EXPERIMENTS IN BENGAL AND BEHAR,. 179 
Estimate of the probable expense for the cultivation of 100 begahs of 
plant, the manufacture, and the despatch of the produce to Calcutta. 
Land rent for 100 begahs, at Rs.4 3 : ‘ Rs.450 0 0 
Irrigating the lands, if there is no moisture at the surface, at 
R.1 per begah . . : - 100 0 0 
Six ploughings, at 4 annas each per begah = - 10 0 0 
Chikorage, or cleaning the fields before sowing, at 8 annas 
per begah . 3 7 . »- 500 0 
150 maunds of seed, at R.1 8 per maund r - 225 0 0 
Plucking the plant, at R.1 per begah_ z - 100 0 0 
Weeding, at 8 annas per begah_ . » 50 0 0 
Taking off the seed, at R.1 per begah . : - 100 0 0 
Filling the vats, taking the plant out, spreading and turning 
it, &c., at 12 annas per begah . : Z » 7 0 0 
Breaking the Flax for cleaning, at R.1 4 per begah - 125 :°0 0 
Cleaning the Flax, at 2 annas per pound i ; - 468 12 0 
Gunny bags, for bales * . ‘ - 20 0 0 
Making up the bales. ‘ . . - 1440 0 
Boat-hire, at 8 annas per ton q i - 50 00 
Chaundar (person in charge of boat) . ‘i - 7 0 0 
Carriage of the plant, at R. 1 per begah % - 100 0 0 
Four Zilledars, for six months, to look over the cultivation, at 
Rs.3 each per month . . - 72 00 
2156 12 0 
Exchange, at Rs.3 12 per cent. ‘ - 8014 0 
Co.’s Rs.2237 10 0 
Monghyr Experiments. 
The culture of Flax was commenced near Monghyr, on the Ganges River, 
in the year 1839; and specimens were presented to the Agri-Horticultural 
Society, in May, 1840, and again in the month of September in the same 
ear. 
: The strength of this Flax, as ascertained by Professor O'Shaughnessy, of 
the Medical College, Calcutta, was as follows, and as compared with other 
kinds tried at the same time. 
Monghyr, undressed ri es é - 40,000 
Archangel . é . 5 : - 43,000 
Baltic, dressed. i ‘ a « 42,033 
Ditto, undressed é ‘ . ‘ 19,075 
Irish, dressed i ‘ ‘ ‘ - 17,075 
Mr. Deneef considered it the best sample of India-grown Flax that he 
had seen. 
The sentiments of some of the members of the Flax Committee were as 
follow : 
Mr. Hodgkinson.—The samples of Flax are of middling quality ; the fibre 
fine and strong, but deficient in cleanness and colour. The first defect arises 
from carelessness in scutching. ; . a 
Mr. Willis ——The Baltic rough Flax, which of all the specimens it is the 
most legitimate for us to compare with the Monghyr undressed one, is supe- 
rior to it in colour, lustre, mellowness, and cleanliness, 
The Monghyr undressed Flax, not having undergone the degree of 
