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 average . mitifolize. 196 RAE that date the price unhusked averages about 43 sers. Kodo and mindwa average similar prices, and the poorer classes can generally get them from the middle of October to the middle of January; after that date they are not to be had in quantity, and the official quotations are merely nominal. There is in fact a succession of harvests during the greater part of the year, and during the two months after being reaped each staple in its turn is very cheap---kodo and mindwa are reaped about Octoberist,Indian cornfrom September 15th to October 15th, the deorha rice about October 1st, bájra about November Ist, jarban rice, and at the same time juár, about November 10th ; these are cheap till the end of the year. In January and February there is no new grain in the market, and supplies are not eked out as in other districts by large crops of sugarcane which is then being cut. Peas come in by the 25th February being much earlier than in northern Oudh, barley by the 10th March, wheat by the 15th, arhar by the 25th, sánwan about the 5th April to Ist May, Prices are thus kept low till July, and it is only in July, August, and September, that there is any considerable pressure upon the people. Statement showing the details of produce and prices in Rae Bareli district for the following years. Description of producc. REMARKS. Paddy 263 31 173 17 194 173 16 16:214 The price of pad d y is about 40 per cent too high, Commou rice (husked) 17 20 21 113 13 11 17t| 10 18 13 14). The price of rice is simi- larly too high. Best ricc 12 113 10 81 8 8 7 81 811 990 194 269 28! 233 15 11 171 10 13:17 247 30 311 22 203 204 291 14" 14" 18" 214 Bájra 2023 24/ 17 17" 211 15 13 15 198 189 Juár 280 281 293 19 262 193 213 189 20 21 213 263 284 203 14 133 234 14 12 15:18 Arhar, Cytisus cajan 213 33 521 27 26 21 24 22 1923 2514 Urd or másh, Phase 20 202 19 12111131417 113 114 14, 1515 olaus a3. Phaseolus aco-2021 248 23 18 16 17 22 18 154 269193 Múng, Phaseolus 16320 131 203 15 20 123 93 924 1627 mungo. Mazúr, Ervum lens, -26 204 14 ?43 114 113 2014 123 14 15 Ahsa or Matre, P-253) 285 295 268 269 270 27 22, 201| 24" 2613 Ghuiyán, Arum coio. 40 89 38 46 413 403 39 413 41 4214018 casia. Sarson, Sinapis di- 19 17:20 173 164 159) 18 14 11 8415,5 chotome rozdz. Lahi, sinapis nigra, 25 264) 287 288 22 221 22 19 26 119 213 3: 3! a) 31 aj 3 31 33 8 34 1861 average. 1862 verage. 1865 average. 1864 average. 1865 average. 99RE average. 1868 average. aytrage of 1869 10 years. average. 1870 Hoe 1867 13 19 Wheat Barley 41 P. Cram . 82412 sativum Raw sugar
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