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present day, coffee necs has attained a commercial position almost 
exclusively in South India. In British India there were last year 127,548 
acres under the crop. But the area devoted to it in Mysore, Travan 
and Cochin would have to be added to that in British dni red thus 
bringing the total up to more than 200,000 aeres. "There are 31 coffee 
works (for cleaning coffee) in the Madras Presidency, giving etiplóytsit 
to 1,379 permanent and 5,433 temporary hands. e exports of Indian 
coffee [in spite of the prevaience of coffee-leaf disease] have shown, if 
anything, a steady tendency to increase in value if not in quantity. In 
1877-78, the exports were 293,587 ewts. of the value of Rs. 1,344,638. 
ince that time the quantity and value have, with slight fluctuations, 
risen until 1892-93, when there were exported 299,337 ewts. of the value 
of Rs. 2,082,439. 
CINCHONA. 
A statement showing the condition of the Cinchona plantations in 
British 1 India and the Native States on the 31st March 1893 appears in 
Appendix IV. to the Returns of Agricultural — for 1892-93. 
A few particulars are added from it in order to complete the review 
of the principal agricultural resources of ignit The Cinchona planta- 
tions are divided into two categories: (1) Government plantations, and 
(2) private plantations. : 
f Government plantations, the Sikkim aetna pes in Henzel, under 
the charge of Dr. King, C.LE., F.R.S., consist of 2,342 acres planted 
with Cinchona ledgeriana (i, 000 Miren, Cinchona * hybrid ” (700 
acres), and Cinchona succirubra (600 acres). ‘The other Government 
plantations are in the Madras Presidency on the Nilgiris, under the 
charge of Mr. M. A. Lawson, M.A. These consist altogether of 900 
acres, but the area under each variety has not been reported 
The private Cinchona plantations are situated in the Bengal Presi- 
dency at Darjeeling; in the Madras Presidency at Madura, Malabar, 
the Nilgiris and Coorg ; and in the two Native States of Mysore and 
Travancore. The area ae cultivation on private plantations selina 
to 6,278 acres. Of t 4,807 are in the Madras Presidency, 
and chiefly on the Nügiris The out-turn of bark for the year 
1892-93 from the Government plantations was 423,873 pounds, and 
from private plantations 1,458,707 pounds ; total, 1 ,872, 580 pounds. 
On March 1893 the total number of mature plants on 
— and private plantations was estimated at nearly 10,000,000 
trees, 
WHEAT. 
The toed of wheat-growing in India is not separately treated by 
Dr. Watt in the Memorandum, but from the Table B. in the Appendix, 
giving the acreage under food crops for the dm ending 31st March 
1892, we find that the total acreage under wheat in the whole of British 
Yidis i is over 20,000,000 acres. Of this the Punjab has nearly 7,000,000 
