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demand in up-country niaikcts and for railway purposes. It is, 
therefore, as Lord Curzon 1ms said, to the industrial development 
of India that we must look for any material expansion in the 
markets for coal. 
The production of the various provinces can be seen from the 
following table : — 
Year. 
As^iirn . 
l)itiin Iiislaii. 
lU'iiiriil. 
JUlMIlU. 
— 
r<'iitral 
IikIIj. 
Central 
Provinces. 
1881 . 
930,203 
67,527 
1882 . 
1,038,872 
91,370 
1883 . 
1,200,957 
115,019 
1884 . 
16,493 
1,257,392 
2,100 
121,833 
1885 . 
43,707 
1,123,700 
7,698 
119,116 
1886 . 
70,859 
1,186,802 
13,539 
117,287 
1887 . 
89,302 
411 
1,319,090 
15,497 
128,981 
1888 . 
101,528 
2,802 
1,380,594 
41,580 
157,768 
1889 . 
116,676 
8,238 
1,541,356 
52,956 
144,465 
1890 . 
145,708 
15,541 
1,626,245 
77,842 
137,022 
1891 
154,208 
10,368 
1,747,122 
69,741 
141,736 
1892 . 
104,050 
13,284 
1,920,050 
3,670 
88,623 
132,005 
1893 
• 164,420 
20,094 
1,902,866 
9,938 
94,348 
135,118 
1894 
160,448 
24,753 
2,035,934 
12,111 
132,837 
140,495 
1895 
172,717 
25,458 
2,716,155 
17,289 
118,479 
122,776 
1896 
177,259 
26,257 
3,037,920 
22,993 
115,386 
141,185 
1897 
185,533 
12,043 
3,142,497 
11,472 
124,778 
131,629 
1898 . 
200,329 
13,372 
3,622,090 
6,975 
134,726 
149,709 
1899 . 
225,623 
15,822 
4,035,265 
8,105 
164,569 
156,576 
1900 . 
216,736 
23,281 
4,978,492 
10,228 
164,489 
172,842 
1901 . 
254,100 
24,656 
5,487,585 
12,460 
164,362 
191,516 
1902 . 
221,096 
33,889 
6,259,236 
13,302 
171,538 
193,981 
1903 . 
239,328 
46,909 
6,361,212 
9,306 
193,277 
159,154 
1904 . 
266,765 
49,867 
7,063,680 
1,105 
185,774 
139,027 
1905 . 
277,065 
41,725 
7,234,103 
157,701 
147,265 
1906 . 
285,490 
42,164 
8,617,820 
1,222 
170,292 
92,848 
1907 . 
295,795 
42,488 
9 993 34i> 
178,588 
134,088 
1908 . 
275,224 
45,212 
11,559,911 
155,107 
213,789 
1909 . 
305,563 
52,449 
10,660,811 
121,496 
238,100 
1910 . 
297,236 
52,614 
10,778,530 
130,400 
220,437 
