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obtained from these different quarters, and can perceive hardly any, 

 if any, difference in the size of it. It is difficult, therefore, to de- 

 termine what may be the precise cause of this variation in the 

 quantity of seed sown in those places. The thicker the Sunn grows, 

 the better ; the stalks then shoot up straight, without throwing out 

 branches, the fibres of which are short and much inferior to those 

 of the principal stalks. The cultivators here say, the stalks of the 

 Sunn should grow so thick, as to prevent the air from passing 

 through them : and this may be the best criterion for determining 

 the quantity of seed which an acre requires. 



Keerpoy. — About sixty seers of seed for one acre. 



Rungpore. — About twelve chittucks of seed are computed 

 to be sufficient for sowing one begah, which in British weight and 

 measurement may be reckoned about four pounds and a half 

 avoirdupoise to an acre. 



Bengal Board of Trade Cons. 2Uk Jug. 1792, 



DACCA DISTRICT. 



Bazetpoke. — The quantity of seed required for a begah is 

 thirty seers. 



Teetbaddy. — The quantity required for a begah is thirty 

 seers pucka (of eighty Sicca-weight to the seer) per pauky or 

 begah. 



l Chaundpore* 



