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 306 LUC And of the cultivated area some 73 per cent. belongs to the 1st class of dumat soil already mentioned, while 16 per cent. is clayey or matiár, and 11 per cent. light sandy soil. But the barren land is not all due to úsar; 8:39 per cent. for village sites, 23.29 for ponds and jhíls, 5-38 for roads may be deducted, leaving a balance of 62-94 per cent of the noininally barren area that is absolutely chargeable to unculturable úsar. Climate.--The climate of Lucknow presents no features differing from those of Northern India generally ; its salient points may be indicated. Rainfall.-During the last eleven years 1864-1874, the rainfall has been as follows at Lucknow itself : Year. 1. ve NE Ineles, 24 84 28 pes 0. .. 3.. +44 4 . € 53 27 3864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1969 187) 1871 1872 1873 1874 . 10. 491 42 64 65 41 34 47 4. e. iv I IB 407 9r I. tv . 4+ Average 414 19. It is possible, however, that Lucknow owing to its proximity to a river gets. more rain than other parts of the district. The mean of the three tahsils- Malihabad, Lucknow, and Mohanlalganj—is given in the ensuing table; the average of eleven years is 37:6 inches. It will be noted that in five of these eleven years there was moderate rain not far from the average, in three there was drought, and in three excessive rain - Average fall of rain in Lucknow district, Years. Inches. .. .. 4. a. 20 up P. er . ... b! 4 . 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1878 1874 1875 27.0 28.0 54.0 21% 347 56-6 57-1 328 30.1 41.6 39 2 9. tot & . 4. 40 E . . B06 410 . F. 1.1 .. . Average for eleven years 37.6 IL OPP VI In 1873-74 the rainfall was scanty and ended prematurely. The mon- soon commenced on June 20th, 1873, and throughout that month the fall amounted to 0:52 inches; the rain ended on 16th September, in the whole of which month the fall amounted only to 10-84. During the next four months