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 FYZ The measures

of length are the

The

same

433 as those described in the Bahraich

kachcha or small one; it generally averages between two and a half and three to the Government bigha; it is supposed to be a square of twenty kasis, each kasi of three cubits; this would give a square of 300 yards, or 900 square yards less than a fifth of the acre, 4,840 square yards but it must be remembered the cubit was often* more than eighteen inches. So there was some excuse for the popular fiction that the Government bigha of 3,025 yards was equal to 2J local bighas. The'subject is dwelt on at length in the Kheri article. In Akbarpur the local bigha is a pakka or large one, bearing a proportion of 10 to 11 to the Government bigha; this latter is, however, pretty generally adopted, or at least applied as a check by the more intelligent tenant. The weight in common use is a local panseri or It is supfive kachcha sers; this should equal two sers and one chhatdk. posed to be a panseri of 28 gandas, each of four pais weight. See article on Bahraich, Kheri. For measures of length, see article on Kheri. Weights and mea-

article.

local bigha is a

sures.




 * See Prinsep'a Useful Tables, page 127.

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