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of seed for cultivation. Considerable pains, therefore, were taken to dis- 

 cover if such importation does take place, and, if so, to what extent. No 

 really reliable information was obtainable, but the following data, gleaned 

 from a mass of conflicting evidence, gathered during the course of a tour 

 through these parts, seem to represent the truth as nearly as it is obtainable. 



Sukkur is dependent on its own seed ; the excess is exported to Delhi,* 

 and, possibly, a little finds its way to Multan and Dera Gazi Khan. This 

 latter amount, however, is insignificant. 



Dera Gazi Khan and Mozuffergarh neither import nor export seed, 

 except on the rarest occasions. Multan is also, as a rule, self-sufficient, 



Fig. 15. — Kasganj Plant. 



but exports to Delhi.* Bahwalpur claims to import from Delhi and 

 Multan on rare occasions, and in insignificant amounts. 



Hissar exports only, and in considerable quantity, to both Delhi and 

 Cawnpur.* 



The remaining districts export only, and in large quantities. 



As far, then, as it is possible to obtain information, no, or only an 

 inappreciable amount of, imported seed is cultivated in the seed-producing 

 ureas, and it seems probable from this that the types above described 



* As markets, and not for cultivation in these districts. 



