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ZEA MATS. 



Average outturn. The general average outturn for the Provinces may be taken as 10 maunds for un- 



irrigated, and 14 maunds for irrigated, maize. The Settlement officers of Bijnor and 

 Aligarli arrived at averages of 7| and I0| maunds respectively, while the careful ex- 

 periments of Mr. Moens in Bareilly, give 15| maunds for manured land, 12 maunds for 

 unmanured land, and 1 2| maunds as the general average for the District. In both 

 Eta wall and Cawnpore the average outturn is returned as 12 maunds. 



Area. The area under maize during the last three years in the 30 temporarily settled 



N.-W. Provinces Districts is shown below by Divisions : — 





Meerut 

 Division. 



Robilkhand 

 Division. 



Agra 

 Division. 



Allahabad 

 Division, 



excluding 

 Jaunpur 

 District. 



Benares 

 Division, 

 including 

 Basti and 

 Gorakhpur 

 Districts 

 only. 



Jhansi 

 Division. 



Kumaun 

 Division, 

 including 

 Tarai 

 District 

 only. 



Total. 



Maize. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



Irrigated, 



1,45,176 



8,142 



49,273 



7,774 



17,784 



29 



1,003 



2,29,181 



Unirrigated, ... 



1,66,450 



85,704 



78,914 



23,298 



1,18,350 



8,307 



8,744 



4,89,767 



Total, ... 



3,11,626 



93,846 



1,28,187 



31,072 



1,36,134 



8,336 



9,747 



7,18,948 



No statistics are available of the area under maize in Oudli and the 5 perma- 

 nently settled N.-W. Provinces Districts. 



Explanation of Plate V. 



1. Entire plant (reduced to ^ nat. size). 



2. Single branch of male inflorescence (nat. size). 



3, Spike of female flowers enclosed in ' 



the spathe-like bracts. 



4. Ripe cob. 



■ nat. size. 



