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Only Rs. 5,275 were borrowed from Government by the landholders in make improvements in 1872-73. There are in the district 18,869 mud-walled houses, and 4,788 of masonry. The large majority of the former are tiled, even where Houses, occupations, thatch, which is the cheaper and cooler roof, is plenemigration. order to

The reason

tiful.

many

of this probably

is

that the king's

whom

were generally stationed here, used to take off thatched roofs wherewith to make themselves a shelter during the rains. The proportion of masonry houses is unusually large.

troops,

of

It is stated that 673,652 of the population, or 67 per cent., are agriculand this is probably correct, but the agricultural labourers are not

turists,

included in the above.

Emigration did not attain any dimensions

till

1873,

when

those registered well known

numbered 1,286 Murich (Mauritius) and Rawun (Rangoon) are

to the people

The

now

as distant lands in which they

may

attain prosperity.

principal towns are

Towns.

Name. Pyzabad Ajodhya Tanda

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Jalalpur Sinjhauli

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Population. ... 37,804 9,949 ... 13,543 6,275 ... 5,614 ...

three have municipalities. None of these towns can be called fishing-towns fish is rarely seen in the local bazars, except during the rainy season. Fyzabad is now becoming a place of considerable trade Ajodhya owes its importance to its sanctity, Tanda to its weaving.

The

first



trade of Fyzabad proper cannot be stated with any approach to accuracy, but its general features are well known. Trade and manutacj^ exports largely wheat, rice, and maize from the tares. great mart Mianganj. The accompanying table gives the export of one month only, increased no doubt by the scarcity in Bengal. The grain comes from Gonda, Sultanpur, Fyzabad, and eastern Bahraich.

The

The scarcity of good roads in the rural districts causes all the grain to converge on this mart instead of being carried direct to the Gogra at minor ghats. Maunds. Imports

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Molasses Eastern salt

12 .,

CO

..

66 168

Birra

Kerao

(peas)

75 807

Wheat Eice

16,222

Paddy I I i

Exports

.

212

Barley Judr

111,654 26,548 5,514 4,586 375 162 300

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Lahra (maize)

Mash Kodo Gram Miing Saltpetre Total

Counti-y

iSil

wood

160,781

392 382