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 HAR 27 14,550 NET I 40 The principal exports were-- Maunds, Rs. Gar (coarse sugar) 46,898 Tobacco 5,743 28,256 Edible grains... 81,606 60,820 Horned cattle (No.) 5,937 1,16,592 Hides 20,149 Tobacco is much undervalued in the above table. The railway has given a great impetus to trade; it passes through the district for 62 miles. In 1873 the outward traffic amounted to 7,399 tons, nearly all grain, the inward to 1,324 tons. None of this has been noted in the official report given above. In 1874, as the accompanying table will show, there was a still greater advance of the grain traffic, and the little station of Hardoi, whose population is 6,415, has as much grain traffic as great cities of Bareli and Shahjahanpur combined, whose population amounts to 180,000. This is shown in the annexed table :-- Statement showing the weight of grain trafic in maunds during the undermentioned months. MONTHS, Statious. December, January, February, Total 1873. 1874. 1876. 3,610 100 PG OP Bareli Паrdоi Sitepur road Sandila Cawnpore... Shábjaháapar 4,248 4,369 1,567 7,463 5,336 1,994 12,704 1,997 9,012 8,226 9,724 12,089 8,093 2,993 5,738 17211 16 19,897 25,166 6,567 22,208 30,773 5,794 Total . 144 1,10,335 This is in great measure due to the emancipation of buyers and sellers from the system of local cesses imposed the landed proprietors. The railway company has wisely established a free market beside the station, in which dealings are conducted, and no charge made. In 1873 the traffic at the various stations on the railway within the boundaries of the Hardoi district was as follows - OUTWARD. INWARD. Stations, Passen- Total Merchan- Total ger. amount. dise. apiount, Paesen- Total Merchan- Total. ger. amount, dise. amoant. £ 159 Sandila Bálamau Sitapur Road .. Hardoi Chándpur Aji No. 23,241 6,115 5,219 51,795 2,318 11,322 £ 857 226 179 1,515 100 584 Tong, 1,175 136 842 4,867 51 308 € 832 84 118 1,555 16 200 No. 22,803 6,329 4,751 32,678 $ 894 223 158 1,604 82 361 Tons. 510 67 188 514 77 284 3,978 DOR 10,784 45 22 Total ... 79,945 3,290 7,899 2,265 81,918 3,262 1,324 866