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 380 LUC Native name, Botanical name, Date of harvest. 1 Oriza sativa Zea maya Jethi dháa Makai or bari juár Sánwán Miodwa Kákua Kodo Kuári ahán Moth Lobia 40 94 40 1. Mang 46 Panicum italicum Cynosurus coraca10.9 Paspalum scrobiculatum Oriza sativa Phaseolus aconitifolias Dolichos sinensia Phaseolus mungo Pbageolys radiatus Penicillaria spicata Sorghum vulgare Oriza gativa Saccharum officinarum Pisum sativum Cicer arietinum Hordeum vulgare Triticum Sativam Cajadus indicus Másh or urd Bájra Chhoti juár Jarban dhán Sugarcane Peas Gram Barley Wheat Arhar June 20th. August 20th (Bhádon). Angust 20th (do), Septr. 10th (Kuár). Do. (do). Septr. 30th (do). Do. (do). October 26th (Kártik). Do, (do) Do. (do). Do. (do). November 5th (do). November 16th (Aglian). Do, (do), December January, March 16t. March 20tli, Do March 20th. Do IP 114 4 yu Şers per rupee, 479 Kodo Sapwán... Rice 29 34 82 22 SRG Gram Pesa 24 92 2. 20 25 27 The above list differs materially from others given in works of supposed authority, but it has been compiled from personal inspection of the markets. The important grains are the following with the breadths sown in Lucknow according to the settlement report. The average prices of 1861-1870 are given from the same authority - Acres, Bari juár (walze) 4,200 41,062 7,710 66,510 Bája. 36,720 Chhoti juár 36,770 Másh or urd 33,070 Moth 20,605 45,840 211,066 Arher ... 44,919 It must be remembered, however, that the masses do not and could not pay the above prices; each grain is cheap for a month or so after the har- vest when the producer is forcing the sale in order to procure the means wherewith to pay rent. One period of scarcity is January-February, when there has been no fresh kharif harvest for the space of a month-viz., since the jarhan rice was reaped ; another is July August, when the rahi crop has been cut more than two months, and before the Indian-corn comes in. The lower classes, except during these two periods, consume grain all the year round at prices which average perhaps 10 per cent, cheaper than those given in the preceding, table. On the other hand, the cheapest grains kodo, mindwa, and sánwán are really not available in Lucknow as food supplies. Official statements quote them at 35 and 40 sers for the rupee from Sep- tember to November 7th, 1874, but I could not find them except in