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Irrigation is but little practised at present, there being at time of measurements in the year 1867 A. D. only 786 acres watered.

In the eastern low-lying tract the water is so close to the surface that would in most villages be injurious, but in the higher lands it might be tried with great advantage. The following is a statement of the crop areas in 1867 A. D. in standard bighas: irrigation