TO THE COURT OF AY A. 
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pected that the produce of one Pe in Indian 
corn he would be able to sell for from one hun¬ 
dred and sixty to two hundred ticals of coarse 
silver, each tical worth about one shilling and 
tenpence sterling. A portion of the same land 
was preparing for pulse ( Cicer arietinum). The 
owner stated that he expected a return of from 
fifty to sixty-five fold. One Pe of his land 
required eight viss of seed, and the produce he 
estimated at from twenty to twenty-five bas¬ 
kets, of sixteen viss each. In the vicinity of 
the capital, as in other parts of the upper pro¬ 
vinces, the common palmyra, or borassus flabel- 
liformis, is extensively cultivated. This tree, 
in good soil, comes to maturity in thirty years, 
hut in an indifferent one it takes forty. The 
male and female trees are nearly in equal pro¬ 
portion. The first afford juice for three months 
in the year, and the last for eight, the daily 
produce being the same for both. The unpro¬ 
ductive months are in the rainy season. Du¬ 
ring the time they are yielding, each tree gives 
daily at the rate of from five to six viss of 
juice. This is sold by the owner at the rate 
of one-eighth of a tical of ten per cent, silver 
per viss, or about threepence sterling. Near 
the capital no sugar is manufactured, the juice 
being sold for consumption as it comes fresh 
