ON HEMP. 



155 



Rup. An. Pice. 



The net profit of a begah of Flax is 



6 



1 



6 



D? . . 



Wheat 



1 



3 



9 



D? .. 



Indian corn and wheat 







7 







D? .. 



Barley on high lands 







14 







D? . . 



Indian corn and barley 







3 







D? .. 



Barley in low grounds, near tanks 











and by the sides of rivers. . 



3 



1 







D? .. 



Boot-gram 



1 



12 



3 



D? .. 



Indian corn and Boot-gram. . 



1 



6 



9 



D? .. 



Cotton, first sort . . .... . . . . 



6 



7 



6 



D? .. 



Cotton, second sort, and Indian corn 



2 



10 



3 



D? V. 



d? third sort, and d? 







S 



9 



D? .. 



Opium 



6 



11 



6 



D? .. 



Indian corn and Opium 



2 



11 



6 



In the above estimate, which is formed upon the calculation of 

 a single begah through the whole year, the profit to the Riott on 

 the cultivation of flax appears so superior to the advantage arising 

 from cultivating many other articles, even the necessaries of life, 

 that it might be supposed he would apply himself entirely to the 

 cultivation of Flax and Hemp : but, as there is very little demand 

 for these articles, the cultivation is in proportion ; and therefore it 

 yields such a profit to the cultivator ; and a Riott, who cultivates 

 one begah of Flax or Hemp, cultivates ten or twenty begahs of grain. 



Bengal Board of Trade Cons, \4tth January, 1793. 



x 2 Chittagong- 



