174 OBSERVATIONS ON IRRIGATION WORKS IN INDIA. 



Agricultural Areas in British India. 





1900-1. 



1902-3. 





Acres. 



Acres. 



Total 



546,114,173 



550,315,716 



Forests 



66,305,506 



66,363,530 



Not available for cultivation 



135,864,477 



135,359,092 



Cultivable waste 



104,727,080 



107,525,236 



Fallow 



42,212,336 



42,144,323 



Sown with crops 



197,115,565 



199,710,722 



Irrigated 



30,056,002 



32,619,781 



Rice ... 



69,026,273 



70,067,328 



Wheat 



20,103,024 



18,606,958 



Other grain crops 



92,915,849 



88,325,309 



Sugar 



2,651,379 



2,596,592 



Coffee 



133.529 



120,343 



Tea 



502,173 



495,539 



Other food crops 



6,518,771 



6,18.3,494 



Oilseeds 



12,913,372 



11,967,839 



Cotton 



9,609,820 



10,301,059 



Jute ... 



2,102,236 



2,278,330 



Other fibres ... 



511,253 



564,045 



Indigo 



977,349 



792,179 



Opium... 



621,891 



607,418 



Tobacco 



973,441 



952,245 



Fodder crops 



3,022,585 



2.944,148 



The area of the Native States in 1901-02 is returned at 

 53,973,702 acres, of which 4,009,956 acres are entered as under 

 forests, 10,743,854 as cultivable waste, 1*2,457,436 as not available 

 for cultivation, 14,159,772 as sown with crops, and 5,252,525 as 

 fallow. Of the cultivated area, 1,947,400 acres were irrigated in 

 1901-2, as compared with 1,740,462 acres in the preceding year. 

 There were 801,283 acres under rice, 611,242 under wheat, 

 10,962,997 under other grain crops, 57,408 under sugar, 125,157 

 under coffee, 536,104 under other food crops, 892,243 under oilseeds, 

 420,991 under cotton, 39,082 under other fibres, 8,062 under indigo, 

 67,797 under opium, 25,522 under tobacco, and 138,861 fodder 

 crops. 



