



1,000 

 bush. 



1.000 

 lbs. 

 5, 439, 133 

 5, 998, 640 

 5,475,471 

 4, 189, 0S7 

 2,487,984 

 3, 340, 723 

 3,464,123 

 5, 146, 985 

 1, 295, 809 



1,000 



bush. 



54,707 



68, 339 



54,385 



28,868 



28,927 



27, 159 



57, 637 



23,842 



* 5, 206 



1,000 



lbs. 



^296 



<316 



354 



251 



478 



953 



1,273 



885 



659 



1,000 



lbs. . 



1,249 



1,333 



1,297 



1,112 



1,152 



946 



496 



879 



304 



1,000 

 bales. 3 

 1,695 

 1,500 

 2,196 

 2,769 

 2,097 

 2,109 

 1,654 

 792 

 1,514 



1,000 

 bush. 

 21,090 



1912 



871 



290 



29 



154 



126 



2,723 



2,378 



3 



14, 116 



1913 



14, 664 



1914 



14, 007 



1915 



7,150 



1916 



15, 551 



1917 



7,125 



1918 



8,448 



1919 



13,324 







1 Including malt, in terms of grain. 



2 Including meal or flour, in terms of grain. 



3 Bales of 478 pounds, net weight; equivalent to 500 pounds, gross weight. 



4 Net imports. 



