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8 maunds grain, but with irrigation from 10 to 12 maunds would not be an excessive 

 outturn. 



Average area. The average area under masur in the 30 temporarily settled N.-W. Provinces Dis- 



tricts us deduced from the agricultural returns of the last three years, is shown below 

 division by division : — 





Meerut 

 Division. 



Rohilkhand 

 Division. 



Agra 

 Division. 



Allahabad 

 Division, 



excluding 

 Jaunpur 

 District, 



Benares 

 Division, 

 including 

 Azamgarh, 

 Gorakhpur, 

 and Basti 

 Districts. 



Jhansi 

 Division. 



Kumaun 

 Division, 

 including 



Tarai 

 District 



only. 



Total, 





acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



Irrigated, 



6,987 



1,231 



926 



332 



4,562 



1,192 



741 



15,961 



Dry 



13,155 



41,157 



1,673 



14,964 



22,151 



1,064 



4,100 



98,264 



Total, 



20,142 



42,388 



2,599 



15,296 



26,713 



2,256 



4,841 



1,14,225 



Explanation of Plate XXXI, 



Flower, witli petals removed, 

 Single pod, 



1, Entire plant, (nat. size.) 4. 



2, Flower, back view, ) i ^ ^* 



3, Ditto, front view, ) 



Drawn from a living specimen gathered at Saharanpur, 



enlarged. 



