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a rate of produce, we yet require facts to shew that it can be extensively realized, or 
even a near approximation to it attained by judicious management. It has been 
before observed that a bunch of rice is raised from six or seven seed plants. Bunches 
may be seen at this moment in Province Wellesley containing forty or even fifty 
stalks with an ear to each, and from six to seven feet high ; and the average number 
of rice grains to an ear has been found to be about 250; and 360 have been counted 
in a single ear. 
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The number of ears of grain, however, are not exact indexes of the produce. 
Thus, 113 ears of the rice called Mayang Srati gave one English quart and 13 ounces 
by measure, of paddy; while 193 ears of the sort called Riyong only gave 1 quart 
4 ounces: again, 176 ears of Pattet rice gave 1 quart 4 ounces, while 196 ears of the 
kind named Mayan & Pinang yielded 1 quart 4 ounces. 
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In fact, the present profits of ordinary husbandry here are, owing to the bounty 
of nature, chiefly resolvable into the price of labor engaged on the land ; and at the 
rate at which a ryot can live, he can obtain, even from poor land, a return ample when 
compared with the labor bestowed on it. But as before remarked, this arises from 
his not being entirely dependant on rice cultivation. 
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Descending from the highest to the lowest description of rice land and assum- 
ing that the average rate of money-rent for the best land is 4 Spanish dollars an 
orlong, or about one-sixth of the gross produce value; and that in kind, two kunchas, 
or actually one-half of the produce ; we shall have the following scale: — 
1st 
Land of the best Description ; — Money-rent , &Pc. 
Spanish Dollars* 
1. Owner’s, or landlord’s, share according to present custom 
in money, per orlong, including quit-rent,... ... 4 
2. Tenant or cultivator, ... ... ... ... 12 
3. Labour and stock, ... ... ... ... 8 
2. 
3 - 
Sp. Drs.,... 24 
Rent in kind , 
Gantangs of Paddy* 
Owner’s or landlord’s share, at pawah, i.e., one-half the 
produce, that being the standing crop on the ground, 
which he has to cut and carry away, ... ... 320 
Tenant’s sbcire, ... ... ... ... 107 
Labour and stock, ... ... ... ... 213 
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2nd 
Gan tangs , 640 
Land of Medium Quality ; — Money-rent , &c. 
1. Owner’s or landlord’s share, and as above, ... 
2. Tenant’s share, 
3. Labour and stock, 
Spanish Dollars „ 
3 
7 
8 
Rent in kind , Sfc. 
1. Owner’s or landlord’s share, and as above, 
2. Tenant’s share, 
3. Labour and stock, 
Sp. Drs.,... 18 
Gantangs of Paddy . 
24O 
27 
213 
3rd 
Gantangs,... 480 
Third-rate Land ; — Money-rent , &c. 
Owner's or landlord’s share, or as above, 
Tenant’s share, 
Labour and stock, 
Spanish Dollars . 
2 
2 
8 
Spanish dollars,... 12 
